#eddie seemed a bit more spiderman coded

[sabbathbloodysabbeth]

Oh my god, I’m like so stressed but of course I decide to start writing something else while In the midst of writing something else. 🙄 so have a bit of venom steve with spiderman eddie. Promise that Never Say Die will be updated tomorrow after I get out of school (:

Eddies fingers stuck to the ceiling, somehow holding his entire weight. Now, years later he was still confused as to how the hell a ceiling didn’t just collapse when he was crawling across it. There is no explanation for the things he can do. All he knows his that he can do them, and no matter what he’s going to bring Justice for his Uncle. The Harrington’s were the last stone that was left unpicked. The last clue to the mystery. If he didn’t find answers here then Wayne Munson’s death was going to be for nothing. And worst of all his Uncle wouldn’t receive Justice. So that’s how he finds himself crawling around Robert Harrington’s office. Waiting patiently for the older man to leave.

The man’s glasses were falling off his nose, but he was so concentrated on reading his papers that he doesn’t even notice. Whatever that was in those documents must be really important. Eddie moves closer to the window like doors that lead to the balcony. Of course the rich bastard had those. Slowly, and as silent as possible he drops down from the ceiling. Crouching on the carpet, hoping that he didn’t make a wrong move and alert the man. Which was why he hadn’t entered through the doors now behind him. Carefully, he crawls to one of the curtains. Using it as a cover, moving and standing behind it. Becoming one with the cloth. He felt stupid but he didn’t care.

His legs start to ache from standing for so long. Twenty minutes pass before anything exciting happens. Robert Harrington’s doors fling open the rest of the way. A loud crack from the wall, where the door knob created a reasonable hole in. There, stood the most beautiful boy Eddie has ever seen. Wearing a outdated polo and blue jeans. If he wasn’t currently on a mission, he would have fallen on his face from stupidity. He would be lying if he said there wasn’t a slight drool puddle forming in his mask. He knew he was gay, but this guy buried any doubt in his mind (which there was very little to begin with) into the ground.

His eyes have a fiery look to them. Like he was on a rampage of some sort. How a angel like him could possibly hurt a fly was beyond him.

“Stop drooling over Steve Fucking Harrington, Eddie. And focus on what they’re talking about. The suits not catching their voices dipshit.” Henderson’s voice startles Eddie back to his main purpose. If he could move, he would shut off his ear piece the other hand made him. Internally he’s already making note to swat the little shit upside the head when he got home.

Discreetly moving his hand, he subtly rolls one of the gadgets Dustin made him. Watching it roll under Robert Harrington’s desk. The mic catching their voices now. Though Eddie could hear them with the naked ear, Dustin could not.

“Father-” Steve Harrington’s voice is louder then what Eddie imagined it to be. Though he doesn’t understand why he was imagining it in the first place.

“Don’t talk to me like that young man. Remember who you’re talking to.” Mr. Harrington’s voice is in a low growl. Holding his authority the best he can. Though, like with his business the authority he once had over his son was slipping through his finger tips.

“Yeah- I’m talking to Robert Harrington. The biggest fraud of New York City.” Steve has a feral grin on his face. Eddie could barely see him through the curtain, his heart was racing as he’s sure he could see him if he glanced over at any second. “Now- Mom wanted me to tell you, that Dinners done. And that if you don’t go down to eat, she’s going to to cut your balls off.” Steve grins.

“Eddie there’s something off about him.” Dustin’s carefully mumbling into his ear now. “Look at his hands.” He points out.

Eddie listens almost immediately. Eyes flashing towards the others hands that now gripped the corners of his fathers desk. His veins didn’t look right. They looked black? And like they were crawling under his skin. Eddie wasn’t sure what was making his hands to look like that but there was something terribly wrong. He’s heard tales about the Harrington boy. About how he was the nicest one out of them. Now Eddie didn’t personally know him, but his gut was telling him that there was something off about this guy. Most likely he didn’t act like this way normally.

Robert Harrington stands up, jaw set tightly as he moves slamming the book that he was looking through. Moving and closing it in a drawer and locking it shut. Before he’s moving, walking out of the room without a word. Steve’s eyes immediately flicker to the curtain. A amused look on his face as he relaxes his shoulders a bit. “You know there are better hiding places in here.” He says calmly. Hands fidgeting a bit as his veins seem to start to crawl faster. Wrapping themselves around his hands.

Eddie doesn’t see the point in hiding anymore. He moves, walking carefully with his hands up in defense. Steve’s eyes never leave him. “What are you doing in my fathers study?”

“Looking for answers.” Eddie says simply. Sounding vague.

“Hm- mind sharing with the class?” Steve sasses. Crossing his arms over his chest. Hiding his hands, trying to control whatever that was currently happening to his body. Though Eddie could now see that the others veins on his neck were beginning to do the same thing. Moving up to his face, which was scrunching up in a pained expression.

“Eddie.” Dustin’s warns. Sounding a bit to anxious for Eddie’s liking.

“Um- Justice? Hey dude are you alright?” Eddie asks moving forward carefully. Not expecting the other to turn violent. Just as fast as the other entered the office, whatever black substance takes over his body. Reaching out and grabbing ahold of Eddie, before throwing him out the glass door.

Before he is forcefully removed from the others property though, he swears he catches a glimpse of panic and remorse written all over Steve Harrington’s face. Up until whatever that shit was, warps it’s self around his face. Creating a new one. One that he recognized from a few of his past crusades.

Venom

[doggo-owns-this-account]

Yandere Platonic Avengers x Peter Parker/ Spiderman

Bonus: Venom/Eddie Brock, Deadpool/Wade Wilson, Dr. Strange, The Flash/Barry Allen, Guardians Of The Galaxy

List to all parts:

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Underage

Summary: First reaction to finding out that Spiderman is underage

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Tony Stark/Ironman:

When Tony wanted Spiderman for his team during Civil War, he definitely did NOT know that Spiderman was underage.

Tony did figure out that Spiderman was on the younger side, but once he did figure out that Spiderman is underage, he was furious with himself for putting the kid in danger.

Almost immediately after finding out, Tony started working on a better suit for Spiderman. He did not like that the kid was putting himself in danger, but the least Tony could do to ensure that Spiderman would be at least safer, he made a suit. The suit had an intelligent AI, just like FRIDAY, but just seemed a bit younger. The AI (that Peter later named Karen) was coded to send Tony Spiderman's stats every day, and to notify him of Spiderman's location immediately if Spiderman got hurt in any way.

Soon just the suit wasn't enough to keep Tony's worries away, and it became harder and harder to resist the urge to just lock Spiderman up in his tower where it would be so much more safe.

"I'm fine, I really am."

"Kid, you got stabbed!" Tony yelled out in worry. He wasn't able to get there on time, and Spiderman, also known as Peter Parker, was stabbed in the knee.

"It's fine, it doesn't hurt anymore thanks to you." That was a bit of relief to hear for Tony, but still not enough to convince him to let the kid go home.

"Just stay here for the night kid. I'll let you go in the morning if it doesn't hurt anymore..." Tony tried convincing Peter, and even though both of them were stubborn, Tony got his way in the end just like always.

After Peter fell asleep in a spare bedroom, Tony got suited up and left the tower quietly.

"FRIDAY keep the tower locked, don't let Peter out of the tower under any circumstances without my permission. Eliminate possible threats."

And so Tony left the tower, he had bad guys to take care of after all...

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Steve Rogers/Captain America

To say that he was furious after finding out was an understandable.

He almost crushed the kid, and would've if it wasn't for Spiderman's super strength.

He was very enraged with Tony when he found out that Tony brought a child to fight him.

The kid got moves and power that shouldn't be underestimated, but he was still a growing child.

Children should be protected.

"Wait...you are underage?!"

"Yes Mr. Captain America sir!"

"I....almost crushed a kid..."

"Oh, no need to worry Mr. Captain America sir! I didn't get hurt (that much) and you were just so awesome and-"

The kid started rambling to Steve about how amazing his moves were and how his shield was so cool, it brought a smile to Steve's face. But still he felt guilty.

"No need to call me any formalities kid. Steve's just fine." Steve said with an amused smile as Peter stopped his rambling and blushed a bit.

"T-thank you Mr. Steve! I am very grateful!!" To that Steve couldn't help but let out a small laugh. The kid just was so formal compared to the most of kids his age.

He was still very angry with Tony. And he wouldn't just let this go that easily.

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Bruce Banner/Hulk

Despite what you might think, their first meeting actually happened while Bruce was himself.

His lab experiment went wrong and blew up in his face. He had been working on it for quite a while, and Bruce wasn't known for making failed experiments.

He probably would've started smashing things as his green counterpart, but didn't get to start before Spiderman walked to his lab.

Apparently he had been shot in his stomach, and Tony wouldn't let him get away without it being taken care of, so Spiderman just had to go to Bruce.

Of course Spiderman man had to take his suit off so Bruce could work on the scar, and that's when Bruce discovered that Spiderman was underage.

He almost started crying as he begun working to get the bullet out as the teenager let out small whimpers.

How could the others let an teenager endanger themselves like this?

When the boy started talking about Bruce's works without even mentioning Hulk with an starstruck look in his eyes after he had been batched up, Bruce actually did start crying a bit.

"I am very sorry Mr. Bruce Banner sir! I didn't mean to make you cry! I am so sorry!!" Peter said hurriedly as the teenager started panicking a bit about what he did. Did he say something wrong?

"No, no kid. I'm just so happy. It's been so long since someone recognized me trough my work and not trough Hulk..."

The next encounter did happen to be trough Hulk.

Hulk already knew about Peter of course. So that did make things a bit easier.

Hulk had just saved bunch of teenagers from a falling bridge with the help of Spiderman. Most of the people were scared of Hulk even though he did save them, but Spiderman just swung right on his shoulder and started talking to him like he was a normal human being.

Hulk could now definitely see why Bruce took liking to the kid.

"You are so cool Mr. Hulk! You were saving them left and right and-"

They were definitely keeping this kid around

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Thor & Loki

To the gods, Spiderman was just an itsy bitsy baby. A small child that shouldn't be fighting in fights like the ones they have fought in.

Even though they were from a different planet, they still did know what was wrong and what not in the planet called earth. And endangering a kid definetly was not on the good side.

If they weren't already protective of the Spiderman before, they definetly were after finding out that Peter was worthy.

Having such an young future ruler was a blessing, and Loki and Thor were not going to loose their future ruler because of some puny humans.

"Mr. Thor! You forgot this!!" Peter yelled, running towards Loki and Thor with a hammer in hand. The hammer in hand.

"Thank you young Parker..." Thor said in shock as he gazed at the much smaller human with an unknown glint in his eyes. And when the kid started rambling about how amazing Loki's magic was, that was the final straw. No one else has ever been so interested in Loki besides his brother Thor. It really warmed the two gods hearts....

Maybe even a bit too much

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Wanda/The Scarlett Witch

(She deserves happiness😭😭)

Wanda has dreamed of starting a family with Vision. And she knew the whole time that Spiderman a.k.a Peter Parker was an teenager since she can read minds after all

Even though Vision is gone and Wanda is a good guy now, the Avengers are all hostile towards her, except for the youngest Avenger, Spiderman.

She had already started developing strong platonic feelings towards Peter when Peter didn't treat her as a ticking time bomb and instead complimented her and her powers.

When Wanda discovers that Peter's parents are dead and his uncle (and aunt if this happened to happen after NWH) are also gone, that's when Peter's fate was sealed.

Peter needs a mother figure in his life. And clearly the only one capable for that role is Wanda.

They were soulmates. Made for each other. Wanda craved needed a child to take care of and Peter clearly needed to be taken care of.

Whether he realized it himself or not.

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Venom/Eddie Brock

Eddie figured it out while he and Venom were fighting Spiderman.

Venom was about to eat a bad guy's head when Spiderman stopped them. And it clearly agitated Venom to have his meal to taking away from him just like that.

So obviously they got into a battle. A battle that would've ended horribly for Peter if it wasn't for Eddie realizing that it was just a kid behind that suit.

For once in his life, Peter was thankful to be short and sound "childish". That was the reason that he didn't die that day after all.

"Wait Venom no! We can't hurt him!"

"What?! Why?!"

"He's clearly just a kid! Venom stop!" And Venom surprisingly listened to Eddie for once. He stopped attacking Spiderman and instead just stood where he was, wondering what to do next.

"Uhm Mr. Alien sir? Could we stop this battle? I just couldn't let you kill that criminal and I don't want to fight you!"

Well ain't this a surprise. They tried to kill the kid and yet, the kid just politely tries to get away from this situation. What a strange kid.

Thankfully Venom let Eddie take control again. Wouldn't want to scare the kid anymore after all.

"No worries kid and I'm sorry about that. I've got a parasite-"

"I AM NOT A PARASITE"

"And didn't realize you were just a kid before just now."

"Wait, how did you know I was underage?" Spiderman asked as he got closer to Eddie, his spider senses not reacting to danger anymore, though he still had a cold feeling in his neck.

Venom would be the first one to get posessive and obsessed over Peter. Any human is short compared to Venom, but Peter is just outright tiny to Venom. And even with Eddie, Peter would still fall short.

Knowing that Peter is a good guy (and in Venom's and Eddie's opinion delicate), it wouldn't take long for Eddie and Venom to just outright kidnap Peter, knowing that the kid would be in danger without them.

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Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Now this is some shocking news to Wade.

Wade always assumed that Peter was at least 18 or older since Wade only knew Peter as Spiderman, and Wade couldn't believe that anyone would let an underage kid fight crime on their own.

So naturally, Wade was VERY flirty with Spiderman. But ooh boy will he feel guilty after finding out that Spiderman is just a teenager.

He would still low-key flirt with Spiderman, but not in the same sense, and it turns more towards just compliments. When before he would have said "God your ass looks so good in that suit" now he just says "That suit really fits you".

Family has always been an F word to him and at first Peter was no different. Though hanging out with the kid really started to affect Wade in his thoughts of Peter, and now Wade just can't seem to leave Peter alone no matter what.

But Wade is still insecure, and doesn't think that he would be a good father. He was about to start a family with Vanessa but we all know how that turned out. It's harder for him to show his true self to Peter, and mostly protects Peter from the shadows.

Unless Vanessa is still alive, that would be a different story.

If Vanessa was alive, I wouldn't be surprised if Vanessa too devolved unhealthy platonic feelings towards Peter. While she isn't as strong as Deadpool, and her feelings wouldn't be as strong, she still would make a dangerous yandere.

Wade would feel a bit more comfortable around Peter, and wouldn't be so protective if Vanessa was alive.

However, if Vanessa is alive when Wade discovers that Peter is underage, but dies afterwards, it wouldn't take long for Wade to just kidnap Peter to keep him safe from harm.

He is sure Vanessa would be proud of him for keeping the kid safe.

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Barry Allen/The Flash

It wouldn't take long for Barry to notice that Spiderman is a kid.

I mean, Barry is the Flash a.k.a fastest man alive, so actually it would be surprising if he didn't know.

And to add to that, he's got an amazing team, and even though their technology may not be quit as advanced as Tony's technology, it's still some great ass technology.

Again, it wouldn't take long for Barry to develop strong platonic feelings towards Peter. They are both very alike, and Peter kind of reminds Barry of his younger self.

They both bond over science and each other's powers pretty quickly.

Barry is no stranger to working with underage people in hero work, but it doesn't mean that he does approve of it.

His friends and family most likely won't notice that he's starting to be clingy and protective over Peter, and when they do, they just brush it off as Barry and Peter having a tight bond. Little do they know....

Barry would let Peter continue his hero work, at least at first. However it just takes one time for Peter getting hurt, and now he isn't allowed in missions anymore.

Barry hopes that Iris would form a tight bond with Peter as well.

Most likely Iris would become yandere too over Peter, but still Barry would be the main one to get worried and eventually even paranoid.

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Stephen Strange/Dr. Strange

Just like Wanda, Stephen already knew about Peter's age for obvious reasons.

However unlike with Wanda, it took Stephen a lot longer to get actually attached to Peter.

It all probably started when they were in space, however there is a slim chance that Stephen could have already taken interest in Peter before.

However, after outsmarting Stephen in NWH, did Stephen fully realize how much he actually likes the kid.

There's really not much to say about him.

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GOTG

Well this is certainly a hard one.

They wouldn't take that much notice in Peter being a kid except Rocket and Drax.

For Rocket, Peter reminds him of Groot. The kid is just so naive and easily trusting, and even Groot can be more violent than Peter.

And for Drax, Peter reminds him of his own child. Peter is just so gullible and weak compared to Drax for example. (Of course we all know that Peter is in no ways weak, he just has smaller build than Drax)

So Rocket and Drax would be the most protective at the early stage.

Of course the others aren't practically happy about a kid being in space, but Peter Quill can also relate to Peter in that sense.

But there's not really much to this with these people.

So to sum it up: Drax and Rocket would be worried as hell, and everyone else would just be like: "oh okay"

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Author's note:

I apologize that this is so short and that this took so long. It's my first time writing so please have mercy on me ಥ_ಥ

[reaperlight]

Venom - Ryuk / Eddie - Light?

I guess its the same as the previous ask, huh? *facepalm*

Well I wrote for it a few months ago but never got around to posting it but always meant to go back and edit but, ahhhh I'm sorry!

Here is the mostly unedited brain vomit from November 2020:

I'm sorry, I guess I don't understand the ask.

Were you asking me to compare the characters, compare the ships or shipping them all together?

I guess I'll just ramble for a bit about my two main hyperfixations...

I've long seen parallels between Light Yagami and Eddie Brock, especially comics!Eddie in terms of the flavor of their characters, their moral codes and character flaws (arrogance, conniving, opportunistic), power from monster partner, and (for comics!eddie) their relations to their narrative foils.

Also I see parallels between comics Eddie and Mello but I feel that's more terms of aesthetic/superficial. Blonde, catholic, like leather, motorcycles, chocolate and revenge. But I digress...

Comics Eddie and Venom initially during the original villain run I believe was meant to be a kind of narrative foil for Peter Parker, a kind of what if Peter went evil, Spiderman with murder.

And Light's character also reminds me a lot of Peter Parker, especially in the beginning of the series--both in character design and the lying, sneaking, hacking, and ha-ha I'm so clever... but instead of like leaping off buildings his secret is murder.

Light and comics!Eddie are both obsessed with their narrative foils/nemesis/equal and-opposite but for different reasons and with different outcomes.

L-Embarrassed Light and threatened to have him caught and killed him.

Develop a "friendship" to try and murder each other. Kills L and later regrets it, or at the very least seems sad he's no longer around.

Spiderman-embarrassed Eddie while he was already having the worst day of his life, getting him fired AND he hurt Venom. Tries to kill Spiderman but doesn't succeed but they think they did for a while and are happy about it. There's no angst because from their perspective they had rid the world of an evil, the man that hurt them both.

When they think they succeed at killing Spiderman, the man who hurt them, that everyone lauds as a hero is dead.. Eddie and Venom are�� just happily living on an island together, deciding to stay together even though the revenge that brought them together was over and just living, free of burden of hating Spiderman knowing he got his revenge... then spidey shows up alive and that's the end if that.

Later after Spiderman saves Anne, Eddie realizes he wasn't the evil he thought he was. So they move away, and tries to let it go of their obsession, even though Spiderman hurt them (and continues to do so), focusing on themselves instead and protecting a homeless community.

Of course its easier to try to seek redemption when you're bulletproof.

Venom's character has changed and grown since the initial villain days, (well depending on the writer) and the Venom symbiote has become a character with autonomy and not just a costume/plot device/metaphor for drug addiction--again Venom stories can be very different depending on the writer. Being a long-time fan my perceptions of Venom are shaped by comic canon but for the most part we'll focus here on Eddie and Venom as a loving couple.

In a way Movie!Venom feels like a fanfic version, a soft boy!Eddie, but in a good way--it's fun. Eddie gets to learn and grow from his mistakes and the movie ends with Eddie and Venom as a hero...

A hero who eats people--a situation that cannot be sustained. Much like wanting to solve all the world's problems with a murder notebook--barring some comic book miracle this can only end badly.

First impulse upon encountering a problem is kill it.

But this manifests in different ways.

If you've pissed off...

Light- he will find your name and your death will be carefully planned down to the minute.

Venom-Your death will be immediate, swift, and messy.

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Even though I use the venom movie as a basis for headcanons here. I feel we can pick and choose from the often contradictory comic canon (the way these characters are written varies wildly depending on the author) which canon parts we like.

Comic!Eddie is more like Light than movie!Eddie in their character flaws.

Conniving, opportunistic...

They have a similar moral code.

Black and white morality

In the comics they have another thing in common-a nemesis to obsess over.

In philosophy...

Kill the guilty, save the innocent.

Comic!Eddie develops a God/messiah complex at one point though it's a temporary thing.

Movie!eddie is just he starting on his venom journey but has notably less compunction than comic!eddie about eating people.

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Eddie and Light

I'm not shipping them romantically in my current found family au Stray. But I could see the potential there to ship--Venom has scores of different canons to pick and choose from, not just the movie. So you could have an au with College!Eddie meeting college!Light so they are closer in age.

How Light and Eddie would interact depends entirely on how they meet. For instance in the comics Venom is ride or die with friends who are also "protectors of the innocent" like Morbius the living vampire. But has animosity with the Punisher who also has a very similar outlook on life. It all depends on how they meet whether they are allies or they might try to destroy each other.

Kira

In canon Kira sees himself as a God beyond reproach and anyone else doing what he does as a murderer deserving of death. He might be allies for a time with other killers like Misa and Mikami but ultimately sees them as scum and will kill them the moment they are no longer useful.

Of course this is fanfiction and canon has no power here.

Canon was dark enough, so if I want Light to grow as a person, make friends and be happy, he will--canon be damned, lol.

Eddie = writing nerd

Peter = science nerd

Light and L = total nerds

Ryuk likes soap operas, sitcoms

Venom likes medical dramas

Ryuk and Venom = soft goth monsterboys or NBs who love snacks, tv, and one (1) justice-driven human.

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Tropes VenomxEddie Symbrock/veddie and Ryght/Terraito/Deathgods have in common

Beauty and the beast-- "but I would never call you beast." You've got you're ruthless human and cinnamon roll monster that just wants snacks and cuddles

Living in close proximity

Secret boyfriend/partner

Vigilante justice

Deep voice

Sharp teeth

Long tongue

Alien biology

Optional body alteration

Optional--tension with rival/Narrative foil

Angst tropes-- the threat of being imprisoned, institutionalized, or subjected to unethical experiments

Daddy issues

Praise kink

[gamedigger88]

My Memories of Gaming in 1998

For many of us gamers, we’ve been playing games since our childhoods. If you were like me, most of your gaming years started around the early 90s. Most of the games during that time are what’s well-known, popular or mainstream nowadays. It doesn’t hurt looking back at the past of gaming and reliving those moments, either through memory or actually playing those games that came out during those times.

One time period that seems to always be mentioned is 1998. While I’m sure not a lot of people remember 1998, especially me since I was still a kid then and didn’t really care about what was going on in the world, a lot of gamers remember it as being a prominent year in gaming. This is mostly due to the fact that the games released then were sequels/prequels, innovative and influential or just commercially successful titles. While you can see a list of them here on Wikipedia, I can tell you here a little about some of the games from that year I’ve experienced. I will say, majority of these games were experienced after 1998 and were only a small play sessions or demos.

Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes 

Pretty much my last time playing fighters in arcades. Mostly due to the fact that arcades were hard to come by and the closest one at the time was a 30 minute drive to the mall. Either way, seeing Ryu and MegaMan fight Wolverine and Spiderman was amazing. I wasn’t really good at the game though. I would probably win one match before either the next round or if a bigger kid came and beat me in the next match. It was one of the first games I came across that had crossover characters, which later became a feature I love in fighting games today.

Tekken 3

This version was just a demo of the game my cousins had, but a demo we played non-stop. The only characters available were Xiaoyu and Eddie in the demo, but once learning Eddie’s spinning kicks, we would have matches to see who was better as him. His stage music has been embedded in my mind, I’m glad NamcoBandai added the Jukebox mode in Tekken 7 (only on PS4, though) just to hear it again.

Gex: Enter the Gecko

I’ve been seeing commercials and booths advertising this game so much, I thought he was a game character I just never heard of, and there were a lot of them at the time. I got a hold of the game as a rental and played it. The cartridge I had wasn’t completed, so I continued. After not getting far, I started a new game from scratch. Needless to say, I wasn’t too interested in the game. The gecko mechanics were pretty good, but I think I had problems with attacking enemies. I remember smiling at some of the quips from Gex, but looking back at them now, they still make me smile, but only how lame they are now.

Metal Gear Solid

A game series that I would have never would thought would stick with me. The demo for Metal Gear Solid was so intense for me, that it took me years to actually man up and play the demo in its entirety. I remember my cousin and I were scared to get past the front entrance to the base because we didn’t know how to get pass the guards without getting caught. Hearing the screams and cries of Colonel Campbell, Dr. Naomi and Mei Ling after Snake dies were a bit too dramatic for me. Granted, this was a huge jump from Mario and Sonic games, but the interesting story, realism of the world and dramatic acting was too much for me to not know what the game was all about. After playing the demo, I wanted to play the game, but didn’t had a memory card at the time and Metal Gear Solid 2 was already out. I did finally played it, but it was the Twin Snakes version.

NASCAR 99 & Madden NFL

These were random sports games my father bought. NASCAR was bought one day after work. Madden was a Christmas gift. I wasn’t really interested in sports titles, mostly because I was not good at them. I guess it was his way to get me into sports and get me from playing games so much. I didn’t really play them much with anyone either. For some reason, Madden 97 was still fun on the PSOne.

NFL Blitz

Then this bad boy came out and I was hooked! You telling me I can play a football game in arcade style AND body slam my opponents when I’m mad at a play?! Anyways, the arcade style of the game make someone like me who didn’t understand football at the time learn it quickly. Finding and printing out cheat codes for the game to put in (Headless mode, anyone?) were great, especially rushing to see who can put in the most codes (they even worked in the demo, too!). Plus, the music made each game more like an epic battle was about to go down in the stadium. One of my greatest moments was using the game to predict the Super Bowl XXXIII game between Falcons and Broncos by finally beating my cousin in the game with the Broncos. This game was the hypest shit when it came out and I only wish it continued better than it did.

Spyro the Dragon

I remember when my sister and I finally got ourselves a PSOne, it came with a Playstation Underground disc. It had some games, including Spyro the Dragon, but also promoting the game by having a behind the scenes of the development of the game. I didn’t understand most of it as a kid, but it was cool to see a look into making a game like that. The game’s music always stuck with me, especially the calming sounds of Dark Hollow and the rocking beat of the Title Screen that played in the Overworld in the demo.

Pokemon Red & Blue

Once these games came out in the US in 1998, I wasn’t too sure on what to make of it. It as a GameBoy game, which was already interesting, but it was an RPG style game that came out around the time of the virtual pet craze, which was starting to become oversaturated to me already. I guess it being an actual video game was enough to spark my interest. I only got a chance to play a bit of it thanks to a friend, but it was interesting to see a world were I can just go around, collect, fight and trade monsters and raise them to become stronger. I finally got the game a few years later, but by then Gold and Silver was about to come out.

Delta Force

Another random game I got which I honestly don’t remember if it was for my birthday or Christmas. Regardless, this was my first experience with a military style shooter. Needless to say, this game was only loaded probably three times. The game was too realistic for me to understand how to play and PC gaming was still new to me. I thought it was just a cheap selling PC game, but I’m now learning it was a pretty popular series that had its starting in 1998.

MediEval

The demo of this game was so fun, I can’t think of any time where we would not turn on the PSOne and not play it. I remember really wanting the game when it finally came out, but unfortunately we couldn’t get it. It was interesting to see the game’s dark and gloomy atmosphere. Paired with the weird motion animation common in PSOne games back then and it made some of the cutscenes and enemy movements kinda scary. I was looking forward to playing the remake, but after hearing some of the reviews, I think I will not spoil it and just find the original and play it instead.

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

Another demo my cousins and I had that we played numerous times. The cool think it we both had different versions of the demo. One of our disc had the level were Crash is underwater, while the other had the level were Coco is riding the tiger on top of the Great Wall. We never got the game despite playing the demos so much. Usually because by then, my cousin’s PSOne was starting to wear out and we were losing interest in it.

There are other games I’ve eventually played years after their release, but after playing them and learning how popular they are and when they came out, its easy to see how 1998 could be seen as a prominent year in gaming. Its more prominent to me personally because this was a year were most of my favorite games have came out. Some of these games became important to me personally in other ways. I don’t think I would ever have a year like that in my life gaming wise, but I would like to experience more of these games from 1998. 

Were there any games you played that came out in 1998 you enjoyed? What was your experience playing it?