| List of years in video gaming (table) |
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| … 1983 . 1984 . 1985 . 1986 . 1987 . 1988 . 1989 … 1990 1991 1992 -1993- 1994 1995 1996 … 1997 . 1998 . 1999 . 2000 . 2001 . 2002 . 2003 … |
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| … 1990 . 1991 . 1992 - 1993 - 1994 . 1995 . 1996 … … 1960s . 1970s . 1980s -1990s- 2000s . 2010s . 2020s |
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Events
- March — In Sweden, the Swedish video game magazine Super PLAY (SP) starts. The original name is Super Power.
- Midway Games embroiled in controversy for its game Mortal Kombat from 1992 when the game is launched for video game consoles in 1993.
- The first use of motion control photography in video games, used by Stormfront Studios in Eagle Eye Mysteries, produced by Scott Orr and published by Electronic Arts.
Notable releases
- Microprose releases X-Com: Enemy Unknown on December 31.
- Microprose releases the Strategy Game of the Year Master of Orion.[1]
- Namco releases Super World Stadium '93, Emeraldia, Nettou! Gekitou! Quiztou!!, Numan Athletics, Ridge Racer, 'Great Sluggers '93, Final Lap R, Cyber Sled and Tinkle Pit.
- June: Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle is released by Lucasarts as a sequel to Maniac Mansion and is notable for being one of the acclaimed early titles by designer Tim Schafer.
- July: Domark release Championship Manager 93 the second of the series.
- August — Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy), which becomes the best-selling handheld game in the series.
- August: Infocom and Activision release Return to Zork.
- September 24 — Broderbund releases the Myst computer game, which goes on to become one of the bestselling games of all time.
- December 10 — id Software releases Doom, a seminal first-person shooter that advanced 3D graphics for computer games.
- Nintendo releases the game Star Fox for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the first game to use the Super FX Chip.
- Sega releases the Virtua Fighter (by AM2) arcade game, which is later displayed at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Stellar Crisis is released, making it the first free multi-player wargame that is entirely browser based.
- Squaresoft releases Secret of Mana for the SNES, the second in a series of role-playing games (the first technically being Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy in 1991).
- Nintendo releases Kirby's Adventure, the second Kirby game and the only one for the NES.
- Nintendo releases the game
Super Mario All-Stars for the Super NES. It features the first 3 Super Mario Bros. games together on one. Also, it's the first time the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 is playable in North America. - March 15 — Sunsoft releases Blaster Master 2 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
- Maxis releases SimCity 2000, sequel to the tremendously popular SimCity.
- December 17 — Sierra On-Line releases Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. It is the first game in the Gabriel Knight series and features the voices of Tim Curry, Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn, and Leah Remini.
Hardware
- Atari Corp. releases the Jaguar home console, calling it the first 64-bit video game system
- Commodore Business Machines releases the Amiga CD32 multimedia home console
- Goldstar, Panasonic, and Sanyo release their versions of the 3DO, the first 32-bit home console
- Nintendo releases a smaller redesigned NES, which allows cartridges to now be inserted at the top of the console, instead of the front.
- Pioneer releases the LaserActive multimedia home console
- Sega's Mega CD released in Europe and Australia.
- Tandy releases the Video Information System (VIS) multimedia home console
Business
- Magnavox is acquired by the Carlyle Group
- Microprose Inc. is acquired by Spectrum Holobyte
- New companies: nVidia Corporation, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Croteam Ltd.
References
- ^ Microprose (December 1996). "Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares". Press release. http://www.csoon.com/info/micropro.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
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