When our writer told us that the year 1997 was over a quarter of a century ago, we laughed in her face. Right in her stupid, stupid face. If that was really the case, then that would make all of us here at Team TripleJump old, and we’re definitely not old. For today’s Best of list, we’re casting our minds all the way back to 1997. Here are the 10 Best Games of 1997.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Cat Elliot
Video Editor: Anthony Hambling (@anthambling)
#Castlevania #GoldenEye #StarWars
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You know you're old when you vividly remember playing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 in 1997 😮💨 . On my first PC that my dad bought for one thousand quid!
No ports… but Soul Blade is a port of the arcade game isn't it?
I didn’t like Goldeneye,
Yep, ff7 best localization ever….
I never understood the praises for goldeneye 64, almost every games on this list aged well not Goldeneye
Myth 1&2 are two of the finest games ever made.
Didnt Realize Playstation had so many bangers. Very happy to see Rare Bookending it all with Blast Corps and Goldeneye. 1997 was a solid year in gaming
SOTN is seriously one of the best games of all time, I play through on thief mode at least every couple of years. I might actually go start another one, it still holds up completely because it's just a really great 2D game instead of early 3D jank. Plus the soundtrack is legitimately great.
Blastcorps deserves a remake. That game was so much fun.
I'm surprised they didn't make a Dark Souls joke when Soul Edge came up
Hi Triplejump I Hope Those Games Gets A Physical Release For All Game Systems In The Future
what is that tune in the background of many of your videos? It sounds super chill
No Gran Turismo?
I was 10 years old in 1997, so I definitely remember that year fondly lol
Ironically, Cod liver oil was historically given to kids to prevent rickets, so in that sense Ben's still a youngin…
3:55 That's 13 out of 12…
Solid list. All the numbers. In the right order. Some funny bits. Yup. Solid list.
This was one of my favorite years for gaming ever for sure
Damn, 1997 was a great year as I can name dozens of games which I was expecting on this list which surprisingly don't appear (Tomb Raider II comes to mind)!
Also, pointless fun fact – Two voice actors who starred in the original Resident Evil appear in two separate games in this list, try to guess which they are!
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is number one on my list. 😀👍🎮
Wow…..a very tough list to get on! No quake 2, Mario and star fox 64 or tomb raider 2. Hats off to these games! I grew up with split screen multilayer goldeneye 🥰
Тут достаточно мало комментариев, поэтому могу написать. Я почти ничего не понимаю, но боже, какой у вас крутой английский! Харизматичнее некуда! Смотрю вас давно, плохо говорю по английски, и это вообще не мешает наслаждаться просмотром. Жесточайше мало подписчиков, желаю Вашей замечательной команде как минимум 1 миллион подписчиков! – There are not enough comments here, so I can write. I understand almost nothing, but God, what a cool English you have! More charismatic than ever! I have been watching you for a long time, I speak English poorly, and this does not prevent me from enjoying watching at all. Cruelly few subscribers, I wish your wonderful team at least 1 million subscribers!
Gotta admit, Loved the list but was bit disappointed that fallout 2 (I think it was 2) was shown at the beginning but failed to make it to the list! Such an amazing game! Hands down one of my favorite games of all time and one that I still occasionally play to this day!
The only game that actually ever rivaled it is ATOM RPG, which I HIGHLY recommend anyone who was a fan of the Fallout 1 & 2 to play it. It's like fallout but in Russia! IMO, it's actually better than Wastetland 2 or 3. Wasteland 2 was alright, but Wasteland 3 was a HUGE let-down for me and was bordering on actually being pretty bad. It had a ton of promise with old wasteland team behind it but honestly felt really unfinished and really needed a lot more substance to it. Kinda felt like a DLC than a full-on sequel.
No mention of Blood?
For a PS1 game, colony wars looks incredible.
Final fantasy VII is the favorite game of mine from 1997
Love Blast Corps. One of my favorite original N64 games I had as a kid, and still own today! Also own Star Wars: Dark Forces on PS1 still, never played sequel though- I definitely will give that a try on my PC. Then there's PaRappa! Bought the PS4 remaster disc recently, but never played original. Do have PaRappa 2 on PS2 and Um Jammer Lammy PS1 though, loved that one.
Blastcorps was fucking AWESOME and I cannot think of a game other than Chrono Trigger that more deserves a proper sequel
SoulBlade is my favourite fighting game of all time!