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Which year had the best mix of good games/genre variety/new IPs? What is your opinion?

Is it 1998?
All these games were released in 1998:

Starcraft(PC)
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines(PC)
Warhammer: Dark Omen(PC/PS1)
Myth 2(PC)
Caesar 3(PC)
Settlers 3(PC)
Gangsters: Organized Crime(PC)
Harvest Moon GB (GBC/GB)
Final Fantasy Tactics(PS1)
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together(PS1)
Brigandine(PS1)
Shining Force 3(SAT)
Rage of Mages(PC)
Suikoden 2(PS1)
Panzer Dragoon Saga(SAT)
Xenogears(PS1)
SaGa Frontier(PS1)
Breath of Fire 3(PS1)
Pokemon Red and Blue(GB)
Fallout 2(PC)
Baldur's Gate(PC)
Might and Magic 6(PC)
Half-Life(PC)
Battlezone(PC)
Tribes(PC)
Unreal(PC)
Sin(PC)
Blood II(PC)
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division(PC)
Turok 2(N64)
Carnivores(PC)
Delta Force(PC)
Rainbow Six(PC)
Thief(PC)
Tenchu(PS1)
Metal Gear Solid(PS1)
Resident Evil 2(PS1)
Deep Fear(SAT)
Parasite Eve(PS1)
Sanitarium(PC)
Grim Fandango(PC)
LSD(PS1)

>> No.376912

>>376910
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time(N64)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX(GBC)
Brave Fencer Musashi(PS1)
Mega Man Legends(PS1)
MediEvil(PS1)
Tomb Raider 3(PC/PS1)
Heretic 2(PC)
Kagero: Deception 2(PS1)
Trap Gunner(PS1)
Burning Rangers(SAT)
Virtual On 2(ARC)
Future Cop: L.A.P.D.(PS1)
Rogue Squadron(N64)
FreeSpace(PC)
Gran Turismo (PS1)
Daytona USA 2(ARC)
Sega Rally 2(ARC)
F-Zero X(N64)
NFS3(PC)
Road Rash 3D(PS1)
Moto Racer 2(PS1)
MotoCross Madness(PC)
1080° Snowboarding(N64)
Snowboard Kids(N64)
Carmageddon 2(PC)
Vigilante 8(PS1/N64)
Sonic Adventure(DC-JAP)
Banjo-Kazooie(N64)
Spyro (PS1)
Klonoa(PS1)
Tomba!(PS1)
Crash Bandicoot 3(PS1)
Jazz Jackrabbit 2(PC)
Soulcalibur(ARC)
Bushido Blade 2(PS1)
Destrega(PS1)
Ehrgeiz(ARC/PS1)
The King of Fighters '98(ARC)
Guilty Gear(ARC/PS1)
Marvel vs. Capcom(ARC)
Last Blade 1 i 2(NG)
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2(NG)
Rival Schools(ARC/PS1)
Street Fighter EX2(ARC)
Street Fighter Alpha 3(ARC)
Fighting Vipers 2 (ARC)
Tech Romancer(ARC)
Dynamite Cop(ARC)
Battle Flip Shot(NG)
The House of the Dead 2(ARC)
Metal Slug 2(NG)
Shock Troopers 2(NG)
Wario Land 2(GBC/GB)
Castlevania Legends(GB)
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus(PS1/PC)
Heart of Darkness(PS1/PC)
Radiant Silvergun(SAT)
Armed Police Batrider(ARC)
Einhander(PS1)
G-Darius(PS1)
Tetris DX(GBC/GB)
Wetrix(N64)
Dance Dance Revolution (ARC)
Guitar Freaks(ARC)


Arcade ports are left out from the list(like Tekken 3, Mortal Kombat 4...).
The games are included by their western releases. Jap games are mentioned only if they don't demand the knowledge of moonrunes, so there are no jap RPGs and adventure games from this year.
Did i forgot to mention some good games that came out in 1998? Please name them if you remember some.

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376936

Maybe if I could go back to the beginning and pick a different path I'd be fine.

>> No.376943

>>376936
What does that have to do with this thread?

>> No.376952

1998 is THE best year in videogaming, followed by 2003 as a close second.

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>>376936
red text on red background

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1999. I don't have a huge-ass list like yours ready but this gives a good impression.

>> No.376968

>>376943

Whoops, wrong thread.

>> No.377000

>>376965
I fucked up. I Included Suikoden 2 in 1998, but that was the jap version.

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>> No.377084

>>377000

If it was released in 1998, it goes in 1998. Translation is not release date.

>> No.377260

>>377084
I disagree, because nobody except people who understand japanese could have played it then.

>> No.377264

>>377084
But then Pokemon goes in 1996 etc. The list full of inconsistencies.

>> No.377349

>>377264
>The games are included by their western releases. Jap games are mentioned only if they don't demand the knowledge of moonrunes, so there are no jap RPGs and adventure games from this year.
Its not inconsistent, aside from Suikoden 2 so far.

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>>376952
>2003
>Not 2004
>HL2
>Doom 3
>Far Cry
>UT2K4
>Vampire: TMB
>Rome: Total War
>Dawn of War
>Chronicles of Riddick
>Ninja Gaiden
>KOTOR 2
>Halo 2
>MGS3
>San Andreas
>Paper Mario: TTYD
>Metroid Prime 2
>Metroid: Zero Mission

>> No.379248

Yeah, 1998 was an amazing year for games.

>> No.380062

>>376910
1997 & 1998 was really good in my opinion.
The birth of Half-Life was pretty something

>> No.380092

>>376910
>Starcraft
>Half-life
>Unreal
>OoT
>Grim Fandango
Please don't put these good games with SA1.

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380108

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmFUZ6uQsk

For nostalgia, really

>> No.380145

Agreed 98-99 were the best years of gaming

the only years as big as these were maybe only 86-87 with the release of NES and all the great franchises that were born on the system

everything in between is pretty meh tier

>> No.380781

>>380145
86, 87, 98, 99 AND 97 & 2004 were best years of gaming.
>half life
>doom 3
>gta sa