Banjo Kazooie

Banjo Kazooie

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: June 29, 1998     Genre: Platformer Super Mario 64 was a revolution within the game industry that we had not seen since the original Super Mario Brothers. It was not the first 3d platformer but it...
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Medievil

Medievil

Developer: Sony Cambridge     Publisher: Sony     Released: 10/01/98     Genre: Action The PlayStation built a reputation as the home for third party games during its generation. And while every developer on Earth supported the platform Sony were n...
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Wipeout 64

Wipeout 64

Developer: Psygnosis     Publisher: Midway     Released: November 1998     Genre: Racing I can honestly say that Wipeout 64 is one of the most unexpected releases for the Nintendo 64. The series is indelibly tied to the PlayStation’s identity bot...
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Mystical Ninja starring Goemon

Mystical Ninja starring Goemon

Developer: Konami Osaka     Publisher: Konami     Released: 1998     Genre: Adventure Legend of the Mystical Ninja is a SNES classic and you should go buy it right now. Unfortunately not enough gamers bought it back in the day as the series stayed....
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Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Xing Entertainment    Released: April 2, 1998    Genre: Compilation I loved Capcom’s Three Wonders in the arcade. Released before the fighting game boom would take over the arcade it offered three enjoyable titles in one...
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R-Types

R-Types

Developer: Irem     Publisher: ASCII Entertainment     Released: 02/28/98     Genre: Shooter R-Type is one of the seminal shooters of the 80s and its influence is up there with Gradius in my opinion. As with any popular arcade game of the time it.....
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Burning Rangers

Burning Rangers

Developer: Sonic Team    Publisher: Sega    Release: 05/28/98   Genre: Action The last days of a console are usually filled with technically impressive games that no one thought possible on the hardware. From Donkey Kong Country to the Last of Us,...
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Klonoa – Door to Phantomile

Klonoa – Door to Phantomile

During the 8 and 16-bit era I’ll admit I did not think too much of Namco.  Not that they weren’t putting out good games, but compared to Capcom and Konami they were low on my priority list.  All that changed...
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F-Zero X

F-Zero X

Developer: Nintendo EAD    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 10/27/98   Genre: Racing The Super Nintendo launch brought a number of ground breaking titles. Pilotwings was an excellent showcase of Mode 7 with its simulated 3d environment. But F-Zero was th...
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Azure Dreams

Azure Dreams

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Release: 06/30/98   Genre: RPG Konami were on a bit of a hot streak in terms of RPGs on the PlayStation. Suikoden beat the odds and was successful in 1996 while Vandal Hearts was a...
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