1995 in video games

none January 2018 August 2022 February 2024 1995 video games 1995 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Quest VI, Mega Man 7, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and Tekken 2, along with new titles such as Mario's Picross, Battle Arena Toshinden, Chrono Trigger, Rayman, Twisted Metal, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Destruction Derby, Wipeout and Jumping Flash! The year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Virtua Fighter 2, while the best-selling arcade video games in the United States were Daytona USA (for the second year in a row) and Mortal Kombat 3. The home video game with the highest known sales in 1995 was Dragon Quest VI, despite only releasing in Japan. The Super Famicom was the best-selling game console in Japan, while the North American Super Nintendo was the best-selling console in North America. Legend main platform 3 3DO AMI Arcade DOS GB GEN GG JAG MAC NES PCFX PS1 SAT SCD SNES WIN main genre none 3 Action-adventure Adventure Artillery Brawler Fighting FPS Platformer Puzzle Racing Roguelike RPG RTS Simulation Sports TBS TPS Hardware releases Nintendo releases: March 20 – Game Boy Play It Loud! series, color/clear versions of the Game Boy. April 23 – Satellaview accessory for the Super Famicom console in Japan only. July 21 – Virtual Boy 32-bit console in Japan. It is discontinued on December 22. 250px|Sega Saturn|alt=The original NA Sega Saturn|thumb May 11 – Sega releases the Sega Saturn console in North America.Cifaldi Frank http://www.1up.com/news/day-history-sega-announces-surprise This Day in History: Sega Announces Surprise Saturn Launch 1UP.com IGN May 11, 2010 October 30, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033420/http://www.1up.com/news/day-history-sega-announces-surprise March 5, 2016 dead August 14 – The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is discontinued in North America. September 9 – Sony releases the PlayStation console in the United States.http://www.1up.com/news/day-history-sony-playstation-launches https://web.archive.org/web/20151106102911/http://www.1up.com/news/day-history-sony-playstation-launches This Day in History: Sony's PlayStation Launches in the U.S. Frank Cifaldi 1UP.com IGN September 9, 2010 April 17, 2015 November 6, 2015 dead September 29 – Sony releases the PlayStation console in Europe.http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/the-day-our-world-changed/018627 https://web.archive.org/web/20160205075331/http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/the-day-our-world-changed/018627 live The day our world changed Dave Roberts MCV Intent Media September 29, 2005 April 15, 2015 February 5, 2016 The original PlayStation launched on September 29th 1995 priced £299. October 25 – Funtech releases the Super A'Can console in Taiwan. Full date unknown R-ZoneFinley Klint Tech Time Warp of the Week: Remembering the Worst 'Virtual Reality' Game System Ever https://www.wired.com/2015/03/tech-time-warp-week-remembering-worst-virtual-reality-game-system-ever/ 2025-04-29 Wired en-US 1059-1028 VFX1 HeadgearMcCauley Jim 2016-01-14 The Evolution of Virtual Reality https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/14/the-evolution-of-virtual-reality 2024-04-06 IGN en Top-rated games Major awards Category/Publication Game Players 1995 Awards (Christmas 1995)https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_60_Holiday_1995/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater Game Players - Awards Game Players 79 Signal Research Christmas 1995 15–41 Gamest 9th Gamest Awards (December 1995) GameFan 4th Annual 1995 Megawards (January 1996)https://archive.org/stream/Gamefan_Vol_4_Issue_01#page/n103/mode/2up GameFan's 4th Annual 1995 Megawards GameFan 4 1 Metropolis Media January 1996 104–106 GamePro1995 Editors' Choice Awards (February 1996)https://retrocdn.net/images/a/aa/GamePro_US_079.pdf#page=28 The Feature Creature Editor's Choice Awards 1995 GamePro 79 IDG February 1996 26 October 27, 2021 August 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210808204102/https://retrocdn.net/images/a/aa/GamePro_US_079.pdf#page=28 live Electronic Gaming Monthly1996 Buyer's Guide Awards Nintendo Power Nintendo Power Awards (May 1996)May 1996 The Nintendo Power Awards https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20084%20%28May%201996%29/page/n39/mode/2up Nintendo Power 84 40–5 Game of the Year Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Yoshi's Island (16-bit), Jumping Flash! (32-bit) Twisted Metal Best Arcade Game Alpine Racer Virtua Fighter 2 Tekken 2 Tekken 2 Best PlayStation Game Wipeout Jumping Flash! Doom Twisted Metal Best Saturn Game Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Panzer Dragoon Best SNES Game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Yoshi's Island Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Chrono Trigger Chrono Trigger Best Genesis Game NHL 96 Vectorman Vectorman Vectorman Best 3DO Game Blade Force D Wolfenstein 3D Gex Best Jaguar Game Rayman Defender 2000 Cannon Fodder Best Neo-Geo Game World Heroes Perfect The King of Fighters '95 Best CD-i Game Chaos Control Best Sega CD Game Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side Earthworm Jim: Special Edition Lunar: Eternal Blue Best 32X Game Virtua Fighter WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game Virtua Fighter Best Game Boy Game Arcade Classic series (Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, Millipede, Galaga, Galaxian, Defender, Joust) Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land Best Game Gear Game Garfield: Caught in the Act RistarSuper Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Best Virtual Boy Game Mario's Tennis Red Alarm Mario's Tennis Red Alarm Virtual Boy Wario Land Best Story Chrono Trigger Best Visuals Virtua Fighter 2 (32-bit), Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (16-bit) Virtua Fighter 2 RaymanDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Best Music/Sound Twisted Metal Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Night Warriors) Skeleton Warriors Chrono Trigger and Rayman (tie) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Best Fighting Game Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 and Killer Instinct (tie) Battle Arena ToshindenKiller Instinct Best Sports Game World Series Baseball (Saturn) NFL GameDay NFL GameDayNHL 96 Best Action/Platform Game Jumping Flash! Puyo Puyo 2 Yoshi's Island Yoshi's Island Best RPGChrono Trigger EarthBoundChrono Trigger Chrono TriggerChrono Trigger Best Shooter Virtua Cop TwinBee Yahho! Panzer Dragoon and Pulstar (tie) Philosoma Best Driving/Racing Game Wipeout Sega Rally Championship and Wipeout (tie) Ridge Racer Best Flight Simulator Warhawk Warhawk Air Combat Best Adventure Game Beyond Oasis D, The Mansion of Hidden Souls, Discworld (tie) Chrono Trigger Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame The following video game releases in 1995 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.週刊ファミ通クロスレビュープラチナ殿堂入りソフト一覧 Weekly Famitsu Cross Review Platinum Hall of Fame Software List http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20081027205828/http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/index.php Geimin ja October 27, 2008 February 24, 2021 Title Platform Publisher Genre Score (out of 40) Virtua Fighter 2 SAT Sega Fighting 39 Ridge Racer Revolution PS1 Namco Racing 39 Tekken PS1 Namco Fighting 38 Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furai no Shiren (Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer) SNES Chunsoft Roguelike 38 Sega Rally Championship SAT Sega Racing 36 Virtua Fighter Remix SAT Sega Fighting 35 King's Field II PS1 FromSoftware RPG 35 Boxer's Road PS1 New Corporation Sports (boxing) 35 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner SAT Atlus RPG 35 Financial performance Highest-grossing arcade games Japan In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1995, according to the annual Gamest and Game Machine charts. Rank Gamest第9回 ゲーメスト大賞 9th Gamest Awards Gamest December 27, 1995 162 (January 1995) http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v162.html 36–53 ja April 16, 2021 December 19, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221219124547/http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v162.html live Game Machine"Virtua Fighter 2" and "Virtua Cop" Top Videos Game Machine 511 Amusement Press, Inc. February 1, 1996 22 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19960201p.pdf#page=12 April 16, 2021 November 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211121024913/https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19960201p.pdf#page=12 liveTitleManufacturer TitleTypePoints 1 Virtua Fighter 2Sega Virtua Fighter 2 PCB / DX 2 Street Fighter Zero (Street Fighter Alpha)Capcom Daytona USA 2P / DX 3 Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Night Warriors)Capcom Sega Rally Championship 2P / DX 4 TekkenNamco Virtua Cop Dedicated 3204 5 The King of Fighters '94SNK Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move) PCB 3186 6 Super Street Fighter II X (Super Street Fighter II Turbo)Capcom Taisen Puzzle-Dama (Crazy Cross) PCB 3111 7 X-Men: Children of the AtomCapcom Puyo Puyo 2 PCB 2639 8 Shin Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown II)SNK Tetris (Sega) PCB 2638 9 Tekken 2Namco Shanghai III PCB 2455 10 Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move)Taito Ace Driver Dedicated 2414 United States In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1995, according to the American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA) and Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA). Rank AAMACoin Machine: Six Receive ACME Awards For Product Excellence Cash Box April 6, 1996 26 https://archive.org/details/cashbox59unse_26/page/26 Cash Box Pub. Co.And the Winner Is... Next Generation 17 Imagine Media May 1996 21 https://archive.org/details/Next-Generation-1996-05/page/n26 AMOACoin Machine: AMOA Jukebox, Games Awards Winners Announced At Expo '95 Cash Box October 7, 1995 26 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-10-07.pdf#page=34 October 10, 2021 October 10, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211010194036/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-10-07.pdf#page=34 live Coin Machine: AMOA JB And Games Awards Nominees Announced Cash Box July 22, 1995 30 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-07-22.pdf#page=30 October 10, 2021 October 10, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211010194034/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-07-22.pdf#page=30 live Title Award Dedicated cabinet Conversion kit 1 Daytona USA, Neo Geo MVS, Mortal Kombat 3 Diamond Cruis'n USA Mortal Kombat 3 2Daytona USA, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3Mortal Kombat II, Raiden II, Tekken, X-Men: Children of the Atom 3 4 Sega Rally Championship, WWF WrestleMania, Area 51 Platinum 5 6 rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 7 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge, Indy 500, Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop Silver 8 9 10 Best-selling video game consoles RankManufacturerGame consoleTypeGenerationSalesJapanUSAWorldwide1NintendoSNESHome16-bit1,780,000小川 (Ogawa) 純生 (Sumio) December 14, 2010 テレビゲーム機の変遷 —ファミコン、スーパーファミコン、プレステ、プレステ2、Wiiまで— Recent Developments in Video Game Technology in Japan — Famicom, Super Famicom, Play Station, Play Station 2 and Wii — http://www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf 経営論集 (Keiei Ronshū) ja March 2011 77 1–17 (2) 0286-6439 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185700/http://www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf July 25, 2015 December 6, 2021 Toyo University Academic Information Repository1,900,0003,518,000+2SonyPS1Home32-bit1,700,000December 31, 2003 Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware / PlayStation http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040422075722/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html April 22, 2004 December 25, 2021 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sony800,0003,100,0003SegaSATHome32-bit1,660,000400,000April 1996 Sales War Continues https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fa/SegaPro_UK_56.pdf#page=11 Sega Pro February 28, 1996 56 11 December 25, 2021 December 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211225204917/https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fa/SegaPro_UK_56.pdf#page=11 live2,060,000+4SegaGENHome16-bit30,0001,700,0001,998,000+5NintendoGBHandheld8-bit1,000,0001,000,000+6Panasonic3DOHome32-bit150,000250,000January 14, 1996 Game-System Sales Newsweek Magazine http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1996/01/14/game-system-sales.html December 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20130513145332/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1996/01/14/game-system-sales.html May 13, 2013 The Daily Beast400,000+7NintendoNESHome8-bit80,000,000Clements Matthew T. Ohashi Hiroshi October 2004 Indirect Network Effects and the Product Cycle: Video Games in the U.S., 1994–2002 https://www.netinst.org/Clements_Ohashi.pdf#page=25 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160307012843/http://www.netinst.org/Clements_Ohashi.pdf March 7, 2016 September 21, 2011 NET Institute 12, 24184,000+8SegaGGHandheld8-bit180,000180,000+9Atari CorpJAGHome32-bit150,000150,000+10NECPCFXHome32-bit120,000120,000+ Best-selling home video games The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1995 in Japan and the United States. Rank Title Platform Sales Japan USAJanuary 17, 2020 U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games in 1995-1999 ranked on dollar sales Twitter The NPD Group https://twitter.com/npdgames/status/1217971911973658625 October 11, 2021 January 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200117023530/https://twitter.com/npdgames/status/1217971911973658625 liveCarlton Jim November 23, 1995 Fans remain loyal to 16-bit machines E2 The Hartford Courant The Wall Street Journal https://www.newspapers.com/image/175595843/ December 7, 2020 "Nintendo's 'Killer Instinct' has sold more than 1 million copies since it was introduced in September, as has the Nintendo version of 'Mortal Kombat III' and the company's recently released 'Super Mario World: Yoshi's Island.'" Newspapers.com October 14, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221014193742/https://www.newspapers.com/image/175595843/ live Combined1Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (Realms of Reverie)SNES 2,482,6402Chrono TriggerSNES2,000,000+2,000,000+Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSNES1,000,000+1,000,000+2,000,000+Mortal Kombat 3SNES, GEN+2,000,000+5Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestSNES1,000,000+1,987,295+6Donkey Kong Country (Super Donkey Kong)SNES643,0281,000,000+1,643,028+7Virtua Fighter 2SAT1,500,000+1,500,000+8Derby Stallion IIISNES1,086,141 1,086,1419Killer InstinctSNES 1,000,000+1,000,000+10TekkenPS1942,000942,000+ Japan In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1995. Rank Title Platform Publisher Genre Sales Ref Reference 1 Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (Realms of Reverie) SNES Enix RPG Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 1997 Enterbrain 1997 Tokyo ja ja:ファミ通ゲーム白書1997 Famitsu Game Whitebook 1997 1996年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP100 1996 Game Software Annual Sales Top 100 http://geimin.net/da/db/1996_ne_fa/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20081227141144/http://geimin.net/da/db/1996_ne_fa/index.php December 27, 2008 February 17, 2021 2 Chrono Trigger SNES Squaresoft RPG 2,000,000+ Nintendo Power 73 June 1995 Chrono Trigger: A New Standard for RPGs 36–7 https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20073%20June%201995/page/n41/mode/2up 3 Virtua Fighter 2 SAT Sega Fighting 1,500,000+ Hickman Sam Virtua Sell Out! Sega Saturn Magazine 3 (January 1996) Emap International Limited December 15, 1995 7 https://archive.org/details/Official_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_003/page/n6 4 Derby Stallion III SNES ASCII Corporation Simulation 1,086,141 1995 Top 100 https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-year/1995-top-100 Game Data Library Famitsu September 17, 2021 September 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210917102733/https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-year/1995-top-100 live 5 Super Mario: Yoshi Island (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) SNES Nintendo Platformer 1,000,000+ Virtual Boy in the Red? Game Players December 1995 8 12 21 https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_59_December_1995/page/n19 6 Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy (Donkey Kong Country 2) SNES Nintendo Platformer 7 Tekken PS1 Namco Fighting 942,000 1995年のコンシューマーゲームソフトの売上 1995 Consumer Game Software Sales Dengeki Oh MediaWorks ja http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1995.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20020822155020/http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1995.htm August 22, 2002 September 16, 2021 8 Romancing SaGa 3 SNES Squaresoft RPG 786,000 9 Arc the Lad PS1 Sony RPG 697,000 10 Mobile Suit Gundam PS1 Bandai FPS 668,242 United States In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1995.Top-Selling Video Games, 1995 The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1997 1996 World Almanac Books 293 9780886878016 https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacbook1997mahw/page/293 registration Source: The NPD TRSTS Video Game Tracking Service, The NPD Group, Inc., Port Washington, NY; ranked by units sold Rank Title Publisher Genre Platform(s) Sales 1 Mortal Kombat 3 Williams Entertainment Fighting SNES, GEN + 2 Donkey Kong Country Nintendo Platformer SNES 1,000,000+ 3 Killer Instinct Nintendo Fighting SNES 1,000,000+ 4 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Nintendo Platformer SNES1,000,000+ 5 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Nintendo Platformer SNES 1,000,000+ 6 Madden NFL '96 EA Sports Sports GEN rowspan="5" 7 NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Acclaim Entertainment Sports GEN 8 SNES 9 Mortal Kombat IIAcclaim Entertainment Fighting GEN10The Lion KingVirgin InteractivePlatformerSNES United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of 1995.Appendix B: Top 10 software Unlimited learning: Computer and video games in the learning landscape https://www.org.id.tue.nl/IFIP-TC14/documents/ELSPA-report-2006.pdf#page=53 October 16, 2021 European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) 2006 51 October 16, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211016041133/https://www.org.id.tue.nl/IFIP-TC14/documents/ELSPA-report-2006.pdf#page=53 live Rank CD-ROM Cartridge 1 FIFA Soccer 96 2 Destruction Derby FIFA Soccer 95 3 Command & Conquer The Lion King 4 Discworld Theme Park 5 Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final UnityMortal Kombat 3 6 Star Wars: Dark Forces Killer Instinct 7 Wipeout Mickey Mania 8 Tekken Brian Lara Cricket 9 Star Wars: Rebel Assault Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96 10 Theme Park Premier Manager Events January or February – Stars! is released as shareware. April 6 – Funco Inc., parent company of video game retailer FuncoLand, announces that vice president and director Stanley Bodine is promoted to president and chief operating officer, replacing founder David R. Pomije, who will remain as chairman and chief executive. Financial controller Robert Hiben is also named chief financial officer, while vice president of merchandising and information systems Michael Hinnenkamp resigns from the company to pursue other career opportunities.Apgar Sally April 8, 1995 Investors bail out of Funco in wake of woeful 4th quarter https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18765166/funco-1995-stock/ Star Tribune Newspapers.com Minneapolis 37 May 12, 2021 May 12, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210512214840/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18765166/funco-1995-stock/ live May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek (then called Video Game Advisor). May 11–13 – The 1st annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is held in Los Angeles, California.http://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/Attendance_and_Stats Attendance and Stats June 8, 2012 IGN en May 21, 2015 June 28, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210628170647/https://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/Attendance_and_Stats live November 5 – GameFAQs debuts on the web, as an archive of video game FAQs. November 24 – Nintendo unveils a playable version of the Nintendo Ultra 64, later renamed the Nintendo 64, at the 7th Annual Nintendo Space World Software Exhibition in Japan. Thirteen games were demonstrated but only two were in playable form, Kirby Ball 64 and Super Mario 64.Semrad Ed Ultra 64 Unveiled Electronic Gaming Monthly 79 Ziff Davis February 1996 6 Business New companies: BioWare, Frog City, Interworld Productions (renamed Mythic Entertainment in 1997), Remedy, TalonSoft Defunct: Cyberdreams Nintendo v. Samsung Electronics; Nintendo sues Samsung for promoting software piracy. 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NTDEC Games released in 1995 Release Date Title Platform Developer/Publisher Genre Ref Reference(s) January 1 Battle Arena Toshinden PS1 Tamsoft/SCEA Fighting October 2025 January 13 Bust-a-Move SNES Taito October 2025 February 15 Star Wars: Dark Forces DOS LucasArts FPS October 2025 February 16 Ristar GEN Sonic Team/Sega Platformer October 2025 February 24 Front Mission SNES G-Craft/Squaresoft October 2025 March 10 Panzer Dragoon SAT Team Andromeda/Sega October 2025 March 11 Chrono Trigger SNES Square October 2025 March 14 Mario's Picross GB Jupiter/Nintendo Puzzle October 2025 March 17 Descent DOS Parallax Software October 2025 March 17 Discworld DOS, MAC, PS1 Psygnosis October 2025 March 21 Kirby's Dream Land 2 GB HAL Laboratory/Nintendo October 2025 March 24 Mega Man 7 SNES Capcom October 2025 April Jagged Alliance DOS Madlab Software/Sir-Tech October 2025AprilFrontier: First EncountersDOSFrontier DevelopmentsSpace trading, simulation2025-09-28 Frontier: First Encounters https://retro-replay.com/db/dos/frontier-first-encounters/ 2026-03-31 Retro Replay en-US April 15 Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade, SNES, PS1, GB, GEN October 2025 April 27 Jumping Flash! PS1 Exact/SCEA October 2025 April 28 Super Bomberman 3 SNES Hudson Soft October 2025 April 30 Full Throttle DOS, MAC LucasArts Adventure October 2025 May 25 Light Crusader GEN Treasure/Sega October 2025 May King Arthur & the Knights of Justice SNES Enix October 2025 June 5 Street Fighter Alpha Arcade Capcom October 2025 June 7 Flight Unlimited DOS, WIN Looking Glass Studios October 2025 June 21 Tekken 2 Arcade Namco October 2025 June 30 Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity DOS, MAC Spectrum HoloByte October 2025 July 11 Space Quest 6 DOS, MAC Sierra Online Adventure October 2025 July 21 Castlevania: Dracula X SNES Konami October 2025 July 24 MechWarrior 2 DOS Activision October 2025 July 25 The King of Fighters '95 Arcade SNK October 2025 July 31 Phantasmagoria DOS, WIN, MAC Sierra Online Adventure October 2025 August 2 Comix Zone GEN Sega Brawler October 2025 August 5 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES Nintendo Platformer October 2025 August 11 Shining Wisdom SAT Camelot/Sega Action-adventure October 2025 August 31 Command & Conquer DOS, MAC Westwood Studios RTS October 2025 August 31 Fade to Black DOS Delphine Software International TPS Parish Jeremy 2018-09-03 Delphine is a nearly-forgotten developer that created timeless games https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/3/17795728/delphine-software-games-history-out-of-this-world-prince-of-persia 2024-09-09 Polygon en-US August 31 Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest DOS New World Computing TBS October 2025 September Wild Woody SCD Sega Review Crew: Wild Woody Electronic Gaming Monthly 74 Sendai Publishing September 1995 36 September 9 Rayman PS1, SAT, JAG Ubisoft October 2025 September 22 Exector PS1 Arc System Works October 2025 October 1 Secret of Evermore SNES Square October 2025 October 6 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together SNES Quest Corporation October 2025 October 13 Hyper Iria SNES Banpresto October 2025 October 15 Hexen: Beyond Heretic DOS, MAC Raven Software/id Software October 2025 October 20 Terranigma SNES Quintet October 2025 October 27 Panel de Pon SNES Intelligent Systems/Nintendo October 2025 October 31 Destruction Derby PS1 Reflections Interactive/Psygnosis October 2025 October 31 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream DOS, MAC Cyberdreams Adventure October 2025 October 31 Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM) WIN, MAC LucasArts October 2025 November 5 Twisted Metal PS1 SingleTrac/Sony Computer Entertainment Vehicular combat October 2025 November 11 Romancing SaGa 3 SNES Square October 2025 November 20 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES Rareware/Nintendo October 2025 November 24 Battle Arena Toshinden 2 PS1, Arcade Tamsoft/Capcom October 2025 November 24 Marathon 2: Durandal MAC Bungie October 2025 November 30 The Dig DOS, MAC LucasArts Adventure October 2025 December Worms AMI Team17 Artillery October 2025 December Time Crisis Arcade Namco light gun October 2025 December 1 Mega Man X3 SNES Capcom October 2025 December 9 Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation SNES Heartbeat/Enix October 2025 December 9 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness DOS, MAC Blizzard October 2025 December 15 Tales of Phantasia SNES Namco October 2025 December 15 Suikoden PS1 Konami October 2025 December 15 Brain Dead 13 DOS ReadySoft Adventure October 2025 December 22 Final Fight 3 SNES Capcom October 2025 December 29 Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness PS1 PolyGram Visual novel Weekly Famitsu New Games Cross Review January 5, 1996 ASCII Corporation Japanese 368 Tsūshin Hamamura Hirokazu Hamamura Hada Takayuki Watanabe Miki Uchisawa Goro 33 December 29 Wizard's Harmony PS1, SAT Arc System Works Raising sim Weekly Famitsu New Games Cross Review January 5, 1996 ASCII Corporation Japanese 368 Tsūshin Hamamura Hada Takayuki Watanabe Miki Uchisawa Goro 31-32Saturn Fan jp ドリームキャストFAN Wizard's Harmony January 5-19, 1996 Tokumashoten Intermedia Inc. jp 徳間書店インターメディア Japanese 40 December 31 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery DOS, WIN, MAC Sierra On-Line Adventure October 2025 December 31 King's Field II PS1 From Software October 2025 See also 1995 in games References External links Category:Video games by year