Name that Game...week 2

New to Gamedom is “Name that Game!”  The 1^st set of clues will help you figure out the year in which the game dropped and the 2^nd set of clues will help you Name that Game!  Good luck and enjoy

• The Facebook launched and for awhile nothing else mattered…that is until I came out!
• The Summer Olympics open in Athens, Greece

• During the Super Bowl halftime performance, Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson birthed the phrase “wardrobe malfunction”

• Ken Jennings won 74 games and 2.5 million on Jeopardy!

• The Boston Red Sox broke the “Curse of the Bambino,” and won the World Series, the New England Patriots on the Super Bowl, and Detroit Pistons won the NBA Finals.

Some may argue about whom was really the best game that year, but no one can argue…”Highest selling PS2 game of all time!”

NWA, John Singleton, Boyz in tha Hood, Menace 2 Society, etc were my inspirations to create something bold.

And last but not least…

HOT COFFEE!

If you hadn’t guessed it already, last week’s answer is Pokémon

Name that Game!

New to Gamedom is “Name that Game!” 

The 1^st set of clues will help you figure out the year in which the game dropped and the 2^nd set of clues will help you Name that Game!  Enjoy

• The Summer Olympics opens and eight days later the Centennial Olympic Park is bombed
• MLS “kicks off” is front of 31,683 fans, a paltry number compared to my debut.

• O.J. Simpson civil trial begins

• The New York Yankees win the World Series, the Chicago Bulls win the NBA title, and the Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl.

• Hulk Hogan joins the New World Order (NWO) at WCW’s Bash at the Beach 

• Independence Day is released and grosses $306 million

I sold somewhere around 23.64 million copies.

It took me two years to make it to the states after my initial debut.

Even though I come in a small package, I shocked the world with my massive popularity.

In my 17 years of existence, I’ve been flying high above New York City for 10 years giving thanks.

What game am I?