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Events

Notable releases

Midway Games releases the Mortal Kombat arcade game, which features bloody "fatalities", digitized characters, and started a franchise of games and movies.
August - Sega releases the Virtua Racing
arcade game, one of the first 3D polygonal racing games.
October 15 - Sega releases the controversial Night Trap
video game for the Sega CD console.
Blue Sky Productions releases Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
, the first ever first-person 3D CRPG.
id Software releases Wolfenstein 3D
, credited with putting the first-person shooter genre for the PC on the map.
Nintendo releases Kirby's Dream Land
for the Game Boy, the first game featuring the character Kirby.
Interplay publishes Alone in the Dark, widely considered the first survival horror game.
Sega publishes Sonic the Hedgehog 2
(Genesis, Game Gear), which features the first appearance of Super Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower.
Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the only Zelda game released for the Super Famicom/SNES.
Super Mario Kart
(Nintendo, Super Famicom/SNES), the first in the Mario Kart series, spawned the mascot/go-kart subgenre of racing games
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
was released for the Game Boy, introducing Wario to the Mario series
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
was released by LucasArts. It was considered one of the most advanced adventure games of the time and was a breakthrough for LucasArts' SCUMM games

Hardware

JVC releases the Wondermega console, a Sega Genesis and Sega CD put into one console
Philips releases the CD-I multimedia home console
Super Nintendo Entertainment System released in Europe
Sega releases the Sega CD (an add-on for the Sega Genesis in North America
Taito Corporation creates the Wowow home console (unreleased)
TTI (Turbo Technologies Inc.) releases the TurboDuo home console

Business

Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
New companies: Wow Entertainment Inc. (AM1)

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