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Overview of the events of 1998 in video games
1998 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such asF-Zero X ,Marvel vs. Capcom ,The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ,Resident Evil 2 ,Metal Gear Solid ,Glover ,Crash Bandicoot: Warped ,Street Fighter Alpha 3 ,Gex: Enter the Gecko ,Fallout 2 ,Return to Krondor andTomb Raider III ,along with new titles such asBanjo-Kazooie ,Half-Life ,MediEvil ,Radiant Silvergun ,Spyro the Dragon ,StarCraft andXenogears .
The year's best-sellingvideo game console was thePlayStation for the third year in a row. The year's most critically acclaimed title wasThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ,which remainsMetacritic 's highest-scoring game of all time. The year's best-selling home video game worldwide wasPokémon Red/Green/Blue /Pikachu for theGame Boy ,while the year's highest-grossingarcade game in Japan wasTekken 3 .
Hardware releases [ edit ]
Top-rated games [ edit ]
Game of the Year awards [ edit ]
The following titles wonGame of the Year awards for 1998.
Critically acclaimed titles [ edit ]
Metacritic and GameRankings [ edit ]
Metacritic (MC) andGameRankings (GR) are aggregators ofvideo game journalism reviews.
1998 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC)[25] or 87.5% (GR)[26] [27]
Game
Publisher
Release Date
Platform
MC score
GR score
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Nintendo
November 21, 1998
Nintendo 64
99/100
97.54%
Tekken 3
Namco
March 26, 1998
PlayStation
96/100
95.8%
Half-Life
Sierra Entertainment
November 19, 1998
Microsoft Windows
96/100
94.02%
Metal Gear Solid
Konami
September 3, 1998
PlayStation
94/100
93.24%
Grim Fandango
LucasArts
October 30, 1998
Microsoft Windows
94/100
92.97%
Resident Evil 2
Capcom
January 21, 1998
PlayStation
89/100
93.13%
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Capcom
December 23, 1998
PlayStation
93/100[28]
90.28%[29]
StarCraft
Blizzard Entertainment
March 31, 1998
Microsoft Windows
88/100
92.85%
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Sega
January 29, 1998
Sega Saturn
—
92.46%
Banjo-Kazooie
Nintendo
June 29, 1998
Nintendo 64
92/100
92.38%
Thief: The Dark Project
Eidos Interactive
December 1, 1998
Microsoft Windows
92/100
89.41%
Baldur's Gate
Interplay Entertainment
December 21, 1998
Microsoft Windows
91/100
91.94%
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Nintendo
December 12, 1998
Game Boy Color
—
91.21%
International Superstar Soccer 98
Konami
June 4, 1998
Nintendo 64
91/100
89.15%
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Sony Computer Entertainment
October 31, 1998
PlayStation
91/100
89.07%
Xenogears
Square
February 11, 1998
PlayStation
84/100
90.99%
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
GT Interactive
November 17, 1998
PlayStation
88/100
90.42%
NFL Blitz
Midway Games
September 12, 1998
PlayStation
—
90.13%
NFL Blitz
Midway Games
September 9, 1998
Nintendo 64
—
90.02%
1080° Snowboarding
Nintendo
February 28, 1998
Nintendo 64
—
89.60%
Battlezone
Activision
March 11, 1998
Microsoft Windows
—
89.03%
Railroad Tycoon II
Gathering of Developers
November 2, 1998
Microsoft Windows
89/100
83.15%
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Acclaim Entertainment
December 10, 1998
Nintendo 64
86/100
88.96%
FIFA 99
EA Sports
October 31, 1998
Microsoft Windows
—
88.87%
Caesar III
Sierra Entertainment
September 30, 1998
Microsoft Windows
—
88.6%
Unreal
GT Interactive
May 22, 1998
Microsoft Windows
—
88.58%
NBA Live 99
EA Sports
November 10, 1998
PlayStation
—
88.39%
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Namco
December 3, 1998
PlayStation
88/100[28]
88.16%[29]
NHL 99
EA Sports
September 30, 1998
Microsoft Windows
—
88.11%
Wario Land II
Nintendo
March 7, 1998
Game Boy Color
—
88.04%[29]
Myth II: Soulblighter
Bungie
December 28, 1998
Microsoft Windows
88/100
86.39%
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Electronic Arts
March 25, 1998
PlayStation
88/100
85.63%
Starsiege: Tribes
Sierra Entertainment
December 23, 1998
Microsoft Windows
88/100
84.77%
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Monolith Productions
October 15, 1998
Microsoft Windows
88/100
81.6%
FIFA 99
EA Sports
October 31, 1998
PlayStation
—
87.95%
F-Zero X
Nintendo
July 14, 1998
Nintendo 64
85/100
87.61%
Madden NFL 99
EA Sports
September 23, 1998
Nintendo 64
—
87.59%
Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame[ edit ]
The following video game releases in 1998 enteredFamitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receivingFamitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[30]
Financial performance [ edit ]
Best-selling video game consoles [ edit ]
Rank
Manufacturer
Game console
Type
Generation
Sales
Japan
United States
Worldwide
1
Sony
PlayStation
Home
32-bit
4,660,000[31]
9,130,000[31]
22,500,000[31]
2
Nintendo
Game Boy /Game Boy Color
Handheld
8-bit
4,730,000[32]
2,430,000[33]
12,990,000[32]
3
Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Home
64-bit
1,210,000[32]
3,881,000[34]
7,860,000[32]
4
Nintendo
Super NES /Super Famicom
Home
16-bit
50,000[32]
200,000[34]
1,430,000[32]
5
Sega
Dreamcast
Home
128-bit
900,000[35]
—
900,000
6
Sega
Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)
Home
16-bit
—
659,000[34]
659,000+
7
Sega
Sega Saturn
Home
32-bit
150,000[35]
55,000[34]
205,000+
8
Nintendo
NES /Famicom
Home
8-bit
50,000[32]
120[34]
50,120
Best-selling home video games [ edit ]
The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games orcomputer games ) of 1998 in Japan, the United States, and Germany.
Best-selling home video games in Japan, United States and Germany
Rank
Title
Platform
Sales
Japan
United States
Germany
Combined
1
Pokémon Red / Green / Blue /Pikachu
Game Boy
3,288,391[a]
4,000,000[36]
—
7,288,391
2
Resident Evil 2 (Biohazard 2 )
PlayStation
2,298,814[37]
1,194,840[38]
Unknown
3,493,654+
3
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Nintendo 64
920,000[39]
2,500,000[40]
Unknown
3,420,000+
4
Gran Turismo
PlayStation
1,495,761[41]
1,431,483[38]
270,000+[42]
3,197,244+
5
Tekken 3
PlayStation
1,266,000[41]
1,113,749[38]
100,000+[43]
2,479,749+
6
GoldenEye 007
Nintendo 64
< 17,676[44]
2,300,000[45]
Unknown
2,300,000+
7
Metal Gear Solid
PlayStation
765,000[39]
1,064,909[38]
—
1,829,909
8
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland
Game Boy Color
1,660,000[39]
—
—
1,660,000
9
Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Crash Bandicoot 3 )
PlayStation
649,000[39]
858,726[38]
Unknown
1,507,726+
10
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
PlayStation
395,884[41]
941,686[38]
Unknown
1,337,570+
The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1998 in the United States and Europe.
Highest-grossing home video games in United States and Europe
Rank
Title
Platform(s)
Sales revenue
United States
Europe [46]
Combined
Inflation
1
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Nintendo 64
$150,000,000[40]
€39,000,000+ ($44,000,000 +)
$194,000,000 +
$360,000,000+
2
Gran Turismo
PlayStation
$58,568,520[38]
€66,000,000+ ($74,000,000 +)
$132,568,520 +
$247,814,898+
3
Resident Evil 2
PlayStation
$58,597,202[38]
€29,000,000+ ($33,000,000 +)
$91,597,202 +
$171,225,803+
4
GoldenEye 007
Nintendo 64
$70,377,973+[38]
€19,000,000+ ($21,000,000 +)
$91,377,973 +
$170,815,990+
5
Tekken 3
PlayStation
$48,554,550[38]
€36,000,000+ ($40,000,000 +)
$88,554,550 +
$165,538,069+
6
Banjo-Kazooie
Nintendo 64
$51,790,624[38]
€26,000,000+ ($29,000,000 +)
$80,790,624 +
$151,024,694+
7
Tomb Raider III
Multi-platform
Unknown
€68,000,000+ ($74,000,000 +)
$74,000,000+
$138,000,000+
8
Pokémon Red / Blue
Game Boy
$70,000,000+[47]
—
$70,000,000+
$131,000,000+
9
Super Mario 64
Nintendo 64
$39,184,953[38]
€21,000,000+ ($24,000,000 +)
$63,184,953 +
$118,113,808+
10
FIFA 99
Multi-platform
Unknown
€50,000,000+ ($56,000,000 +)
$56,000,000+
$105,000,000+
In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1998.
Rank
Title
Platform
Publisher
Genre
Sales
Ref
1
Pocket Monsters: Red / Green / Blue /Pikachu (Pokémon )
Game Boy
Nintendo
Role-playing
3,288,391
[a]
2
Biohazard 2 (Resident Evil 2 )
PlayStation
Capcom
Survival horror
2,298,814+
[37]
3
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland
Game Boy Color
Enix
Role-playing
1,660,000
[39]
4
Gran Turismo
PlayStation
Sony
Racing simulation
1,495,761
[41]
5
Tekken 3
PlayStation
Namco
Fighting
1,266,000
6
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
PlayStation
Konami
Card battle
1,175,000
[39]
7
Parasite Eve
PlayStation
Squaresoft
Horror
1,049,000
8
Tales of Destiny
PlayStation
Namco
Action role-playing
965,280+
[37]
9
The Legend of Zelda: Toki no Ocarina (Ocarina of Time )
Nintendo 64
Nintendo
Action-adventure
920,000
[39]
10
Xenogears
PlayStation
Squaresoft
Role-playing
892,015
[41]
United States [ edit ]
In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1998.
Rank
Title
Platform
Publisher
Genre
Sales
Revenue
Inflation
1
Pokémon Red / Blue
Game Boy
Nintendo
Role-playing
4,000,000[36]
$70,000,000+[47]
$131,000,000+
2
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Nintendo 64
Nintendo
Action-adventure
2,500,000[40]
$150,000,000[40]
$280,000,000
3
GoldenEye 007
Nintendo 64
Nintendo
Shooter
2,300,000[45]
$70,377,973+[38]
$131,559,967+
4
Gran Turismo
PlayStation
Sony
Racing simulation
1,431,483[38]
$58,568,520[38]
$109,484,150
5
Resident Evil 2
PlayStation
Capcom
Survival horror
1,194,840[38]
$58,597,202[38]
$109,537,767
6
Tekken 3
PlayStation
Namco
Fighting
1,113,749[38]
$48,554,550[38]
$90,764,692
7
Madden NFL 99
PlayStation
EA Sports
Sports
1,073,777[38]
$44,130,798[38]
$82,495,220
8
Metal Gear Solid
PlayStation
Konami
Stealth
1,064,909[38]
$51,834,077[38]
$96,895,224
9
Banjo-Kazooie
Nintendo 64
Nintendo
Platformer
1,054,349[38]
$51,790,624[38]
$96,813,996
10
Super Mario 64
Nintendo 64
Nintendo
Platformer
946,411[38]
$39,184,953[38]
$73,249,781
In Europe, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1998.
Rank
Title
Platform(s)
Europe sales revenue[46]
France
Germany
Sales revenue
Inflation
Rank
Sales
1
Tomb Raider III
Multi-platform
€68,000,000+ ($74,000,000 +)
$140,000,000+
Unknown
Unknown
2
Gran Turismo
PlayStation
€66,000,000+ ($74,000,000 +)
$140,000,000+
1[48]
270,000+[42]
3
FIFA 99
Multi-platform
€50,000,000+ ($56,000,000 +)
$105,000,000+
Unknown
Unknown
4
World Cup 98
Multi-platform
€48,000,000+ ($54,000,000 +)
$101,000,000+
Unknown
339,000+[42]
5
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Nintendo 64
€39,000,000+ ($44,000,000 +)
$82,000,000+
Unknown
Unknown
Tomb Raider II
Multi-platform
€39,000,000+ ($44,000,000 +)
$82,000,000+
Unknown
358,000+[42]
7
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
Multi-platform
€37,000,000+ ($41,000,000 +)
$77,000,000+
Unknown
160,000+[42]
8
Tekken 3
PlayStation
€36,000,000+ ($40,000,000 +)
$75,000,000+
Unknown
100,000+[43]
9
Colin McRae Rally
Multi-platform
€30,000,000+ ($34,000,000 +)
$64,000,000+
Unknown
10
Resident Evil 2
PlayStation
€29,000,000+ ($33,000,000 +)
$62,000,000+
Australia [ edit ]
In Australia, the following titles were the top ten best-selling homeconsole games of 1998.[49]
Highest-grossing arcade games in Japan [ edit ]
In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossingarcade games of 1998.
Business [ edit ]
Activision acquires CD Contact Data andHead Games Publishing .
Eidos Interactive acquiresCrystal Dynamics .
Electronic Arts Inc. acquiresWestwood Studios ,and with so they also acquire the North American operations ofVirgin Interactive .
JTS Corp. (Atari Corporation) files forChapter 11 bankruptcy.
Hasbro Interactive acquires theAtari brand and property from JTS in May. They also acquireMicroProse in August.
Square Co. andElectronic Arts formSquare Electronic Arts LLC to publish a wealth of Square Co. titles in the U.S.
Havas ,a subsidiary ofVivendi ,acquiresCendant Software ,which includesSierra On-Line andBlizzard Entertainment .
Lego Media established byLego Group
New companies:BreakAway ,Elixir ,Metro3D ,Rockstar ,Sunrise ,Troika ,WildTangent ,Loki ,Retro Studios
Defunct:DWANGO
Game releases [ edit ]
The list of games released in 1998.
January–March [ edit ]
April–June [ edit ]
July–September [ edit ]
October–December [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
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