games i played in '98

On 03/21/2017 at 04:31 PM by Super Step

MvC Arcade ... maybe ... I mean I've played it since cause movie theaters exist, but I THINK I actually played it in '98.

Bust A Groove (neighbors)

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (older brother's PlayStation)

1080 Snowboarding (owned, but not loved ... controls were awkward and not much to do)

Gran Turismo

X-men vs. Street Fighter? Seems familiar. I know I played the SNES game with Psylocke and Gambit in it. I realize this is different. What year was that SNES Venom and Carnage game released, what with all the roller blading women you hit cause you were a superhero?

Banjo Kazooie (neighbors)

F-Zero X (rentals)

MediEvil (demo)

Metal Gear Solid (moreso watched my older brother play it in '98)

Spyro (think this was on PC in after care ... maybe that was Croc)

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Might have been a different NFS, but I remember really liking the intro)

Pokemon Blue (I was an 8-year-old in the middle of the craze; I liked the game, had the cards ... and preferred the Digimon TV show, pretty much not watching Pokemon once Togepi was on. I still remember getting a VHS promoting the show in the mail well before the pilot aired)

Body Harvest (rental)

Apocalypse (watched older brother play)

Rush 2: Extreme Racing U.S.A. (Might have this mixed up with Cruisin' USA, but I played plenty of arcade racers at home and arcade alike)

Ocarina of Time (much later; might have rented in '98, but I hated the fantasy aesthetic something fierce as a kid; I still prefer sci-fi/modern environments)

Sonic Adventure (neighbors; thought this was '99 to be honest)

Arcade:

Area 51: Site 4 ... ok looking up footage, I think it was more the 1995 Area 51 arcade cabinet ... does NWP accept arcade games?

Super Step Contributing Writer

03/21/2017 at 08:42 PM

Just found out Rival Schools came to PSX in '98. I'm sorry, RIVAL SCHOOLS.

Phantasystar77

03/21/2017 at 08:53 PM

Rival Schools was amazing. Why the series was never more popular is beyond me.

KnightDriver

03/21/2017 at 09:54 PM

I was wacked out on drugs as my band was racing up the charts in '98. No time for games except that time my roadie showed me Spyro the Dragon and I said, "That dragon is bad ass, but why is he purple, man?" Then I made a rude joke and went back to my groupies.

But all kidding aside, I was likely playing Turok 2 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron on N64 to the nerdy tunes from Genesis' box set, Archive '67-'75 with my friend Mark. . . No groupies, no blow. . . my band played some gigs at a Curling Club for like $20 each.

03/21/2017 at 10:25 PM

I didn't know you, Mark and Snee were in a band together! (I know Snee was in a different band). That's cool you got paid to play though. I've only ever been paid for comedy once and there wasn't much competition.

I honestly didn't like Rogue Squadron on N64. Thought it was too hard. Only ever saw Turok once at a friend's place, but always loved the concept, which is partly why I was so hyped for Horizon.

03/21/2017 at 10:31 PM

Ha! That would be a funny band. Mark could definitely be a crazy drummer. Matt'd be the front man and I'd be the good looking bass player all the girls want. Ha!

Yea, Rogue was hard. Turok was ok. I played it because it was an FPS like Doom, Quake and Duke Nukem. Not quite as good though. Oh yeah, didn't see the Turok/Horizon connection 'till just now. Neat.

Cary Woodham

03/21/2017 at 10:56 PM

I was in college in 1998 so things were a bit of a blur. I know I reviewed a lot of games for the newspaper. That was when things really started to pick up for me.

03/22/2017 at 02:33 PM

Good year for many it seems.

goaztecs

03/22/2017 at 12:06 PM

Wooo games I played in college! I didn't own a Nintendo 64 at the time so I didn't play much of their games but anything Playstation I was playing. GT I wasn't a fan of because it was actual driving and on the Playstation Controller it was funky (for me). X-Men vs Street Fighter was fun but a lot more fun when I played against my residents. Metal Gear Solid, I still haven't finished the game. Spyro was fun but I didn't play much of it. Need for Speed, I used to give my uncle a 10 second head start before I would beat him. Apacalypse, was that the game with Bruce Willis? I played through that one weekend but I used a God Mode cheat.

03/22/2017 at 02:34 PM

Yup, that was the Bruce Willis game where I think the boss was Satan?

PixlBit