Was 1998 the best year to be a gamer? What is your best year of gaming ?

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Ninpanda on 27 June 2011

I've always felt that the games you mentioned in the OP are rather over-appreciated. I'm in the '94 camp.

Super Metroid
Mega Man X
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Final Fantasy III/VI
Killer Instinct
Donkey Kong Country
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic & Knuckles
Earthworm Jim
The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Shut up, this game is the shit.)
Castlevania Bloodlines

Still enjoy all of those titles today.

1991 and 1995 are damn good years too.

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milkyjoe on 27 June 2011

It has OoT in it, therefore it wins by default. It sure as hell had a great supporting cast though.

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IamAwsome on 27 June 2011

I'm going to buck the trend and say 2010. The 90's were good, but I don't remember it that well.

2010

-Mass Effect 2
-Bioshock 2
-Heavy Rain
-God of War III
-Super Mario Galaxy 2
-MGS Peace Walker
-Halo Reach
-Donkey Kong Country Returns
-Epic Mickey
-Kinect

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enrageorange on 27 June 2011

since i am a youngling only the age of 18, I will say my favorite year was 2002.

Warcraft 3
Metroid Prime
Metroid Fusion
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Elder Scrolls Morrowind
Animal Crossing
Age of Mythology
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past(GB PORT)
Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts
Super Mario Sunshine
Resident Evil (GC REMAKE)
Battlefield 1942
Medal of Honour Frontline
Socom US Navy Seals
Resident Evil 0

just to name the amazing ones I've played. This Gen Sucks. Can't even list a year this gen where I played that many games in 1 year let alone found that many games to be amazing.

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salaminizer on 27 June 2011

there are other great games from 1998, like Caesar III, Commandos, Parasite Eve, Rainbow Six, Railroad Tycoon 2 and Soulcalibur (on arcades).

back then I used to play only the N64 and only a few PC games, for me it wasn't the best year, but I could accept it as the best. my best year was 2007 when I started to buy games with my own money lol

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Cirio on 27 June 2011

1998, back when Japanese devs had their magic touch.

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NightDragon83 on 28 June 2011

Pretty much EVERY year in the 90's was an awesome year for gaming.

The 2000's I thought had a couple of stinkers like 2003 I thought was pretty weak overall as were '05 and '06. Then 2007 got things rolling again.

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Dgc1808 on 28 June 2011

Probably... but the best month will be Oct 2011.

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Bullet100000 on 28 June 2011

2001 for me.

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Metallicube on 28 June 2011

It's tough for me to chose one year. My favorite games are pretty spread out. But basically the mid 90s in general was an awesome era for gaming:

Mario RPG
Mario World
Secret of Mana
Goldeneye
Mario Kart 64
Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2
Earthworm Jim
Chrono Trigger
Pokemon
Diablo II
Yoshi's Island
FFVII

etc...

2008 is a year that had its share of gems..

Mario Kart Wii
Smash Bros Brawl
GTA 4
Tales of Vesperia
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2

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