1996 in Video Gaming
Recently I was thinking of trying to re-create what it was like to play Resident Evil for the first time. In trying to remember what PlayStation games were out around the time of Resident Evil, I came up with Ridge Racer Revolution, Tekken 2, and Vandal Hearts. I wanted to check the release dates on Wikipedia, and that lead me to the page on 1996 in Video Gaming.It turns out that Resident Evil, Ridge Racer Revolution, Tekken 2, Vandal Hearts, and Suikoden were all released in North America in 1996. So my memory was pretty decent in that sense. Interestingly enough, Resident Evil came out in March and was out before any of those other titles in North America, although some of the titles were out much earlier in Japan (including Ridge Racer Revolution and Suikoden, which actually came out in 1995).
What surprised me, though, is what a fantastic year 1996 was for PC gaming. Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Diablo, Daggerfall, Master of Orion II, Rebel Assault II, and C&C: Red Alert all came out in 1996. Other noteable console games included Tomb Raider, NiGHTS into Dreams, and Mario 64. For a dedicated gamer, 1996 was a busy year.
Is there substance to the claim that games used to be better in the 90's? There's some pretty strong evidence happening there.
posted by Parappa @ 10:39 PM
2 Comments:
Of all the games you've mentioned, I really only played Diablo and MOO2. That being said, I played them A LOT! So yeah, it was a good year.
I was 16 in 1996, had no job, and was pretty much still playing SNES. I think the only games mentioned above that I actually played were Duke Nukem 3D and Quake--and even then, only the demo versions of them. I got a PlayStation in 1997. Now I own copies of all of those games, except for Tomb Raider and Diablo (I only have Diablo II for some reason). :) Suikoden was one of the first PlayStation games that I owned; Soul Blade was the very first. I first played Resident Evil over Christmas vacation in 1997, which I think is around the time that Resident Evil 2 came out.
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