1993 in video games

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1993 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden, Mortal Kombat II, Secret of Mana, and Super Street Fighter II, alongside new titles such as Star Fox, FIFA International Soccer, Doom, Gunstar Heroes, Myst, Samurai Shodown, Ridge Racer, NBA Jam, Disney's Aladdin, and Virtua Fighter.

This year's highest grossing video game worldwide was Capcom's arcade fighting game Street Fighter II for the third year in a row, while again being the year's highest grossing entertainment product. The best selling home system around the globe was the Nintendo 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 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 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 Street Fighter II / 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 Mortal Kombat,
Mortal Kombat II,
NBA Jam,
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 Sega CD / Mega-CD Home 16-bit 100,000[27] 800,000[25] 264,000[23][22] Un­known 1,164,000+
6 Nintendo NES / 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 (console games or 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 five 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 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Drive Sega Technical Institute Sega Platformer
3 Streets of Rage II Mega Drive Sega, Ancient Sega Beat 'em up
4 Road Rash II Mega Drive Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Racing
5 Mario Paint Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems Nintendo Art tool

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 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 Mega Drive Electronic Arts Sports 400,000
6 Ecco the Dolphin 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 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 video game consoles (home consoles and handheld consoles) in 1993, according to Babbage's (reported by Electronic Gaming Monthly and Electronic Games), Mega (for the Sega Genesis in January), and The NPD Group (for the 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': Special Champion Edition 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 Broderbund
6 Dracula Unleashed Viacom New Media

Events

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 MS-DOS
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 MS-DOS 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]
April Strike Commander[71] Origin Systems MS-DOS Pioneer on implementing 3D polygons and texture-mapping in a flight simulation game by Chris Roberts, creator of the Wing Commander series and the notoriously crowdfunded Star Citizen.
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 MS-DOS
June 25 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts MS-DOS
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 MS-DOS
September 6 Master of Orion MicroProse MS-DOS
September 23 Sonic CD Sega Sega CD
September 24 Myst Cyan / Broderbund MS-DOS The best selling PC title until 2002, with 6 million units sold.[72] Widely regarded as one of three "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 MS-DOS
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 MS-DOS 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 MS-DOS
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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