Monster Rancher is a console game released in 1997 for the PlayStation system. It is the first game in Tecmo's Monster Rancher series, featuring the raising, fighting, and breeding of monsters.
Street Fighter EX plus Alpha is the Playstation-exclusive home console port of the arcade game Street Fighter EX Plus, itself an updated version of Street Fighter EX. This version includes two new characters (Dhalsim and Sakura), additional game modes, as well as an arranged soundtrack and CG endings.
Everybody's Golf, known in Japan as Minna no Golf, is the first game in the Everybody's Golf series. The North American release was renamed Hot Shots Golf. It was the only game in the series to be developed by Camelot Software Planning, which later developed the Mario Golf series.
This is a cyberpunk-themed third-person shooter video game developed by Exact and Production I.G for the PlayStation.
The game plot revolves around a recruit of Public Security Section 9 as he investigates and combats the Human Liberation Front. The player controls a Fuchikoma, a robotic fighting vehicle capable of traversing walls and ceilings.
Angel Blade: Neo Tokyo Guardians is a Tactical RPG game based on the OVA of the same name, developed by Nippon Ichi Software, which was released in Japan in 1997.
Tennis anyone? V-Tennis features texture-mapped polygon players and nine different camera views to give you the best look of the court.
Still don't like the perspective? Edit your own!
Select from 16 players (eight males and eight females), four court surfaces, seven different court locations and nine different ball colors. Game modes include Doubles, Singles, and both Men's and Women's Tournaments. Matches can be adjusted from one to five sets and instant replay will let you see those aces in slow motion.
A memory card is required to save Tournament progress.
Monster Trucks offers nine rugged off-roaders with which to race across jagged, imposing terrains. Not the only game to twist the racing genre to this end, but as you'd expect from Psygnosis, the quality of presentation is head and shoulders above the rest.
There are two types of courses; circuits offer demanding hilly terrains which can easily trash the vehicle and must be learned intimately. Endurance courses offer greater freedom, with the aim of finding the best route to link eight dispersed checkpoints.
To avoid any disorientation, arrows guide you to the next marker. Each area, be it snowy or volcanic, has characteristic features and hazards, yet this doesn't stop a repetitive feel developing. The third option is a fun mode, and one you might expect from the developer of Destruction Derby. Players have sixty seconds to take their truck on a car smashing spree.
MLB "98 is a Major League Baseball video game for the PlayStation and is by 989 Sports. It was released on June 30, 1997 and is rated K-A for kids to adults. Games are called by public address announcer Mike Carlucci. New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams was featured on the cover. Some of its features are the 30 Major League Baseball clubs, 6 playing modes, complete statistic tracking, and creating players.
It has been succeeded by MLB '99, where Vin Scully began calling the games. Starting with MLB 2000, joining him is infielder Dave Campbell on color commentary.
Stressless Lesson - Les Les is a puzzle game released exclusively in Japan for the Sony PlayStation. Choose the person you want to confess to from eight men and women, and finally confess to the person you like.
After the releases of the SNES & N64 games Formation Soccer '97 is the second game for Playstation One (after Hyper Formation Soccer), the game features the qualify rounds of national teams that wants to enter the World Cup '98.
Baby Universe is an experiment in visuals. It consists of different worlds with digital kaleidoscopes. One of them, a 3D Kaleidoscope, is floating in space. You create visual effects by pressing buttons on the controller, to turn the different axes, bend and reflect light, and change the angle, with different background patterns. All your actions can be recorded and saved.
In the jewel case, you select the objects to appear on the screen, and in the console, you can edit each individual item. This includes colour mapping of the surface, movement patterns and frame rate. Settings can be saved on a memory card. In the soundscape, you can insert your own CDs, and sound wave patterns will appear to accompany the music. There is also a traditional (electric) and a psychedelic kaleidoscope available.
Gundam: The Battle Master is the first game in the series, released for the PlayStation in 1997. Even this first game features the large multi-jointed sprites and 2-screen-high stages that the rest of the series would follow on. It includes the following mobile suits from the Universal Century era:
Playable
FA-010S Full Armor Enhanced ZZ Gundam
MS-06F Zaku II
MSM-03C Hygogg
MSN-02 Zeong
MSN-04 Sazabi
NZ-000 Quin Mantha
PMX-003 The O
RX-78-2 Gundam
RX-78GP02A Gundam Physallis
RX-93 Nu Gundam
Bosses (Non-Playable)
MA-08 Big Zam
AMX-002 (AMA-X2) Neue Ziel
Psyco Gundam Mark III
Hydra Gundam
A Japan-exclusive band simulation video game released by Shinko Music for the PlayStation in 1997. It features music composed by Jeff Pfeifer and Rob Pfeifer.
Puzzle Arena Toshinden takes the furious fighters right out of the ring and into the world of puzzle games! The game plays out much like the Puyo Puyo series by Sega. Connect 3 balloons of the same color to make them disappear. Get combos to have black pieces fall on the opponent's side that are harder to get rid of.
Mindscape's 1997 installment in the NCAA basketball series, developed by High Voltage. The game features run-n-gun multiplayer gameplay. Play with up to eight other human players for the ultimate basketball experience. Get the best seat in the house by viewing the action from more than 10 different camera angles. NCAA Final Four 97 stars 64 of the hottest collegiate teams, with more than 50 different motion-captured dunks. In addition to challenging your buddies to courtside action, a special Coach's Mode allows you to make your own playbook. You can also assign up to four offensive plays and four defensive sets, and even call the plays on the fly so you don't have to stop the action to set up your players.