1998 in Video Game Music
A year-in-review musical medley created by Ryan Hamann for the Sound of Play podcast featuring some of the outstanding music from the games of 1998. Please check out Sound of Play for weekly collections of excellent video game music. See how many of the tracks you can identify on your own.
0:00 Banjo-Kazooie
2:15 Mario Party
2:22 Police Quest: SWAT 2
2:29 Space Station Silicon Valley (Evo's Space Adventure)
2:36 MediEvil
2:54 Parasite Eve
3:15 Half-Life
3:46 Sonic Adventure
3:54 Tech Romancer
4:18 Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
4:39 Road Rash 3D
4:40 God Bless the Ring
4:59 Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
5:33 Spyro the Dragon
5:49 Starsiege: Tribes
6:06 Tetris: The Grand Master
6:10 Panzer Dragoon Saga
6:10 Falcon 4.0
6:39 Segata Sanshirō Shinken Yūgi
7:17 REAL BOUT FATAL FURY 2: THE NEWCOMERS
7:33 Star Ocean: The Second Story
7:43 The Game of Life
7:54 Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell
7:58 Xenogears
8:21 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8:48 Rugrats: Search for Reptar
8:58 Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (Over Drivin' III: Hot Pursuit)
9:13 Vigilante 8
9:27 Neo Geo Pocket
9:32 F-Zero X
9:47 Putt Putt Enters the Race
9:47 Guilty Gear
9:55 Colin McRae Rally
10:07 Wipeout 64
10:22 The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest (The King of Fighters '98: Dream March Never Ends)
10:37 Raiden Fighters Jet
10:42 Mega Man & Bass (Rockman & Forte)
10:54 Devil Dice (XI)
11:23 Brave Fencer Musashi
12:05 Bushido Blade 2
12:05 Sentinel Returns
12:38 Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
13:00 Forsaken
13:15 WWF War Zone
13:26 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
14:00 Dreamcast
14:07 SoulCalibur
14:07 Return to Krondor
14:29 Gex: Enter the Gecko (Gex 3D: Enter the Gecko / Gex 3D: Return of the Gecko / Gex 64: Enter the Gecko)
15:26 Jazz Jackrabbit 2
15:33 METAL SLUG 2
15:51 Wild 9
16:04 Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Douchuu Obake Tenkomori (Goemon's Great Adventure / Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon)
16:16 Street Fighter EX2
16:39 Kula World (Roll Away / KulaQuest)
16:57 Dangun Feveron (Fever SOS)
17:08 Super Famicom Wars
17:27 No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
17:42 Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
18:00 1080° Snowboarding
18:11 Motocross Madness
18:27 Street Fighter Alpha 3
18:41 Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition
19:02 Game Boy Camera
19:17 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
19:17 R-Type Delta
19:34 Glover
19:48 NFL Gameday 99
20:33 Metal Gear Solid
20:39 Resident Evil 2 (Biohazard 2)
21:04 Suikoden II
22:09 Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
22:48 Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram
23:03 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)
23:27 Deep Fear
23:46 Hey You, Pikachu!
24:07 Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire
24:32 StarCraft
25:01 Myth II: Soulblighter
25:08 Radiant Silvergun
25:16 Heart of Darkness
25:42 Grim Fandango
26:08 Dink Smallwood
26:22 Sakura Wars 2: Beloved, You Must Not Die
26:40 King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity)
27:19 Legend of Legaia
27:23 A Bug's Life
28:16 Caesar III
28:18 Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening
28:33 Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
28:40 The Settlers III
29:01 Echo Night
29:15 Tex Murphy: Overseer
29:28 Trespasser
29:51 Skullmonkeys
30:48 Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2
31:11 Super Bishi Bashi Champ
31:15 YOU DON'T KNOW JACK Vol. 4: The Ride
31:20 The House of the Dead 2
31:36 Dune 2000
31:39 Sanitarium
32:16 Unreal (1998)
32:56 Colony Wars: Vengeance
33:18 Burning Rangers
33:31 Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
34:34 S.C.A.R.S.
34:47 Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage (Samurai Spirits 2: Asura Zanmaden)
35:21 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (GB)
35:28 Dance Dance Revolution (Dancing Stage)
36:18 Wario Land II
36:28 Elf Bowling
36:40 TwinBee RPG
37:12 Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
37:26 Gangsters: Organized Crime
37:40 Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi! Ayashige Ikka no Kuroi Kage
37:50 LSD: Dream Emulator
38:13 Gauntlet Legends
38:32 Body Harvest
38:37 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
39:10 Future Cop: LAPD
39:38 Armed Police Batrider
39:55 Magical Tetris Challenge
39:59 Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon
40:31 Blazing Star
40:47 Gundam: The Battle Master 2 (Gundam: Battle Assault)
41:25 Battlezone (1998)
41:40 Fallout 2: A Post Neuclear Role Playing Game
42:11 Populous: The Beginning
42:57 SiN
43:05 Pokémon Trading Card Game
43:35 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D)
43:56 C: The Contra Adventure
44:07 Blood II: The Chosen
44:19 Thief: The Dark Project
44:36 SEGA Rally 2 (SEGA Rally Championship 2)
45:18 Extreme Paintbrawl
45:28 Baroque
45:41 Anno 1602: Creation of a New World (1602 A.D.)
46:26 Langrisser V: The End of Legend
46:45 Radikal Bikers
46:52 Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
46:59 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
47:45 Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
47:56 Railroad Tycoon II
48:25 Baldur's Gate
