Beyond this specific release, December 1997 was a landmark period for digital media and entertainment:

: On December 19, 1997, Titanic was released in theaters, eventually becoming the highest-grossing film of its time.

: While CD-ROMs were the dominant format for PC games like SimCity Classic and Bicycle Solitaire that year, Sony's PlayStation 2 was already being planned with DVD technology to eventually replace the CD format.