1993 in video games

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1993 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as

Disney's Aladdin, and Virtua Fighter
.

This year's highest grossing video game worldwide was

Super Famicom/SNES video game console.[1]

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1993.

Awards Game of the Year Developer Publisher Genre Platform(s) Ref
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits) SNK SNK Fighting Neo Geo [2]
European Computer Trade Show [3]
Gamest Awards [4]
Chicago Tribune Star Fox
Nintendo EAD
 Nintendo Rail shooter
Super NES
 [5]
Electronic Gaming Awards Disney's Aladdin
Virgin Games
 Sega
Platform
 Sega Genesis [6]
GameFan Golden Megawards Gunstar Heroes Treasure Sega
Run and gun
 [7]
Game Informer Mortal Kombat Midway Acclaim Entertainment Fighting Consoles [8]

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1993 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[9]

Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Score (out of 40)
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Famicom
 Capcom Capcom Fighting 36
Disney's Aladdin
Sega Mega Drive
Virgin Games
 Sega Platformer 35
Dragon Quest I & II
 		Super Famicom
Chunsoft
 Enix Role-playing 35

Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games

Street Fighter II was the highest-grossing entertainment product of 1993, earning more than the film Jurassic Park.[10][11] The following table lists the year's top-grossing arcade games in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide.

Market Period Title Coin drop revenue Inflation Manufacturer Genre Ref
Japan —
Street Fighter II' Turbo
 		Un­known Un­known Capcom Fighting [12]
United Kingdom January–June Street Fighter II $229 million $510 million Capcom Fighting [13]
United States — NBA Jam $300 million+[14][15] $630 million+ Midway Sports [16][17]
Worldwide Street Fighter II $1.5 billion $3.3 billion Capcom Fighting [10]

Japan

The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing

arcade games
of 1993 in Japan.

Rank Gamest[12] Game Machine[18]
Title Type Points
1
Street Fighter II' Turbo
Dash / Turbo
Software kit
 7935
2
Garō Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai
 (Fatal Fury 2) 		Virtua Racing Twin / Deluxe 5415
3 Puyo Puyo Lethal Enforcers Dedicated 4005
4
Street Fighter II Dash
 (Champion Edition) 		Puyo Puyo Software kit 3531
5
Tenchi wo Kurau 2: Sekiheki no Tatakai
 (Warriors of Fate)
Garō Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai
 		Software kit 2934
6
Samurai Spirits
 (Samurai Shodown) 		Tetris (Sega) Software kit 2856
7 World Heroes 2
Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours
 		Deluxe / Standard 2852
8 Virtua Racing Columns Software kit 2697
9
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
 		Final Lap 3 Standard 2638
10 Art of Fighting
Tenchi wo Kurau 2: Sekiheki no Tatakai
 		Software kit 2074

United States

In the United States, NBA Jam was the highest-grossing arcade game of 1993,[16] followed by Mortal Kombat; both games exceeded the $300,000,000 (equivalent to $630,000,000 in 2023) domestic box office gross of Jurassic Park that year.[14][15]

The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of the year, according to the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) and American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA).

Rank AMOA[19][20] AMAA[21] Play Meter
Dedicated cabinet
Arcade conversion
kit 		Title Award
1 NBA Jam Mortal Kombat
Neo Geo MVS
 Diamond NBA Jam[17]
2 Street Fighter II,
Lethal Enforcers,
Mortal Kombat,
Virtua Racing 		Street Fighter II: Champion Edition,
Time Killers,
X-Men,
World Heroes 		Un­known
3
4
5 Virtua Racing Platinum
6 Un­known OutRunners,
Time Killers 		Gold
7
8 Un­known Crime Patrol,
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold 		Silver
9

Best-selling home systems

Consoles

Rank Manufacturer
Game console
 Type Generation Sales
Japan USA Europe Korea Worldwide
1 Nintendo
Super NES
Home
 16-bit 17,700,000[22] 23,350,000[22] 1,661,000[23][22] 60,000[24] 49,100,000+
2 Sega
Mega Drive / Genesis
Home
 16-bit 9,000,000[22] 19,000,000[25] 2,260,000[26][22] 24,000[24] 30,750,000+
3 Nintendo Game Boy Handheld 8-bit 1,590,000[27] 1,500,000+ 625,000+[23] Un­known 3,715,000+
4 Sega Game Gear Handheld 8-bit 400,000[27] 1,500,000[25] 383,000+[26][23] Un­known 2,283,000+
5 Sega
Mega-CD
 Home 16-bit 100,000[27] 800,000[25] 264,000[23][22] Un­known 1,164,000+
6 Nintendo
Famicom
 Home 8-bit 540,000[27] Un­known 555,000[23][22] 50,000[24] 1,145,000+
7 Sega Master System Home 8-bit — — 700,000[22] 80,000[24] 780,000+
8 NEC
PC Engine
 Home 16-bit 400,000[27] Un­known Un­known Un­known 400,000+
9 Fujitsu FM Towns Marty Home 32-bit 45,000[28] — — — 45,000
10 Panasonic 3DO Home 32-bit — 40,000+[29] — — 40,000+

Computers

Rank Manufacturer Computer architecture Sales
Japan Worldwide
1 Apple Inc.
Apple Macintosh
 — 3,300,000[30]
2 IBM
IBM PC
 — 2,075,000[31]
3
Compaq Computer
 IBM PC compatible — 1,418,000[31]
4 NEC
NEC PC-98
 1,200,000[32][33] 1,200,000+
5 Packard Bell IBM PC compatible — 997,000[31]
6 Dell IBM PC compatible — 795,000[31]
7
Gateway 2000
 IBM PC compatible — 644,000[31]
8 AST Research IBM PC compatible — 530,000[31]
9 Tandy Corporation IBM PC compatible — 350,000[31]
10 Toshiba IBM PC compatible — 316,000[31]

Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (

computer games
) of 1993 with known sales figures.

Rank Title Platform Publisher Genre Sales
Japan[34] UK[35] Worldwide
1 Street Fighter II
Multi-platform
 Capcom Fighting 1,314,000+ Un­known 5,000,000[36][37]
2 Mortal Kombat Multi-platform Acclaim Fighting Un­known 400,000+ 3,000,000+[38][39]
3 Star Fox
Super NES
 Nintendo Rail shooter 325,000 Un­known 1,700,000+[40]
4 Disney's Aladdin Multi-platform
Virgin
 Platformer Un­known Un­known 1,600,000+[41]
5 Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden Super NES Bandai Fighting 1,300,000+[42] — 1,300,000+
6
Seiken Densetsu 2
 (Secret of Mana) 		Super NES
Squaresoft
Action RPG
 1,002,000 — 1,002,000+
7
Super Mario Collection
 (All-Stars) 		Super NES Nintendo Platformer 877,000 Un­known 877,000+
8 Romancing SaGa 2
Super Famicom
 Squaresoft RPG 823,000 — 823,000
9 Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 Super Famicom Bandai Fighting 740,000 — 740,000
10 Super Mario Kart Super NES Nintendo Kart racing 450,000 250,000+ 700,000+

Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1993.

Rank Title Developer Platform Publisher Genre Sales Ref
1 Street Fighter II Turbo Capcom
Super Famicom
 Capcom Fighting 1,314,000 [34]
2 Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden
TOSE
 Super Famicom Bandai Fighting 1,300,000+ [42]
3
Seiken Densetsu 2
 (Secret of Mana)
Squaresoft
 Super Famicom
Squaresoft
Action RPG
 1,002,000 [34]
4
Super Mario Collection
 (Super Mario All-Stars)
Nintendo EAD
 Super Famicom Nintendo Platformer 877,000
5 Romancing SaGa 2 Squaresoft Super Famicom Squaresoft RPG 823,000
6 Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 TOSE Super Famicom Bandai Fighting 740,000
7
J. League Soccer Prime Goal
 		Namco Super Famicom Namco Sports 610,000
8
Dragon Quest I & II
Chunsoft
 Super Famicom Enix RPG 567,000
9
Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon
 		Chunsoft Super Famicom
Chunsoft
 Roguelike 510,000
10 Super Bomberman Produce! Super Famicom Hudson Soft Maze 497,000

Europe

In Europe, the following titles were the top two best-selling 1993 releases during the first quarter of the year.[43]

Rank Title Platform Developer(s) Publisher Genre
1 Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo EAD
 Nintendo Kart racing
2
Streets of Rage II
Sega Mega Drive
 Sega, Ancient Sega Beat 'em up

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1993.[35]

Rank Title Platform(s) Publisher(s) Genre Sales
1 Mortal Kombat
Game consoles
 Acclaim Entertainment Fighting 400,000+
2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sega Mega Drive
 Sega Platformer 400,000+
3 Lemmings
Multi-platform
 Various Strategy 400,000+
4
Super Kick Off
 		Game consoles Various Sports 400,000+
5 FIFA International Soccer Sega Mega Drive Electronic Arts Sports 400,000
6 Ecco the Dolphin Sega Mega Drive Sega
Action-adventure
 250,000+
7 Super Mario Kart
Super NES
 Nintendo Kart racing 250,000+
8 Jurassic Park Multi-platform Ocean Software Action 250,000+
9 Jungle Strike Game consoles Electronic Arts Shoot 'em up 250,000
10 PGA Tour Golf II Sega Mega Drive Electronic Arts Sports 200,000

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top two highest-grossing home

video game franchises in 1993.[44]

Franchise Publisher Revenue Inflation
Mario Nintendo $700,000,000 $1,050,000,000
Sonic the Hedgehog Sega $500,000,000 $1,050,000,000

The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month for

Super NES
and Genesis in July).

Month
NES
Super NES
 Sega Genesis Sega CD Game Boy Game Gear Ref
January Tecmo Super Bowl Street Fighter II Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Cobra Command
Super Mario Land 2
 		Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [45][46]
February John Madden Football '93 Columns [47]
March Tecmo NBA Basketball Star Fox Street Fighter II Turbo Jaguar XJ220 [48]
April Streets of Rage [49]
May X-Men [50]
June Kirby's Adventure Yoshi's Cookie
Batman Returns
 		[51]
July [52][53]
August Jurassic Park Jurassic Park Ecco the Dolphin [54]
September Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat [55]
October Tetris 2 Jurassic Park Wave Race [56][57]
November The Lost Vikings Sonic Spinball Lethal Enforcers Kirby's Pinball Land [58][59]
December Super Bomberman Sonic CD The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [60]

The following titles were the year's top six best-selling

PC games on CD-ROM format in the United States.[61]

Rank Title Publisher Genre
1 The 7th Guest
Virgin Interactive
Interactive movie
2 Star Wars: Rebel Assault
LucasArts
 Rail shooter
3 King's Quest VI
Sierra On-Line
 Adventure
4 Return to Zork Activision
5 Just Grandma & Me
Brøderbund
6 Dracula Unleashed
Viacom New Media

Events

  • March – In Sweden, the Swedish video game magazine Super Play (SP) starts. The original name is Super Power.
  • April 27 – The book Game Over by David Sheff, devoted to the history of Nintendo, is published by Random House.[62]
  • May 11 – The first FuncoLand location in McHenry County, Illinois opens in Crystal Lake, bringing the chain's total number of locations to 62.[63]
  • May 24 – Sega of America introduces the first ever video game content rating system, the Videogame Rating Council.[64]
  • August 4 – FuncoLand parent company Funco Inc leases space for new locations in six shopping centers in the New York City area.[65]
  • October – Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc, which began publication.[66]
  • October 1 – Nintendo and Silicon Graphics collaborate and begin work on "Project Reality".[67]
  • December 7 – The first of two
    congressional hearings on video games
    takes place. Topics for discussion include the depiction of violence and sexual content in video games, their influence on children, and the prospect of governmental regulation for video game content.

Business

Notable releases

Arcade

Date Title Dev. / Pub. Notes
July
Samurai Shodown
 SNK '93 Game Of The Year voted on by Electronic Gaming Monthly.
August
Daytona USA
 Sega One of the most impactful racing games of all time.[68]
October Virtua Fighter Sega The first fully polygonal fighting game and a major influence on subsequent 3D fighting games.
October
Ridge Racer
 Namco
November Mortal Kombat II Midway Overshadowed the critical and commercial success of the original Mortal Kombat, becoming one of the most well-known fighting games of all time.
December NBA Jam Midway Being one of the first sports games with official licensed teams and players, it became a cult classic. It was also the highest-earning arcade game of all time in the sports genre.[69]

Home

Date Title Dev. / Pub. Platform Notes
February X-Wing
LucasArts
 PC
February 21 Star Fox Nintendo SNES The first game to use the Super FX chip and is widely acclaimed as a classic in the rail shooter genre with one of the greatest video game soundtracks ever made.
March 23 Kirby's Adventure Nintendo NES Introduced Kirby's ability to take on the powers of enemies he has eaten, which would go on to become a staple of the franchise.
April 1 The 7th Guest
Virgin Interactive
 PC Sold over two million copies and was widely regarded as one of three "
killer apps" that accelerated the sales of CD-ROM drives (the other two being Myst & Doom).[70]
June Dalek Attack Alternative Software ZX Spectrum The last full price game released for the platform by a mainstream publisher.
June 6 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Nintendo Game Boy
June 6 Syndicate Electronic Arts PC
June 25 Day of the Tentacle
LucasArts
 PC
July 14 Super Mario All-Stars Nintendo SNES Featured upgraded
16-bit versions of the first four Super Mario
games.
August Return to Zork Activision PC
September 6 Master of Orion MicroProse PC
September 23 Sonic CD Sega Sega CD
September 24 Myst Cyan / Broderbund PC The best selling PC title until 2002, with 6 million units sold.
killer apps" that accelerated the sales of CD-ROM drives (the other two being The 7th Guest & Doom).[70]
November Sam & Max Hit the Road
LucasArts
 PC
November 11 Disney's Aladdin
Virgin Interactive
 Genesis Crowned "Genesis Game of The Year" at the Electronic Gaming Awards (aka the Arcade Awards aka the Arkies) voted on by the public.
December 10 Doom Id Software PC Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential games of all time, especially in the first-person shooter genre.
December 17 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Sierra On-Line
 PC
December 17 Mega Man X Capcom SNES
December 17 Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium Sega Genesis

Hardware

Atari Jaguar

See also

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