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Notable events of 1993 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.
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- Microprose releases the Strategy Game of the Year Master of Orion and the runner-up Master of Magic.[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.
- 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 GameBoy 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 Japan 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, Inc. 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.
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