1994 in video games

1994 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy VI, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Virtua Fighter 2 and Doom II, along with new titles such as Daytona USA, Ace Driver, Alpine Racer and Tekken.

The year's best-selling video game console was the Game Boy, while the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo remained the best-selling home console. The year's highest-grossing arcade video games were Super Street Fighter II X (Super Street Fighter II Turbo) and Virtua Fighter in Japan, and Daytona USA and Mortal Kombat II in the United States, while the year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Donkey Kong Country.

Legend

Video game platforms

3DO	3DO	Arcade	Arcade video game	DOS	DOS / MS-DOS
GB	Game Boy	GEN	Sega Genesis / Mega Drive	GG	Game Gear
LIN	Linux	MAC	Classic Mac OS, 2001 and before	NEO	Neo Geo AES
NES	Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom	PS1	PlayStation 1	S32X	Sega 32X
SAT	Sega Saturn	SCD	Sega CD / Mega CD	SMS	Sega Master System
SNES	Super Nintendo / Super Famicom / Super Comboy

Genre notes

Action	Action game	Action RPG	Action role-playing game	City builder	City-building game
Fighting	Fighting game	FPS	First-person shooter	Metroidvania	Metroidvania
Platformer	Platformer	Racing	Racing game	RPG	Role-playing video game
Sandbox	Open world RPG	Simulation	Simulation video game	Sports	Sports video game
Tactical RPG	Tactical role-playing game

Hardware releases

PlayStation video game console, first released in Japan

• Aiwa releases the Aiwa Mega-CD multimedia home console in Japan only.
• Bandai releases the Playdia multimedia home console.
• NEC releases the PC-FX multimedia home console.
• Sega:
  • introduces the North American cable TV Sega Channel in cooperation with Time Warner (AOL Time Warner); the subscription service provides Sega Genesis games via cable box to customers
  • releases the Sega 32X add-on for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in Europe (November 14), North America (November 21) and Japan (December 3)
  • releases the Sega Nomad handheld console in North America, a portable Sega Genesis.
  • releases the Sega Saturn home console in Japan on November 22
• SNK releases the Neo Geo CD home console.
• Sony releases the PlayStation home console in Japan on December 3.
• Nintendo releases the Super Game Boy adapter for the Super Nintendo home console.
• Atari Corporation discontinues the Lynx handheld system.

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1994.

Awards	Game of the Year	Platform	Publisher	Genre	Ref
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Donkey Kong Country	SNES	Nintendo	Platformer	[1]
Game Informer					[2]
Video Games & Computer Magazine					[3]
Time Magazine					[4]
Nintendo Power
Kid's Choice Awards					[5]
GameFan Megawards	Earthworm Jim	GEN	Playmates Interactive	Platformer	[6]
	Clockwork Knight	SAT	Sega
Gamest Awards	The King of Fighters '94	Arcade	SNK	Fighting	[7]
IAAPA Exhibit Awards	Ace Driver	Arcade	Namco	Racing	[8]
Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA)	NBA Jam		Acclaim	Sports (basketball)	[9]

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1994 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.^[10]

Title	Platform	Developer	Publisher	Genre	Score (out of 40)
Final Fantasy VI	SNES	Squaresoft	Squaresoft	RPG	37
Ridge Racer	PS1	Namco	Namco	Racing	37
Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (Mystery of the Emblem)	SNES	Intelligent Systems	Nintendo	Tactical RPG	36
Virtua Fighter	SAT	Sega AM2	Sega	Fighting	36

Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games

The best-selling arcade printed circuit board (PCB) worldwide in 1994 was SNK's Neo Geo MVS system.^[11]

Japan

The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1994 in Japan.

Rank	Gamest[7]		Game Machine[12]
	Title	Manufacturer	Title	Type	Points
1	Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge	Capcom	Virtua Fighter	PCB / Deluxe	5857
2	Virtua Fighter	Sega	Super Street Fighter II / X	PCB	5003
3	Garō Densetsu Special (Fatal Fury Special)	SNK	Puyo Puyo	PCB	3466
4	Vampire: The Night Warriors (Darkstalkers)	Capcom	Ridge Racer	Deluxe	3265
5	The King of Fighters '94	SNK	Super Real Mahjong PIV	PCB	2909
6	Super Street Fighter II	Capcom	Shanghai III	PCB	2794
7	Gokujo Parodius	Konami	Raiden II	PCB	2718
8	Ridge Racer	Namco	Lethal Enforcers	Dedicated	2713
9	Daytona USA	Sega	Tetris (Sega)	PCB	2686
10	Puyo Puyo	Compile	OutRunners	2P cabinet	2676

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the highest-grossing games of each month in 1994.

Month	Dedicated arcade cabinet	Printed circuit board (PCB)	Ref
February	Ridge Racer		[13][14]
March	Ridge Racer	Super Street Fighter II Turbo	[15]
April			[16]
May	Daytona USA		[17]
June			[18]
July	Daytona USA		[19]
August			[20]
September			[21]
October	Daytona USA	Gunbird	[22]

Virtua Fighter by Sega AM2 was also one of the UK's most popular coin-ops of the year.^[23]

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1994.

Rank	Play Meter	AAMA[24][25]		AMOA[26][27]
		Title	Award	Dedicated arcade cabinet	Arcade conversion kit
1	Daytona USA, Mortal Kombat II[28]	Daytona USA (Twin) Cruis'n USA, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat II, Neo Geo MVS	Diamond	Mortal Kombat II
2				Lethal Enforcers, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, NBA Jam: Tournament Edition, Virtua Fighter	NBA Jam: Tournament Edition, Raiden II, Super Street Fighter II, Samurai Shodown
3	Unknown
4
5
6	Unknown	NBA Jam: Tournament Edition	Platinum		—
7	Unknown	Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Raiden II, Revolution X	Gold	—
8
9
10	Unknown	Alien vs. Predator, Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, Super Street Fighter II Turbo	Silver
11
12

Best-selling video game consoles

Rank	Manufacturer	Platform	Type	Sales
				Japan	USA	Europe	Elsewhere	Worldwide
1	Nintendo	GB	Handheld	1,140,000[29]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	7,500,000+[30]
2	Nintendo	SNES	Home	2,200,000[31]	4,258,000+	1,060,000[31]	900,000[31]	6,218,000
2	Sega	GEN	Home	500,000[31]	4,000,000+[32]	1,540,000[31]	1,000,000[31]	7,040,000+
4	Sega	SCD	Home	150,000[31]	550,000[31]	205,000[31]	—	905,000[31]
5	Sega	GG	Handheld	350,000[29]	500,000+[32]	Unknown	Unknown	850,000+
6	Sega	SAT	Home	840,000[29]	—	—	—	840,000
7	Sega	S32X	Home	270,000[33]	500,000[32]	65,000[31]	—	835,000
8	Goldstar, Panasonic, Sanyo	3DO	Home	450,000[29]	160,000[31]	15,000[31]	5,000+[31]	630,000+
9	Sony	PS1	Home	600,000[29]	—	—	—	600,000
10	Nintendo	NES	Home	280,000[29]	268,000[34]	Unknown	Unknown	548,000+

Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) worldwide in 1994.

Rank	Title	Platform	Sales
			Japan[35]	USA[36]	Worldwide
1	Donkey Kong Country (Super Donkey Kong)	SNES	956,000	2,057,006	6,000,000[37]
2	Street Fighter II		941,000+	989,178+[a]	3,709,090+[b]
3	Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III)	SNES	2,550,000+[42]	275,952	2,825,952+
4	Mortal Kombat II		Unknown	1,929,494+	2,500,000+[43]
5	NBA Jam	GEN, SNES	Unknown	2,313,526	2,313,526+
6	Sonic 3 & Knuckles	GEN	Unknown	1,473,730	1,473,730+
7	Madden NFL 95	GEN, SNES	—	811,568	811,568+
8	Super Metroid	SNES	531,000	256,262+[44]	787,262+
9	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	GEN, SNES	—	731,910	731,910+
10	J.League Excite Stage '94 (Capcom's Soccer Shootout)	SNES	714,000	Unknown	714,000+

Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1994.

Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Genre	Sales	Ref
1	Final Fantasy VI	SNES	Squaresoft	RPG	2,550,000+	[42]
2	Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country)	SNES	Nintendo	Platformer	956,000	[35]
3	Super Street Fighter II	SNES	Capcom	Fighting	941,000
4	J.League Excite Stage '94 (Capcom's Soccer Shootout)	SNES	Epoch Co.	Sports (soccer)	714,000
5	Super Bomberman 2	SNES	Hudson Soft	Maze	713,000
6	Super Momotarō Dentetsu III	SNES	Hudson Soft	Simulation	610,000
7	Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3	SNES	Bandai	Fighting	595,000
8	Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (Mystery of the Emblem)	SNES	Nintendo	Tactical RPG	563,000
9	Super Metroid	SNES	Nintendo	Metroidvania	531,000
10	Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū (EarthBound)	SNES	Nintendo	RPG	518,000

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1994.^[45]

Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Genre	Sales	Ref
1	NBA Jam	GEN, SNES	Acclaim Entertainment	Sports (basketball)	2,313,526	[36]
2	Donkey Kong Country	SNES	Nintendo	Platformer	2,057,006
3	Mortal Kombat II	GEN, SNES	Acclaim Entertainment	Fighting	1,929,494
4	Sonic 3 & Knuckles	GEN	Sega	Platformer	1,473,730	[36]
5	Street Fighter II	GEN, SNES	Capcom	Fighting	989,178+	[a]
6	Madden NFL 95	GEN, SNES	EA Sports	Sports (football)	811,568	[36]
7	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	GEN, SNES	Sega, Bandai	Action	731,910
8	The Lion King	GEN, SNES	Virgin Interactive	Platformer	619,399
9	NBA Live 95	GEN, SNES	EA Sports	Sports (basketball)	542,758
10	Disney's Aladdin	SNES	Capcom	Platformer	421,996+	[45][36]

United Kingdom

HMV, a British entertainment retailer, released a monthly list of the chain's highest-selling home video game titles. The following titles topped the monthly all-formats charts, as reported by Computer and Video Games.

Month	Title	Platform	Publisher	Genre	Ref
January	Sensible Soccer	GEN	Sony	Sports (soccer)	[46]
February	SimCity 2000	DOS, MAC	Mindscape	City builder	[47]
March	NBA Jam	GEN, SNES, GG	Acclaim	Sports (basketball)	[48]
April	Doom		Id Software	FPS	[49]
May	World Cup Striker	SNES	U.S. Gold	Sports (soccer)	[50]
June	World Cup USA '94	GEN, SNES, GG	U.S. Gold	Sports (soccer)	[51]
July	Star Wars: TIE Fighter		Virgin Interactive	Space combat	[52]
August	Super Street Fighter II	GEN	Sega	Fighting	[53]
September	Mortal Kombat II	SNES, GEN, SMS, GG, GB	Acclaim	Fighting	[54]
October	Doom II		Virgin Interactive	FPS	[55]
November	FIFA Soccer 95	GEN	EA Sports	Sports (soccer)	[56]
December					[57]

Events

• Nintendo proclaims "1994: The Year of the Cartridge".^[58][59]
• Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd is established and opened by Hiroshi Yamauchi and effectively ends Mattel Australia's distribution of Nintendo's products throughout Australia.
• "Project Reality" is renamed the Nintendo Ultra 64. The console's design is revealed to the public for the first time in spring 1994.
• The second of two congressional hearings on video games takes place on March 5. Topics for discussion include the depiction of violence and sexual content in video games, their influence on children, and the prospect of governmental regulation of video game content.
• April – The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) is founded in response to the hearings (name changed to the Entertainment Software Association in 2003); the IDSA founds the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) in order to self-regulate content in video games in the mold of the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system.
• April 28 – Sega and MGM make a venture to create video games, movies, and television programs.
• June 24 – The Computer Game Developers Association is formed by Ernest W. Adams.
• November – Game Zero magazine drops their print format and becomes the first video game news magazine on the web.
• November 10 – William Higinbotham, creator of Tennis for Two (1958), dies at 84.

Business

• New companies: Neversoft
• Defunct: Commodore, Tradewest
• September 14 – Video gaming magazine Nintendomagasinet is cancelled after four years. Number 9 of 1994 would have been released on this day, but instead the magazine joins Super Power.
• Apogee establishes the 3D Realms Entertainment division.
• Blizzard Entertainment is renamed from Silicon & Synapse.
• SSI sold to Mindscape
• Alpex Computer Corp. v. Nintendo lawsuit: Alpex sues Nintendo over patent infringements related to the NES. Nintendo loses the case. (In 1996 this ruling was reversed by an appeals court, which determined that no patents had been infringed upon.)^[60][61]
  • Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Dragon Pacific Intern

Notable releases in 1994

Release Date	Title	Platform	Developer/Publisher	Genre	Ref
February 2	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	GEN	Sega		^[citation needed]
March	X-COM: UFO Defense	DOS	Mythos Games/MicroProse		^[citation needed]
March 19	Super Metroid	SNES	Nintendo	Metroidvania	^[citation needed]
March 25	The Elder Scrolls: Arena	DOS	Bethesda	Action RPG, Sandbox	^[citation needed]
April 2	Final Fantasy VI	SNES	Square Co.	RPG	^[citation needed]
June 14	Donkey Kong 94	GB	Nintendo		^[citation needed]
July	TIE Fighter	DOS	LucasArts		^[citation needed]
August 2	Earthworm Jim	SNES, GEN	Shiny Entertainment		^[citation needed]
August 25	The King of Fighters '94	NEO	SNK		^[citation needed]
August 27	EarthBound	SNES	Nintendo	RPG	^[citation needed]
September	Master of Magic	DOS	MicroProse		^[citation needed]
September 9	Mortal Kombat II	SNES	Sculptured Software/Acclaim Entertainment		^[citation needed]
September 22	System Shock	DOS	Looking Glass Studios/Origin Systems		^[citation needed]
October 10	Doom	LIN	Dave D. Taylor/id Software		^[citation needed]
October 10	Doom II	DOS	id Software		^[citation needed]
October 17	Sonic & Knuckles	GEN	Sega		[62]
October 28	Killer Instinct	Arcade	Rare		^[citation needed]
November 15	Warcraft: Orcs & Humans	DOS	Blizzard Entertainment		^[citation needed]
November 15	NFL '95	GEN, GG	Double Diamond Software (GEN) Blue Sky Software (GG)	Sports (football)	^[citation needed]
November 21	Donkey Kong Country	SNES	Rare/Nintendo		^[citation needed]
November 23	King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride	DOS	Sierra On-Line		^[citation needed]
December	The Need for Speed	3DO	Electronic Arts	Racing	[63]
December	Magic Carpet	DOS, PS1, SAT	Bullfrog Productions	Action	^[citation needed]
December	Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger	DOS	Origin	Space combat simulator	[64]
December 9	Tekken	Arcade	Namco	Fighting	^[citation needed]
December 10	Wario's Woods	NES	Nintendo		^[citation needed]
December 16	King's Field	PS1	FromSoftware	Action RPG	^[citation needed]
December 17	Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium	GEN	Sega		^[citation needed]
December 21	Marathon	MAC	Bungie	FPS	^[citation needed]
December 27	Heretic	DOS, MAC	Raven Software/id Software		^[citation needed]

See also

• 1994 in games

Notes

1. 222,224+ Street Fighter II Turbo and Special Champion Edition sales up until August.^[40] 341,728 Super Street Fighter II sales up until September.^[41] 448,452 Street Fighter II, Turbo and Special Champion Edition sales in December.^[36]
2. 1.9 million worldwide sales during January–March 1994.^[38][39] 77,910+ Street Fighter II Turbo and Special Champion Edition sales in the US during April–August.^[40] 941,000 Super Street Fighter II sales in Japan during June–December.^[35] 341,728 Super Street Fighter II sales in the US during July–September.^[41] 448,452 Street Fighter II, Turbo and Special Champion Edition sales in the US during December.^[36]

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