- January 29 — '' Duke Nukem 3D '', successor to the simple side-scrolling originals, and a genre-redefining title for First Person Shooters . ( PC )
- March — Capcom releases '' Resident Evil '' for the PlayStation in Japan and the United States . It is believed to have invented the term " Survival Horror " and it popularized the genre.
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- May 31 — Id releases '' Quake '', advancing 3D Graphics technology on the PC and starting a Franchise that has sold more than 4 million games.
- June 23 — Nintendo releases '' Super Mario 64 '', the first 3D Mario Platformer , in Japan as the Flagship for their new Nintendo 64 system.
- August 25 — Namco releases '' Tekken 2 '' for the Sony PlayStation . The game sold over 3,000,000 copies worldwide.
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- September 3 — Sony releases '' Crash Bandicoot '' video game. Crash Bandicoot is used as the mascot for their PlayStation console.
- September 27 — 3DO publicly launches '' Meridian 59 '', widely regarded as the first MMORPG .
- , the second major title in the ''Command & Conquer'' fanchise, and the most popular one yet. ( PC )
- October 31 — '' Master Of Orion II '', the sequel to the revolutionary original. ( PC )
- November 15 — '' Tomb Raider '' is released for the PC , Sony PlayStation , and the Sega Saturn . It spawns a series of sequels as well as a series of movies.
- November 30 — '' Diablo '' is released. It is the first chapter in Blizzard Entertainment 's enormously popular series. ( PC )
- '' is released for N64 and PC . It is part of a large cross-media project by LucasArts .
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- '' Final Doom '', the final release of the original Doom series. Contains 2 large and original storylines. ( PC )
- '''', a successful sequel to the well-received ''MechWarrior 2''. ( PC )
- '' Donkey Kong Country 3 '', the third and last installment to the popular Donkey Kong Country franchise is released.
- '''', a controversial sequel to the controversial original. ( PC )
- '' Sega Super GT '' is released in arcades, considered a graphical marvel just like its predecessor ( Daytona USA ), the game runs on the Sega Model 3 hardware and renders 1 million polygons per second.
- '''', sequel to the innovative original, and the final Interactive Movie -based Star Wars game. ( PC )
- The first Console Emulator s appear.
- February — Blizzard Entertainment acquires a development group known as Condor, renaming it Blizzard North
- February 13 — Atari Corporation announces a plan to merge with JTS Corp.
- April — Eidos acquires Centregold plc, which holds Core Design (creator of the Lara Croft character) and U.S. Gold
- June — Firaxis Games is formed By Jeff Briggs with Sid Meier and Brian Reynolds
- July — GT Interactive purchases Humongous Entertainment
- November 13 — Tom Clancy and Virtus Corp. found Red Storm Entertainment , headed by Doug Littlejohns
- Infogrames Entertainment SA acquires Ocean Software Ltd.
- Midway Games , Inc. (subsidiary of WMS Industries, formerly known as Williams Electronics) acquires Atari Games Corp. from Warner Communications Inc. (AOL Time Warner in 2000)
- Technos Japan Corporation , originator of the '' Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun '' series and '' Double Dragon '' series, goes out of business (assets acquired by Atlus Corporation)
- Black Isle Studios forms as a division by Interplay; doesn't use Black Isle name until 1998
- Game Park Inc. founded in South Korea
- The company formed by Microprose and Spectrum Holobyte in 1993 starts branding using only the Microprose name
- Overworks, Ltd. formed
- Zed Two Limited formed
- Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Computer & Entertainment, Inc.
- The 3DO Company purchases New World Computing
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