1993 in video gaming

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March — In Sweden, the Swedish video game magazine Super PLAY (SP) starts. The original name is Super Power.
Midway Games embroiled in controversy for its game Mortal Kombat from 1992 when the game is launched for video game consoles in 1993.
The first use of motion control photography in video games, used by Stormfront Studios in Eagle Eye Mysteries, produced by Scott Orr and published by Electronic Arts.

Electronic Arts releases James Pond 3 for all consoles.
Microprose releases X-Com: Enemy Unknown on December 31.
Microprose releases the Strategy Game of the Year Master of Orion.^[1]
Namco releases Super World Stadium '93, Emeraldia, Nettou! Gekitou! Quiztou!!, Numan Athletics, Ridge Racer, 'Great Sluggers '93, Final Lap R, Cyber Sled and Tinkle Pit.
June: Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle is released by Lucasarts as a sequel to Maniac Mansion and is notable for being one of the acclaimed early titles by designer Tim Schafer.
July: Domark release Championship Manager 93 the second of the series.
August — Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy), which becomes the best-selling handheld game in the series.
August: Infocom and Activision release Return to Zork.
September 24 — Broderbund releases the Myst computer game, which goes on to become one of the bestselling games of all time.
December 10 — id Software releases Doom, a seminal first-person shooter that advanced 3D graphics for computer games.
Nintendo releases the game Star Fox for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the first game to use the Super FX Chip.
Sega releases the Virtua Fighter (by AM2) arcade game, which is later displayed at the Smithsonian Institution.
Stellar Crisis is released, making it the first free multi-player wargame that is entirely browser based.

Squaresoft releases Secret of Mana for the SNES, the second in a series of role-playing games (the first technically being Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy in 1991).
Nintendo releases Kirby's Adventure, the second Kirby game and the only one for the NES.
Nintendo releases the game Super Mario All-Stars for the Super NES. It features the first 3 Super Mario Bros. games together on one. Also, it's the first time the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 is playable in North America.
March 15 — Sunsoft releases Blaster Master 2 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
Maxis releases SimCity 2000, sequel to the tremendously popular SimCity.
December 17 — Sierra On-Line releases Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. It is the first game in the Gabriel Knight series and features the voices of Tim Curry, Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn, and Leah Remini.
Sega releases Sonic CD, Sonic Spinball and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.

Atari Corp. releases the Jaguar home console, calling it the first 64-bit video game system
Commodore Business Machines releases the Amiga CD32 multimedia home console
Goldstar, Panasonic, and Sanyo release their versions of the 3DO, the first 32-bit home console
Nintendo releases a smaller redesigned NES, which allows cartridges to now be inserted at the top of the console, instead of the front.
Pioneer releases the LaserActive multimedia home console
Sega's Mega CD released in Europe and Australia.
Tandy releases the Video Information System (VIS) multimedia home console

Magnavox is acquired by the Carlyle Group
Microprose Inc. is acquired by Spectrum Holobyte
New companies: nVidia Corporation, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Croteam Ltd.