Chronology of PlayStation games

 

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This is a comprehensive chronology of PlayStation games. Games from any region are included. It is listed based on the game's initial release anywhere in the world.

Names in parentheses are the name of the developer, not the publisher.

1994

December

• A.IV Evolution (Artdink)
• Battle Arena Toshinden (Tamsoft)
• Crime Crackers (Media Vision)
• Geom Cube (Technos)
• Gokujou Parodius Deluxe Pack (Konami)
• Kakinoki Shogi (ASCII Entertainment)
• King's Field (From Software)
• Mahjong Goku Sky: Atsushi (Victor)
• Mahjong Station Mazin (Sunsoft)
• Motor Toon Grand Prix (SCEI)
• Nekketsu Oyako (TechnoSoft)
• Ridge Racer (Namco)
• TAMA (Time Warner Interactive)
• Twin Goddesses (Polygram Magic)
• TwinBee Taisen Puzzle Dama (Konami)
• (Forum)

1995

January

• Cyber Sled (Namco)
• (Genki)
• Myst (Cyan Worlds)
• Raiden Project (Seibu Kaihatsu)
• Space Griffon VF-9 (Panther Software)

February

• Jigsaw World (Nippon Ichi)

March

• Starblade Alpha (Namco)
• Tekken (Namco)

April

• Jumping Flash! (Exact)
• Rapid Reload (Media Vision)

June

• Ace Combat (Namco)
• Aquanaut's Holiday (Artdink)
• Arc the Lad (SCEI)

July

• Goal Storm (Konami)
• King's Field II (From Software)
• Philosoma (G Artist)

August

• 3X3 Eyes (Xing Entertainment)
• Jupiter Strike (Taito)
• Total Eclipse Turbo (Crystal Dynamics)
• Zero Divide (Zoom)

September

• ESPN Extreme Games (SISA)
• Hermie Hopperhead (SCEI)
• Metal Jacket (Pony Canyon)
• NBA Jam Tournament Edition (Midway)
• Rayman (Ubisoft)
• Street Fighter: The Movie (Capcom)
• V-Tennis (Tonkin House)
• Wipeout (Psygnosis)

October

• 3D Lemmings (Clockwork Games)
• Destruction Derby (Reflections Interactive)
• Discworld (Psygnosis)
• Mortal Kombat 3 (Midway)
• Novastorm (Psygnosis)
• (Nippon Ichi)
• Theme Park (Bullfrog Productions)
• Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (Konami)
• WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game (Acclaim)
• X-COM: UFO Defense (Infogrames)
• Zoop (Hookstone)

November

• A. IV Evolution Global (Artdink)
• AI Shogi (Soft Bank)
• Bases Loaded '96 (Jaleco Entertainment)
• Beyond the Beyond (Camelot)
• DefCon 5 (Millennium Interactive)
• Doom (Midway)
• Off-World Interceptor Extreme (Crystal Dynamics)
• PGA Tour '96 (EA Sports)
• Striker '96 (Rage Software)
• Twisted Metal (SingleTrac)
• Warhawk (SingleTrac)
• Viewpoint (Visual Concepts)

December

• Air Land Battle (SCEI)
• Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (Tamsoft)
• D (WARP)
• Gex (Crystal Dynamics)
• Hi-Octane (Bullfrog Productions)
• NBA In The Zone (Konami)
• Ridge Racer Revolution (Namco)
• Road Rash (Electronic Arts)
• Street Fighter II Movie (Capcom)
• Street Fighter Alpha (Capcom)
• Suikoden (Konami)
• Worms (Team 17)

1996

January

• Agile Warrior F-111X (Black Ops Entertainment)
• (Micronet)
• Descent (Parallax Software)
• Johnny Bazookatone (Arc Developments)
• Magical Drop (Data East)
• NHL FaceOff (SCEA)
• Rise 2: Resurrection (Acclaim)

February

• All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (Kaneko)
• Alnam no Kiba (Right Stuff)
• America Oudan Ultra-Quiz (Victor)
• Assault Rigs (Psygnosis)
• Cyberia (Xatrix)
• Loaded (Gremlin Interactive)
• Power Serve Tennis (Ocean)
• Revolution X (Acclaim)

March

• Actua Soccer (Gremlin Interactive)
• Air Management '96 (Koei)
• Alien Trilogy (Probe Entertainment)
• Angelique Special (Koei)
• Asuka 120% Special Burning Fest (Family Soft)
• Athena no Kateiban: Family Game (Athena)
• Bust-A-Move 2 (Taito)
• DarkStalkers (Capcom)
• Magic Carpet (Bullfrog Productions)
• Mickey's Wild Adventure (Traveller's Tales)
• Need for Speed (EA Canada)
• Resident Evil (Capcom)
• Tekken 2 (Namco)
• Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (Electronic Arts)

April

• Advanced V.G. (TGL)
• Jumping Flash! 2 (SCEA)
• Mega Man X3 (Capcom)

May

• Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge (I Motion)
• Motor Toon Grand Prix 2 (SCEI)
• True Pinball (Digital Illusions)
• Wolf Fang (Data East)

June

• Adidas Power Soccer (Psygnosis)
• Complete Onside Soccer (Telstar)
• Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (Acclaim)
• International Track & Field (Konami)
• King's Field III (From Software)

July

• Angel Graffiti (Coconuts)
• Aquanaut's Holiday: Memories of Summer 1996 (Artdink)
• Deception (Tecmo)
• Fade to Black (Delphine Software)
• SimCity 2000 (Maxis)

August

• Arthur to Astaroth: Nazo-Makai-Mura - Incredible Toons (Capcom)
• Cool Boarders (UEP Systems)
• Crash Bandicoot (Naughty Dog)
• Creature Shock (Data East)
• Die Hard Trilogy (Probe Entertainment)
• Mortal Kombat II (Midway)
• Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Capcom)
• Tobal No. 1 (Square)

September

• Allied General (SSI)
• Atlanta Olympics (Coconuts)
• Ayrton Senna Kart Duel (Gaps)
• Black Dawn (video game) (Black Ops Entertainment)
• Blast Chamber (Attention To Detail)
• Bubble Bobble featuring Rainbow Islands (Probe Entertainment)
• Formula 1 (Psygnosis)
• Fox Hunt (3Vision)
• International Moto X (Graftgold)
• (Nippon Ichi)
• NFL Quarterback Club 97 (Acclaim)
• NHL Powerplay 96 (Radical Entertainment)
• Persona (Atlus)
• Steel Harbinger (Mindscape Entertainment)

October

• 2 Xtreme (SCEA)
• 3D Baseball (Crystal Dynamics)
• Actua Golf (Gremlin Interactive)
• AirAssault (SCEI)
• Andretti Racing (EA Sports)
• Are! Mo Kore? Mo Momotarou (System Sacom)
• AubirdForce (Bandai)
• Destruction Derby 2 (Reflections Interactive)
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Avalanche Software)
• Tunnel B1 (Neon)
• Vandal Hearts (Konami)
• Wipeout 2097 (Psygnosis)

November

• A-Train (Artdink)
• AirGrave (Santos)
• Arc the Lad II (SCEI)
• Area 51 (Tantalus Interactive)
• Blazing Dragons (Crystal Dynamics)
• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (Silicon Knights)
• Contra: Legacy of War (Appaloosa Interactive)
• Disruptor (Insomniac Games)
• Earthworm Jim 2 (Playmates)
• FIFA Soccer '97 (EA Sports)
• Jet Moto (SingleTrac)
• NBA Jam Extreme (Acclaim)
• NBA Live 97 (EA Sports)
• NHL '97 (Visual Concepts)
• Pandemonium (Toys for Bob)
• Perfect Weapon (Gray Matter)
• PowerSlave (Lobotomy)
• Robotron X (Midway)
• Sexy Parodius (Konami)
• Soviet Strike (Electronic Arts)
• Ten Pin Alley (Chris Braun)
• Tempest X3 (High Voltage)
• The Adventures of Lomax (Psygnosis)
• Tomb Raider (Core Design)
• Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Games Workshop)

December

• 3D Shooting Tsukuru (ASCII Entertainment)
• Alice in Cyberland (Glams)
• Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 (Digital Eclipse)
• Batman Forever: The Arcade Game (Acclaim)
• Battle Arena Toshinden 3 (Takara)
• (Revolution Software)
• Chronicles of the Sword (Synthetic Dimensions)
• Command & Conquer (Westwood)
• Crusader: No Remorse (Realtime Associates)
• Darius Gaiden (Taito)
• Hardcore 4X4 (Gremlin)
• Jewels of the Oracle (Sunsoft)
• Mega Man 8 (Capcom)
• Rage Racer (Namco)
• (Nippon Ichi)
• Soul Blade (Namco)
• Street Racer (Vivid Image)
• Wild Arms (Media Vision)

1997

January

• Ayrton Senna Kart Duel 2 (Gaps)
• International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (Konami)
• Final Fantasy VII (Square)
• Ray Tracers (Taito)

February

• Azito (Astec 21)
• Independence Day (Radical Entertainment)

March

• Bushido Blade (Light Weight)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Konami)
• Final Fantasy IV (Square)
• Micro Machines V3 (Codemasters)

April

• Adidas Power Soccer International '97 (Psygnosis)
• Alundra (SCEI)
• Angelique Special II (Koei)
• Descent 2 (Parallax Software)
• Porsche Challenge (SCEE)
• Tobal 2 (Square)

May

• Ace Combat 2 (Namco)
• (Gremlin Interactive)
• Akazu no Aida (Visit)
• Asuka 120% Excellent: Burning Festival (Family Soft)
• Atelier Marie (Gust)
• Lifeforce Tenka (Psygnosis)
• Norse by Norsewest (Blizzard)

June

• All-Star 1997 Featuring Frank Thomas (Iguana)
• The City of Lost Children (Psygnosis)
• Final Fantasy Tactics (Square)
• International Superstar Soccer Pro (Konami)

July

• (On Demand)
• (SCEI)
• Armored Core (From Software)
• Bedlam (Mirage Soft)
• SaGa Frontier (Square)
• Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (Arika)

August

• 4-4-2 Soccer (Virgin Interactive)
• All-Star Soccer (Eidos)
• Arkanoid Returns (Taito)
• Cool Boarders 2 (UEP Systems)
• Mega Man X4 (Capcom)
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (Avalanche Software)
• NHL '98 (EA Sports)
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Oddworld Inhabitants)
• Road Rage (Konami)

September

• Actua Golf 2 (Gremlin Interactive)
• Alice on Borderlines (Kodansha)
• All-Star Mahjong (Pony Canyon)
• Breath of Fire III (Capcom)
• Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown (3D Realms)
• Resident Evil: Director's Cut (Capcom)
• Tactics Ogre (Quest)

October

• Agent Armstrong (King of the Jungle)
• Armed Fighter (Banpresto)
• Bravo Air Race (Xing Entertainment)
• Colony Wars (Psygnosis)
• Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (Naughty Dog)
• Doki Doki Shutter Chance (Nippon Ichi)
• Pandemonium 2 (Crystal Dynamics)
• Street Fighter Collection (Capcom)

November

• (Sound Technology)
• Actua Soccer 2 (Gremlin Interactive)
• (Ray Corporation)
• Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Midway Collection 2 (Midway)
• Asuncia (Xing Entertainment)
• Azure Dreams (Konami)
• Einhänder (Squaresoft)
• Judge Dredd (Gremlin)
• Moto Racer (Delphine Software)
• Tomb Raider II (Core Design)

December

• (Artdink)
• AI Shogi 2 (GameBank)
• Alnam no Tsubasa (Right Stuff)
• Angel Eyes (Tecmo)
• Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 (Digital Eclipse)
• Armored Core: Project Phantasma (From Software)
• Auto Destruct (Neurostone)
• Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror (Revolution Software)
• Gran Turismo (Polyphony)
• Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Namco)
• Mega Man Legends (Capcom)
• (Data East)
• Tales of Destiny (Wolfteam)
• Tomba! (Whoopee Camp)

1998

• Lode Runner (Natsume)

January

• Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
• SatelliTV (Nippon Ichi)

February

• Actua Ice Hockey (Gremlin Interactive)
• Adidas Power Soccer 2 (Psygnosis)
• ReBoot (Electronic Arts)
• Theme Hospital (Take-Two Interactive)
• Xenogears (Square)
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Capcom)

March

• ...Iru! (Takara)
• Bushido Blade 2 (Light Weight)
• Final Fantasy V (Square)
• Kartia (Atlus)
• Parasite Eve (Square)
• Tekken 3 (Namco)
• X-Men: Children of the Atom (Probe Entertainment)

April

• (Nihon Systems)
• G Darius (Taito)
• Warhammer: Dark Omen (Mindscape)

May

• Cooking Fighter (Nippon Ichi)
• Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (Game Arts)

June

• '98 Koushien (Magical Company)
• Adidas Power Soccer 98 (Psygnosis)
• Akuji the Heartless (Crystal Dynamics)
• Amerzone (Microïds)
• Another Memories (Hearty Robin)
• Atelier Marie Plus (Gust)

July

• Angelique Duet (Koei)
• Ark of Time (Project Two Interactive)
• Brave Fencer Musashi (Squaresoft)
• Colin McRae Rally (Codemasters)
• Fighter Maker (ASCII Entertainment)
• Heart of Darkness (game) (Amazing Studios)
• Kagero: Deception II (Tecmo)
• Star Ocean: The Second Story (Tri-Ace)

August

• (King Records)
• AbalaBurn (Takara)
• Alive (General Entertainment)
• Anoko Doko Noko (Success)
• Astronoka (Enix)
• Batman & Robin (Acclaim Entertainment)
• C: The Contra Adventure (Appaloosa Interactive)
• International Superstar Soccer Pro '98 (Konami)
• Moto Racer 2 (Delphine Software)

September

• Activision Classics (Livesay Technologies)
• Advanced V.G. 2 (TGL)
• Aoki Ookami to Shiroki Meshika: Genchou Hishi (Koei)
• (Candle Light Studios)
• Cool Boarders 3 (Idol Minds)
• Metal Gear Solid (KCEJ)
• Spyro the Dragon (Insomniac)
• Wild 9 (Shiny Entertainment)

October

• Afraid Gear (Asmik)
• Arubarea no Otome (NCS)
• Atlantis: The Lost Tales (Cryo Interactive)
• AubirdForce After (Bandai)
• Azito 2 (Banpresto)
• Colony Wars: Vengeance (Psygnosis)
• Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Naughty Dog)
• Duke Nukem: Time to Kill (n-Space)
• Legend of Legaia (Contrail)
• MediEvil (SCE Studios Cambridge)
• Mortal Kombat 4 (Eurocom)
• Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (Oddworld Inhabitants)
• Street Fighter Collection 2 (Capcom)

November

• Advan Racing (Atlus)
• All-Star Tennis '99 (Smart Dog)
• Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis (Namco)
• Another Mind (Square)
• Apocalypse (Neversoft)
• Asteroids (Syrox Developments)
• DarkStalkers 3 (Capcom)
• Tomb Raider III (Core Design)

December

• 2999 Game Kids (SCEI)
• Actua Soccer 3 (Gremlin Interactive)
• Actua Tennis (Gremlin Interactive)
• Animaniacs Ten Pin Alley (ASC Games)
• Atelier Elie (Gust)
• R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (Namco)
• Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (Nippon Ichi)
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Capcom)
• Suikoden II (Konami)
• Thousand Arms (Red Company)
• Moon (ASCII)

1999

January

• Actua Pool (Gremlin Interactive)
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (Capcom)
• Syphon Filter (SCEA)

February

• Actua Golf 3 (Gremlin Interactive)
• Angelique Tenkuu no Requiem (Koei)
• Armored Core: Master of Arena (From Software)
• Army Men 3D (3DO)
• Final Fantasy VIII (Square)

March

• (Visit)
• 3Xtreme (989 Sports)
• Armored Trooper Votoms: Lightning Slash (Takara)
• Asterix (Infogrames)
• (SNK)
• Final Fantasy VI (Square)
• Final Fantasy Collection (Square)
• Silent Hill (Konami)
• The Airs (Victor)
• ToHeart (Aquaplus)

April

• Actua Ice Hockey 2 (Gremlin Interactive)
• Aizouban Houshinengi (Koei)
• Alexi Lalas International Soccer (Z-Axis)
• Ayrton Senna Kart Duel Special (Gaps)
• Ayumi Kumi (Affect)
• SaGa Frontier II (Square)

May

• '70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X (Aroma)
• A Ressha de Gyoukou Z (Artdink)
• Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (Namco)
• Asuka 120% Burning Fest. Final (Family Soft)
• Geki-Oh Shooting King: Shienryu (Warashi)
• Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (Game Arts)
• Logic Mahjong Souryu (Nippon Ichi)

June

• '99 Koshien (Magical Company)
• Adventure of Little Ralph (New)
• AFL '99 (EA Sports)
• Ape Escape (SCEI)
• Driver (Reflections Interactive)
• Grandia (Game Arts)
• Incredible Crisis (Polygon Magic)
• Metal Gear Solid Integral (Konami)
• Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Atlus)
• (From Software)

July

• 360 (Cryo Interactive)
• Acid (Taki)
• Aquanaut no Kyuujitsu 2 (Artdink)
• Assault Suits Valken 2 (NCS)
• Attack of the Saucerman (SCEE)
• Dino Crisis (Capcom)
• Legend of Mana (Square)
• The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (Capcom)
• Vandal Hearts II (Konami)

August

• Aironauts (Red Lemon Studios)
• Angolmois '99 (Success)
• Anime Chick Story 1: Card Captor Sakura (Arika)
• Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (Tamsoft)

September

• AI Shogi 2 Deluxe (I4)
• Arcade Party Pak (Digital Eclipse)
• Cool Boarders 4 (Idol Minds)
• Crash Team Racing (Naughty Dog)
• Final Fantasy Anthology (Square)
• Front Mission 3 (Square)
• Metal Gear Solid VR Missions (Konami)
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (Capcom)
• Wild ARMs 2 (Media Vision)
• Wip3out (SCEE)

October

• Arc the Lad III (SCEI)
• (3DO)
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (Insomniac)
• Threads of Fate (Square)

November

• 40 Winks (Eurocom)
• AI Shogi 2000 (I4)
• Alundra 2 (Contrail)
• Chrono Cross (Square)
• Chrono Trigger (Square)
• Little Princess: Maru Oukoku no Ningyou Hime 2 (Nippon Ichi)
• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Core Design)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (Black Ops Entertainment)

December

• Action Bass (Syscom)
• Artcamion Geijutsuden (TYO)
• Deception III: Dark Delusion (Tecmo)
• Gran Turismo 2 (Polyphony)
• Koudelka (Sacnoth)
• Legend of Dragoon (SCEI)
• Parasite Eve II (Square)
• Street Fighter EX2 Plus (Arika)
• Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return (Whoopee Camp)
• Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (tri-Ace)

2000

January

• Fear Effect (Kronos Digital Entertainment)
• Resident Evil: Survivor (Capcom)

February

• 20 Seiki Striker Retsuden (Dazz)
• (Hect)
• Addie no Okurimono: To Moze from Addie (SCEI)
• Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (3DO)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (Bandai)
• Azito 3 (Banpresto)
• Syphon Filter 2 (SCEA)
• Tennis (D3)
• Vagrant Story (Square)

March

• 4X4 World Trophy (Infogrames)
• Aitakute...Your Smiles in My Heart (Konami)
• Angelique History (Koei)

April

• (3DO)
• Artcamion Sugorokuden (Affect)
• Breath of Fire IV (Capcom)
• Mega Man Legends 2 (Capcom)

May

• (Affect)
• (ESP Software)
• Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M. (