Namco releases Point Blank (video game). 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. Sunsoft releases The Death and Return of Superman at June 1, 1994 Namco releases Ridge Racer 2. February 2 — Sonic the Hedgehog 3, introduced Knuckles the Echidna. Sonic & Knuckles was released on October 24 1994.

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  • Namco releases Point Blank (video game). 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. Sunsoft releases The Death and Return of Superman at June 1, 1994 Namco releases Ridge Racer 2. February 2 — Sonic the Hedgehog 3, introduced Knuckles the Echidna. Sonic & Knuckles was released on October 24 1994. Sonic & Knuckles introduced "lock-on" gaming, allowing a player to connect Sonic 2 or 3 to the cartridge, which allowed the player to play these games as Knuckles. Sonic Triple Trouble was released on November 11, 1994 March 19 — Super Metroid (SNES), distributed on a 24-megabit cartridge (the largest of its time), called the "best game of all time" by Electronic Gaming Monthly in 2002. December 9 — In an attempt to take on Sega's Virtua Fighter series, Namco releases its first 3-D fighting game Tekken in the arcade. June 9 Shiny Entertainment releases Earthworm Jim August 27 Nintendo releases Mother 2 for the Super Famicom in Japan, which was released almost a year later in North America on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as EarthBound. Mortal Kombat II is released for home consoles. It is the first Mortal Kombat title to contain blood and gore on Nintendo platforms. Nintendo releases Rare's Donkey Kong Country, featuring distinctive 3D pre-rendered graphics. It was followed by several sequels. Blizzard Entertainment releases the real-time strategy game Warcraft, which spawns a franchise and influences many later games. Looking Glass Studios releases System Shock. Bungie releases Marathon, one of the earliest original (non-ported) first-person shooters for the Macintosh. Square Co. releases Final Fantasy VI (then known as Final Fantasy III in North America) for the SNES on April 2 in Japan and October 11 in North America. Daytona USA, a highly successful racing game noted for its advanced 3D graphics that included texture mapping Wario's Woods, the last licensed game released for the NES in North America Killer Instinct, the first arcade game with an internal hard disk, made extensive use of pre-rendered graphics Rise of the Triad is released. Origin Systems releases their most ambitious Wing Commander game yet, Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, based both around the space simulation gameplay and an interactive movie with big-name actors. They boast about it being the most expensive game developed, with a budget of $4 million USD. LucasArts releases TIE Fighter. The same year sees the release of Rebel Assault, an innovative Star Wars interactive movie game. id Software releases Doom II. Sensible Software releases Sensible World of Soccer, regarded as the best Amiga game of all time by British Amiga magazine Amiga Power. Epic Games releases Jazz Jackrabbit. Sony Imagesoft releases Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse. MicroProse releases ', the first installment in the X-COM series, and Master of Magic. July 5 - Capcom releases Darkstalkers in an attempt to keep up with the wave of fighters that have come along since Street Fighter II. The game's EX meter, combined with the choice of horror movie monsters as characters, makes it a cult classic. Sir-tech Software, Inc. releases turn-based tactics game Jagged Alliance, the first installment of Jagged Alliance series. Raven software releases Heretic.
  • Viene fondata la Bizarre Creations. Aiwa presenta la console CSD-GLM Mega Drive in Giappone. Bandai presenta la console Playdia. Sega: introduce nel Nord America il canale TV Sega Channel in cooperazione con la Time Warner; questo canale fornisce giochi per Sega Genesis via cavo. presentazione della console portatile Sega Nomad nel Nord America. 10 marzo — Sega mette in vendita la console portatile Sega Mega Jet in Giappone. SNK presenta la console Neo Geo CD. 15 giugno — Impressions Games pubblica Lords of the Realm primo capitolo dell'omonima serie. 3 dicembre — Sony mette in vendita la console PlayStation in Giappone. Nintendo presenta l'adattatore Super Game Boy per la console SNES. Novembre — Sega presenta il Sega Mega Drive 32X nel Nord America. 22 novembre — Sega mette in vendita la console Sega Saturn in Giappone e Corea del Sud. 3 dicembre — Sega presenta il Sega Mega Drive 32X in Giappone. 23 dicembre — NEC mette in vendita la console PC-FX in Giappone. Electronic Arts pubblica The Need for Speed primo capitolo della serie Need for Speed. Konami pubblica International Superstar Soccer primo episodio della serie Pro Evolution Soccer. Electronic Arts pubblica FIFA International Soccer primo videogioco della serie di videogiochi calcistici FIFA. Blizzard Entertainment pubblica ' capostipite della serie Warcraft. Namco rilascia Tekken, il primo episodio della serie Tekken,
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  • Namco releases Point Blank (video game). 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. Sunsoft releases The Death and Return of Superman at June 1, 1994 Namco releases Ridge Racer 2. February 2 — Sonic the Hedgehog 3, introduced Knuckles the Echidna. Sonic & Knuckles was released on October 24 1994.
  • Viene fondata la Bizarre Creations. Aiwa presenta la console CSD-GLM Mega Drive in Giappone. Bandai presenta la console Playdia. Sega: introduce nel Nord America il canale TV Sega Channel in cooperazione con la Time Warner; questo canale fornisce giochi per Sega Genesis via cavo. presentazione della console portatile Sega Nomad nel Nord America. 10 marzo — Sega mette in vendita la console portatile Sega Mega Jet in Giappone. SNK presenta la console Neo Geo CD.
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  • 1994 in video gaming
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  • Videogiochi nel 1994
  • 1994 год в компьютерных играх
  • Datorspelsåret 1994
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