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EVENTS

July — Nintendo releases the '' Nintendo Power '' magazine.

Notable releases

Namco releases '' World Stadium '', '' Assault '', '' Assault Plus '', '' Berabow Man '', '' Marchen Maze '', '' Bakutotsu Kijuutei '', which is the sequel to '' Baraduke '', '' Ordyne '', '' Metal Hawk '', '' World Court '', '' Splatterhouse '', which is the first game to get a parental advisory disclaimer, '' Mirai Ninja '', '' Face Off '' and '' Phelios ''.

Electronic Arts releases '' John Madden Football '' for the Apple II , starting its highly successful line of American Football games. It is also the first major football game to feature full 11-man teams.

'' Pool Of Radiance '' ( SSI ), the first of the " Gold Box " games, the first computer RPG based on '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ''.

'' Altered Beast '' ( Sega , arcade), later ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis where it was packaged with the console in North America and Europe .

Sega releases '' Phantasy Star '' for the Sega Master System , the first in the company's most successful series of RPGs .

Hardware

October 29 — Sega Megadrive released in Japan .

Business

New companies: KOEI Co., Ltd., Visual Concepts , Stormfront Studios

Defunct companies: Coleco Industries Inc.

Activision renamed to Mediagenic .

over the clone production of an Advantage joystick controller for the NES console.