1990 in video gaming
















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1990 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Dr. Mario, and Super Mario World.




Contents






  • 1 Events


  • 2 Business


  • 3 Notable releases


    • 3.1 Hardware




  • 4 References





Events



  • August, Publication of Swedish language video game magazine Nintendomagasinet begins.

  • March 8, the Nintendo World Championships begins.



Business



  • Nintendo v. Color Dreams lawsuit: Nintendo sues Color Dreams over unlicensed production of Nintendo video games.

  • Toy Headquarters merges with Trinity Acquisition Corporation forming THQ.

  • New companies: Eidos, Interactive Studios, Team17, Natsume, Revolution Software

  • Defunct: Tynesoft



Notable releases




  • Bonk's Adventure is released for NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and is the first US appearance of Bonk, the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16.


  • Namco releases Kyuukai Douchuuki, World Stadium '90, Final Lap 2, Pistol Daimyo no Bouken, which is a spin-off from Berabow Man, Souko Ban Deluxe, Dragon Saber, Rolling Thunder 2, Steel Gunner and Golly! Ghost!.

  • February 12, Nintendo releases the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 in North America. It sells 17.28 million copies, making it one of the best-selling stand-alone video games of all time.

  • April, Konami releases Snake's Revenge, a sequel to Metal Gear for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America, developed without the involvement of Hideo Kojima.

  • April, Williams releases Smash TV in arcades, a twin-stick shooter about an ultra-violent game show.

  • April 20, Nintendo releases Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light in Japan, innovating the tactical role-playing genre.

  • June 1, Origin releases Ultima VI: The False Prophet

  • July 12, Nintendo of America publishes Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. This game started Square's popular and long-running Final Fantasy series.

  • July 20, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for the MSX2 computer, is released exclusively in Japan. It's Konami's last major game for the hardware.

  • July 27, Nintendo releases Dr. Mario for 3 Nintendo platforms.

  • August, Pit Fighter from Atari Games introduces digitized sprites to arcade fighting games.

  • September 26 Origin releases the first Wing Commander game.

  • September 28 Capcom releases Mega Man 3 for NES in Japan, introducing the characters Rush and Proto Man, Mega Man's slide is introduced, and Capcom's character cameos.

  • November 9, Sierra On-Line releases King's Quest V.

  • October 15 LucasArts releases The Secret of Monkey Island

  • November 1 – Mega Man 3 is released in the US.

  • November 21, Nintendo releases Super Mario World and F-Zero in Japan as launch titles for the Super Famicom. Super Mario World introduced Yoshi and F-Zero introduced Captain Falcon.

  • December 14, Commander Keen is released as shareware, the first major platformer on a PC.


  • Sega releases the G-LOC: Air Battle R-360 arcade game, featuring the first 3D – 360° gameplay that physically rotated the real world player.


  • Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon, the first of the "Tycoon" games, is released by MicroProse.


  • Infogrames releases Alpha Waves, the first 3D platform game.[1]


  • Mindscape publishes Captive.



Hardware




  • Camerica releases Codemasters' Game Genie adapter in Canada and the UK (In the USA, it was released by Galoob).


  • NEC releases the TurboExpress handheld console.


  • Nintendo releases the Super Famicom 16-bit console in Japan.


  • SNK releases the Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (AES) home console.

  • October 6, Sega Game Gear released in Japan, launched in North America in 1991 and Europe and Australia in 1992.

  • November 30, Sega's Mega Drive released in Europe.


  • Amstrad halts production of the ZX Spectrum, ending that platform's 8-year dominance of the UK home computer market.



References





  1. ^ Christophe de Dinechin (November 9, 2007). "Grenouille Bouillie: The dawn of 3D games". Grenouille-bouillie.blogspot.com. Retrieved December 8, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}










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