1989 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Phantasy Star II, Super Mario Land, Super Monaco GP, along with new titles such as Big Run, Bonk's Adventure, Final Fight, Golden Axe, Strider, Hard Drivin' and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The year also saw the release of the Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 in North America, and the Game Boy worldwide along with Tetris and Super Mario Land.
The year's highest-grossing arcade games in Japan were Namco's Final Lap and Sega's Tetris, while the highest-grossing arcade video games in the United States were Double Dragon, Super Off Road and Hard Drivin' among dedicated arcade cabinets and Capcom Bowling and Ninja Gaiden among arcade conversion kits. The year's best‑selling home system was the Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) for the sixth year in a row, while the year's best-selling home video games were Super Mario Bros. 3 in Japan and RoboCop in the United Kingdom.
In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1989.
In Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top-grossing arcade games of each month.
In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1989.
The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1989 in Japan, according to the annual Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga) charts.[22]
In the United Kingdom, RoboCop for the ZX Spectrum was the best-selling home video game of 1989.[28] The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month in the United Kingdom during 1989.
In the United States, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month in 1989.
In Japan, the following 1989 video game releases entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[64]
In the United Kingdom, the following titles were Computer and Video Games (CVG) magazine's highest-rated games of 1989.[65]
Notable video game releases in 1989 that have accumulated overall critical acclaim from at least four contemporary English-language sources include:
Introduced in 1989, Game Boy sold 2.5 million units that year and 10 million in 1990.
Traditionally, dominated by Japanese vendors, the market had reached 2.5 million units in 1989, and 3.3 million units in 1991 (Dataquest Inc.)
For February 1989, 16 of the 20 top selling toys in the country were video games or video game-related. These included: 1. Action Set (Nintendo of America) 2. Power Set (Nintendo of America)
The larger Nintendo Action Set ($100), which hooks up to a monitor, topped the Toy and Hobby World magazine's list of October's bestsellers.
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