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Baldur's Gate was released 25 years ago on 21st December 1998.
The last major release of the year, it ended up as one of the highest regarded of this spectacular year's lineup and soon became regarded as having brought RPGs back from obscurity as a videogame genre and elevated BioWare to the giant of that part of the industry for well over a decade.
#1998InVideoGames #VideoGameHistory #VideoGames #BaldursGate #adnd
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@artikid I would have no problem if I only got to play games from the 90s for the rest of my life.
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StarCraft: Brood War was released 25 years ago on 18th December 1998.
This expansion came out only nine months after the main game, adding some new units and visual styles for map and delivering what was basically the second half of the campaign.
#1998InVideoGames #VideoGames #VideoGameHistory #StarCraft #rts
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Mario Party was released 25 years ago on 18th December 1998.
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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was released 25 years ago on 3rd December 1998.
I really first started playing any videogames with X-Wing and then Tie Fighter, and when Rogue Squadron came out, I felt disappointed that it wasn't like X-Wing. But my brother played it a lot and it was probably one of his favorite games at the time.
Rogue Squadron ended up a quite successful and popular series in its own right.
#StarWars #RogueSquadron #1998InVideoGames #VideoGameHistory #videogames
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Thief: The Dark Project came out 25 years ago on 1st December 1998.
Another game that was hugely popular with me and my friends. Though back then I never made it past the third level (the zombie tomb), and only came back to it some 15 years later. When it still was a really amazing game to play.
Coming out the same year as Metal Gear Solid, 1998 was not just a great year for games in general, but for Stealth Games in particular.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released 25 years ago on 21st November 1998.
#1998InVideoGames #videogames #videogamehistory #legendofzelda #zelda
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@Dataless Also Thief, Fallout 2, and Brood War.
Late 1998 had an insane release lineup: #1998InVideoGames
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Up to this point, 1998 had been a really good year for games. But the last six weeks went on to be absolutely crazy.
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Half-Life was released 25 years ago on 19th November 1998.
When this game came out, it was an immediate sensation and soon after taking the top spot in rankings of the greatest videogames of all time. In hindsight, it very much seems to have earned that reputation. Though Unreal had come out some months earlier, it's probably Half-Life that deserves the recognition as having revolutionized shooters more than any other game since Quake.
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@Frdnspnzr #1998InVideoGames So unglaublich viele phantastische Spiele die vor 25 Jahren erschienen sind.
Immer noch das beste Jahr der Spiele-Geschichte.
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Fallout 2 was released 25 years ago on 29th October 1998.
While now often regarded not as highly as the first game for introducing parody jokes to the series and giving it a less serious tone, Fallout 2 was still a very highly regarded CRPG at the time and widely seen as a classic.
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Grim Fandango was released 25 years ago on 30th October 1998.
Often remembered as one of the last great adventure games of the period. (The other being The Longest Journey.) This kind of games did see something of a revival by Telltale Games and the core gameplay did live on various first person 3D games, but back in the 90s, they were a pretty major genre with many very famous titles.
#1998InVideogames #videogames #GrimFandango #VideoGameHistory
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@zozo @auguryignored I'm doing the #1998InVideogames series, mentioning games that are now 25 years old.
So many games that are still amazing even if you only try them out now. And still I often feel disappointed that I didn't start this earlier, because there's so many great ones that I missed the last two years.I decided to do 1999 as well, because that legendary wave of games did continue for quite some time.
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Spyro the Dragon was released 25 years ago on 9th September 1998.
#1998InVideoGames #videogames #Spyro #SpyroTheDragon #VideoGameHistory
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Metal Gear Solid was released 25 years ago on 3rd September 1998.
One of the craziest games ever made and the one that took the series to worldwide fame and success. One of the games that made 1998 probably the greatest year in videogame history.
#1998InVideoGames #MGS #MetalGear #MetalGearSolid #VideoGameHistory
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Rainbow Six was released 25 years ago on 21st August 1998.
When this game came out, it seemed rather weird for a shooter, including tactical squad game elements.
I remember the game not being seen as one of the huge titles of that year but it was getting quite some attention. And ended up the first game in a series that has been going for two decades with eight games. -
Banjo-Kazooie was released 25 years ago on 29th June 1998 for the N64.
#1998InVideoGames #VideoGameHistory #videogames #banjokazooie
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines was released 25 years ago on 24th June 1998.
When this game came out, me and my friends were all over it. I played it a lot and totally loved it, though I think I never got much further than the third level.
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Unreal was released 25 years ago on 22nd March 1998
When Unreal came out, it was seen by many as one of the most important releases of the year, regarded as an equal to Half-Life, which came out six month later. However, it soon faded into relative obscurity and was greatly surpassed in fame by its spin-off Unreal Tournament.
Its main legacy remains its game engine which has become the most important software family for 3D graphics.
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StarCraft was released 25 years ago on 31st March 1998.
One of the most standout releases in a year that saw the release of numerous great classics. I once read someone claiming that StarCraft killed the RTS boom of the 90s because it had reached a level of perfection that left other developers no more room to improve on it, and damn every future RTS to be "not as good as Starcraft".
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Parasite Eve was released 25 years ago on 29th March 1998.
One of the great PlayStation classics that I have to admit I still have not got around to play.
#1998InVideoGames #ParasiteEve #PlayStation #videogames #VideoGameHistory
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FreeSpace was released 25 years ago on 19th March 1998.
In the late 90s, starfighter combat games were a pretty substantial genre. X-Wing and Wing Commander being the clear leaders, but FreeSpace managed to make a name for itself as well.
FreeSpace 2 came out just one year later with huge improvements to the engine, being widely considered the best game of this type, but it also turned out to be the last major release of the genre. -
Xenogears was released 25 years ago on 11th February 1998.
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Resident Evil 2 was released 25 years ago on 21st January 1998.
The first major release of what would be an absolutely incredible year.
#1998InVideoGames #ResidentEvil #videogames #VideoGameHistory