Comment by Sharlin

I'm pretty sure that 1999 was the peak year of PC gaming. Just consider the number of legendary games published that year, including but not limited to:

    * Age of Empires 2
    * Alpha Centauri
    * Baldur's Gate
    * Counter-Strike (the original mod!)
    * Freespace 2
    * Heroes of Might and Magic 3
    * Homeworld
    * Jagged Alliance 2
    * Outcast
    * Planescape: Torment
    * Roller Coaster Tycoon
    * SimCity 3000
    * System Shock 2
    * SWAT 3
    * The Longest Journey
    * Unreal Tournament

I've (re-)played several of those (BG, HoMM3, JA2, RCT, Ps:T, SS2) in the past couple of years and at some point realized that they were all released in 1999.

If you include the 1998 Christmas market, you can add at least:

    * Falcon 4.0
    * Fallout 2 (definitely should've been delayed until 1999!)
    * Grim Fandango
    * Half-Life
    * Myth 2
    * Thief: The Dark Project