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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 Tomb Raider III Banjo-Kazooie ,Dance Dance Revolution ,Half-Life MediEvil Radiant Silvergun Spyro the Dragon StarCraft Xenogears Sega released theDreamcast which was the first console of thesixth generation and also the company's last-ever console.
The year has been retrospectively considered one of the best and most influential invideo game history due to the release of numerous critically acclaimed, commercially successful and influential titles across all platforms andgenres at the time.[ 1] video 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 Game Boy , while the year's highest-grossingarcade game in Japan wasTekken 3 .
Dreamcast 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)[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] 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[ 29] 90.28%[ 30] 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[ 29] 88.16%[ 30] NHL 99 EA Sports September 30, 1998 Microsoft Windows — 88.11% Wario Land II Nintendo March 7, 1998 Game Boy Color — 88.04%[ 30] 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 Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[ 31]
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[ 32] 9,130,000[ 32] 22,500,000[ 32] 2 Nintendo Game Boy /Game Boy Color Handheld 8-bit 4,730,000[ 33] 2,430,000[ 34] 12,990,000[ 33] 3 Nintendo Nintendo 64 Home 64-bit 1,210,000[ 33] 3,881,000[ 35] 7,860,000[ 33] 4 Nintendo Super NES /Super Famicom Home 16-bit 50,000[ 33] 200,000[ 35] 1,430,000[ 33] 5 Sega Dreamcast Home 128-bit 900,000[ 36] — 900,000 6 Sega Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)Home 16-bit — 659,000[ 35] 659,000+ 7 Sega Sega Saturn Home 32-bit 150,000[ 36] 55,000[ 35] 205,000+ 8 Nintendo NES /Famicom Home 8-bit 50,000[ 33] 120[ 35] 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[ 37] — 7,288,391 2 Resident Evil 2 Biohazard 2 )PlayStation 2,298,814[ 38] 1,194,840[ 39] Unknown 3,493,654+ 3 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 920,000[ 40] 2,500,000[ 41] Unknown 3,420,000+ 4 Gran Turismo PlayStation 1,495,761[ 42] 1,431,483[ 39] 270,000+[ 43] 3,197,244+ 5 Tekken 3 PlayStation 1,266,000[ 42] 1,113,749[ 39] 100,000+[ 44] 2,479,749+ 6 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 < 17,676[ 45] 2,300,000[ 46] Unknown 2,300,000+ 7 Metal Gear Solid PlayStation 765,000[ 40] 1,064,909[ 39] — 1,829,909 8 Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland Game Boy Color 1,660,000[ 40] — — 1,660,000 9 Crash Bandicoot: Warped Crash Bandicoot 3 )PlayStation 649,000[ 40] 858,726[ 39] Unknown 1,507,726+ 10 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back PlayStation 395,884[ 42] 941,686[ 39] 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 [ 47] Combined Inflation 1 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 $150,000,000[ 41] €39,000,000+ ($44,000,000 +) $194,000,000 +$370,000,000+ 2 Gran Turismo PlayStation $58,568,520[ 39] €66,000,000+ ($74,000,000 +) $132,568,520 +$255,745,191+ 3 Resident Evil 2 PlayStation $58,597,202[ 39] €29,000,000+ ($33,000,000 +) $91,597,202 +$176,705,178+ 4 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 $70,377,973+[ 39] €19,000,000+ ($21,000,000 +) $91,377,973 +$176,282,251+ 5 Tekken 3 PlayStation $48,554,550[ 39] €36,000,000+ ($40,000,000 +) $88,554,550 +$170,835,431+ 6 Banjo-Kazooie Nintendo 64 $51,790,624[ 39] €26,000,000+ ($29,000,000 +) $80,790,624 +$155,857,617+ 7 Tomb Raider III Multi-platform Unknown €68,000,000+ ($74,000,000 +) $74,000,000+ $143,000,000+ 8 Pokémon Red / Blue Game Boy $70,000,000+[ 48] — $70,000,000+ $135,000,000+ 9 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 $39,184,953[ 39] €21,000,000+ ($24,000,000 +) $63,184,953 +$121,893,553+ 10 FIFA 99 Multi-platform Unknown €50,000,000+ ($56,000,000 +) $56,000,000+ $108,000,000+
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+ [ 38] 3 Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland Game Boy Color Enix Role-playing 1,660,000 [ 40] 4 Gran Turismo PlayStation Sony Racing simulation 1,495,761 [ 42] 5 Tekken 3 PlayStation Namco Fighting 1,266,000 6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters PlayStation Konami Card battle 1,175,000 [ 40] 7 Parasite Eve PlayStation Squaresoft Horror 1,049,000 8 Tales of Destiny PlayStation Namco Action role-playing 965,280+ [ 38] 9 The Legend of Zelda: Toki no Ocarina Ocarina of Time )Nintendo 64 Nintendo Action-adventure 920,000 [ 40] 10 Xenogears PlayStation Squaresoft Role-playing 892,015 [ 42]
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[ 37] $70,000,000+[ 48] $135,000,000+ 2 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 Nintendo Action-adventure 2,500,000[ 41] $150,000,000[ 41] $290,000,000 3 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 Nintendo Shooter 2,300,000[ 46] $70,377,973+[ 39] $135,770,001+ 4 Gran Turismo PlayStation Sony Racing simulation 1,431,483[ 39] $58,568,520[ 39] $112,987,739 5 Resident Evil 2 PlayStation Capcom Survival horror 1,194,840[ 39] $58,597,202[ 39] $113,043,071 6 Tekken 3 PlayStation Namco Fighting 1,113,749[ 39] $48,554,550[ 39] $93,669,241 7 Madden NFL 99 PlayStation EA Sports Sports 1,073,777[ 39] $44,130,798[ 39] $85,135,139 8 Metal Gear Solid PlayStation Konami Stealth 1,064,909[ 39] $51,834,077[ 39] $99,995,956 9 Banjo-Kazooie Nintendo 64 Nintendo Platformer 1,054,349[ 39] $51,790,624[ 39] $99,912,129 10 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo Platformer 946,411[ 39] $39,184,953[ 39] $75,593,838
In Europe, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1998.
Rank Title Platform(s) Europe sales revenue[ 47] 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[ 49] 270,000+[ 43] 3 FIFA 99 Multi-platform €50,000,000+ ($56,000,000 +) $108,000,000+ Unknown Unknown 4 World Cup 98 Multi-platform €48,000,000+ ($54,000,000 +) $104,000,000+ Unknown 339,000+[ 43] 5 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 €39,000,000+ ($44,000,000 +) $85,000,000+ Unknown Unknown Tomb Raider II Multi-platform €39,000,000+ ($44,000,000 +) $85,000,000+ Unknown 358,000+[ 43] 7 FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 Multi-platform €37,000,000+ ($41,000,000 +) $79,000,000+ Unknown 160,000+[ 43] 8 Tekken 3 PlayStation €36,000,000+ ($40,000,000 +) $77,000,000+ Unknown 100,000+[ 44] 9 Colin McRae Rally Multi-platform €30,000,000+ ($34,000,000 +) $66,000,000+ Unknown 10 Resident Evil 2 PlayStation €29,000,000+ ($33,000,000 +) $64,000,000+
In Australia, the following titles were the top ten best-selling homeconsole games of 1998.[ 50]
Highest-grossing arcade games in Japan [ edit ] In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossingarcade games of 1998.
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 The list of games released in 1998.
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