We roll the clock back 17 years to see what games were hot on the Playstation, N64 and the humble PC. As you peek at the games charts below, you’ll notice some very well known gaming franchises that are still going strong till this day. But what makes it great to look back at old charts like these is the more obscure and long forgotten games, like Rollcage for the Playstation, Virtual Pool 64 on the N64, and The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield on the PC.
What ever tickled your fancy back then, scour through the top 5 games from May 1999, you never know, you still may be playing some of these gems!
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1) Metal Gear Solid (Konami) |
| 2) Rollcage (Psygnosis) | |
| 3) A Bug’s Life (Sony) | |
| 4) FIFA 99 (EA) | |
| 5) Populous: The Beginning (EA) |
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1) South Park (Acclaim) |
| 2) Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Nintendo) | |
| 3) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Nintendo) | |
| 4) WCW/nWO: Revenge (THQ) | |
| 5) Virtual Pool 64 (Crave) |
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1) Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (EA) |
| 2) Sim City 3000 (EA) | |
| 3) South Park (Acclaim) | |
| 4) The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield (Fox) | |
| 5) Premier Manager 99 (Gremlin) |
Cast your mind back to mid 1993, when arcade parlours were a place you could go to and get your fix of unparalleled gaming experiences from industry heavyweights like, Sega, Taito, Atari (Ed: Yep, Atari!), Namco, Midway, Konami, Capcom and Data East (to name just a few). Throw in brilliant pinball tables from Data East, Williams and Gottlieb, and you start missing those days – Ah, if only there was time travel!
The start of September in 1997 was tinged with sadness with the passing of Mother Teresa and the funeral of Diana, Princess Of Wales. With Elton John’s Candle In The Wind song topping the music charts, we were also introduced to another hit song, Tubthumping from Chumbawaba. In the video gaming sphere, Electronic Arts was pervading the top 5 games charts on a number of platforms, from the PlayStation and Saturn, to the ubiquitous personal computer.