Winter Heat is the home conversion of the DecAthlete (also known as Athlete Kings) sequel, replacing decathlon by Winter sports. Competition (in Arcade, Saturn or Practice modes) includes 11 events featuring eight athletes of different nationalities - Li Huang, Karl Vain, Joe Kudou, Ellen Reggiani, Aleksei Rigel and Rick Blade are joined by B.B. (replacing Jef Jansens, who appears as a secret athlete) and Johann Stensen (instead of Femi Kadiena).
The game is a typical Winter-sports game, in the line of those released by Epyx but with a more arcade feel. The events include:
Speed Skiing: A simple dashing event where the goal is to descend the hill as fast as possible (in speeds over 200 km/h). Action is reduced to mash the button to gain speed.
Ski Jumping: Composed by four parts: The run up (mash the button to gain speed), the jump (selecting the angle), the flight (mash the button to gain extra length) and the landing (pressing the action button too early will lose valuable meters, too late will cost the jump).
Jun Classic C.C. & Rope Club is a continuation of the T&E Soft New 3D Golf Simulation series. It is played at the Jun Classic Country Club and the Rope Club in Tochigi Prefecture. Unlike most other games in this series, this one offers two golf courses each of which have three different routes of varying difficulty. The game itself is visually similar to other T&E Soft golf games released around the same time as it runs on what is largely the same engine. Compared to the fixed viewpoint camera of the predecessors, this game features a cinematic camera, along with optional free roaming "golf cart" mode that can be activated from the menu.
The Nagano Winter Olympic Games are here! Experience all of the thrills, spills and "chills" as you compete for glory against the rest of the world. It's time to find out what you're made of...Can you bring home a medal? 12 exciting Olympic events! 16 different countries! 1-4 player action. Set new world records and save them to your Controller Pak. Real-time motion captured athletes.
Bottom of the 9th '97 brings all of the action of professional baseball to the PlayStation. With an MLBPA license, over 700 major league players are included with their career stats, and motion capture technology recreates all of their nuances. Put those players on the field in any of 15 stadiums in the Exhibition or Training modes for a quick baseball fix. Or, discover the pressure of being down by three runs and coming to the plate with bases loaded and two outs in the Scenario mode. For a more complete experience, tackle the Season, Playoff, or Championship modes. With the innovative cursor system for batting and pitching, the challenges of hitting a 100 mph fastball are faithfully recreated. All of the action of Bottom of the 9th '97 brings professional baseball to your living room, without the need to pay an arm and a leg for beer.
BIG BASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP places you into the world of competitive, professional fishing. Customize your tackle box and fishing style, then head out to Raccoon Lake and take on the pros in the Tournament mode. If the competition keeps stressing you out, go for a casual afternoon of relaxation in the Practice mode. No matter how you choose to play the game, the underwater camera will capture every second of fish fighting action. With all of the action and excitement of professional fishing, BIG BASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP will keep all the future Hank Parker's of the world happy.
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98, officially abbreviated as ISS Pro 98, is a football simulation game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation in 1997. It is part of the International Superstar Soccer (ISS) series, known for its focus on realistic gameplay and detailed graphics for the time. ISS Pro 98 features a wide range of national teams, realistic player animations, and improved AI, making it one of the more advanced football games of its era.
The game offers various modes, including Exhibition, International Cup, World League, and Training. ISS Pro 98 is often remembered as one of the best football games on the original PlayStation.
Despite not having the FIFPro license, the game showcased Italian player Fabrizio Ravanelli on the cover of its PlayStation version. Additionally, the German release featured Andreas Koepke from Germany, and the British release featured Paul Ince.
Take on "The Great One" again in this hot sequel to the smash hit voted "Best Sports Game" of '96! With more great features, such as new hidden teams and improved, hard-hitting AI, Gretzky '98 packs a wallop! Includes all 26 teams, each with 17 available players on their actual NHL teams, and you can make player trades or line manipulations to create a powerhouse team of your own. Play 3-on-3, 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 games on either arcade or regulation size hockey rinks, plus exhibition games, full 82 game seasons or a best-of-seven playoff series with full statistic saving capability.
NHL All-Star Hockey '98 is a Sega Saturn exclusive. It was commissioned by SEGA after Virgin decided not to make another incarnation of NHL Powerplay for the SAT.
Over 40 wrestlers in all, including over 20 WCW and NWO superstars like Hollywood Hogan, Sting, The Giant, Lex Luger, Ric Flair, The Outsiders and many more! Each wrestler is capable of performing 30 to 40 moves, including his own signature moves! Featuring five different gameplay modes, Tag Team and simultaneous four-player action!
The late-1997 edition of FIFA was heavily tied in with the qualifying procedure for the 1998 World Cup. In the Road to the World Cup mode, you take a team from first qualification through to the main tournament, using the varying systems in different parts of the world. The game features 16 distinct outdoor stadia. The League play features 189 clubs and 11 leagues. Each team has specific crowd chants incorporated into the ambient sound.
The action is faster than in previous versions, and AI has been expanded. Players have distinct facial feature and hair styles. Each match is introduced by Des Lynam and commentated on by John Motson and former Scotland international Andy Gray.
64 Oozumou adresses the everyday life of japanese sumo wrestlers, simulating not only fights but also focusing on training, diet and social interactions.
A SoundLink game using "糸井重里のバス釣りNo.1 (Itoi Shigesato no Bass Tsuri No.1)". Only players who own the "Bass Tsuri No.1" game can participate in the event, otherwise the player participates in the garbage-picking-up event. The players compete for total weight of five basses. 100 higher-ranking winners qualify for the final tournament. Shigesato Itoi, bass professional Kawabe, Ogimori Jyunko Hagimori, and Kyoko Koizumi appeared on the event.