1997

[650lb Sumo]

21/11/1990 - Super Mario World
7/3/1991 - Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
21/6/1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog
14/2/1991 - Lemmings
5/5/1992 - Wolfenstein 3D

8/1992 - Mortal Kombat
10/12/1993 - Doom

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Half Life/MGS/Zelda all came out like in the same three week span.

That is a mind-blowing fact.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

1997 was a good year for FPS games.

Blood
Shadow Warrior
Doom 64
Quake 2
Goldeneye 64
Turok
Jedi Knight

 

[Natural Order]

Goldeneye
Castlevania SOTN
Final Fantasy 7
Colony Wars (probably the most underrated PS1 game)
Soul Blade
Fallout
Star Fox 64
Blast Corps
Diddy Kong Racing
Gameday 98 (when 3D 11 on 11 football wasn't thought possible on PS1)
Jedi Knight
Crash Bandicoot 2
Parappa
Oddworld
Quake 2
Mario Kart 64
Tomb Raider 2
Turok
Nuclear Strike
Ace Combat 2
Treasures of the Deep (another really underrated PS1 game)

Plus arcades were still king and gaming magazines were still relevant.

Nice nod to Blast Corps, gem of a game. Always wished for a well made remake of that game/concept.

 

[Kevster]

98 or 99 for me, 97 was great though.

 

[Mongoosemk12]

97/98 Were great years for both gaming and movies. That's probably the peak and it was mostly downhill from there.

 

[Zazen]

Feels like whenever these threads are made people refuse to acknowledge anything past the year 2000 and especially 2010 and onwards. I think I've said this before but 2017 is slept on so much.

Super Mario Odyssey
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Horizon Zero Dawn
Nioh
Nier Automata
Persona 5
Cuphead
Resident Evil 7
Sonic Mania
Divinity II
Hollow Knight
What Remains of Edith Finch
Yakuza 0

Might be a few more I'm missing but I think it was a really strong year. A lot of fan favorites from each franchise came out this year. So while it lacked some originality many of the games stand among the best in the franchise like Yakuza, Mario, Zelda, Nier, Resident Evil, Persona, Sonic, etc. Some memorable indies too.