1997 in video games

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List of years in video games

1997 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Final Fantasy VII, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, GoldenEye 007, Star Fox 64, Tomb Raider II, Ultima Online, and Virtua Striker 2, along with new titles such as Everybody's Golf, I.Q.: Intelligent Qube, PaRappa the Rapper, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Gran Turismo, Diablo, Grand Theft Auto and Fallout.

Sony's PlayStation was the year's best-selling video game console worldwide for the second year in a row, while also being the annual best-selling console in Japan for the first time (overtaking the Game Boy and Sega Saturn). The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Squaresoft's Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation, while the year's highest-grossing arcade games in Japan were Sega's Virtua Fighter 3 and Print Club 2.

Events[]

  • March 6th - Sega opens Sega World Sydney in Australia. It is the second Sega World park to open outside of Japan, with the first opening as part of the London Trocadero the previous year.
  • June 19–21 – The 3rd annual E3 is held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.[1]
  • October:
  • November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA) launched.
  • December 16 – A scene from the Pokémon anime (based upon the highly successful games) causes 685 Japanese children to have seizures. Nintendo makes a statement proclaiming the safety of the Pokémon games from fear that the games would cause a similar effect, the episode to be permanently removed from circulation, and the featured Pokémon in the episode (Porygon) has not made an appearance in the Pokémon anime since.
  • TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.
  • 3D Realms begins production of Duke Nukem Forever, winner of numerous vaporware awards.
  • The gaming portal Cool Math Games went online for the first time.

Hardware[]

  • March 1 – The Nintendo 64 is released in Europe and Australia
  • October 20 – Nintendo releases the New-style Super NES, a remodeled version of the Super NES, in North America.
  • Junny releases PlayStation development software for PC
  • Tiger Electronics releases the Game.com

Discontinued[]

  • Sega announces that the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) has been discontinued.
  • Sega Game Gear discontinued.

Top-rated games[]

Game of the Year awards[]

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1997.

Awards Game of the Year Platform(s) Genre Publisher Ref
CESA Awards Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Role-playing Squaresoft [3]
Japan Media Arts Festival [4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Sony [5]
Game Informer [6]
GamePro [7]
Hyper [8]
Origins Awards [9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 First-person shooter Nintendo [10]
Interactive Achievement Awards [11]
Digitiser Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 Platformer Nintendo [12]
Golden Joystick Awards [13]
GameSpot Total Annihilation PC Real-time strategy Cavedog [14]
Gamest Awards Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers 3) Arcade (CP System II) Fighting Capcom [15]
Japan Media Arts Festival Intelligent Qube (I.Q. / Kurushi) PlayStation Puzzle Sony [4]
Origins Awards Sid Meier's Gettysburg! PC Wargame Electronic Arts [9]
Tomb Raider Multi-platform Action-adventure Eidos Interactive

Critically acclaimed titles[]

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame[]

The following video game releases in 1995 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[16]

Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Score (out of 40)
Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft Role-playing 38
Final Fantasy VII International PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft Role-playing 37
Tobal 2 PlayStation DreamFactory Squaresoft Fighting 36
Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Rail shooter 36
Derby Stallion PlayStation ASCII Corporation ASCII Corporation Simulation 35
Gran Turismo PlayStation Polys Entertainment Sony Racing simulation 35

Metacritic and GameRankings[]

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are online aggregators of video game journalism reviews. Note that their coverage of print magazines at the time was limited, with numerous print magazines not listed on their sites.

1997 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR)[17][18]
Game Publisher Release Date Platform(s) MC score GR score
Gran Turismo Sony Computer Entertainment December 23, 1997 PlayStation 96/100[19] 94.95%[20]
GoldenEye 007 Nintendo August 25, 1997 Nintendo 64 96/100 94.7%
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Konami March 20, 1997 PlayStation 93/100 93.03%
Final Fantasy VII Square January 31, 1997 PlayStation 92/100 92.35%
Dungeon Keeper Electronic Arts June 26, 1997 Microsoft Windows N/A 92.2%
Diablo Blizzard Entertainment January 3, 1997 Microsoft Windows 94/100 89.07%
Colony Wars Psygnosis October 31, 1997 PlayStation 91/100 92.09%
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! Electronic Arts October 14, 1997 Microsoft Windows 92/100 91%[21]
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II LucasArts October 10, 1997 Microsoft Windows 91/100 88.69%
Myth: The Fallen Lords Bungie November 7, 1997 Microsoft Windows 91/100 80.8%
Blast Corps Nintendo March 21, 1997 Nintendo 64 90/100 88.87%
NFL GameDay 98 Sony Computer Entertainment September 4, 1997 PlayStation N/A 90%
Fallout Interplay Productions October 10, 1997 Microsoft Windows 89/100 89.69%
Carmageddon Sales Curve Interactive June 13, 1997 Microsoft Windows N/A 89.6%
Formula 1 97 Psygnosis September 26, 1997 PlayStation N/A 89.43%
MDK Playmates Interactive May 5, 1997 Microsoft Windows N/A 89.2%
Star Fox 64 Nintendo April 27, 1997 Nintendo 64 88/100 89.01%
The Curse of Monkey Island LucasArts November 1, 1997 Microsoft Windows 89/100 89%
Einhänder Square November 20, 1997 PlayStation 89/100[19] 85%[20]
Total Annihilation GT Interactive September 26, 1997 Microsoft Windows 86/100 88.85%
Diddy Kong Racing Rare November 21, 1997 Nintendo 64 88/100 88.65%
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Sony Computer Entertainment October 31, 1997 PlayStation N/A 88.54%
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee GT Interactive September 18, 1997 PlayStation 85/100 87.94%

Financial performance[]

Highest-grossing arcade games in Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1997.

Rank Gamest[15] Game Machine[22]
Title Manufacturer Genre Title Manufacturer Type Points
1 Virtua Fighter 3 Sega Fighting Print Club 2 Atlus Other 4068
2 Tekken 3 Namco Fighting Virtua Fighter 3 Sega Dedicated 3995
3 X-Men vs. Street Fighter Capcom Fighting Tekken 3 Namco PCB 3757
4 Street Fighter III: New Generation Capcom Fighting Virtual On: Cyber Troopers Sega Dedicated 2969
5 Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers 3) Capcom Fighting X-Men vs. Street Fighter Capcom PCB 2776
6 Samurai Spirits 4: Amakusa Kōrin SNK Fighting Puzzle Bobble 3 Taito PCB 2626
7 Real Bout Garō Densetsu Special SNK Fighting Densha de Go! Taito Dedicated 2614
8 Virtual On: Cyber Troopers Sega Shooter Time Crisis Namco Dedicated 2459
9 The King of Fighters '97 SNK Fighting Gallop Racer Tecmo PCB 2420
10 DoDonPachi Atlus Bullet hell Rave Racer Namco Dedicated 2399

Best-selling video game consoles[]

Rank Manufacturer Game console Type Generation Sales
Japan United States Worldwide
1 Sony PlayStation Home 32-bit 5,050,000+[23] 6,750,000+[23] 17,200,000+[23]
2 Nintendo Game Boy / Game Boy Pocket Handheld 8-bit 4,220,000[24] Un­known 10,370,000[24]
3 Nintendo Nintendo 64 Home 64-bit 1,110,000[24] 4,488,000[25] 9,420,000[24]
4 Nintendo Super NES / Super Famicom Home 16-bit 190,000[24] 593,000[25] 2,040,000[24]
5 Sega Sega Saturn Home 32-bit 800,000[26] 249,000[25] 1,800,000[27][28]
6 Sega Sega Genesis Home 16-bit Un­known 478,000[25] 478,000+
7 Nintendo NES / Famicom Home 8-bit 30,000[24] 81,000[25] 111,000
8 NEC PC-FX Home 32-bit 30,000[26] N/A 30,000

Best-selling home video games[]

Final Fantasy VII was the best-selling home video game worldwide in 1997.[29] It sold more than 6 million copies worldwide by 1998, becoming the best-selling PlayStation game up until then.[30]

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) of 1997 in Japan and the United States.

Rank Title Platform Sales
Japan United States[31] Combined
1 Final Fantasy VII PlayStation 3,447,500+[32] 1,000,000+[33] 4,447,500+
2 Pocket Monsters: Red / Green / Blue Game Boy 3,995,988[34] N/A 3,995,988
3 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 731,385[34] 1,000,000+ 1,731,385+
4 Derby Stallion PlayStation 1,581,138[35] N/A 1,581,138
5 Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64 373,479[35] 1,000,000+ 1,373,479+
6 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 361,302[35] 1,000,000+ 1,361,302+
7 Minna no Golf (Everybody's Golf) PlayStation 1,327,000[36] N/A 1,327,000
8 Final Fantasy Tactics PlayStation 1,239,000[36] N/A 1,239,000
9 Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo 64 217,259[37] 1,000,000+ 1,217,259+
10 SaGa Frontier PlayStation 1,057,263[35] N/A 1,057,263

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1997.

Rank Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Sales Ref
1 Pocket Monsters: Red / Green / Blue Game Boy Game Freak Nintendo RPG 3,995,988 [34]
2 Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft RPG 3,447,500+ [32]
3 Derby Stallion PlayStation ASCII ASCII Simulation 1,581,138 [35]
4 Minna no Golf (Everybody's Golf) PlayStation Camelot Software Planning Sony Sports 1,327,000 [36]
5 Final Fantasy Tactics PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft SRPG 1,239,000
6 SaGa Frontier PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft RPG 1,057,263 [35]
7 Gran Turismo PlayStation Polys Entertainment Sony Racing simulation 905,000 [36]
8 Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Game Boy Tom Create Bandai Breeding simulation 808,000
9 Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft Roguelike 801,000
10 PaRappa the Rapper PlayStation NanaOn-Sha Sony Rhythm 761,621 [34]

United States[]

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1997.[38][39][40]

Rank Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Sales[31]
1 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Kart racing 1,000,000+
2 Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Rail shooter 1,000,000+
3 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Platformer 1,000,000+
4 Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo 64 Rare Rare Kart racing 1,000,000+
5 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 Rare Nintendo FPS 1,000,000+
6 Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Squaresoft Sony RPG 1,000,000+[33]
7 NFL GameDay 98 PlayStation Sony Interactive Sony Sports Un­known
8 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Nintendo 64 LucasArts Nintendo Action Un­known
9 Madden NFL 98 PlayStation Tiburon Entertainment EA Sports Sports Un­known
10 Crash Bandicoot PlayStation Naughty Dog Sony Platformer Un­known

Europe[]

In Europe, the following titles were the top-selling home video games of each month in 1997.

Month(s) United Kingdom France
January Die Hard Trilogy (PlayStation)[41] Un­known
February Cool Boarders (PlayStation)[42]
March Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)[43]
April Wave Race 64 (Nintendo 64)[44] Micro Machines V3 (PlayStation)[45]
May Soul Blade (PlayStation)[46]
June Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64)[47]
July International Superstar Soccer 64 (Nintendo 64)[48]
August–September V-Rally (PlayStation)[49][50]
October Formula 1 97 (PlayStation)[51] Lylat Wars (Nintendo 64)[52]
November Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)[53]
December FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (PlayStation, PC)[54]
1997 Tomb Raider 2[55]

Top game rentals in the United States[]

Blockbuster Video, an American chain of video rental shops, released a monthly list of the chain's highest-renting console titles. The following games topped the monthly charts, as reported by GamePro.

Month PlayStation Sega Saturn Nintendo 64 Sega Genesis Super NES Ref
January Twisted Metal 2 Sonic 3D Blast N/A Sonic 3D Blast Donkey Kong Country 3 [56]
February NBA Live 97 Tomb Raider N/A [57]
March Soul Blade Mario Kart 64 NBA Live 97 [58]
April Need for Speed II [59]
May NBA ShootOut '97 NBA Live 97 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter NHL 97 NBA Live 97 [60]
June War Gods Fighters Megamix Star Fox 64 World Series Baseball '98 Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run [61]
July Triple Play 98 Brunswick World [62]
August VMX Racing [63]
September Madden NFL 98 Sonic Jam GoldenEye 007 Madden NFL 98 Madden NFL 98 [64]
October NFL GameDay 98 N/A [65]
November Crash Bandicoot 2 N/A NFL Quarterback Club 98 [66]
December N/A Diddy Kong Racing N/A N/A [67]

Notable releases[]

Video game platforms
GBC Game Boy Color
Mac Classic Mac OS / macOS
N64 Nintendo 64
Neo Neo Geo
NeoCD Neo-Geo CD
Pippin Apple Bandai Pippin
PS1 PlayStation
Sat Sega Saturn
SMD Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Super Famicom
Win Microsoft Windows
  
Notable releases of the year 1997
Release Title Windows / DOS 4th Gen 5th Gen Handheld Arcade
January 3 Diablo Yes N/A PS1 (1998) N/A N/A
January 14 Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku N/A N/A Sat N/A N/A
January 31 Final Fantasy VII (Japan) 1998 N/A PS1 N/A N/A
February 5 DoDonPachi N/A N/A Sat (September 18), PS1 (1998) N/A Yes
February 10 Mario Kart 64 N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
February 27 The Lost Vikings 2 April 30 SNES PS1 (May), Sat (May) N/A N/A
February 28 Blast Corps N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
February 28 Independence Day Yes N/A PS1, Sat N/A N/A
February 28 Mega Man 8 N/A N/A PS1, Sat N/A N/A
February 28 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter November 30 N/A N64 N/A N/A
February 28 Interstate '76 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
March 20 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night N/A N/A PS1, Sat (1998) N/A N/A
March 20 Tekken 3 N/A N/A PS1 (1998) N/A Yes
March 26 Vandal Hearts N/A N/A PS1, Sat (November 27) N/A N/A
March 30 The Last Express Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
March 31 Need for Speed II Yes N/A PS1 N/A N/A
April 7 Outlaws Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
April 30 Fighters Megamix N/A N/A Sat Game.com (1998) N/A
April 30 Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
May 21 Blood Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
May 31 MDK Yes N/A PS1 (1998) N/A N/A
June Harvest Moon N/A SNES N/A N/A N/A
June 20 Sonic Jam N/A N/A Sat Game.com (1998) N/A
June 20 Final Fantasy Tactics (Japan) N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
June 26 Dungeon Keeper Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
June 30 Star Fox 64 N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
July 4 Jane's 688(I) Hunter/Killer Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
July 28 The King of Fighters '97 N/A Neo, NeoCD PS1, Sat (1998) N/A Yes
July 30 Carmageddon Yes N/A PS1 (1999), N64 (2000) GBC (2000) N/A
July 31 Herc's Adventures N/A N/A PS1, Sat N/A N/A
July 31 Warlords III: Reign of Heroes Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
August 1 Mega Man X4 1999 N/A PS1, Sat N/A N/A
August 11 Tetrisphere N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
August 25 GoldenEye 007 N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
August 31 Imperialism Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 10 Silhouette Mirage N/A N/A Sat, PS1 (1998) N/A N/A
September 11 Breath of Fire III N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
September 11 Hexen II Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 12 Shadow Warrior Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 18 Street Fighter Collection N/A N/A Sat, PS1 (October 23) N/A N/A
September 19 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Yes N/A PS1 N/A N/A
September 24 Ultima Online Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 24 Postal Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 26 LEGO Island Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 29 Croc: Legend of the Gobbos N/A N/A PS1, Sat N/A N/A
September 30 Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 30 Fallout Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 30 Panzer General II Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
September 30 Poy Poy N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
September 30 Total Annihilation Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
October 9 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
October 15 Age of Empires Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
October 15 Mortal Kombat 4 1998 N/A N64, PS1 (1998) GBC (1998) Yes
October 21 Grand Theft Auto Yes N/A PS1 (December 12) GBC (1999) N/A
October 23 Steep Slope Sliders N/A N/A Sat N/A 1998
October 28 Shipwreckers Yes N/A PS1 N/A N/A
October 29 Riven Yes N/A Sat, PS1 (November 30) N/A N/A
October 30 Culdcept N/A N/A Sat, PS1 (1999) N/A N/A
October 31 Blade Runner Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
October 31 Colony Wars N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
October 31 The Curse of Monkey Island Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
October 31 PaRappa the Rapper N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
October 31 Zork: Grand Inquisitor Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
November Independence War Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
November 1 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
November 1 Shock Troopers N/A Neo N/A N/A Yes
November 17 Sonic R 1998 N/A Sat N/A N/A
November 18 Tomb Raider II Yes N/A PS1 N/A N/A
November 21 Diddy Kong Racing N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
November 21 Worms 2 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
November 25 Myth: The Fallen Lords Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
November 27 Kirby's Dream Land 3 N/A SNES N/A N/A N/A
November 30 Bomberman 64 N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
November 30 One N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
November 30 Wing Commander: Prophecy Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A
November 30 WCW vs. nWo: World Tour N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
December Puzzle Bobble 4 N/A N/A PS1, Sat (1998) N/A Yes
December 6 Quake II Yes N/A PS1, N64 (1999) N/A N/A
December 11 Klonoa: Door to Phantomile N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
December 18 Grandia (Japan) N/A N/A Sat, PS1 (1999) N/A N/A
December 18 Mega Man Legends 2001 N/A PS1, N64 (2000) N/A N/A
December 21 Yoshi's Story N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A
December 23 Gran Turismo N/A N/A PS1 N/A N/A
December 31 Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero N/A N/A N64 N/A N/A

Business[]

  • Activision acquires CentreSoft Ltd. and Raven Software
  • Electronic Arts Inc. acquires Maxis
  • GameTek filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed its doors in July 1998
  • 2015, Inc. founded
  • 4D Rulers Software, Inc. founded
  • September – 4HEAD Studios created
  • Bungie West formed by Bungie
  • Conspiracy Entertainment Corporation founded
  • Crave Entertainment, Inc. formed
  • August – Human Head Studios, Inc. formed
  • Illusion Softworks, a.s. founded
  • April 15 – Irem Software Engineering Inc. founded
  • Irrational Games LLC founded
  • Mythic Entertainment renames itself from Interworld Productions after name dispute with another "Interworld" company
  • THQ renamed from Toy Headquarters, Inc.
  • Warthog PLC founded

Lawsuits[]

  • Nintendo vs Games City: Nintendo sues Games City for selling the Game Doctor and Doctor V64 backup devices for the SNES and N64 consoles. Nintendo wins the suit.
  • Nintendo vs Prima Publishing: Nintendo sues Prima over copyrights to maps of the N64 video game GoldenEye 007. Nintendo loses the suit.
  • Nintendo vs Sony Video Games: Nintendo sues Sony over copyrights about Mario games.

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