1998

Media from 1998.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1995) Approximately 7 billion $1 bills were in circulation by the end of 1998, at least 99% of them as Series 1995 notes.
	B 64000001 S – B 96000000 Y
	D 32000001 D – D 38400000 I
	E 32000001 H – E 44800000 K
	F 64000001 K – F 06400000 Q
	G 19200001 J – G 12800000 L
	H 06400001 D – H 38400000 E
	I 12800001 A – I 32000000 C
	J 64000001 E – J 12800000 F
	K 12800001 E – K 96000000 G
	L 06400001 M – L 44800000 U
$2 (Series 1976)	A 00000001 A – A 29440000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 67200000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 33280000 A
	D 05440001 A – D 31360000 A
	E 23040001 A – E 56960000 A
	F 14720001 A – F 60800000 A
	G 08000001 A – G 84480000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 39040000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 23680000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 24960000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 41600000 A
	L 28160001 A – L 82560000 A
$2 (Series 1995)	F 00000001 A – F 57600000 A
$5 (Series 1995) Approximately 1.6 billion $5 bills were in circulation by the end of 1998, at least 99% of them as Series 1995 notes.	B 89600001 C – B 76800000 D
	C 38400001 A – C 76800000 A
	D 57600001 A – D 19200000 B
	E 70400001 B – E 64000000 D
	F 70400001 C – F 32000000 D
	G 64000001 B – G 12800000 D
	H 89600001 A – H 57600000 B
	I 38400001 A – I 57600000 A
	J 44800001 A – J 89600000 A
	K 64000001 A – K 32000000 B
	L 89600001 C – L 96000000 E
$10 (Series 1995) Approximately 1.43 billion $10 bills were in circulation by the end of 1998, at least 99% of them as Series 1995 notes, and the last ones printed in July 1998.	A 06400001 A – A 70400000 B
	B 00000001 A – B 83200000 B
	D 00000001 A – D 64000000 A
	E 89600001 A – E 83200000 B
	G 00000001 C – G 38400000 C
	H 51200001 A – H 76800000 A
	J 32000001 A – J 64000000 A
	K 44800001 A – K 89600000 A
	L 00000001 B – L 70400000 B
$20 (Series 1995) Approximately 4.54 billion $20 bills were in circulation by the end of 1998, about half of them as Series 1995 notes.	B 00000001 A – B 19200000 E
	C 00000001 A – C 70400000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 89600000 B
	E 00000001 A – E 89600000 A
	F 76800001 B – F 19200000 D
	G 76800001 C – G 12800000 F
	H 06400001 B – H 44800000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 06400000 B
	J 51200001 A – J 76800000 B
	K 06400001 B – K 57600000 C
	L 44800001 D – L 38400000 G
$50 (Series 1993)	B 32000001 E – B 86400000 E
$50 (Series 1996) Approximately 1.01 billion $50 bills were in circulation by the end of 1998, at least 99% of them as Series 1996 notes, and the last ones printed in May 1998.	AA 00000001 A – AA 09600000 A
	AB 00000001 A – AB 22400000 B
	AC 00000001 A – AC 57600000 A
	AD 00000001 A – AD 32000000 A
	AF 00000001 A – AF 60800000 A
	AG 00000001 A – AG 41600000 A
	AI 00000001 A – AI 12800000 A
	AJ 00000001 A – AJ 03200000 A
	AL 00000001 A – AL 41600000 A
$100 (Series 1993)	A 12800001 A – A 83200000 A
	C 09600001 A – C 41600000 A
	E 19200001 A – E 64000000 A
	F 16000001 A – F 51200000 B
	G 32000001 A – G 44800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 16000000 A
	I 03200001 A – I 09600000 A
	K 19200001 A – K 51200000 A
$100 (Series 1996) Approximately 3.2 billion $100 bills were in circulation by the end of 1998, about 92% of them as Series 1996 notes.	AA 00000001 A – AA 70400000 A
	AB 00000001 A – AB 57600000 J
	AC 00000001 A – AC 25600000 A
	AD 00000001 A – AD 32000000 B
	AE 00000001 A – AE 38400000 B
	AF 00000001 A – AF 83200000 A
	AG 00000001 A – AG 96000000 A
	AH 00000001 A – AH 44800000 A
	AI 00000001 A – AI 12800000 A
	AJ 00000001 A – AJ 38400000 A
	AK 00000001 A – AK 83200000 A
	AL 00000001 A – AL 44800000 D
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1995)
	A 83200001 I – A 25600000 M
	C 57600001 C – C 25600000 F
	D 38400001 I – D 89600000 J
	E 44800001 K – E 89600000 N
	F 06400001 Q – F 83200000 T
	G 12800001 L – G 38400000 P
	H 38400001 E – H 12800000 G
	I 32000001 C – I 25600000 J
	J 12800001 F – J 38400000 J
	K 00000001 H – K 32000000 M
	L 44800001 U – L 96000000 Y
$2 (Series 1995)	F 57600001 A – F 96000000 A
$5 (Series 1995)	A 57600001 B – A 25600000 C
	B 76800001 D – B 19200000 F
	C 76800001 A – C 32000000 B
	D 19200001 B – D 76800000 B
	F 32000001 D – F 25600000 E
	G 12800001 D – G 89600000 D
	J 89600001 A – J 32000000 B
	K 32000001 B – K 25600000 C
	L 00000001 F – L 70400000 F
$10 (Series 1995)	A 70400001 B – A 96000000 B
	B 83200001 B – B 25600000 D
	C 00000001 A – C 57600000 A
	D 64000001 A – D 12800000 B
	E 83200001 B – E 51200000 C
	F 89600001 B – F 64000000 C
	G 38400001 C – G 70400000 D
	H 76800001 A – H 32000000 B
	J 64000001 A – J 19200000 B
	K 89600001 A – K 51200000 B
	L 70400001 B – L 12800000 C
$20 (Series 1995)	E 89600001 A – E 25600000 B
$20 (Series 1996)	AA 00000001 A – AA 19200000 D
	AB 00000001 A – AB 12800000 G
	AC 00000001 A – AC 89600000 A
	AD 00000001 A – AD 25600000 B
	AE 00000001 A – AE 32000000 B
	AF 00000001 A – AF 44800000 B
	AG 00000001 A – AG 19200000 E
	AH 00000001 A – AH 51200000 B
	AI 00000001 A – AI 89600000 A
	AJ 00000001 A – AJ 64000000 C
	AK 00000001 A – AK 06400000 C
	AL 00000001 A – AL 70400000 C
$50 (Series 1996)	AA 09600001 A – AA 16000000 A
	AB 22400001 B – AB 44800000 E
	AD 32000001 A – AD 51200000 A
	AE 00000001 A – AE 70400000 A
	AG 41600001 A – AG 25600000 B
	AH 00000001 A – AH 16000000 A
	AI 12800000 A – AI 19200000 A
	AJ 03200000 A – AJ 16000000 A
	AK 00000001 A – AK 48000000 A
	AL 41600000 A – AL 86400000 A
$100 (Series 1996)	AA 70400001 A – AA 25600000 B
	AB 57600001 J – AB 12800000 N
	AC 25600001 A – AC 86400000 A
	AD 32000001 B – AD 76800000 B
	AE 38400001 B – AE 76800000 C
	AF 83200001 A – AF 16000000 C
	AG 96000001 A – AG 64000000 B
	AH 44800001 A – AH 73600000 A
	AI 12800001 A – AI 22400000 A
	AJ 38400001 A – AJ 57600000 A
	AK 83200001 A – AK 19200000 B
	AL 44800001 D – AL 60800000 D

On September 24, 1998, the new design of the $20 bill that was unveiled in May 1998 was officially released to circulation.

Also, the facility in Washington, D.C. temporarily stopped printing $5 and $10 bills, leaving it all to the Western Currency Facility.

Logos

Movie logos
Touchstone Pictures	1986–2002
Walt Disney Pictures	1990–2006	Seen on Mulan.
Warner Bros. Pictures	1992–1998
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures	1992–2001
20th Century Fox	1994–2009
Paramount Pictures	1995–2002
Walt Disney Pictures	1995–2007	Seen on A Bug's Life.
Pixar Animation Studios	1995–present	Seen on A Bug's Life.
Columbia Pictures	1996–2013
TriStar Pictures	1996–2013	Seen on Matilda.
Universal Pictures	1997–1999
DreamWorks SKG	1997–present
New Line Cinema	1997–2001
Warner Bros. Pictures	1998–1999	Only seen on films released in 1998.
Broadcast television logos
CBS	1953–2007
ABC	1962–2007
NBC	1986–2013
WB Network	1995–1999
UPN	1995–2002
FOX	1996–1999
PBS logos (including funding credits)
National Captioning Institute	1982–1999	Seen on programs closed-captioned by the National Captioning Institute.
The Caption Center	1997–2002	Seen on programs closed-captioned by The Caption Center, such as Arthur.
WNET	1992–1999	Seen on Shining Time Station.
WGBH Boston	1993–2009	Seen on Arthur.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting	1993–1999	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Viewers Like You	1993–1999	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Connecticut Public Television	1993–2004	Seen on current seasons of Barney & Friends.
PBS	1996–1998
PBS Kids	1996–1999	Seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Barney & Friends and Arthur.
Family Communications	1998	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
PBS	1998–2002	Debuted in October 1998.
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
Nickelodeon	1984–2009
Nick Jr.	1988–2009
The Family Channel	1990–1998
Sci-Fi Channel	1992–1998
Cartoon Network	1992–2004
TNT	1995–2001
USA Network	1996–1999
TBS	1996–2002
Disney Channel	1997–2002
Nick at Nite	1997–2002	Nick at Nite only aired during primetime hours on Nickelodeon.
Cinemax	1997–2008
Showtime	1997–present
The Movie Channel	1997–2001
FX Network	1997–2008
Game Show Network	1997–2004
Toon Disney	1998–2001	Launched on April 18, 1998.
Fox Family Channel	1998–2001	Replaced The Family Channel in August 1998.
Television distribution logos
Walt Disney Television	1985–2003
The Britt Allcroft Company	1989–2002	Seen on Thomas & Friends.
DiC Entertainment	1990–2001	Seen on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on Toon Disney.
KingWorld	1990–1999	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. The standard logo with the original music returned only for the 1998-1999 season.
Warner Bros. Television	1994–2001	Seen on Full House's final season.
20th Television	1994–2008
Tollin/Robbins Productions	1994–2005
Paramount Television	1995–2002
20th Century Fox Television	1995–1998
Columbia TriStar Television	1996–2001	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Universal Television	1997–2004
Buena Vista Television	1997–2005
Nickelodeon Productions	1997–2007	Seen on newer seasons of All That.
Warner Bros. Television	1998	Only seen on programs originally aired in 1998, at least within the network it aired on.
4Kids Productions	1998–1999	Seen on Pokémon.
20th Century Fox Television	1998–2007	A widescreen variant of this logo began use this year.
Home media logos
Random House Home Video	1984–2005	Seen on Arthur videos.
Touchstone Home Video	1987–2002
PBS Home Video	1989–1998
MCA/Universal Home Video	1990–1998
Columbia TriStar Home Video	1993–2000	Only seen internationally from 1996 to 1998.
THX Laserdisc	1993–2000
MGM/UA Home Video	1993–1998	Seen on the first DVD release of The Wizard of Oz.
Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection	1994–1999	Seen on Hercules and also on the first Mary Poppins DVD.
Paramount Home Video	1995–2006
Disney Videos	1995–2001	International prints of Hercules had this logo.
Video Treasures	1995–1998	Seen on Thomas & Friends videos.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	1995–2006	Seen on the Special Editions of the Star Wars trilogy.
Walt Disney Home Video	1995–2001	Seen on the first DVD releases from the company.
Barney Home Video	1995–2000
Warner Home Video	1997–2010
Lyrick Studios	1997–1998	Seen on Barney & Friends videos.
Columbia TriStar Home Video	1997–1998	After the logo ended use this year, newer prints reverted back to the 1993 logo.
New Line Home Video	1997–2001
CIC Video	1997–2000	The last CIC Video logo. Seen on international VHS prints of films distributed by Paramount and Universal.
DTS	1997–2004	Originally seen on laserdiscs.
Sony Wonder	1997–2006	Seen on the last Kidsongs videos.
Together Again Productions	1997–1998	Seen on the last Kidsongs videos.
Universal Studios Home Video	1998–2012
MGM Home Entertainment	1998–2005
MGM DVD	1998–2003
Anchor Bay Entertainment	1998–2004	Seen on late Season 4 videos of Thomas & Friends.
DreamWorks Home Entertainment	1998–present
Lyrick Studios	1998–2001	Seen on newer Barney Home Video titles.
PBS Home Video	1998–2004
Deluxe Digital Studios	1998–2005	Seen on Universal DVDs.
Macrovision Quality Protection	1998–2007	Seen on Universal DVDs.
Viz Video	1998–2001	Seen on Pokémon videos.
Video game logos
Game Boy	1989–1998
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1990–1999
Sega Saturn	1995–1998
Nintendo 64	1996–2002
Game Boy Color	1998–2003	The successor to the monochrome Game Boy.

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	No. of theaters	Box office
Mulan	June 19, 1998	2,953 (83%)	$120,620,254 (June 19–September 30, 1998)
The Wizard of Oz	November 6, 1998	1,882 (53%)	$12,690,025 (November 6–22, 1998)
A Bug's Life	November 25, 1998	2,773 (78%)	$127,589,564 (November 25–December 31, 1998)

VHS

Title	Latest release date	Notes
Hook	July 24, 1992
The Goonies	July 7, 1994
Dumbo	October 28, 1994
The Sword in the Stone	October 28, 1994
Alice in Wonderland	October 28, 1994
Robin Hood	October 28, 1994
Pete's Dragon	October 28, 1994
The Mask	January 19, 1995
Ghostbusters	March 12, 1996
Ghostbusters II	March 12, 1996
The Wizard of Oz	September 10, 1996
Toy Story	October 29, 1996
Matilda	December 17, 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	March 4, 1997
Home Alone	March 18, 1997	The re-print contains a trailer for the other Home Alone film.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	March 18, 1997	The re-print contains a trailer for the other Home Alone film.
101 Dalmatians	April 15, 1997
Fun and Fancy Free	July 15, 1997
Star Wars	August 26, 1997	The first Special Edition release.
The Empire Strikes Back	August 26, 1997	The first Special Edition release.
Return of the Jedi	August 26, 1997	The first Special Edition release.
Mary Poppins	August 26, 1997	THX-certified.
Sleeping Beauty	September 16, 1997	THX-certified.
The Jungle Book	October 14, 1997	THX-certified.
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	November 11, 1997
Hercules	February 3, 1998	Disney's last new animated feature also released on Laserdisc.
Peter Pan	March 3, 1998
The Little Mermaid	March 31, 1998
Mary Poppins	March 31, 1998
Melody Time	June 2, 1998	Succeeded Fun and Fancy Free.
The Black Cauldron	August 4, 1998	After being put on hold for a long time because of its negative reception, this film was finally released on VHS for fans of it.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World	August 4, 1998
Lady and the Tramp	September 15, 1998
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	October 27, 1998	Released as a direct-to-video film.

Walt Disney Home Video planned to release The Rescuers, Mulan and 101 Dalmatians in early 1999.

DVD

Title	Latest release date	Notes
The Mask	March 25, 1997
The Wizard of Oz	March 25, 1997
Matilda	June 2, 1997
Mary Poppins	March 24, 1998	Only film from the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection ever released on DVD.

Upcoming

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	A teaser trailer of this film was seen on A Bug's Life.
Toy Story 2	This film was currently in production from Pixar.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Director Ron Howard announced the film on September 16, 1998.
Shrek	Production began this year with help from Pacific Data Images.
Monsters, Inc.	Started off with the working title "Hidden City".

Books

Title	Release date	Notes
Horton Hears a Who!	1954
The Cat in the Hat	1957
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	1957
Green Eggs and Ham	1960
The Lorax	1971
The Lion King	June 1, 1994
Pocahontas	June 1, 1995
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	June 1, 1996
Toy Story	August 1, 1996
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	September 1, 1998
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	October 1, 1998
A Bug's Life	November 1, 1998	A Bug's Life was one of the last Classic Storybook titles from Disney.

Music

Title	Release date
Beauty and the Beast	October 24, 1991
Aladdin	October 27, 1992
The Lion King	July 13, 1994
Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic	March 28, 1995
Pocahontas	June 23, 1995
Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic	September 12, 1995
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	September 19, 1995
Kidsongs: A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm	September 26, 1995
Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes	September 26, 1995
Toy Story	November 22, 1995
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	May 28, 1996
Classic Disney Vol. 3: 60 Years of Musical Magic	July 2, 1996
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	February 18, 1997
Hercules	May 27, 1997
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	June 3, 1997
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	June 10, 1997
Mary Poppins	July 8, 1997
Classic Disney Vol. 4: 60 Years of Musical Magic	September 16, 1997
We Wish You a Merry Christmas	October 21, 1997
Kidsongs: I Can Dance!	December 10, 1997
Mulan	June 2, 1998
Kidsongs: Meet the Biggles	August 25, 1998
Return to Pride Rock	September 8, 1998
Classic Disney Vol. 5: 60 Years of Musical Magic	September 22, 1998
A Bug's Life	October 27, 1998
Sonic Adventure: Songs with Attitude	December 2, 1998

Television

Broadcasts

Program title	Network	Season(s)	Broadcast dates
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	PBS	Season 28	January 1–December 31 (reruns) February 16–20, 1998 (Episodes 1721-1725) July 27–31, 1998 (Episodes 1726–1730) August 24–28, 1998 (Episodes 1731-1735)
Wheel of Fortune	Syndication	Seasons 15-16	January 1–June 12, 1998 (season 15) September 7–December 25, 1998 (season 16)
Jeopardy!	Syndication	Seasons 14-15	January 1–July 17, 1998 (season 14) September 7–December 25, 1998 (season 15)
Full House	Syndication	Seasons 1-8	January 1–December 31, 1998 (reruns)
Full House	TBS	Seasons 1-5	October 5–December 31, 1998
Shining Time Station	PBS	Seasons 2-4	January 1–June 11, 1998 (reruns)
Shining Time Station	Fox Family Channel	Seasons 2-3	August 15–December 26, 1998
Barney & Friends	PBS	Seasons 1-3	January 1–December 31, 1998 (reruns)
The Kidsongs TV Show	PBS	Season 4	January 1–December 31, 1998 (reruns) New episodes from September 6–November 8
All That	Nickelodeon	Seasons 4-5	January 3–April 4, 1998 (season 4) December 12–19, 1998 (season 5)
Arthur	PBS	Seasons 1-3	January 1–December 25, 1998 (reruns) New episodes premiered November 16, 1998
Barney Live! in New York City	PBS	N/A	March 15, 1998
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Toon Disney	Season 1	April 18–December 26, 1998
Pokémon	Syndication	Season 1	September 7–October 30, 1998 November 2–December 31, 1998 (reruns)
Sonic Christmas Blast	Toon Disney	N/A	December 1998

VHS

Note: This list does not include titles that are also available on DVD.

Title	Release date	Notes
Barney Live! in New York City	August 1994
Barney's Imagination Island	October 1994
Barney: Families are Special	February 7, 1995
Barney: Safety	April 11, 1995
Barney's Making New Friends	August 8, 1995
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories	August 15, 1995
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories	August 15, 1995
Thomas & Friends: Trust Thomas and Other Stories	August 15, 1995
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories	August 15, 1995
Thomas & Friends: Thomas, Percy & the Dragon and Other Stories	August 15, 1995
Thomas & Friends: Daisy and Other Thomas Stories	August 15, 1995
Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories	August 15, 1995
Riding in Barney's Car	September 26, 1995
Barney's Magical Musical Adventure	September 26, 1995
Barney Songs	November 7, 1995
Barney's All Aboard for Sharing	January 23, 1996
Thomas and His Friends Help Out	February 2, 1996
Campfire Sing-Along	March 26, 1996
Barney Goes to School	March 26, 1996
Barney in Concert	March 26, 1996
Rock with Barney	March 26, 1996
Barney's Talent Show	March 26, 1996
Barney's Fun & Games	May 21, 1996
Barney's Exercise Circus & Parade of Numbers	July 2, 1996
Grinch Night	August 6, 1996
Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano	August 6, 1996
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat	August 6, 1996
James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories	August 6, 1996
Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories	August 6, 1996
Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Christmas Stories	August 6, 1996
Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories	August 6, 1996
The Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories	August 6, 1996
Barney's 1-2-3-4 Seasons	August 6, 1996
Barney: Waiting for Santa	November 5, 1996
Barney's Once Upon a Time	November 5, 1996
Barney's Sense-Sational Day	January 14, 1997
Thomas & Friends: Sing-Along & Stories	February 18, 1997
Barney's Colors & Shapes	March 18, 1997
Arthur's Eyes	March 25, 1997
Arthur's Pet Business	March 25, 1997
Arthur Writes a Story	March 25, 1997
Barney's Musical Scrapbook	May 6, 1997
Arthur's Teacher Trouble	July 29, 1997
Arthur's Lost Library Book	July 29, 1997
Arthur's Baby	July 29, 1997
The Cat in the Hat	July 29, 1997
The Lorax	July 29, 1997
Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories	July 29, 1997
The Hoober-Bloob Highway	July 29, 1997
Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories	August 19, 1997
Kidsongs: A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Good Night, Sleep Tight	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Home on the Range	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: What I Want to Be!	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Let's Play Ball	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: A Day at the Circus	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: A Day at Camp	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Ride the Roller Coaster	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: We Wish You a Merry Christmas	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Play Along Songs	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: If We Could Talk to the Animals	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Country Sing-Along	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Boppin' with the Biggles	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Let's Put on a Show!	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: Baby Animal Songs	September 2, 1997
Kidsongs: I Can Dance!	December 10, 1997
Kidsongs: I Can Do It!	December 10, 1997
Thomas and His Friends Get Along	February 10, 1998	All videos released in 1998 were George Carlin versions of past Thomas & Friends episodes.
Arthur's New Puppy D.W.'s Blankie Arthur's Chicken Pox	February 10, 1998
Down on Barney's Farm	February 17, 1998	Re-release from a Time-Life edition.
Arthur's First Sleepover Arthur Makes The Team D.W. Rides Again	April 14, 1998
Arthur's Tooth D.W., the Picky Eater	July 28, 1998	This marks the first time any Season 2 episodes of Arthur were released on VHS.
Thomas Comes to Breakfast	August 18, 1998
A Big Day for Thomas	August 18, 1998
Kidsongs: Billy's Birthday	August 25, 1998	One of the last two Kidsongs videos ever.
Kidsongs: Meet the Biggles	August 25, 1998	One of the last two Kidsongs videos ever.
The Cat in the Hat	November 17, 1998	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's last release of any Dr. Seuss specials.
Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories	November 17, 1998	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's last release of any Dr. Seuss specials.

DVD

How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who!	November 19, 1997	First DVD release of these specials.
Vol. 1: I Choose You! Pikachu!	December 13, 1998

Software

Title	Release date	Notes
Windows NT 4.0	August 24, 1996	Service Pack 4 was released in October 1998.
Internet Explorer 4.01	November 1997
Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0	November 1997	Included Internet Explorer 4.
Windows 98	June 25, 1998	Included Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1.

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date
Kirby's Pinball Land	Game Boy	November 27, 1993
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3	Game Boy	February 1994
Donkey Kong Country	Super NES	November 21, 1994
Kirby's Dream Course	Super NES	February 1, 1995
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	Super NES	October 4, 1995
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	Super NES	December 2, 1995
Kirby's Block Ball	Game Boy	May 1996
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	Super NES	May 13, 1996
Super Mario Land	Game Boy	May 20, 1996
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	Game Boy	May 20, 1996
Super Mario World	Super NES	May 20, 1996
Super Mario Kart	Super NES	May 20, 1996
Super Mario All-Stars	Super NES	May 20, 1996
Sonic the Hedgehog CD	CD-ROM (Windows 95)	September 20, 1996
Super Mario 64	Nintendo 64	September 29, 1996
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble	Super NES	November 23, 1996
Sonic Blast	Sega Game Gear	December 13, 1996
Mario Kart 64	Nintendo 64	February 10, 1997
Kirby's Dream Land	Game Boy	May 19, 1997
Kirby's Star Stacker	Game Boy	April 15, 1997
Sonic Jam	Sega Saturn	August 22, 1997
Sonic R	Sega Saturn	October 31, 1997
Diddy Kong Racing	Nintendo 64	November 21, 1997
Kirby's Dream Land 3	Super NES	November 27, 1997
Kirby's Dream Land 2	Game Boy	1998
Wario Land II	Game Boy	March 2, 1998
Yoshi's Story	Nintendo 64	March 9, 1998
Pokémon	Game Boy	September 30, 1998
Sonic R	CD-ROM (Windows 95)	November 11, 1998

The second generation of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise was first unveiled on August 22. It included new designs of the main characters, as well as some footage from the next game, Sonic Adventure.

Websites

New sites archived since 1998 on the Wayback Machine include:

http://www.wbmovies.com (January 15)
http://www.wheeloffortune.com (May 14)
http://www.jeopardy.com (May 14)
http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk (November 19)
http://www.pokemon.com (December 2)
http://www.vgmusic.com (December 12)

Other events

For at least five years, My Little Pony was officially discontinued in North America, and the ban on Japanese cultural products in South Korea began lifting.

Totals

As of December 31, 1998:
Total movies available (out of 125 in the list)
Total movies released on VHS (out of 41 in the list)
Total movies released on DVD (out of 125 in the list)
Total Disney animated features released on VHS (out of 36 so far)
Total television series broadcasted (out of 25 in the list)
Total completed television series (out of 25 in the list)
Total video games released (out of 150 in the list)
Total soundtracks released (out of 100 in the list)

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