You could throw a dart blindfolded in 1998 and hit a new legendary game every time.

There were also a tremendous number of absolute trash games that we don't remember because we don't remember them.

Gameboy Camera is my favourite 1998 game

Actually, I hit my friend in the thigh. Turns out it's really hard to throw stuff blindfolded. You probably shouldn't do it.

Damn 1998 had hands

So, I just watched the F1 movie with Brad Pitt, and the mention f2 and f3.

I only just realized, that f zero is likely meant to be the next one after 1, as in the new elite race rank.

That game was so fucking good.

1998 was great but 2004 was the greatest.

When they said in The Matrix that the late 90s was peak human civilization they weren't lying

throws dart

hits Tomb Raider 3

throws again

Ah yes, the smash hit Roll Away, which I have definitely heard of.

And that's Mario Party, the first one, not Mario Party 3. The cover design is confusing.

Gave it a go, generating a random coord via random.org - 580 x 1087:

Whoops!

In reality, I'd be much more likely to miss by being too to the right, since I'd be aiming for Abe's Exoddus.

I cannot overstate the impact the mid-nineties had on GPAs across the board.

This picture doesn't even show the full depth and breadth of the PC market at the time. Arcades had some strong offerings at this time, too.

Now I just feel old. Really old.

God I can feel that Charizard Pokémon Red cover in my soul.

I mean some of the games were just good for their time. But then there are games like Spyro the Dragon, Ocarina of Time, Half Life, Banjo Kazooie and GameBoy Camera that hold up still as some of the best games in their genre ever. Sonic Adventure has basically never been topped by a game in its franchise since. (At least as far as 3D action games in the sonic series are concerned)

spyro and crash were my jam back in the day

A nice thing about gaming today is that it's gotten so much easier to play all the great games, back then my family had a PC and an N64 and could only sample Playstation games at friend's houses.

I wore out the connector pins on Rogue Squadron.

96-98 is the greatest three year run in the history of gaming.

Where the Freeman is Half-Life?

Edit: 2nd row, my app was cutting off the top and bottom of the image oops

Before looking at the picture I knew Thief would be there. The game itself is great but the level editor and the fan missions really made that game shine. The fan mission "Hush, Hush, Sweet Harlot" was arguably better than the original game story.

The OG trilogy plus the mostly unrelated remake are in a bundle on GOG right now for under $8.

Hard to top 1998. Same thing with 2007-2009 but for franchises.

Sonic Adventure came out in '99 outside Japan.

The year “pixels actually started to look like something I don’t have to imagine”.

It's wild to me that not only have I play most of those games, I played them when they came out. It was nice having friends and physical copies of shit.

Kula World was suprisingly a lot of fun.

Well yeah… it’s about that time that games were only a decade of advancement since computer gaming was created. Prior to that it was speak and spell and pong.

You can make one of these for just about every year.

2023 was one of the most recent years, with games like: Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy 16, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6, Lies of P, Octopath Traveller 2, Dave the Diver, and Hi-Fi Rush.

I'm surprised to see Xenogears sitting smack in the middle of all that. Don't get me wrong, I loved the game, but I've never met another person offline who had heard of it. I have tried many, many times to beat many different turn based RPGs. I just simply can't, I get bored. They're just menu simulators to me. But Xenogears was the sole exception to that rule in my life thanks to it making you perform combos for your moves. I ripped its music and used it on HTML webpages as a kid. I still have and frequently use my OG beta gmail account, which includes the first name of the main character, Fei.

I got my son the game boy camera and the printer for Xmas this year

This album/song came a year later in '99, but I think it still fits here, it was recorded in '98 lol.

Our standards were much lower. We’ve been spoiled.

But, on the other hand, games have gotten kind of shit lately.

With bony hands I hold my partner, On soulless feet we cross the floor, The music stops as if to answer, An empty knocking at the door. It seems his skin was sweet as mango, When last I held him to my breast, But now, we dance this grim fandango, And will four years until we rest.

I hear, in tomb raider 3 there is a secret code that will show her boobs.

It was a lie!!

A local pawn shop is selling PS1 Spyro the Dragon for $70.

Most of these are above mid but not at all "legendary". The series they are part of are legendary, but the specific games are not at all the high point and reason for that. There are definitely some timeless masterpieces there, but not enough to make it some singular year that has never been surpassed or equalled.

I played every game on that image except rollaway, and whatever is below 1080?

Xenogears is one of my all time favorite games. What could have been...

That’s a lot of bangers

I closed my eyes and pointed at a random spot. Got Thief twice in a row.

Guess I gotta play it now.

I get that you can't include all the bangers but banjo kazooie and turok 2

Eh, the Era of Ps1 was the beginning of over saturation.

Besides 2007 was objectively the best:

BioShock, Portal, Modern Warfare, Mass Effect, The Witcher, Crysis, Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and God of War II

How the fuck is Half-Life not on there?