Well yeah… it’s about that time that games were only a decade of advancement since computer gaming was created. Prior to that it was speak and spell and pong.
So, I just watched the F1 movie with Brad Pitt, and the mention f2 and f3.
I only just realized, that f zero is likely meant to be the next one after 1, as in the new elite race rank.
That game was so fucking good.
Iirc it’s 0 gravity as well.
When they said in The Matrix that the late 90s was peak human civilization they weren’t lying
I want to argue with you, but the 90s still had the best food festivals. Gyro wasn’t as popular but like my favorite Greek restaurant opened in 94.
You usually have to pay extra for greek
i’m so sleepy i can’t remember what you mean
GO TO BED
the problem is i’m sleepwalking
You should eat your hands then.
There were also a tremendous number of absolute trash games that we don’t remember because we don’t remember them.
Same with any media, really. Lots of people idolize old music in a “they don’t make it like they used to” way, purely because the bad music didn’t get replayed often enough to enter the zeitgeist.
I remember giving my NES games away. I had like 200 of them.
The person receiving it went, “Bet you have a good memory out of every game.” And I just kinda answered, “Not really. Most of them sucked.”
Even the good ones?
Out of that pile of 200 NES games, maybe like 10% were good.
Ah, sorry, I was setting up a Bashir/Garak “Especially the good ones, my dear doctor” thing.
10% isn’t bad, though. What was your favorite bad one?
throws dart
hits Tomb Raider 3
throws again
The year “pixels actually started to look like something I don’t have to imagine”.
96-98 is the greatest three year run in the history of gaming.
Depends what you mean by “greatest”. Most revolutionary? Biggest leaps forward? Possibly.
But most of those games don’t hold up today.
We’re also getting a strong cheerleader effect on this picture. Mario Party 3? Turok?
Turok was pretty shit tbh.
Many of the other games were great though.
Like. I get survivorship bias is a thing. But how many great games came out in 2025?
Fabio (ffvii I meant but I’m leaving Fabio because it’s hillarious)rebirth is the only thing I’ve enjoyed much honestly. Where’s the good stuff? Maybe I’m just not seeing it playing it but I just don’t see many games out there I’d call great.
Oh, expedition 33 is really dope. That’s something.
Pretty positive you’re just not seeing it, because 2025 has been awesome.
Hades 2. Silksong. Split Fiction.
If a Donkey Kong or a Mario Kart had come out in 1998, it’d be in this picture.
And then I didn’t play Death Stranding 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, or Blue Prince, but the word of mouth is excellent.
Also Outer Worlds 2.
I didn’t love Silksong. It was alright. But I never finished it. Haven’t played hades 2 or split fiction - didn’t love hades 1 (didn’t hate it either. It was alright) so never bothered. Never even heard of split fiction.
It’s ok to just not be that into gaming anymore. But if you are looking for a game to get into, they’re out there.
I still have to play Fabio Rebirth, but I can’t find the strength. Playing Fabio Remake Intergrade was such a painful experience for me, every single interaction is delayed to make the game longer, and I didn’t really like the combat system. I ended up playing it on the easiest difficulty just to see how they
butcheredchanged the story. Ironically the only part I found enjoyable was the Yuffie DLC. I might play Rebirth in 2026, my cousin will probably keep pestering me until I do it.I loved the Fabio remake personally. One of my peak gaming experiences since original Fabio. But that’s just me.
This has the original mario party (the dice block isn’t intended to be part of the title)
Fair enough. Still not exactly a masterpiece.
I closed my eyes and pointed at a random spot. Got Thief twice in a row.
Guess I gotta play it now.
With bony hands I hold my partner, On soulless feet we cross the floor, The music stops as if to answer, An empty knocking at the door. It seems his skin was sweet as mango, When last I held him to my breast, But now, we dance this grim fandango, And will four years until we rest.
Most of these are above mid but not at all “legendary”. The series they are part of are legendary, but the specific games are not at all the high point and reason for that. There are definitely some timeless masterpieces there, but not enough to make it some singular year that has never been surpassed or equalled.
I cannot overstate the impact the mid-nineties had on GPAs across the board.
This picture doesn’t even show the full depth and breadth of the PC market at the time. Arcades had some strong offerings at this time, too.
Gameboy Camera is my favourite 1998 game
I had so much fun with that thing, one time I combined a picture of the family dog with my stepdad and showed it to my mom and proudly told her this is what it would look like if they had kids. Another time I tried to make an action film with my brother, but it was mostly just footage of him doing what he considered crazy stunts (jumping on the hotel bed).
How did your mom react?
Xenogears is one of my all time favorite games. What could have been…
Actually, I hit my friend in the thigh. Turns out it’s really hard to throw stuff blindfolded. You probably shouldn’t do it.
Turns out I hit an artery, blood started gushing everywhere and you won’t believe what game got hit by his blood!
Oh hey that reminds me Blade came out in 1998 too, love that movie
All of them? Because it was an artery, those fuckers have no restraint.
Yes! 1998 really was an amazing year for gaming!
I’ve found if you don’t put the blindfold around your arm it stays just as easy to throw things as before.
Ah yes, the smash hit Roll Away, which I have definitely heard of.
And that’s Mario Party, the first one, not Mario Party 3. The cover design is confusing.
Kula World in most of the world. Roll Away was just the US title.
Haven’t heard of it by that name, either, so the comment still works!
