Top games of 1997

James Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.

Votes: 5, T Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Richter Belmont has vanished just as Castlevania reemerged from the mists. Meanwhile, Alucard, the bastard son of Dracula, has awakened from his eternal slumber, intent on destroying his evil father once and for all. Votes: 1, T Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Votes: 2, A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.

Votes: 9, K-A Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. After unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.

E Sport. Gran Turismo is a sim racing video game that emulates the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles.

Votes: M Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. After being sent by the overseer of his vault to search for a new water purifying chip, the player discovers the horrors of post apocalyptic America, and the threat of the Master's Army. Votes: 3, E Family. Action, Sci-Fi. They prospered in peace, however, things changed when the Core tried to enforce a "patterning" process, forcefully uploading minds to a machine.

K-A Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Mad scientist Andross arises as the emperor of Venom and declares war on the entire Lylat System, starting with Corneria. Votes: 6.

M Adventure, Fantasy, Horror. It is the 17th year of war between the Free Cities of the North and the Undead. Humanity is hanging on by a thread as they fight a desperate battle to push back the armies of the dead and their dread masters, The Fallen Lords.

Action, Adventure, Fantasy. You play as Kyle Katarn, a mercenary whose skills progress into becoming a Jedi knight, to stop a team of dark Jedis from taking the valley of the Jedi's power. T Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. You must explore. You must summon every spark of intellect and intuition. Only then will you learn the truth and this troubled land and its inhabitants. You must let Riven become your world - before an entire world is lost.

Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10, years, in which players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations.

Gamers can choose from one of several ways to win the game, including: world domination by conquering enemy civilizations, exploration of the known world and economic victory through the accumulation of wealth. Age of Empires was developed by Ensemble Studios and features the expertise of Bruce Shelley, co-designer of the hit strategy game "Civilization.

We've devised a weapon that's deadlier than a smart bomb. It's called a smart pilot. Now, Ace Combat 2 pits you against a whole squadron of them - 3-D polygonal jet jocks that maneuver like the real deal, turning every scorching sortie and dogfight into a kill-or-be-killed situation. With nearly double the missions of its predecessor, you'll double your chances of taking out the enemy.

Or taking a heat-seeker up the exhaust. The signal light changes and you drop the pedal to the metal. Tell your friends to bring it on in the highly competitive Battle mode. Advanced features allow you to race with your "Ghost". The driving data from your best run appears as a transparent character on the screen.

No longer must you simply race against the clock - you can actually race against yourself! Pit yourself against 12 laser-blasting speedfreaks across 12 looping, coiling, corkscrewing rollercoaster racetracks. If you've never seen a cyber-cycle take a stinger missile up the tailpipe during a blistering halfpipe you're about to get a rush of adrenaline. Racing to the Nth degree through gravitational extremes. Surfing the knife edge between G-force and burning wreckage! If gravity's a law, then this is a felony.

You'll battle cultists, gargoyles, zombies, hellhounds, and an unholy host of other terrors in your quest to stop Tchernobog. You must not only defeat the Cabal--you must scour its dread name from human memory. If that means eradicating everyone and everything the Cabal has ever tainted, so be it. Of course, you'll first have to make your way through fortresses, castles, mines, mansions, and estates guarded and kept by Tchernobog's malevolent servants.

Fortunately, it is wits that make the hero, and although you're in serious danger of losing yours, you've got enough left to improvise some pretty effective tools of destruction. Aerosol hairspray can be frightening enough on its own, but apply it to a lighter flame and you've got an instant flamethrower kids, don't try this at home! Likewise, a flare gun can brighten your prospects considerably against even the grimmest odds, which is to say nothing for shotguns, Tommy guns, and dynamite.

Who knows, you may even find that there are some spirits on your side when you find yourself clutching a voodoo doll. Assume the role of Robert Cath, an American who recieves a mysterious dispatch from a friend to meet him on the Orient Express. However, once you get there you discover that things aren't quite as they should be! The game is set during the run up to World War 1. It has a very impressive recreation of the Orient Express and features a historically accurate background.

Duke Nukem's coming to get some! Prepare yourself to become the biggest, baddest, alien basher in the known universe - Duke Nukem; as you blast your way through the streets of LA out to an orbiting station, and onto the moon itself. Bag some aliens with over a dozen hi-tech weapons. Run, jump, crawl, swim, and jetpack your way through danger. Big weapons and bigger bosses for a fun-filled fragfest!

Four-player, split-screen Dukematch action. Plunge into a shadowy conspiracy world where the schemes of a mad drug kingpin and the prophesied return of an ancient Mayan god clash in what could be the end of all mankind. Race around the globe with George as he frantically attempts to free Nico, his investigaative reporter girlfriend, from othe clutches of Karzac's crime cartel.

What Members Are Doing. Borderlands 3 game review by Nelson Schneider. Horizon: Zero Dawn game review by Nelson Schneider. Old Man's Journey game review by Nick. Tobe's Vertical Adventure game review by Matt. Hotshot Racing game review by Megadrive. Valkyria Chronicles 4 game review by Matt. Backlog Multi-Player by Nelson Schneider. Top Game List by Jonzor. Top PlayStation 4 Games by Megadrive. The game sold 3. Image credit: Sony Computer Entertainment.

Image credit: Microsoft. With just under 10 million copies sold, it's the second-best-selling N64 game of all time. Image credit: Interplay Entertainment. Image credit: Sega. Image credit: GT Interactive. Image credit: Acclaim Entertainment. Image credit: Electronic Arts. Image credit: Working Designs. Twenty years and nine expansions later, the game is still alive.

It was also the last Mortal Kombat game to be released in arcades. Image credit: Midway Games. Image credit: Rare. Image credit: Eidos Interactive.