G Vector
Developer: Soft Office Publisher: Soft Office Release: 10/16/97 Genre: Shooter For many Virtua Fighter was the star of the Sega Saturn launch. It is easy to see why; it was the first major fighting game in 3d...
Tag: 1997
RayStorm
Developer: Taito Publisher: Working Designs Release: 09/97 Genre: Shooter Sega’s surprise Saturn launch in the US meant new releases was slow in the early months. Galactic Attack was an early bright spot in that period and managed to stand...
Doom 64
Developer: Midway Publisher: Midway Release: 04/04/97 Genre: Action In the mid-90s Doom was an institution unto itself. It was not the very first fps but it popularized the genre to the point Doom clone became a phrase. And just...
Wild Arms
Developer: Media Vision Publisher: Sony Release: 04/30/97 Genre: RPG The original PlayStation did not get off to a great start when it comes to RPGs. While we remember the many Square epics the first two years were rough for fans...
Tetrisphere
Developer: H2O Publisher: Nintendo Released: August 11, 1997 Genre: Puzzle Tetris is an institution unto itself. It is hard to screw up Tetris as its foundation is so perfect. It is so perfect in fact that everyone who has touched...
Metal Slug – Super Vehicle-001
Developer: Nazca Publisher: SNK Released: 08/07/97 Genre: Action The early years of the Neo Geo saw a fairly diverse lineup of arcade titles that covered most genres. When combined with the system’s horsepower SNK’s games looked a cut.....
Cotton 2
Developer: Success Publisher: Success Released: 12/04/97 Genre Shooter Ah, Cotton, I admire your dedication to destroying my wallet. Cotton, alongside Parodius and Twinbee, is one of the best series of shooters that no one knows in the Wes...
The Wing of Madoola
Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Released: 12/12/986 Genre: Adventure It’s interesting to look back and examine the evolution of certain genres. With the advent of home consoles games began to offer deeper experiences in addition to quic...
Pokemon Snap
Developer: Hal Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Released: 06/30/99 Genre: Rail Shooter The various Pokemon spinoffs that Nintendo and Game Freak have released over the years have been interesting to say the least. As someone who liked the Gameb...
Die Hard Arcade
Developer: Sega AM1 Publisher: Sega Released: March 1997 Genre: Action The advent of 3d brought many innovations to existing genres. Some like the 2d platformer even evolved, one could even say for the better. But in the march of progre...