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{{Decadebox | prev = 1992 | next = 1994 }} ==Events== *March β 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. *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]] . ===Notable releases=== *Microprose releases the Strategy Game of the Year ''[[Master of Orion]]''. *[[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]]''. *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]]. *July: [[Domark]] release [[Championship Manager 93]] the second of the series. *August β [[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 β [[Broderbund]] releases the ''[[Myst]]'' computer game, which goes on to become one of the bestselling games of all time. *December 10 β [[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 Game Boy 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 Japanese version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' is playable in [[North America]]. *March 15 β [[Sunsoft]] releases ''[[Blaster Master 2]]'' for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]/Genesis. *Maxis releases ''[[SimCity 2000]]'', sequel to the tremendously popular ''[[SimCity]]''. *December 17 β [[Sierra On-Line]] releases ''[[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers]]''. It is the first game in the [[Gabriel Knight series|''Gabriel Knight'' series]] and features the voices of [[Tim Curry]], [[Mark Hamill]], [[Michael Dorn]], and [[Leah Remini]]. *December 31 - [[Microprose]] releases [[X-Com: Enemy Unknown]]. ===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 *Intel releases the first Pentium chip for the [[PC]], creating a new generation of personal computers. *[[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 ===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. ==Video game releases== {{ReleasesQueryYear|1993}} ==Hardware releases== {{HardwareReleasesQueryYear|1993}} [[Category:Year articles]]
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