1993 in video games

none March 2016 1993 video games 1993 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden, Mortal Kombat II, Mega Man X, Sonic CD, Secret of Mana, and Super Street Fighter II, alongside new titles such as Star Fox, FIFA International Soccer, Doom, Gunstar Heroes, Myst, Samurai Shodown, Ridge Racer, NBA Jam, Disney's Aladdin, Virtua Fighter, and Mystery Dungeon. This year's highest grossing video game worldwide was Capcom's arcade fighting game Street Fighter II for the third year in a row, while again being the year's highest grossing entertainment product. The best selling home system around the globe was the Nintendo Super Famicom/SNES video game console.Install Base | "SNES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive hardware sales comparison", posted on October 9, 2021 by Celine the Archivist. | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212005039/https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/snes-and-sega-genesis-mega-drive-hardware-sales-comparison.57/ Top-rated games Game of the Year awards The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1993. Awards Game of the Year Developer Publisher Genre Platform(s) Ref Reference(s) Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits) SNK SNK Fighting Neo Geo 1994 Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide European Computer Trade Show EGM is Number One in Europe! Electronic Gaming Monthly 59 Sendai Publishing June 1994 14 Gamest Awards 第７回 ゲーメスト大賞 7th Gamest Awards Gamest December 27, 1993 107 (February 1994) 20–43 (20) ja alternate urlChicago TribuneStar FoxNintendo EADNintendoRail shooterSuper NESCarter Chip Carter Jonathan January 7, 1994 Super Nintendo Dominated the Fab 15 List for '93 Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-01-07-9401070221-story.html 28 October 2021Computer Gaming World Premier AwardsDoomid Softwareid SoftwareFPSDOSJune 1994 Announcing the New Premier Awards https://archive.org/details/cgw_museum_pdfs/cgw_119/page/52 Computer Gaming World 119 52 Electronic Gaming Awards Disney's Aladdin Virgin Games Sega Platform Genesis The Electronic Gaming Awards: Here are YOUR Picks for the Best Interactive Entertainment Electronic Games April 21, 1993 2 7 (May 1994) 30–4 https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1994-05/page/n29 GameFan Golden Megawards Gunstar Heroes Treasure Sega Run and gun GameFan, volume 2, issue 2 (January 1994), pages 54-58 (PDF) Game Informer Mortal Kombat Midway Acclaim Entertainment Fighting Consoles https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/01/02/looking-back-at-25-years-of-game-informer-s-goty-awards.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 25 Years Of Game Informer's GOTY Awards Game Informer 2 January 2017 29 December 2017 30 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171230060137/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/01/02/looking-back-at-25-years-of-game-informer-s-goty-awards.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 live Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame The following video game releases in 1993 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 dead October 27, 2008 24 February 2021 Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Score (out of 40) Street Fighter II Turbo Super Famicom Capcom Capcom Fighting 36 Disney's Aladdin Mega Drive Virgin Games Sega Platformer 35 Dragon Quest I & II Super Famicom Chunsoft Enix Role-playing 35 Financial performance Highest-grossing arcade games Street Fighter II was the highest-grossing entertainment product of 1993, earning more than the film Jurassic Park.Goldstein Jeffrey H. Immortal Kombat: War Toys and Violent Video Games Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment 1998 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-802790-4 53–68 (53) https://books.google.com/books?id=Cc_QCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 Its financial success was exceeded only by a video game with violence as its theme. "One single gameStreetFighter IImade 1.5 billion no last year [1993]. Nothing, not even Jurassic Park, touched that success in the entertainment business," said screenwriter Michael Backes (quoted in Covington, 1994).Sheff David https://books.google.com/books?id=K8kDYRNreJ8C Video Games: A Guide for Savvy Parents 1994 Random House 978-0-679-75282-0 42 But "Street Fighter II" has none of the charm and whimsy of the "Turtle" games and none of the innocence of other martial-arts games such as the first "Double Dragon." This game, depicting only brutal street fighting, was the biggest hit of 1992 and 1993, selling a worldwide total of 8 million copies David Sheff The following table lists the year's top-grossing arcade games in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide. Market Period Title Coin drop revenue Inflation Manufacturer GenreRef Reference(s) Japan Street Fighter II' Turbo Capcom Fighting United Kingdom January–June Street Fighter II 130 GBR 1991 yes million no US 228 1991 -1 million no Capcom Fighting The making of Street Fighter 2 - a video game legend Mega 17 June 1993 10 (July 1993) 14-35 (18-21) https://retrocdn.net/images/0/07/Mega_UK_10.pdf#page=18 United States NBA Jam 300 million no+McKanic Patricia Ann Video values: It's a whole new game for the industry https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=49wvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4448,1185138 17 February 2021 Lakeland Ledger March 24, 1994McKanic Patricia Ann Games more complex, but also more violent https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19940403&id=8UoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DccEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1756,337084 17 February 2021 Times Daily April 3, 1994 US 300 1993 -1 million no+ Midway Sports NBA Jam GamePro 56 IDG March 1994 188 https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_056_March_1994/page/n181/mode/1up Worldwide Street Fighter II 1.5 billion no US 1.5 1992 1 billion no Capcom Fighting Japan The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1993 in Japan. Rank Gamest第７回 ゲーメスト大賞 〜 ヒットゲーム BEST 10 〜 インカム中心 7th Gamest Awards – Hit Games: Best 10 – Income Center Gamest December 27, 1993 107 (February 1994) 20–43 (39) ja alternate url Game MachineOverseas Readers Column: "SF II: CE Turbo" And "Lethal Enforcers" Top Game Machine 464 Amusement Press, Inc. 1-15 January 1994 36 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19940101p.pdf#page=19 Title Type Points 1 Street Fighter II' Turbo Street Fighter II / Dash / Turbo Software kit 2 Garō Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai (Fatal Fury 2) Virtua Racing Twin / Deluxe 3 Puyo Puyo Lethal Enforcers Dedicated 4005 4 Street Fighter II Dash (Champion Edition) Puyo Puyo Software kit 3531 5 Tenchi wo Kurau 2: Sekiheki no Tatakai (Warriors of Fate) Garō Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai Software kit 2934 6 Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown) Tetris (Sega) Software kit 2856 7 World Heroes 2 Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Deluxe / Standard 8 Virtua Racing Columns Software kit 2697 9 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Final Lap 3 Standard 2638 10 Art of Fighting Tenchi wo Kurau 2: Sekiheki no Tatakai Software kit 2074 United States In the United States, NBA Jam was the highest-grossing arcade game of 1993, followed by Mortal Kombat; both games exceeded the 300,000,000 no 1993 -7 domestic box office gross of Jurassic Park that year. The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of the year, according to the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) and American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA). Rank AMOAThe AMOA Awards RePlay November 1993 19 2 87 https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-19-issue-no.-2-november-1993/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2019%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201993/page/87AMOA Award Nominees: Game Awards RePlay October 1993 19 1 59 https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-19-issue-no.-1-october-1993-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2019%2C%20Issue%20No.%201%20-%20October%201993/page/n56/mode/1up AMAAACME '94: Play Meter, AAMA salute best games Play Meter April 1994 20 5 ACME 73–4 https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-5-april-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%205%20-%20April%201994/page/n144 Play Meter Dedicated cabinet Arcade conversion kit Title Award 1 NBA Jam Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, NBA Jam, Neo Geo MVS Diamond NBA Jam1993 Play Meter December 1994 20 13 90 https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994/page/90 2 Street Fighter II, Lethal Enforcers, Mortal Kombat, Virtua Racing Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Time Killers, X-Men, World Heroes rowspan="8" 3 4 5 Virtua Racing Platinum 6 colspan="2" rowspan="2" OutRunners, Time Killers Gold 7 8 colspan="2" rowspan="2" Crime Patrol, Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold Silver 9 Best-selling home systems Consoles Rank Manufacturer Game console Type Generation Sales Japan USA Europe Korea Worldwide1NintendoSuper NESHome16-bit17,700,00023,350,000Video Games: A Report on the Supply of Video Games in the UK April 1995 Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC), H.M. Stationery Office 978-0-10-127812-6 United Kingdom 66 to 68 Market size and market sharesMarch 1995 Finance & Business https://www.scribd.com/doc/208776076/Screen-Digest?secret_password=2ntzw5zfrtsy8kxequmg Screen Digest 56–62 May 23, 202160,000게임월드 1994 Game World ko49,100,000+2SegaMega Drive / GenesisHome16-bit9,000,00019,000,000https://books.google.com/books?id=rYK1AAAAIAAJ Proceedings 1994 The Conference 125 SEGA - Hardware Estimates Genesis GameGear CDROM 1993 6.5 1.5 0.8April 1994 The Interview: Mr Patrick Lavanant https://retrocdn.net/images/4/4a/MegaForce_FR_27.pdf#page=19 MEGA Force fr 27 18–21 (19)24,00030,750,000+3NintendoGame BoyHandheld8-bit1,590,000小川 (Ogawa) 純生 (Sumio) 2010-12-14 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 2015-07-25 2021-12-06 Toyo University Academic Information Repository (Toyo University)1,500,000+625,000+ 3,715,000+4SegaGame GearHandheld8-bit400,0001,500,000,000+ 2,283,000+5SegaSega CD / Mega-CDHome16-bit100,000800,000,000 1,164,000+6NintendoNES / FamicomHome8-bit540,000 ,00050,0001,145,000+7SegaMaster SystemHome8-bit 700,00080,000780,000+8NECPC EngineHome16-bit400,000 400,000+9FujitsuFM Towns MartyHome32-bit45,000清水欣一『富士通のマルチメディア・ビジネス』オーエス出版社、May 15, 1995第1刷、March 14, 1997第4刷、4-87190-415-6、151頁。 45,00010Panasonic3DOHome32-bit 40,000+November 20, 1993 3DO Sales Called Pleasing The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/20/business/3do-sales-called-pleasing.html November 25, 2019 subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20150526093407/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/20/business/3do-sales-called-pleasing.html 2015-05-26 40,000+ Computers Rank Manufacturer Computer architecture Sales Japan Worldwide1Apple Inc.Apple Macintosh 3,300,000Reimer Jeremy 2005-12-15 Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/ 2021-11-27 Ars Technica en-us Jeremy Reimer 2012-12-07 Total Share: Personal Computer Market Share 1975-2010 https://jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?p=137 Jeremy Reimer2IBMIBM PC 2,075,000March 1994 Windows Magazine Windows Magazine 5 3 383Compaq ComputerIBM PC compatible 1,418,0004NECNEC PC-98Dedrick Jason https://books.google.com/books?id=fNHhBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 Asia's Computer Challenge: Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World? Kraemer Kenneth L. 1998-08-20 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-028398-8 83U.S. Industrial Outlook 1994 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industrial Economics 26-19 Japan https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7W5Pc4L8r8C&pg=SA26-PA191,200,000+5Packard BellIBM PC compatible 997,0006DellIBM PC compatible 795,0007Gateway 2000IBM PC compatible 644,0008AST ResearchIBM PC compatible 530,0009Tandy CorporationIBM PC compatible 350,00010ToshibaIBM PC compatible 316,000 Best-selling home video games The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) of 1993 with known sales figures. Rank Title Platform Publisher Genre Sales Japan UK Worldwide1Street Fighter IIMulti-platformCapcomFighting1,314,000+ 5,000,000https://books.google.com/books?id=-jCxAAAAIAAJ Japan Economic Almanac 1994 Japan Economic Journal 978-4-532-67504-2 90 As for video-game software, accumulated sales of Capcom Co.'s Street Fighter II series reached 10 million units in 1993, compared with 15 million units of Enix Inc.'s Dragon Quest series and 100 million units of Nintendo's Super Mario series.https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw20AAAAIAAJ Tokyo Business Today 1993 Toyo Keizai Shinposha (The Oriental Economist) 38 The most important new contributor to Sega is Capcom Co., producer of the phenomenally successful Street Fighter II (five million unit sales last year). Capcom is widely known as the single biggest outside contributor to the Nintendo legend, but will launch software designed for Sega this spring.2Mortal KombatMulti-platformAcclaimFighting 400,000+3,000,000+Ali Reyan https://books.google.com/books?id=9zC-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 NBA Jam 22 October 2019 Boss Fight Books 978-1-940535-20-3 13826 January 1994 Mortal Kombat kicks butt https://archive.org/details/megazoneau36/page/n10 Mega Zone 36 (February 1994) 113Star FoxSuper NESNintendoRail shooter325,000 1,700,000+June 2, 1993 Nintendo sells 100-millionth 'Mario' game United Press International (UPI) https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/02/Nintendo-sells-100-millionth-Mario-game/6185738993600/ 18 December 20214Disney's AladdinMulti-platformVirginPlatformer 1,600,000+1993 Movie-game links continue to get stronger https://books.google.com/books?id=M1nvAAAAMAAJ Screen Digest Screen Digest Limited 272 Major video game players Nintendo and Sega are both pushing hard to cash in on game spin-offs from Disney blockbuster animated feature Aladdin. In US, Sega (...) shipped 800,000 units of Virgin-developed Aladdin for Genesis/Mega Drive in same week as some 30m sell-through video units hit the street (10.8m selling through in three days). Another 800,000 units have been shipped in Europe, 50 per cent as hardware bundles.5Dragon Ball Z: Super ButōdenSuper NESBandaiFighting1,300,000+ 1,300,000+6Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana)Super NESSquaresoftAction RPG1,002,000 1,002,000+7Super Mario Collection (All-Stars)Super NESNintendoPlatformer877,000 877,000+8Romancing SaGa 2Super FamicomSquaresoftRPG823,000 823,0009Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2Super FamicomBandaiFighting740,000 740,00010Super Mario KartSuper NESNintendoKart racing450,000250,000++ Japan In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1993. Rank Title Developer Platform Publisher Genre Sales Ref Reference 1 Street Fighter II Turbo Capcom Super Famicom Capcom Fighting 1,314,000 1993年のコンシューマーゲームソフトの売上Top30 1993 Consumer Game Software Sales: Top 30 Dengeki Oh MediaWorks ja http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1993.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010919134833/http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1993.htm 19 September 2001 16 September 2021 2Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden TOSE Super Famicom Bandai Fighting 1,300,000+ Torishima Kazuhiko Kazuhiko Torishima ドラゴンボールZ外伝 -サイヤ人絶滅計画- V Jump 11 Shueisha September 1993 49–53 ja 3 Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana) Squaresoft Super Famicom Squaresoft Action RPG 1,002,000 4 Super Mario Collection (Super Mario All-Stars) Nintendo EADSuper Famicom Nintendo Platformer 877,000 5Romancing SaGa 2 SquaresoftSuper Famicom Squaresoft RPG 823,000 6 Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 TOSESuper Famicom Bandai Fighting 740,000 7 J. League Soccer Prime Goal NamcoSuper Famicom Namco Sports 610,000 8 Dragon Quest I & II ChunsoftSuper Famicom Enix RPG 567,000 9 Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon ChunsoftSuper Famicom Chunsoft Roguelike 510,000 10 Super Bomberman Produce!Super Famicom Hudson Soft Maze 497,000 Europe In Europe, the following titles were the top five best-selling 1993 releases during the first quarter of the year.Count Down Hot 100: Worldwide! Famicom Tsūshin 16 April 1993 226 89 ja https://archive.org/details/famitsu-issue-226-apr-1993/page/89 Rank Title PlatformDeveloper(s) PublisherGenre 1 Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo EAD NintendoKart racing 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega DriveSega Technical Institute SegaPlatformer 3 Streets of Rage II Mega DriveSega, Ancient SegaBeat 'em up 4 Road Rash II Mega DriveElectronic Arts Electronic ArtsRacing 5 Mario Paint Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems NintendoArt tool In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1993.Top-Selling Video Game Titles In UK — 1993 (All Formats) Screen Digest 1994 110 https://books.google.com/books?id=WVnvAAAAMAAJ Screen Digest Limited nb sales level at number 5 = 400,000 units, at number 9 = 250,000 units, at number 10 = 200,000 units Source: Gallup-ELSPA/Electronic Arts/CTW Rank Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) Genre Sales 1 Mortal Kombat Game consoles Acclaim Entertainment Fighting 400,000+ 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Drive Sega Platformer 400,000+ 3 Lemmings Multi-platform Various Strategy 400,000+ 4 Super Kick Off Game consoles Various Sports 400,000+ 5 FIFA International Soccer Mega Drive Electronic Arts Sports 400,000 6 Ecco the Dolphin Mega Drive Sega Action-adventure 250,000+ 7 Super Mario Kart Super NES Nintendo Kart racing 250,000+ 8 Jurassic Park Multi-platform Ocean Software Action 250,000+ 9 Jungle Strike Game consoles Electronic Arts Shoot 'em up 250,000 10 PGA Tour Golf II Mega Drive Electronic Arts Sports 200,000 United States In the United States, the following titles were the top two highest-grossing home video game franchises in 1993.Seigel Jessica Interactive Frenzy http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1994-07-10-9407080137-story.html 22 February 2021 Sun-Sentinel July 10, 1994 https://web.archive.org/web/20200522012202/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1994-07-10-9407080137-story.html May 22, 2020 live Franchise Publisher Revenue Inflation Mario Nintendo $700,000,000 $US 500,000,000 1993 c -7 Sonic the Hedgehog Sega $500,000,000 $US 500,000,000 1993 c -7 The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month for video game consoles (home consoles and handheld consoles) in 1993, according to Babbage's (reported by Electronic Gaming Monthly and Electronic Games), Mega (for the Sega Genesis in January), and The NPD Group (for the Super NES and Genesis in July). Month NES Super NES Sega Genesis Sega CD Game Boy Game Gear Ref Reference(s) January Tecmo Super Bowl Street Fighter II Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Cobra Command Super Mario Land 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 March 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_44/page/n39 Electronic Gaming Monthly 44 4018 March 1993 Top 20: The Charts Mega 7 (April 1993) 10 https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d9/Mega_UK_07.pdf#page=10 February John Madden Football '93 Columns April 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_45/page/n41 Electronic Gaming Monthly 45 40 March Tecmo NBA Basketball Star Fox Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition Jaguar XJ220 May 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_46/page/n41 Electronic Gaming Monthly 46 40 April Streets of Rage June 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_47/page/n47 Electronic Gaming Monthly 47 46 May X-Men July 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_48/page/n44/mode/1up Electronic Gaming Monthly 48 42 June Kirby's Adventure Yoshi's Cookie Batman Returns August 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_49/page/n45 Electronic Gaming Monthly 49 44 July Top 10 Video Games https://www.wired.com/1993/06/top-10-video-games/ 18 October 2021 Wired 1993September 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_50/page/n43 Electronic Gaming Monthly 50 44 August Jurassic Park Jurassic Park Ecco the Dolphin October 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_51/page/n51 Electronic Gaming Monthly 51 50 September Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat November 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_52/page/n55 Electronic Gaming Monthly 52 56 October Tetris 2 Jurassic Park Wave Race December 1993 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_53/page/n62/mode/1up Electronic Gaming Monthly 53 60Top Video Games Electronic Games Reese Publishing Company 2 4 January 1994 16 0730-6687 https://archive.org/stream/Electronic-Games-1994-01/Electronic%20Games%201994-01#page/n15/mode/2up 2014-12-31 live https://web.archive.org/web/20151106102127/https://archive.org/stream/Electronic-Games-1994-01/Electronic%20Games%201994-01 2015-11-06 November The Lost Vikings Sonic Spinball Lethal Enforcers Kirby's Pinball Land January 1994 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_54/page/n59 Electronic Gaming Monthly 54 58Top Video Games: As of November 22, 1993 Electronic Games January 20, 1994 2 5 (February 1994) 24 https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1994-02/page/n13 December Super Bomberman Sonic CD The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening February 1994 EGM Top Ten https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_55/page/n53 Electronic Gaming Monthly 55 52 The following titles were the year's top six best-selling PC games on CD-ROM format in the United States.Top-Selling CD-ROM Titles in US 1993 Screen Digest 1994 110 https://books.google.com/books?id=WVnvAAAAMAAJ Screen Digest Limited nb 1 and 2 above were placed at 3 and 10 in the top-selling PC games of all types. Source: PC Data (sales by 10 retail chains representing over 1,300 stores) Rank Title Publisher Genre 1 The 7th Guest Virgin Interactive Interactive movie 2 Star Wars: Rebel Assault LucasArts Rail shooter 3 King's Quest VI Sierra On-Line Adventure 4 Return to Zork Activision 5 Just Grandma & Me Broderbund 6 Dracula Unleashed Viacom New Media Events March – In Sweden, the Swedish video game magazine Super Play (SP) starts. The original name is Super Power. April 27 – The book Game Over by David Sheff, devoted to the history of Nintendo, is published by Random House. Kirkus Reviews Game Over Feb 1, 1993 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-sheff/game-over/ May 11 – The first FuncoLand location in McHenry County, Illinois opens in Crystal Lake, bringing the chain's total number of locations to 62.Graunke Julie May 11, 1993 FuncoLand opens in Crystal Lake https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59940897/northwest-herald/ Northwest Herald Newspapers.com Woodstock, Illinois 31 May 24 – Sega of America introduces the first ever video game content rating system, the Videogame Rating Council.1993-05-25 Sega to Begin Rating System for Video Games https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-25-fi-39461-story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20201120084422/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-25-fi-39461-story.html 2020-11-20 2020-03-13 The Los Angeles Times August 4 – FuncoLand parent company Funco Inc leases space for new locations in six shopping centers in the New York City area.August 4, 1993 In brief https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59941306/star-tribune/ Star Tribune Newspapers.com Minneapolis 33 October – Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc, which began publication.McFerran, Damien November 24, 2023 ICONIC ISSUES: EDGE #1, October 1993. https://www.timeextension.com/features/iconic-issues-edge-1-october-1993 December 17, 2023 October 1 – Nintendo and Silicon Graphics collaborate and begin work on "Project Reality".O'Leary, Jay October 1, 1993 Learning to fly. http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/384706-1.html AllBusiness.com January 27, 2010 December 7 – The first of two congressional hearings on video games takes place. Topics for discussion include the depiction of violence and sexual content in video games, their influence on children, and the prospect of governmental regulation for video game content. Business New companies: Croteam, nVidia, Take-Two Interactive, Shiny Defunct companies: DK'Tronics, Epyx Magnavox is acquired by the Carlyle Group MicroProse is acquired by Spectrum HoloByte Notable releases Arcade DateTitleDev. / Pub.NotesJulySamurai ShodownSNK'93 Game Of The Year voted on by Electronic Gaming Monthly.AugustDaytona USASegaOne of the most impactful racing games of all time.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/06/daytona-usa-arcade-racing-game-1993-sega-coin-op-driving Daytona USA: why the best arcade racing game ever just won't go away Freeman Will 2017-10-06 The Guardian 2018-01-02 en-GB 0261-3077OctoberVirtua FighterSegaThe first fully polygonal fighting game and a major influence on subsequent 3D fighting games.OctoberRidge RacerNamcoNovemberMortal Kombat IIMidwayOvershadowed the critical and commercial success of the original Mortal Kombat, becoming one of the most well-known fighting games of all time.DecemberNBA JamMidwayBeing one of the first sports games with official licensed teams and players, it became a cult classic. It was also the highest-earning arcade game of all time in the sports genre.NBA Jam March 1994 GamePro IDG 66 188 Home DateTitleDev. / Pub.PlatformNotesFebruaryX-WingLucasArtsMS-DOSFebruary 21Star FoxNintendoSNESThe first game to use the Super FX chip and is widely acclaimed as a classic in the rail shooter genre with one of the greatest video game soundtracks ever made.March 23Kirby's AdventureNintendoNESIntroduced Kirby's ability to take on the powers of enemies he has eaten, which would go on to become a staple of the franchise.April 1The 7th GuestVirgin InteractiveMS-DOSSold over two million copies and was widely regarded as one of three "killer apps" that accelerated the "multimedia revolution" (the other two being Myst & Doom).https://books.google.com/books?id=to5zEwOC9BcC&q=bill+gates&pg=PA129 The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond Wolf Mark J. P. 2008 ABC-CLIO 9780313338687 en 129AprilStrike CommanderStrike Commander (1993) - Community Hub https://robertsspaceindustries.com/community-hub/post/strike-commander-1993-AONjmXYk3tCB7 2024-09-09 robertsspaceindustries.com enOrigin SystemsMS-DOSPioneer on implementing 3D polygons and texture-mapping in a flight simulation game by Chris Roberts, creator of the Wing Commander series and the notoriously crowdfunded Star Citizen.JuneDalek AttackAlternative SoftwareZX SpectrumThe last full price game released for the platform by a mainstream publisher.June 6The Legend of Zelda: Link's AwakeningNintendoGame BoyJune 6SyndicateElectronic ArtsMS-DOSJune 25Day of the TentacleLucasArtsMS-DOSJuly 14Super Mario All-StarsNintendoSNESFeatured upgraded 16-bit versions of the first four Super Mario games.AugustReturn to ZorkActivisionMS-DOSSeptember 6Master of OrionMicroProseMS-DOSSeptember 19Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery DungeonChunsoftSFCSeptember 23Sonic CDSegaSega CDSeptember 24MystCyan / BroderbundMAC OS The best selling PC title until 2002, with 6 million units sold.http://mentalfloss.com/article/63351/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-myst 15 Things You Might Not Know About Myst 2015-04-23 2018-01-02 en Widely regarded as one of three "killer apps" that accelerated the sales of CD-ROM drives (the other two being The 7th Guest & Doom).OctoberFrontier: Elite IIDavid BrabenMS-DOSSequel to pioneer space flight simulation game Elite. First video game to employ procedurally generated star systems.First use of procedural generation in a videogame https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-use-of-procedural-generation-in-a-video-game live 31 March 2026 Guinness World RecordsNovemberSam & Max Hit the RoadLucasArtsMS-DOSNovember 11Disney's AladdinVirgin InteractiveGenesisCrowned "Genesis Game of The Year" at the Electronic Gaming Awards (aka the Arcade Awards aka the Arkies) voted on by the public.December 10DoomId SoftwareMS-DOSWidely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential games of all time, especially in the first-person shooter genre.December 17Gabriel Knight: Sins of the FathersSierra On-LineMS-DOSDecember 17Mega Man XCapcomSNESDecember 17Phantasy Star IV: The End of the MillenniumSegaGenesis Hardware thumb|Atari Jaguar Sega releases the Model 2, an arcade system board that introduces 3D texture filtering. It becomes their most popular arcade system board. Fujitsu releases the FM Towns Marty in Japan, as the first 32-bit home console, starting the fifth console generation. Panasonic, GoldStar and Sanyo release the first versions of the 3DO 32-bit console Atari Corporation releases the Jaguar home console, calling it the first 64-bit video game system. Commodore Business Machines releases the Amiga CD32 multimedia home console. Nintendo releases a smaller redesigned NES, which allows cartridges to 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. See also Video games 1993 in games References 30em Category:Video games by year