1995 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Mario's Picross Chrono Trigger Mega Man 7 Rayman Twisted Metal Star Wars: Dark Forces Destruction Derby Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Events [ ] May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek (then called Video Game Advisor)
May 11–13 — The 1st annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is held in Los Angeles, California .[1]
November 5 — GameFAQs debuts on the web, as an archive of video game FAQs
November 24 — Nintendo unveils a playable version of the Nintendo Ultra 64, later renamed the Nintendo 64 , at the 7th Annual Nintendo Space World Software Exhibition in Japan. Thirteen games were demonstrated but only two were in playable form, Kirby Ball 64 and Super Mario 64 [2] Notable releases [ ]
Notable releases of the year 1995
Release
Title
System
Developer /Publisher
Notes
January 1
Battle Arena Toshinden PS1
Tamsoft /SCEA one of the first fully 3D fighting games
January 13
Bust-a-Move SNES
Taito
February 15
Star Wars: Dark Forces DOS
LucasArts The first in a successful series of Star Wars first-person shooters .
February 16
Ristar SMD
Sonic Team /Sega a platform game
February 24
Front Mission SNES
G-Craft\Squaresoft
March 10
Panzer Dragoon Sat
Team Andromeda \Sega
March 11
Chrono Trigger SNES
Square
March 14
Mario's Picross GB
Jupiter \Nintendo the first installment in a series of Mario-themed Picross titles released in the mid-1990s.
March 17
Descent DOS
Parallax Software Portal rendering with texture-mapped polygons, polygonal enemies, and six degrees of freedom.
March 21
Kirby's Dream Land 2 GB
HAL Laboratory \Nintendo an installment in the Kirby series .
March 24
Mega Man 7 SNES
Capcom
April 15
Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade
April 27
Jumping Flash! PS1
Exact/SCEA
April 28
Super Bomberman 3 SNES
Hudson Soft first game in the Super Bomberman series to not get an American release; final game in the series released outside Japan.
April 30
Full Throttle DOS, Win, Mac
LucasArts graphical adventure
May 25
Light Crusader SMD
Treasure \Sega
May
King Arthur & the Knights of Justice SNES
Enix
June 5
EarthBound SNES
Ape, Inc. /Nintendo is localized for US audiences, garnering a cult following in the US.
June 5
Street Fighter Alpha Arcade
Capcom
June 7
Flight Unlimited DOS, Win95
Looking Glass Studios
July 21
Castlevania: Dracula X SNES
Konami Port of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
July 24
MechWarrior 2 DOS
Activision
July 25
The King of Fighters '95 Arcade
SNK second installment in the King of Fighters series.
July 31
Phantasmagoria Sierra Online a controversial point-and-click adventure game
August 5
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES
A critically acclaimed platformer.
August 31
Command & Conquer DOS, Mac
Westwood Studios One of the first popular real-time strategy games, it spawned a franchise.
August 31
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest DOS
New World Computing the first game in the popular turn-based strategy game franchise
August
Comix Zone SMD
Sega A beat 'em up game heavily inspired by comic books.
August
Tekken 2 Arcade
Namco
September 1
Rayman PS1, Sat, Jag
Ubisoft The first game in the popular series.
October 6
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together SNES
Quest Corporation
October 20
Terranigma SNES
Quintet
October 27
Panel de Pon SNES
Intelligent Systems \Nintendoreleased in America under the name "Tetris Attack", featuring a Yoshi's Island theme.
October 31
Destruction Derby PS1
Reflections Interactive \Psygnosis
October 31
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream DOS, Mac
Cyberdreams an adaptation of writer Harlan Ellison 's short story , won Computer Gaming World 's award for "Best Graphic Adventure Game" of the year.
October 31
Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM) Win, Mac
LucasArts
October
Time Crisis Arcade
Namco
November 5
Twisted Metal PS1
SingleTrac /Sony Computer Entertainment Started longest running PlayStation franchise, popular vehicular combat series.
November 21
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES
Rareware /Nintendo
November 24
Battle Arena Toshinden 2 PS1, Arcade
Tamsoft \Capcom
November 24
Marathon 2: Durandal Mac
Bungie
November 30
The Dig DOS, Mac
LucasArts adventure game.
December
Worms Ami
Team17 an artillery video game and the first game in the Worms series
December
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium SMD
Sega localization of the 1993 Japanese game to North America, December 8 EU .
December
Time Crisis Arcade Namco the first game in the popular light-gun series Time Crisis.
December 1
Mega Man X3 SNES
Capcom
December 9
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation SNES
Heartbeat \Enix
December 9
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness DOS, Mac
Blizzard sequel to their initial real-time strategy title, and a far more popular title.
December 15
Tales of Phantasia SNES
Namco the first in the Tales series .
December 15
Suikoden PS1
Konami debut of the Suikoden
December 15
Brain Dead 13 DOS
ReadySoft An "FMV adventure" game.
December 22
Final Fight 3 SNES
Capcom
December 31
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery DOS, Win, Mac
Sierra On-Line Adventure game; sequel to Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
December 31
King's Field II PS1
From Software first game in the King's Field series to eventually be released outside Japan; renamed simply "King's Field" in NTSC-U/C and PAL regions when released there in 1996.
Hardware [ ] Business [ ] New companies: BioWare , Frog City , Interworld Productions (renamed Mythic Entertainment in 1997), Remedy , TalonSoft
Defunct: Cyberdreams
Nintendo v. Samsung Electronics; Nintendo sues Samsung for promoting software piracy. The suit is settled.
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. NTDEC References [ ]
↑ "Attendance and Stats" . IGN. Retrieved May 21, 2015 .↑ Semrad, Ed (February 1996). "Ultra 64 Unveiled". Electronic Gaming Monthly Ziff Davis ) (79): 6. ↑ Cifaldi, Frank (May 11, 2010). "This Day in History: Sega Announces Surprise Saturn Launch" . 1UP.com IGN . Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015 . ↑ Cifaldi, Frank (September 9, 2010). "This Day in History: Sony's PlayStation Launches in the U.S." 1UP.com IGN . Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015 . ↑ Roberts, Dave (September 29, 2005). "The day our world changed" . Market for Home Computing and Video Games the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015 . The original PlayStation launched on September 29th 1995 priced £299.
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