Best Nintendo 64 Games
1	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time By Nintendo	With more than a million carts sold within one month, this is certainly the best N64 game of 1998.
2	Banjo-Kazooie By Nintendo and Rare	Rare's magic is shown at its purest form.
3	Star Wars: Rogue Squadron By Nintendo and LucasArts and Factor 5	Nintendo and LucasArts have made a deal to have Star Wars games exclusively for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color for the next five years. This is only the beginning.
First Place Nintendo 64 Games (From Top Games Section)
Game Title	Company	Months (X/12)
GoldenEye 007	Nintendo / Rare	11
Banjo-Kazooie	Nintendo / Rare	1
Best Game Boy Games
1	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX By Nintendo	It look as if Zelda is the best for both systems.
2	Pokémon/Blue By Nintendo and GameFreak	The Pokémon craze is spreading like wild fires.
3	Pokémon/Red By Nintendo and GameFreak	Same is true here.
First Place Game Boy Games (From Top Games Section)
Game Title	Company	Months (X/12)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	Nintendo	8
Donkey Kong Land III	Nintendo / Rare	1
Game & Watch Gallery	Nintendo / Hal	1
James Bond 007	Nintendo / Saffire	1
Pocket Bomberman	Nintendo / Hudson Soft	1
There weren't enough games released for the Super NES in 1998, so there is no Top 3 Games of the year. However, I would still like to honor the Super NES (it's been on the market for over seven years) by at least putting on here the First Place Games of 1998. Look below.
First Place Super NES Games (From Top Games Section)
Game Title	Company	Months (X/12)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Nintendo	4
SimCity	Nintendo	2
Arkanoid: Doh It Again	Nintendo / Taito	1
Final Fantasy III	Square Soft	1
Super Mario Kart	Nintendo	1
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	Nintendo / Square Soft	1
Tetris & Dr. Mario	Nintendo	1
Tetris Attack	Nintendo	1

Nintendo Gamers Poll (9/25/98) Would you be more likely to buy a Nintendo 64 game by Midway or Acclaim? Midway -> 50% Acclaim -> 50% Midway's biggest games in 1998: Mortal Kombat 4, NFL Blitz, and Body Harvest. Acclaim's biggest games in 1998: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, WWF: War Zone, and NFL Quarterback Club '99. Nintendo Gamers Poll (6/25/98) Which game would you rather buy (assuming you could only pick one)? Banjo-Kazooie or Twelve Tales: Conker 64? Banjo-Kazooie -> 50% Conker 64 -> 50% Banjo-Kazooie was released June 30, 1998. A sequel is already on the way to the N64. Twelve Tales: Conker 64 won't be released until sometime in 1999. Nintendo Gamers Poll (9/10/98) Rare makes some amazing Nintendo 64 games. But, Rare makes Game Boy games too. Are you looking forward to Conker's Pocket Tales? Yes -> 75% No -> 25% Conker's Pocket Tales won't be released until March 22, 1999. It will be Rare's first Game Boy Color game. Check out the Game Boy Color Special Feature to see a collection of previews of Game Boy Color games. Since it was put together a month before Game Boy Color was released, some of the games featured may already be released, like Tetris DX, for example. For more recent information on Game Boy Color games, be sure to check out this editorial: Game Boy Color in 1999. Game Boy Color wasn't the only system to have its own Special Feature on KNP. Check out the Virtual Boy Special Feature to see a collection of pictures and info from Virtual Boy games. Also, take a look at these two editorials: The Future of 8-Bit, which talks about Game Boy's future and Game Boy Pocket (this editorial is from 1996), and The Super NES Is Dying, which talks about the nearing death of the Super NES (this editorial is from 1997). Both editorials will hopefully give you some background info on both the Super NES and Game Boy systems.

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