CCIV: Game of the Year 1998 Round Two

[Neon Ignition]

Time for seconds as we move onto the next batch of 1998 gaming offerings aiming to try and convince that its games ultimately outstrip the bar set by the other years.


Which of the above games are amongst the best of 1998 and why?

[Asura]

Close the thread, Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram is on the list

[Neon Ignition]

None for me in this one though it has reminded me that 25 years later I still need to try Deep Fear

[Atticus]

Daytona 2. I liked it.

[jonathan_ingram]

Mostly Saturn and PC around the time and Freespace was the game I enjoyed the most at the time out of that lot

[Solar]

Don't know any on that list, am waiting patiently for H though

[Neon Ignition]

When it gets to P we could shut down the vote altogether for 98 for me

[Mr Ono]

DDR was special.

[Cepp]

Tough one, Colin McRae was incredible and Crash 3 was great, but DDR took over my life for a good couple of years so that’s the winner here.

[CMcK]

Close the thread, Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram is on the list

Quoted as this is totally correct.

[Asura]

Colin McRae ... DDR took over my life

I hovered over both of these.

I hesitated though because I think Colin McRae Rally really hit its stride with the second game, and Dance Dance Revolution didn't really exist for me until the start of the 00s, when Dancing Stage machines started to show up at UK arcades.

[Tobal]

Circuit Breakers - the best top down racer made, specially in multiplayer. An improvement on super sonicracers in every way, nothing comes close, not even Micro Machines.

Commando's 1 - spent alot of time perfecting the maps, alot of Germans got stabbed and dumped on a pile of corpses... still occasionally mutter "whatever you say sssssir" "ooouuu i've been hit"

[Cassius_Smoke]

Dangun Feveron!!
Loudest splash screen of any game.

[Cepp]

I remember the hype for Deathtrap Dungeon, mags were all over it but the final game felt very average with bad controls. It's in the Porsche Challenge category of games that probably aren't that good but I'd like to revisit and try again.

I hovered over both of these.

I hesitated though because I think Colin McRae Rally really hit its stride with the second game, and Dance Dance Revolution didn't really exist for me until the start of the 00s, when Dancing Stage machines started to show up at UK arcades.

Yeah for sure, CM2 superseded the original in every way, and casts a bit of a shadow over the first game.

[Travesty]

Colin McRae Rally