Imformation: Review Date: July 16, 2021 Release Date: November 23, 1998 Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Genre: Adventure Anecdotes: My brother comes by one day with some strategy guides. One of them was for the legendary game, Ocarina of Time. I didn’t pay much attention at that point, but then he forgot to… Continue reading Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Tag: 1998
Game of Life
Information: Review Date: July 15, 2021 Release Date: September 30, 1998 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Hasbro Developer: Hasbro Genre: Board Game Anecdotes: Back in my Monopoly writeup, I had talked about playing family board games and the age old tradition of the brother cheating and game ending board flips. This is Life, though, which doesn’t produce… Continue reading Game of Life
Parasite Eve
Information: Review Date: July 14, 2021 Release Date: September 9, 1998 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Square Developer: Square Genre: Adventure Anecdotes: Square is known for its Final Fantasy series, which really set the standard for RPGs everywhere. Square, however, dabbled in other genres at times. Here, though, it really looks like they were trying to cross… Continue reading Parasite Eve
Grand Theft Auto
Information: Review Date: July 13, 2021 Release Date: June 30, 1998 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Take Two Interactive Developer: Visual Sciences Genre: Mayhem and Nonsense Anecdotes: Throughout my years, I have heard many things about the Grand Theft Auto series, but I have never played it. I heard plenty of things about the games being “immoral,”… Continue reading Grand Theft Auto
Quest 64
Information: Review Date: July 12, 2021 Release Date: June 1, 1998 Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: THQ Developer: Imagineer Genre: Don’t know, don’t care Description: ??? Positives: ??? Negatives: I played for a while and never saw an enemy. I had no idea where to go or what to do. I just hated the whole experience.… Continue reading Quest 64
Yoshi’s Story
Information: Review Date: July 11, 2021 Release Date: March 10, 1998 Platform: Nintendo 64 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: I don’t know what happened to the Super Mario series. It got infected with the same virus that eventually hit the Final Fantasy series. Instead of continuing with the platformers that made the… Continue reading Yoshi’s Story
Resident Evil 2
Information: Review Date: July 10, 2021 Release Date: January 21, 1998 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Genre: Horror Anecdotes: Up until a few years ago, I knew nothing about the Resident Evil series, but I looked around the Internet to find out what the longest running franchise is. As I scrolled down the list,… Continue reading Resident Evil 2