Playcalling expert John Madden again licenses Electronic Arts' flagship football simulation. New features for 1998 include more advanced Quarterback functions such as the ability to play lob passes and adjust timing patterns, and more instinctive AI features to adjust as the match goes on. Squad features have also been advanced, with the opportunity to create plays and trade them.
Gameplay is much the same as the other editions, with the full season on offer as well as playoffs and the Superbowl. Everything is presented TV-style, with play-by-play analysis and reports. The contemporary NFL teams are joined by great squads of the past.
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.
Capcom Sports Club is a multi-sport arcade game that includes tennis, soccer, and basketball. Each of the games can be played either solo or against a second player.
Smash Stars - A knockout tennis tournament where the player takes control of a tennis player from one of sixteen countries. Each of the players have different strengths/weaknesses in eight different categories. A match only lasts for one set and the set begins at 4-4 and if necessary a tie-break has to be played.
Kick Stars - A knockout soccer tournament in which the player can choose between eight different countries. Each team has five players (a keeper and four field players) and a team type. These types/specialties are counter attackers, defense, balanced and offensive. A match is played over a span of two minutes (three in a two player match) and when the tournament is won a bonus match can be played against the Star team.
Dunk Stars - A knockout basketball tournament in which the player again has the choice of one of eight different coun
In 4-4-2 Soccer you'll need to bring all your leadership and football skills together. Control 25 attributes per player including strength, speed and skill that alter as you progress. The 4,000 real player names make up almost 80 international sides and over 180 club sides.
A bowling game not wanting for options. Play against 11 pro bowlers in six different tournaments, or try the league or practice modes. The size of the tournaments, the player's ball, the player's outfit, and even the oil pattern on the lane can be adjusted to suit your tastes.
Side Pocket 3 is a Japan-exclusive pocket billiards video game for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Like its predecessor, Side Pocket 2, it features the in-game likeness of a real-life professional pool player. In this case, it's JPBA member, Kyoko Sone.
Unlike the prior installments in the Side Pocket series, Side Pocket 3 renders the pool room environment with 3D polygons. In spite of this, the table can still be viewed in a traditional, top-down fashion.
Play modes consist of: story mode, training mode, trick game mode, and versus mode. Game variants include: eight ball, nine ball, rotation, 14.1 continuous, bowlliards, cutthroat, three ball, poker, pocket game, mitsudama, and yotsudama.
Tennis anyone? V-Tennis features texture-mapped polygon players and nine different camera views to give you the best look of the court.
Still don't like the perspective? Edit your own!
Select from 16 players (eight males and eight females), four court surfaces, seven different court locations and nine different ball colors. Game modes include Doubles, Singles, and both Men's and Women's Tournaments. Matches can be adjusted from one to five sets and instant replay will let you see those aces in slow motion.
A memory card is required to save Tournament progress.
"Aaron vs. Ruth: Battle of the Big Bats" brings baseball's all time greatest players to life. You can battle against the computer or head to head against a friend in Exhibition, Season and Series games in historical ballparks like Ebbets Field and the Polo grounds. This game combines old time traditions (Home Run Derby, baggy uniforms, manual scoreboards, echoing announcer), and modern day baseball (radar gun, pitch location screen, updated pitcher/batter reports).
Another feature is that some of these superstars use their actual motions. See Willie Stargell's famous batting style, Juan Marichal's high leg kick delivery, and Babe Ruth's home run trot, just to name a few.
All-Star Baseball 97 brings to the plate several features that build upon 1996's Frank Thomas "Big Hurt" Baseball. The most notable additions are both Major League Baseball and MLBPA licenses, offering 30 official teams and stadiums as well as over 700 real players with ratings based on the 1996 season. Six different modes of play include Exhibition, Season, Playoffs, All-Star Game, Batting Practice, and Home Run Derby. Also included are trades allowing would-be General Managers to help their teams make a run at the World Series. Play-by-play announcing is provided by award winning Jon Miller of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, and "dynamic stadium sounds" have vendors hawking peanuts and Cracker Jack. Frank Thomas also assisted with motion-capturing player animations for realistic swings and throws.
After the releases of the SNES & N64 games Formation Soccer '97 is the second game for Playstation One (after Hyper Formation Soccer), the game features the qualify rounds of national teams that wants to enter the World Cup '98.
Mindscape's 1997 installment in the NCAA basketball series, developed by High Voltage. The game features run-n-gun multiplayer gameplay. Play with up to eight other human players for the ultimate basketball experience. Get the best seat in the house by viewing the action from more than 10 different camera angles. NCAA Final Four 97 stars 64 of the hottest collegiate teams, with more than 50 different motion-captured dunks. In addition to challenging your buddies to courtside action, a special Coach's Mode allows you to make your own playbook. You can also assign up to four offensive plays and four defensive sets, and even call the plays on the fly so you don't have to stop the action to set up your players.
NFL 98 is a sports game released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1997. It is not to be confused with Madden NFL 98 which came out the same year. This one was developed by FarSight Technologies and published by Sega exclusively for North America.
Play golf on the PGA Tour versus the computer or a friend via LAN or modem at two famous courses: "The TPC Scottsdale" and "The Bay Hill Club". You can also play with up to 80 other players on the Internet. Among the features there is Flash Draw (no waiting between shots), TV-style presentation, a 3D hole overview, a Risk meter to assess the potential risk of your next shot, the ability to walk the course in real time to read the green and view fly-bys and hear strategic commentary. There is also a Extra Disc that allows you to play Pebble Beach.