1993 in video gaming
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[edit] 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.
- Nintendo and Silicon Graphics collaborate and begin work on "Project Reality". The project is officially announced to the public in October of this year.[1]
- 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.
[edit] Notable releases
- Microprose releases UFO: Enemy Unknown and the Strategy Game of the Year Master of Orion.
- Namco releases Ridge Racer.
- Bullfrog releases Syndicate.
- Mortal Kombat II is released to arcades.
- February — LucasArts releases X-Wing for the PC.
- February 21 — Nintendo releases the game Star Fox for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the first game to use the Super FX Chip.
- March 26 — Nintendo releases Kirby's Adventure, the second Kirby game and the only one for the NES.
- 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.
- June 6 — Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy), which becomes the best-selling handheld game in the series.
- July 14 — 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.
- August 6 — Square releases Secret of Mana for the SNES, the second in a series of tabletop role-playing games (the first technically being Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy in 1991).
- August 20 — Activision releases Return to Zork.
- September 23 — Sega releases Sonic CD.
- September 24 — Broderbund releases the Myst computer game, which goes on to become one of the bestselling computer games of all time.
- December 10 — id Software releases Doom, a seminal first-person shooter that advanced 3D graphics for computer games.
- 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.
- Sega releases the Virtua Fighter arcade game.
- Maxis releases SimCity 2000, sequel to the tremendously popular SimCity.
- Virgin Games publishes The 7th Guest, which becomes a best seller.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ O'Leary, Jay (October 1, 1993). "Learning to fly.". AllBusiness.com. http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/384706-1.html. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
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