1998 in computing, games and technology
109 milestones from 1998: 28 computers and hardware, 22 peripherals, 7 software, 9 games, 16 games, 4 games, 4 movies, 12 events, 6 legal milestones, 1 world events.
Open 1998 in the interactive timeline The 1990s
Computers and hardware
- HP Jornada 680
- Sega Genesis 3
- Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD51
- Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD71
- Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD81
- Kodak DCS 520
- Kodak DCS 560
- Casio QV-5000SX
- Canon PowerShot A5
- Fujifilm FinePix 700
- 3Com HomeConnect
- Creative WebCam
- Intel Pentium II (Deschutes)
- Intel i740
- Palm III
- Nikon Coolpix 900
- Game Boy Light
- Intel Celeron
- Intel 440BX chipset
- AMD K6-2
- Game Boy Camera
- Intel Xeon
- iMac G3
- Intel Celeron 300A
- Diamond Rio PMP300
- Neo Geo Pocket
- Game Boy Color
- Sega Dreamcast (Japan)
Peripherals
- Logitech Marble Mouse
- Sound Blaster Live! Value
- Altec Lansing ACS-series speakers
- Apple Studio Display (CRT)
- Motorola SURFboard SB1000
- 3dfx Voodoo2
- Sony DualShock
- S3 Savage3D
- Game Boy Printer
- 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
- Matrox Millennium G200
- Diamond Monster Sound MX300
- Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak
- USB 1.1
- Aureal Vortex 2 (AU8830)
- Sound Blaster Live!
- Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel
- Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro
- NVIDIA RIVA TNT
- Sony Memory Stick
- Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak
- Dreamcast VMU
Software
Games
- StarCraft
- Gran Turismo
- Pokemon Red and Blue
- Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
- Metal Gear Solid
- Grim Fandango
- Half-Life
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Starsiege: Tribes
Games
- Police Quest: SWAT 2
- Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach
- Duke: Nuclear Winter
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
- Star Wars: Rebellion
- Unreal
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
- Grand Prix Legends
- Fallout 2
- Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
- King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
- StarCraft: Brood War
- Thief: The Dark Project
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
- Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire
- Baldur's Gate
Games
Movies
- Godzilla
- The Truman Show
- Armageddon
- You've Got Mail
Events
- Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation
- MegaZeux games and source code released for free
- Netscape announces it will free its source code
- Hasbro Interactive acquires Atari assets
- Steve Jobs unveils the iMac
- AOL agrees to buy Mirabilis, maker of ICQ
- ICANN incorporated
- Penny Arcade debuts
- AOL announces it will buy Netscape
- Ars Technica founded
- Confinity founded
- 3dfx buys STB Systems
Legal milestones
- DOJ and 20 states sue Microsoft for antitrust violations
- Furby frenzy
- Child Online Protection Act signed
- Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act signed
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act signed
- Clinton impeached by the House
World events
- Google founded