1998 in PC gaming: Dune 2000, Axis and Allies, Railroad Tycoon 2
20 years ago PC gaming was thriving. Half-Life re-defined the game design of FPSs. Baldur's Gate and Fallout 2 gave hope to gamers who were waiting for the next generation of RPGs. Adventure gamers enjoyed Grim Fandango immensely. Real-time strategy fans spent countless hours playing StarCraft. And let's not forget Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, House of the Dead and the wonderful Railroad Tycoon 2, one of the best railroad management simulation ever released. Abandonware DOS hosts a few more games released 20 years ago, in 1998:
- Dune 2000 - a real-time strategy game
- Sentinel Returns - a... puzzle game?
- MegaMan X3 - platform run and gun
- Dope Wars - a drug dealer simulation
- Axis and Allies - a board game inspired strategy game
1998 was a good year for movies too, think about Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show, The Great Lebowski (one of my personal favourites), American History X and A Bug's Life.
Talking about music, I can't remember a single song from The billboard top 10 of 1998 except for Candle in the Wind. Here it is:
| 1 | "Too Close" | Next |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | "The Boy Is Mine" | Brandy and Monica |
| 3 | "You're Still the One" | Shania Twain |
| 4 | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden |
| 5 | "How Do I Live" | LeAnn Rimes |
| 6 | "Together Again" | Janet |
| 7 | "All My Life" | K-Ci & JoJo |
| 8 | "Candle in the Wind 1997" | Elton John |
| 9 | "Nice & Slow" | Usher |
| 10 | "I Don't Want to Wait" | Paula Cole |
If the games listed above are not enough, go get more games published in 1998 on Abandonware DOS, almost all of them available for download.