Best Games of 1997

This is a list of the best games of 1997.




Tomb Raider II
★★★★★
Action-Adventure Platformer
Core Design (UK)
PC




Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
★★★★½
First-/Third-Person Shooter
LucasArts (USA)
PC




Blade Runner
★★★★½
Point-and-Click Adventure
Westwood Studios (USA)
PC




Fallout
★★★★½
Role-Playing
Interplay (USA)
PC




Gran Turismo
★★★★½
Racing Simulation
Japan Studio (Polys Entertainment)
PlayStation




Riven
★★★★
Puzzle Adventure
Cyan (USA)
PC




Virtua Fighter 2
★★★★
Fighting
Sega AM2 (Japan)
PC




Atomic Bomberman
★★★★
Multiplayer
Interplay Productions (USA)
PC




Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
Impression: ★★★★
Cinematic Platformer
Oddworld Inhabitants (USA)
PC




Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
★★★½
Third-Person Shooter
LucasArts (USA)
PC




Hercules
★★★½
Platformer
Eurocom Entertainment Software (UK)
PC




Donkey Kong Land III
★★★½
Platformer
Rare (UK)
Game Boy




pod
★★★½
Racing
Ubi Soft (France)
PC




GoldenEye 007
Impression: ★★★½
First-Person Shooter
Rare (UK)
Nintendo 64




Time Crisis II
Impression: ★★★½
Light Gun Rail Shooter
Namco (Japan)
Arcade




Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Impression: ★★★½
First-Person Shooter
Iguana Entertainment (USA)
Nintendo 64




Age of Empires
★★★½
Real-Time Strategy
Ensemble Studios (USA)
PC




Lego Island
★★★½
Open World Action-Adventure
Mindscape (USA)
PC
Completed




Safe Cracker
★★★
Puzzle Adventure
Daydream Software (Sweden)
PC




Autos bauen mit Willy Werkel
★★★
Adventure
ELD Interaktiv Produktion (Schweden)
PC




TKKG: Katjas Geheimnis
★★★
Point-and-Click Adventure
DOCK media GmbH (Germany)
PC




Speedboat Attack
★★★
Speedboat Racing
Criterion Studios (UK)
PC




Have a N.I.C.E. Day!
★★★
Racing
Synetic GmbH (Germany)
PC




Lucky Luke
★★★
Platformer
Infogrames (France)
PC




Wave Race
★★★
Racing
Nintend (Japan)
Game Boy