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

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
February 16–20, 1998	"Giving & Receiving" (1721–1725) premiered on PBS.
May 4, 1998	Reruns of episodes 1471–1555 began on this date. However, it was clear that not all episodes would be able to air this year, since the current series to date has exceeded 260 episodes.
May 25, 1998	PBS skipped "Play" (1486–1490) this year and went straight to "Discipline".
June 22, 1998	PBS skipped "Games" (1511–1515) this year and decided to air "Work" next instead.
July 27–31, 1998	"You and I Together" (1726–1730) premiered on PBS.
August 3–28, 1997	Following the annual reruns of "Josephine", "Day Care & Night Care" and "Starting School", "Little and Big" (1731–1735) premiered on PBS.
September 7, 1998	For the 1998–1999 season, reruns of the show now began with episodes 1621 onwards after "Learning" and "Fun & Games".
December 21–25, 1998	"Giving & Receiving" reran every Christmas since the 1998–1999 season.
Shining Time Station
This show left PBS for good and moved to Fox Family Channel on August 17, 1998. Only Seasons 2 and 3 aired on this channel, for a total of up to 45 episodes.
Super Mario Bros.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show aired on some stations under The Program Exchange as of May 25, 1998.
The Kidsongs Television Show
Reruns of all 70 episodes continued on PBS. 10 of the 23 music video shows premiered every weekend from September 6 through November 8, 1998.
Barney & Friends
48 episodes of the first three seasons still remained on PBS, without the "Barney Says" segment. Barney Live! in New York City aired for the last time on March 15, 1998. Season 1 last aired on weekdays in August 1998.
Wheel of Fortune
June 12, 1998	New episodes of Season 15 ended on syndication.
September 7, 1998	Season 16 began on first-run syndication.
September 12, 1998	Weekend reruns of Season 15 began. Season 14 was withdrawn.
Jeopardy!
July 17, 1998	New episodes of Season 14 ended on syndication.
September 7, 1998	Season 15 began on first-run syndication.
September 12, 1998	Weekend reruns of Season 14 began. Season 13 was withdrawn.
Pokémon
September 7, 1998 – October 30, 1998	The first 40 episodes premiered on first-run syndication.
November 2, 1998	Reruns of all 40 episodes began.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Both shows were transferred to Toon Disney when it launched on April 18, 1998. Sonic Christmas Blast reran every December.
Sonic Christmas Blast
Full House
All eight seasons continued airing on off-network syndication. The show made its pay television debut on TBS on October 5, 1998.
Dr. Seuss
All Dr. Seuss specials from The Cat in the Hat to The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (except Grinch Night) aired on Cartoon Network on November 27, 1998.
All That
January 3, 1998 – April 4, 1998	The rest of Season 4 premiered on Nickelodeon, for a grand total of 21 episodes. Seasons 2 and 3 also aired on reruns.
December 12, 1998	A fifth season premiered on Nickelodeon.
Arthur
April 6–17, 1998	Season 2 got 10 more new episodes for the first time on PBS.
April 20, 1998 – November 13, 1998	All 50 episodes to date aired on reruns.
November 16–27, 1998	The first 10 episodes of Season 3 premiered on PBS.
December 28–31, 1998	Another four episodes of Season 3 premiered on PBS.

Home video

Kidsongs
A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing		Good Night, Sleep Tight		Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes
Home on the Range	A Day with the Animals		What I Want to Be!		Let's Play Ball
A Day at the Circus	A Day at Camp		Ride the Roller Coaster		Very Silly Songs
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (December 1992)		Play Along Songs (May 1993)		If We Could Talk to the Animals (October 1993)
I Can Go to the Country!	I Can Bop with the Biggles!		I Can Put on a Show!		I Can Sing Baby Animal Songs!
I Can Dance! (December 10, 1997)	I Can Do It! (December 10, 1997)		Billy's Birthday (August 25, 1998)		Meet the Biggles (August 25, 1998)
Barney & Friends
Barney's Magical Musical Adventure (August 1992)	Waiting for Santa (October 1993)		Barney's Alphabet Zoo (April 1994)		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)
Campfire Sing-Along	Barney Goes to School		Barney in Concert		Rock with Barney
Riding in Barney's Car (September 26, 1995)	Barney Songs (November 7, 1995)		Barney's All Aboard for Sharing (January 23, 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)		Barney's 1-2-3-4 Seasons (August 6, 1996)		Barney's Once Upon a Time (November 5, 1996)
Barney's Sense-Sational Day (January 14, 1997)		Barney's Colors & Shapes (March 18, 1997)		Barney's Musical Scrapbook (May 6, 1997)
Thomas & Friends
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories	James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories		Trust Thomas and Other Stories (February 1992)		Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories (August 1992)
Thomas, Percy & the Dragon and Other Stories (February 1993)	Daisy and Other Thomas Stories (October 1993)		James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories (February 23, 1994)		Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories (August 17, 1994)
Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Christmas Stories (October 1994)		Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories (February 21, 1995)		Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories (August 15, 1995)
Thomas and His Friends Help Out (February 2, 1996)	The Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories (August 6, 1996)		Sing-Along & Stories (February 18, 1997)		Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories (August 19, 1997)
Thomas and His Friends Get Along (February 10, 1998)		Thomas Comes to Breakfast (August 18, 1998)		A Big Day for Thomas (August 18, 1998)
By this point, all episodes of the first four seasons have been released on VHS by Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Arthur
Arthur's Eyes (March 25, 1997)		Arthur's Pet Business (March 25, 1997)		Arthur Writes a Story (March 25, 1997)
Arthur's Teacher Trouble (July 29, 1997)		Arthur's Lost Library Book (July 29, 1997)		Arthur's Baby (July 29, 1997)
Arthur's New Puppy (February 10, 1998)	Arthur's Chicken Pox (February 10, 1998)		D.W.'s Blankie (February 10, 1998)		Arthur's First Sleepover (April 14, 1998)
D.W. Rides Again (April 14, 1998)	Arthur Makes the Team (April 14, 1998)		Arthur's Tooth (April 14, 1998)		D.W., the Picky Eater (April 14, 1998)
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat (November 17, 1998)			Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories (November 17, 1998)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who! (November 19, 1997; DVD)
Pokémon
Vol. 1: I Choose You! Pikachu! (November 24, 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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