see also: 1997 in games, 1999 in games see also: 1996 in games, 1998 in games // Games Released or Invented in 1997 Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game Final Fantasy VII Warlords Sonic R Sonic Jam Game awards given in 1997 Spiel des Jahres: Mississippi Queen - Werner Hodel, Goldsieber Other events TSR, Inc. ... see also: 1998 in games, 2000 in games Games Released or Invented in 1999 Big Eyes, Small Mouth Soul Calibur The Pokémon Trading Card Game is first introduced to North America from Japan, and begins publication by the Wizards of the Coast company. ...

Games Released or Invented in 1998

• Alternity
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Doomtown
• Fallout 2
• Future Cop: LAPD
• Gran Turismo
• Grim Fandango
• Half-Life
• Hot Shots Golf
• Incoming
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Metal Gear Solid
• Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
• Starcraft
• Tekken 3
• Tomb Raider 3
• Unreal

Alternity was a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) published by TSR in 1998. ... Banjo-Kazooie is a 3-D platform/adventure video game for the Nintendo 64. ... Doomtown (originally Deadlands:Doomtown) is a collectible card game, a companion to the Deadlands roleplaying setting. ... Fallout box art Fallout is a computer role-playing game produced by Tim Cain and published by Interplay in 1997. ... Gran Turismo (GT) is a racing video game series developed by Polyphony Digital for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. ... Grim Fandango is a graphical adventure computer game released by LucasArts in 1998, the title derived from a line of a mournful poem read by one of the characters in the game. ... Half-Life For a quantity subject to exponential decay, the half-life is the time required for the quantity to fall to half of its initial value. ... Hot Shots Golf is a golf game developed by Camelot Software Planning and released in 1998 for the PlayStation. ... Incoming is a 3-D shooting flight simulator game, released in 1998, for the PC and Sega Dreamcast, by the now defunct Rage Software Limited. ... The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ... Metal Gear Solid Packaging Artwork Metal Gear Solid, (Japanese:メタルギアソリッド ) commonly abbreviated as MGS, is a stealth-based game developed by Konami and first published for the PlayStation video game console in 1998. ... For the champion New Zealand bred race horse, see Starcraft (horse). ... Tekken 3 is the third installment in the popular Tekken video game franchise. ... The third game in the tomb raider series by Eidos and Core Design. ... Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and published by GT Interactive on May 22, 1998. ...

Game awards given in 1998

• Spiel des Jahres: Elfenland - Alan R. Moon, Amigo Spiele

The Spiel des Jahres (German for Game of the Year) is arguably the most prestigious board game award for German-style board games. ... Elfenland is a German-style board game designed by Alan R. Moon and published by Amigo Games in Germany and Rio Grande Games in the United States in 1998. ... Alan R. Moon is a author of board games, born in Southampton, England, and currently living in the United States. ... Amigo Spiele is a German board and card game publisher. ...

See also

• 1998 in video gaming