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1997 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Final Fantasy VII , Castlevania: Symphony of the Night , GoldenEye 007 , Star Fox 64 , Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back , Quake II , Mega Man Legends , Riven , Tomb Raider II , Dark Rift , Tekken 3 and Virtua Striker 2 , along with new titles such as Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee , Gran Turismo , Diablo , Grand Theft Auto and Fallout .

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Sony's PlayStation was the year's best-selling video game console worldwide for the second year in a row, while also being the annual best-selling console in Japan for the first time (overtaking the Game Boy and Sega Saturn). The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Squaresoft's Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation, while the year's highest-grossing arcade games in Japan were Sega's Virtua Fighter 3 and Print Club 2 .

Events

Hardware

MonthDaySystem
March1 Nintendo 64 EU/AU
April25 Dual Analog Controller JP
September12 Game.com NA
October20 New-style Super NES NA
November20 DualShock controllerJP

Discontinued

MonthDaySystem
UnknownUnknown Genesis/Mega Drive
April30 Sega Game Gear

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1997.

Awards Game of the Year Platform(s)GenrePublisherRef
CESA Awards Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Role-playing Squaresoft [3]
Japan Media Arts Festival [4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Sony [5]
Game Informer [6]
GamePro [7]
Hyper [8]
Origins Awards [9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 First-person shooter Nintendo [10]
Interactive Achievement Awards [11]
Digitiser Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 Platformer Nintendo [12]
Golden Joystick Awards [13]
GameSpot Total Annihilation PC Real-time strategy Cavedog [14]
Gamest Awards Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers 3) Arcade (CP System II) Fighting Capcom [15]
Japan Media Arts Festival Intelligent Qube (I.Q. / Kurushi)PlayStation Puzzle Sony [4]
Origins Awards Sid Meier's Gettysburg! PC Wargame Electronic Arts [9]
Tomb Raider Multi-platform Action-adventure Eidos Interactive

Critically acclaimed titles

Metacritic and GameRankings

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are online aggregators of video game journalism reviews. Note that their coverage of print magazines at the time was limited, with numerous print magazines not listed on their sites.

1997 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR) [16] [17]
GamePublisherRelease DatePlatform(s)MC scoreGR score
Gran Turismo Sony Computer Entertainment December 23, 1997 PlayStation 96/100 [18] 94.95% [19]
GoldenEye 007 Nintendo August 25, 1997 Nintendo 64 96/10094.7%
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Konami March 20, 1997 PlayStation 93/10093.03%
Final Fantasy VII Square January 31, 1997 PlayStation 92/10092.35%
Dungeon Keeper Electronic Arts June 26, 1997 Microsoft Windows —92.2%
Diablo Blizzard Entertainment January 3, 1997 Microsoft Windows 94/10089.07%
Colony Wars Psygnosis October 31, 1997 PlayStation 91/10092.09%
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! Electronic Arts October 14, 1997 Microsoft Windows 92/10091% [20]
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II LucasArts October 10, 1997 Microsoft Windows 91/10088.69%
Myth: The Fallen Lords Bungie November 7, 1997 Microsoft Windows 91/10080.8%
Blast Corps Nintendo March 21, 1997 Nintendo 64 90/10088.87%
NFL GameDay 98 Sony Computer Entertainment September 4, 1997 PlayStation —90%
Fallout Interplay Productions October 10, 1997 Microsoft Windows 89/10089.69%
Carmageddon Sales Curve Interactive June 13, 1997 Microsoft Windows —89.6%
Formula 1 97 Psygnosis September 26, 1997 PlayStation —89.43%
MDK Playmates Interactive May 5, 1997 Microsoft Windows —89.2%
Star Fox 64 Nintendo April 27, 1997 Nintendo 64 88/10089.01%
The Curse of Monkey Island LucasArts November 1, 1997 Microsoft Windows 89/10089%
Einhänder Square November 20, 1997 PlayStation 89/100 [18] 85% [19]
Total Annihilation GT Interactive September 26, 1997 Microsoft Windows 86/10088.85%
Diddy Kong Racing Rare November 21, 1997 Nintendo 64 88/10088.65%
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Sony Computer Entertainment October 31, 1997 PlayStation —88.54%
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee GT Interactive September 18, 1997 PlayStation 85/10087.94%

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1997 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40. [21]

TitlePlatformDeveloperPublisherGenreScore (out of 40)
Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft Role-playing 38
Final Fantasy VII International PlayStationSquaresoftSquaresoftRole-playing37
Tobal 2 PlayStation DreamFactory Squaresoft Fighting 36
Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Rail shooter 36
Derby Stallion PlayStation ASCII Corporation ASCII Corporation Simulation 35
Gran Turismo PlayStation Polys Entertainment Sony Racing simulation 35

Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games in Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1997.

Rank Gamest [15] Game Machine [22]
TitleManufacturerGenreTitleManufacturerTypePoints
1 Virtua Fighter 3 Sega Fighting Print Club 2 Atlus Other 4068
2 Tekken 3 Namco Fighting Virtua Fighter 3 Sega Dedicated 3995
3 X-Men vs. Street Fighter Capcom Fighting Tekken 3 Namco PCB 3757
4 Street Fighter III: New Generation CapcomFighting Virtual On: Cyber Troopers SegaDedicated2969
5 Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers 3)CapcomFighting X-Men vs. Street Fighter Capcom PCB2776
6 Samurai Spirits 4: Amakusa Kōrin SNK Fighting Puzzle Bobble 3 Taito PCB2626
7 Real Bout Garō Densetsu Special SNKFighting Densha de Go! TaitoDedicated2614
8 Virtual On: Cyber Troopers Sega Shooter Time Crisis NamcoDedicated2459
9 The King of Fighters '97 SNKFighting Gallop Racer Tecmo PCB2420
10 DoDonPachi Atlus Bullet hell Rave Racer NamcoDedicated2399

Best-selling video game consoles

RankManufacturer Game console TypeGenerationSales
Japan United States Worldwide
1 Sony PlayStation Home 32-bit 5,050,000+ [23] 6,750,000+ [23] 17,200,000+ [23]
2 Nintendo Game Boy / Game Boy Pocket Handheld 8-bit 4,220,000 [24] Un­known10,370,000 [24]
3Nintendo Nintendo 64 Home 64-bit 1,110,000 [24] 4,488,000 [25] 9,420,000 [24]
4Nintendo Super NES / Super Famicom Home 16-bit 190,000 [24] 593,000 [25] 2,040,000 [24]
5 Sega Sega Saturn Home32-bit800,000 [26] 249,000 [25] 1,800,000 [27] [28]
6Sega Sega Genesis Home16-bitUn­known478,000 [25] 478,000+
7Nintendo NES / Famicom Home 8-bit 30,000 [24] 81,000 [25] 111,000
8 NEC PC-FX Home32-bit30,000 [26] —30,000

Best-selling home video games

Final Fantasy VII was the best-selling home video game worldwide in 1997. [29] It sold more than 6 million copies worldwide by 1998, becoming the best-selling PlayStation game up until then. [30]

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) of 1997 in Japan and the United States.

RankTitlePlatformSales
Japan United States [31] [32] Combined
1 Final Fantasy VII PlayStation 3,447,500+ [33] 1,500,000+ [32] 4,947,500+
2 Pocket Monsters: Red / Green / Blue Game Boy 3,995,988 [34] —3,995,988
3 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 731,385 [34] 1,500,000+2,231,385+
4 Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64373,479 [35] 1,500,000+1,873,479+
5 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64361,302 [35] 1,500,000+1,861,302+
6 Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo 64217,259 [36] 1,500,000+1,717,259+
7 Derby Stallion PlayStation1,581,138 [35] —1,581,138
8 Minna no Golf (Everybody's Golf)PlayStation1,327,000 [37] —1,327,000
9 Final Fantasy Tactics PlayStation1,239,000 [37] —1,239,000
10 SaGa Frontier PlayStation1,057,263 [35] —1,057,263

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1997. [38] [39] [40]

RankTitlePlatformDeveloperPublisherGenreSales [31] [32]
1 Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Kart racing 1,500,000+
2 Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64Nintendo EADNintendo Rail shooter 1,500,000+
3 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64Nintendo EADNintendo Platformer 1,500,000+
4 Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo 64 Rare Rare Kart racing1,500,000+
5 GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64RareNintendo FPS 1,500,000+
6 Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Squaresoft Sony RPG 1,500,000+ [32]
7 NFL GameDay 98 PlayStation Sony Interactive Sony Sports Un­known
8 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Nintendo 64 LucasArts Nintendo Action Un­known
9 Madden NFL 98 PlayStation Tiburon Entertainment EA Sports SportsUn­known
10 Crash Bandicoot PlayStation Naughty Dog SonyPlatformerUn­known

Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1997.

RankTitlePlatformDeveloperPublisherGenreSalesRef
1 Pocket Monsters: Red / Green / Blue Game Boy Game Freak Nintendo RPG 3,995,988 [34]
2 Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Squaresoft Squaresoft RPG3,447,500+ [33]
3 Derby Stallion PlayStation ASCII ASCII Simulation 1,581,138 [35]
4 Minna no Golf (Everybody's Golf)PlayStation Camelot Software Planning Sony Sports 1,327,000 [37]
5 Final Fantasy Tactics PlayStationSquaresoftSquaresoft SRPG 1,239,000
6 SaGa Frontier PlayStationSquaresoftSquaresoftRPG1,057,263 [35]
7 Gran Turismo PlayStation Polys Entertainment Sony Racing simulation 905,000 [37]
8 Game de Hakken!! Tamagotchi Game BoyTom Create Bandai Breeding simulation 808,000
9 Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon PlayStationSquaresoftSquaresoft Roguelike 801,000
10 PaRappa the Rapper PlayStation NanaOn-Sha Sony Rhythm 761,621 [34]

Europe

In Europe, the following titles were the top-selling home video games of each month in 1997.

Month(s) United Kingdom France
January Die Hard Trilogy (PlayStation) [41] Un­known
February Cool Boarders (PlayStation) [42]
March Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64) [43]
April Wave Race 64 (Nintendo 64) [44] Micro Machines V3 (PlayStation) [45]
May Soul Blade (PlayStation) [46]
June Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64) [47]
July International Superstar Soccer 64 (Nintendo 64) [48]
August–September V-Rally (PlayStation) [49] [50]
October Formula 1 97 (PlayStation) [51] Lylat Wars (Nintendo 64) [52]
November Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) [53]
December FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (PlayStation, PC) [54]
1997 Tomb Raider 2 [55]

Notable releases

Video game platforms
GBC Game Boy Color
Mac Mac
N64 Nintendo 64
Neo Neo Geo
NeoCD Neo Geo CD
Pippin Apple Pippin
PS1 PlayStation
Sat Sega Saturn
SMD Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
SNES Super NES
Win Windows
  
Notable releases of the year 1997
ReleaseTitle Windows / DOS 4th Gen 5th Gen Handheld Arcade
January 3 Diablo Yes—PS1 (1998)——
January 14 Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku ——Sat——
January 31 Final Fantasy VII 1998—PS1——
February 5 DoDonPachi ——Sat (September 18), PS1 (1998)—Yes
February 10 Mario Kart 64 ——N64——
February 27 The Lost Vikings 2 April 30SNESPS1 (May), Sat (May)——
February 28 Blast Corps ——N64——
February 28 Independence Day Yes—PS1, Sat——
February 28 Mega Man 8 ——PS1, Sat——
February 28 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter November 30—N64——
February 28 Interstate '76 Yes————
March 20 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ——PS1, Sat (1998)——
March 20 Tekken 3 ——PS1 (1998)—Yes
March 26 Vandal Hearts ——PS1, Sat (November 27)——
March 30 The Last Express Yes————
March 31 Need for Speed II Yes—PS1——
April 7 Outlaws Yes————
April 7 Redneck Rampage Yes————
April 30 Fighters Megamix ——SatGame.com (1998)—
April 30 Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Yes————
May 21 Blood Yes————
May 31 MDK Yes—PS1 (1998)——
June 10 Ecstatica II Yes
June 17 Harvest Moon —SNES———
June 20 Sonic Jam ——SatGame.com (1998)—
June 20 Final Fantasy Tactics ——PS1——
June 26 Dungeon Keeper Yes————
June 30 Star Fox 64 ——N64——
July 4 Jane's 688(I) Hunter/Killer Yes————
July 28 The King of Fighters '97 —Neo, NeoCDPS1, Sat (1998)—Yes
July 30 Carmageddon Yes—PS1 (1999), N64 (2000)GBC (2000)—
July 31 Herc's Adventures ——PS1, Sat——
July 31 Warlords III: Reign of Heroes Yes————
August 1 Mega Man X4 1999—PS1, Sat——
August 11 Tetrisphere ——N64——
August 25 GoldenEye 007 ——N64——
August 25 Shadow Warrior Yes————
August 26 Madden NFL 98 Yes—PS1, Sat——
August 31 Imperialism Yes————
September 9 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Yes
September 10 Silhouette Mirage ——Sat, PS1 (1998)——
September 11 Breath of Fire III ——PS1——
September 11 Hexen II Yes————
September 17 Resident Evil Yes
September 18 Street Fighter Collection ——Sat, PS1 (October 23)——
September 19 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Yes—PS1——
September 24 Ultima Online Yes————
September 24 Postal Yes————
September 26 Bomberman 64 ——N64——
September 26 LEGO Island Yes————
September 29 Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Yes—PS1, Sat——
September 30 Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far Yes————
September 30 Fallout Yes————
September 30 Panzer General II Yes————
September 30 Poy Poy ——PS1——
September 30 Total Annihilation Yes————
October Combat Chess Yes————
October 9 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II Yes————
October 15 Age of Empires Yes————
October 15 Mortal Kombat 4 1998—N64, PS1 (1998)GBC (1998)Yes
October 23 Steep Slope Sliders ——Sat—1998
October 28 Shipwreckers Yes—PS1——
October 29 Riven Yes—Sat, PS1 (November 30)——
October 30 Culdcept ——Sat, PS1 (1999)——
October 31 The Curse of Monkey Island Yes————
October 31 Zork: Grand Inquisitor Yes————
November Independence War Yes————
November 1 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back ——PS1——
November 1 Shock Troopers —Neo——Yes
November 4 Colony Wars ——PS1——
November 14 Blade Runner Yes————
November 17 Sonic R 1998—Sat——
November 18 Tomb Raider II Yes—PS1——
November 21 Diddy Kong Racing ——N64——
November 21 Worms 2 Yes————
November 25 Myth: The Fallen Lords Yes————
November 27 Kirby's Dream Land 3 —SNES———
November 27 Grand Theft Auto Yes—PS1 (December 12)GBC (1999)—
November 30 FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 Yes—N64, PS1, Sat——
November 30 One ——PS1——
November 30 Wing Commander: Prophecy Yes————
November 30 WCW vs. nWo: World Tour ——N64——
December Puzzle Bobble 4 ——PS1, Sat (1998)—Yes
December 6 Quake II Yes—PS1, N64 (1999)——
December 11 Klonoa: Door to Phantomile ——PS1——
December 18 Grandia ——Sat, PS1 (1999)——
December 18 Mega Man Legends 2001—PS1, N64 (2000)——
December 21 Yoshi's Story ——N64——
December 23 Gran Turismo ——PS1——
December 31 Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero ——N64——

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