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…

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


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