1998 in video gaming

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Events

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo to the AIAS Hall of Fame
British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosts the 1st annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards
Game One channel (subsidiary of Canalplus); Infogrames Entertainment SA and Canal+ launch the Game One television channel.
May 28–30 — The 4th annual E3 is held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.^[1] The first annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E3
May 28 - Bill Williams, designer of Alley Cat, Necromancer, and Mind Walker, dies.
July 3 - Danielle Bunten Berry, designer of M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold, dies.
The ESRB changes the "K-A" (Kids to Adults) rating to "E" (Everyone) in February.

Notable releases

Video game platforms

GBC	Game Boy Color
N64	Nintendo 64

PS1	PlayStation
Sat	Sega Saturn

Win	Microsoft Windows
DC	Dreamcast

Notable releases of the year *1998*
Release	Title	Windows	5th Gen	6th Gen	Handheld	Arcade
000000002017-01-12-0000January 12	Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes	N/A	PS1	DC (1999)	N/A	Yes
000000002017-01-21-0000January 21	Resident Evil 2	1999	PS1; N64 (1999)	DC (1999); GC (2003)	N/A	N/A
000000002017-01-28-0000January 28	Final Fantasy Tactics	N/A	PS1	N/A	PSP (2007); iOS (2011); Android (2015)	N/A
000000002017-01-29-0000January 29	Bomberman World	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-01-29-0000January 29	Bust a Groove	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	Yes
000000002017-01-31-0000January 31	Skullmonkeys	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-02-09-0000February 9	James Bond 007	N/A	N/A	N/A	GB	N/A
000000002017-02-11-0000February 11	Xenogears	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-02-24-0000February 24	Gex: Enter the Gecko	September 30	PS1; N64 (August 1)	N/A	GBC (December 1)	N/A
000000002017-02-26-0000February 26	Tenchu: Stealth Assassins	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-02-28-0000February 28	Battlezone	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-02-28-0000February 28	Star Wars: Rebellion	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-01-0000March 1	Yoshi's Story	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-13-0000March 13	World Cup 98	April 30	PS1; N64 (May 18)	N/A	GB (March 13)	N/A
000000002017-03-19-0000March 19	Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-19-0000March 19	Real Bout Fatal Fury 2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
000000002017-03-25-0000March 25	Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit	October 12	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-31-0000March 31	SaGa Frontier	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-31-0000March 31	StarCraft	Yes	N64 (2000)	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-31-0000March 31	Blasto	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-03-31-0000March 31	1080° Snowboarding	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-04-07-0000April 7	Warhammer: Dark Omen	Yes	PS1 (April 7)	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-04-30-0000April 30	Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-04-30-0000April 30	Panzer Dragoon Saga	N/A	Sat	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-04-30-0000April 30	Point Blank	N/A	PS1	PS2	DS (2005)	1994
000000002017-04-30-0000April 30	Unreal	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-05-05-0000May 5	Einhänder	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-05-12-0000May 12	Gran Turismo	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-05-31-0000May 31	Jersey Devil	Yes	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-06-04-0000June 4	Vigilante 8	N/A	PS1; N64 (1999)	N/A	GBC (2000)	N/A
000000002017-06-11-0000June 11	X-Men vs. Street Fighter	N/A	PS1; Sat (1997)	N/A	N/A	1996
000000002017-06-12-0000June 12	Wetrix	1999	N64	DC (2000)	GBC (1999)	N/A
000000002017-06-29-0000June 29	Banjo-Kazooie	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-06-30-0000June 30	N2O: Nitrous Oxide	2015	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-07-14-0000July 14	F-Zero X	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-07-30-0000July 30	Star Ocean: The Second Story	N/A	PS1	N/A	PSP (2008); PSVita (2015)	N/A
000000002017-07-31-0000July 31	Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-07-31-0000July 31	Heart of Darkness	August 31	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-07-31-0000July 31	Iggy's Reckin' Balls	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-08-21-0000August 21	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six	Yes	N64 (November 17); PS1 (November 23)	DC (2000)	GBC (2000)	N/A
000000002017-08-31-0000August 31	Mega Man Legends	2001	PS1; N64 (2000)	N/A	PSP (2005)	N/A
000000002017-09-09-0000September 9	Parasite Eve	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-09-0000September 9	Spyro the Dragon	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-14-0000September 14	Resident Evil: Director's Cut - Dual Shock Version	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-28-0000September 28	Pokémon Red and Blue	N/A	N/A	N/A	GB	N/A
000000002017-09-30-0000September 30	Caesar III	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-30-0000September 30	Delta Force	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-30-0000September 30	Fallout 2	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-30-0000September 30	Shogo: Mobile Armor Division	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-09-30-0000September 30	G-Darius	2000	PS1	N/A	N/A	1997
000000002017-09-30-0000September 30	Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-01-0000October 1	MediEvil	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-17-0000October 17	Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus	Yes	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-20-0000October 20	Body Harvest	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-21-0000October 21	Metal Gear Solid	2000	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-21-0000October 21	Turok 2: Seeds of Evil	1999	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-30-0000October 30	Grim Fandango	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-30-0000October 30	Heretic 2	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-31-0000October 31	Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-31-0000October 31	Blood II: The Chosen	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-31-0000October 31	Crash Bandicoot: Warped	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-31-0000October 31	SiN	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-31-0000October 31	Apocalypse	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-10-31-0000October 31	No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-01-0000November 1	Red Comrades Save the Galaxy	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-10-0000November 10	Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-19-0000November 19	Half-Life	Yes	N/A	PS2 (2001)	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-20-0000November 20	Tomb Raider III	Yes	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-21-0000November 21	Dance Dance Revolution	N/A	PS1 (1999)	N/A	N/A	Yes
000000002017-11-23-0000November 23	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	N/A	N64	GC (2002)	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-30-0000November 30	StarCraft: Brood War	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-30-0000November 30	Thief: The Dark Project	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-11-30-0000November 30	Starsiege: Tribes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-03-0000December 3	Star Wars: Rogue Squadron	Yes	N64 (December 7)	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-04-0000December 4	Magic and Mayhem	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-12-0000December 12	Falcon 4.0	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-12-0000December 12	South Park	1999	N64; PS1 (1999)	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-17-0000December 17	Suikoden II	2003	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-20-0000December 20	The Settlers III	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-21-0000December 21	Baldur's Gate	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-23-0000December 23	Chocobo's Dungeon 2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-23-0000December 23	Sonic Adventure	2003	N/A	DC; GC (2003)	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-28-0000December 28	Myth II: Soulblighter	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
000000002017-12-31-0000December 31	Akuji the Heartless	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hardware

Nintendo's Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Color handheld console is released.
Sega's Dreamcast, an Internet-ready home console released in Japan and later in 1999 in US and the PAL regions.
The Sega Saturn is discontinued in the US and Europe.
Bandai's WonderSwan handheld is released in Japan.
SNK's Neo Geo Pocket handheld released.

Business

Activision acquires CD Contact Data and Head Game Publishing
Eidos Interactive acquires Crystal Dynamics
Electronic Arts Inc. acquires Westwood Studios, and with so they also acquire the North American operations of Virgin Interactive.
JTS Corp. (Atari Corporation) files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Hasbro Interactive acquires the Atari brand and property from JTS in May. They also acquire MicroProse in August.
Square Co. and Electronic Arts form Square Electronic Arts LLC to publish a wealth of Square Co. titles in the U.S.
Havas, a subsidiary of Vivendi, acquires Cendant Software, which includes Sierra On-Line and Blizzard Entertainment
Lego Media established by Lego Group
New companies: BreakAway, Elixir, Metro3D, Rockstar, Sunrise, Troika, WildTangent, Loki
Defunct: DWANGO

History of video games

By system

By year

Early history	1947–1972
1970s	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Near future

By console generation

By region

References

↑ "Attendance and Stats". IGN. Retrieved May 21, 2015.

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