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THE TIME MACHINE

1998.

Everything POCG published in 1998 (restored archive pieces appear under their original dates), plus every game in the Vault released that year.

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Reviews9
Jan 1Brave Fencer Musashi5.0
Jan 1Duke Nukem: Time to Kill3.5
Jan 1Einhander5.0
Jan 1Kagero: Deception II4.0
Jan 1NHL 995.0
Sep 5Shining Force II5.0
Oct 21Metal Gear Solid4.5
Nov 19Half-Life5.0
Dec 1Godzilla Generations4.0
News200+
Jun 1Baldur’s Gate Rolling Demo
Jun 1Post-E3 Screenshots at OGR
Jun 1Merced Processor Delayed
Jun 3Fallout 2 Development
Jun 3E3 Floor Videos
Jun 3Sneak Peek At Banshee
Jun 3Prax War Screenshots
Jun 3More Anime Art for Shogo: MAD
Jun 3Two New Nihilistic Members
Jun 3Sprint’s Integrated On-Demand Network (ION)
Jun 3Voodoo2 Drivers
Jun 3Unreal Release Party
Jun 3Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning Shipped
Jun 3Final Fantasy VIII Movie
Jun 3mad3d Engine Demo
Jun 3Heavy Gear 2 Interview
Jun 3Preyground’s Prey Preview
Jun 3Wheel of Time Update
Jun 3PsychoNews merged with Gamer’s Alliance
Jun 4Blood 2 Site Update
Jun 43D Benchmarks
Jun 4Prey Portal Screenshot
Jun 4OGR Best of E3
Jun 4Daikatana Interview
Jun 4SiN Interview
Jun 4PGL Photo Album
Jun 43Dfx OpenGL Beta 2.1 Released
Jun 53D Realms at E3
Jun 5Intel To Slash Prices
Jun 5FreeSpace 1.01 update available
Jun 5X-COM Interceptor Goes Gold
Jun 5glDoom Release Date
Jun 5AnachroChat Today
Jun 5Gothic Screenshots
Jun 6Diablo II Video
Jun 6Ultim@ate Race Rally Screenshots
Jun 6AnachroChat Log
Jun 6Shogo Site Update
Jun 6GaGames Official News Site of CPL
Jun 6FFVII goes Gold
Jun 6Citizen Kabuto Renamed Giants
Jun 6Half-Life News
Jun 7GrandMaster B Column
Jun 74D Rulers News
Jun 83Dfx first to break 1000 in 3D Winbench 98
Jun 8Dark Side of the Moon Demo CD
Jun 8Tom Hall Interview
Jun 8Intel Introduces New Celeron Processor
Jun 8Unreal Authorized Add-On
Jun 8Myscha Interview
Jun 8John Carmack talks Quake 3
Jun 8Virtual Pool On GameStorm
Jun 9Diablo v1.05 Update Patch
Jun 9FreeSpace 1.01 Update Available
Jun 9Interplays licenses Messiah Engine
Jun 9Prax War Screenshots
Jun 9Microsoft Baseball 3D Ships
Jun 9Redline Racer AVI
Jun 9Carmageddon II Screenshots
Jun 9New EverQuest Movie
Jun 9E3 Prey Video Released
Jun 9AOL acquires Mirabilis (ICQ)
Jun 9FreeSpace News
Jun 10Monolith acquires Rage of Mages
Jun 10KHG Sithhar Weapon
Jun 10Ted Backman Interview
Jun 10Private Wars Demo
Jun 10Quake 2 v3.16 Info
Jun 10OGR Voodoo 2 Roundup
Jun 11H3D an Official Sponsor of the CPL
Jun 11E3 Duke Nukem Forever Video Released
Jun 11Developer Preview of Internet Explorer 5.0
Jun 11GameSpy 2.0 Released
Jun 11X-COM V: Alliance Info
Jun 11Forsaken on The Internet Gaming Zone
Jun 11Heavy Gear II Screenshots
Jun 11Fallout 2 Chat
Jun 11SWAT 2 Demo Released
Jun 12GameSpy 2.01 Released
Jun 12Trial versions of Baseball 3D and Golf 1998 Edition
Jun 12Super Touring Demo Released
Jun 12Activision to Publish Games from Pandemic
Jun 12Play Unreal for Free on Mplayer
Jun 12EGN Preview Released
Jun 12Blood 2 Site Update
Jun 12Shogo Site Update
Jun 12Sin Screenshot
Jun 13FreeSpace 1.02 Update
Jun 13Unrelease Party Location Revealed
Jun 13Shiny Website with Flash
Jun 13Brood War Movie
Jun 13Diablo II Intro Movie
Jun 13Dark Reign II Interview
Jun 14Leisure Suit Larry’s Casino Demo
Jun 14GameCenter’s Overrated and Underrated
Jun 14PowerStrip 2.22 released
Jun 14Interview about Vortech
Jun 15Homeland Alpha 100 Version Released
Jun 15DNF to use Unreal Engine Press Release
Jun 15Soldier of Fortune Preliminary Sketch
Jun 15Warren Spector Interview
Jun 15Duke Nukem Forever to use Unreal Engine
Jun 15Interview with John Romero
Jun 15Max Payne Site and Video
Jun 15Shadow Warrior TC Released
Jun 15Volition IRC Chat
Jun 15Ratloop Announce Hab 12
Jun 15Wheel of Time Screenshots
Jun 15Cyrix Announces MII-333
Jun 16Quake Arena Announced
Jun 16Shockwave Screenshot from Daikatana
Jun 16Scott Miller on DNF
Jun 16Burnout v1.22 Patch
Jun 16Unreal Release Party Date Change
Jun 16Dominion: Storm Over Gift3 Ships
Jun 16George Broussard Updates .plan
Jun 16Paul Jaquays Interview
Jun 16George Broussard Interview with OGR
Jun 17Descent 3 Screenshots
Jun 17Shogo Web Site Update
Jun 17Blizzard Official Sites
Jun 17Charlie Wiederhold Interview
Jun 17Heretic II AVIs
Jun 17Blood 2 Online Chat
Jun 17Quake Arena Editorials
Jun 18Steve Bond Interview
Jun 18IGZ sponsors Outwars online Team Tournament
Jun 18George Broussard Interviewed
Jun 18The Big Switch for Duke
Jun 18Daikatana Chat
Jun 19Game, Net & Match Delayed
Jun 19Blood 2 Site Weekly Update 9
Jun 19Interplay Announces IPO
Jun 193Dfx Interactive Reaffirms Strong Market for 3D Gaming
Jun 19Terminus Screenshots
Jun 19Scott Miller .Plan
Jun 19Deer Hunter Clones
Jun 19Wing Commander: Secret Ops Announced
Jun 19RoboRumble Demo Released
Jun 19New Daikatana Screenshot
Jun 20Spec Ops Patch Released
Jun 20More Terminus Screenshots
Jun 20Operation:3Dfx Downtime
Jun 21Battlecruiser 3000AD v1.07C
Jun 21Kali95 v1.47
Jun 21Unreal Patch Fixes
Jun 22Jedi Knight v1.01 Patch
Jun 22Micron to Acquire Rendition
Jun 22StarCraft Demo
Jun 22Guillemot announces Banshee card
Jun 22Ares Rising Pre-Order
Jun 22Unreal TimeDemo 0.1
Jun 22E3.Net Awards
Jun 22A Day in the Life of Scott McCabe
Jun 22CompUSA bought Computer City
Jun 22Banshee Press Release
Jun 22Banshee Info
Jun 23CHAOS Interview
Jun 23SiN Demo Announced
Jun 23Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition Trial Version
Jun 23Age of Empire Interviews
Jun 23Daikatana Team Update
Jun 23SciTech MGL 4.05 Released For Free
Jun 23Wheel of Time Development Update
Jun 24BSG Laboratories Sponsors CPL
Jun 24Siege Source Code
Jun 24Mike (Cosmos) Gummelt sends this word:
Jun 24VR Baseball 2000 uses Messiah Engine
Jun 24Final Fantasy VII Available
Jun 24SiN FAQ Updated
Jun 24netWAR on Gamestorm
Jun 24Gex II: Enter the Gecko Demo
Jun 25StarCraft Demo Released
Jun 25Blood 2:The Chosen Website Update
Jun 25The Forsaken Newsletter
Jun 25Heavy Gear 2 Website Update
Jun 25Baldur’s Gate Interview: Part 1
Jun 25Deathtrap Dungeon Ships
Jun 25Obsidian 2 Drivers
Jun 25Windows 98 Available
Jun 26Final Fantasy VII Demo Released
Jun 26Heretic and Hexen Source Code To Be Released
Jun 26FIFA 99 News
Jun 26Brian Hook Interview
Jun 26CPL Prizes
Jun 26Redline News
Jun 26Motocross Madness Beta
Jun 26Blood 2 One Liners Contest
Jun 26House Of The Dead Demo Released
Jun 27Shogo Team Update #3
Jun 27Angel Munoz Interview
Jun 27Interview with Midori
Jun 27Michaels Interview
Jun 27StarEdit FAQ v1.0
Jun 28Unreal Release Party Report
Jun 28Hab-12 Screenshots
Jun 28Sierra Beta Testing
Jun 28QBS Web Based News Tracker
Jun 28WinAmp 1.92 Released
Jun 28Quake Voice Beta 11
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Previews4
Aug 1SiN
Sep 1Grim Fandango
Oct 1Heretic II
Oct 1Populous: The Beginning
Released in 199822
A Bug’s LifePlayStation / N64 / PC / Game Boy Color
Brave Fencer MusashiPlayStation
DethKarzPC (Windows)
Dogz 3Windows 95/98
Duke Nukem: Time to KillPlayStation
EinhanderPlayStation
Godzilla GenerationsDreamcast
Grand Theft Auto: Director’s CutPC
Grim FandangoPC (Windows 95)
Kagero: Deception IIPlayStation
King’s Quest: Mask of EternityPC (Windows)
Metal Gear SolidPlayStation
Populous: The BeginningPC (Windows 95/98) / PlayStation
Psygnosis 3D Accelerated Five PackPC (Windows)
Quake: The OfferingMS-DOS / Windows 95
Real Robots Final AttackPlayStation
Sonic AdventureSega Dreamcast
Speed Busters: American HighwaysPC (Windows)
Spyro the DragonPlayStation
StarCraftWindows 95/98
Street Fighter EX2Arcade
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeNintendo 64 (1998), Nintendo 3DS (2011)