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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 [ edit ]
Notable releases of the year 1995
Release
Title
System
Developer /Publisher Notes
February 15
Star Wars: Dark Forces MS-DOS LucasArts is the first in a successful series of Star Wars -based first-person shooters .
February 16
Ristar Genesis
Sonic Team /Sega a platform game .
March 11
Chrono Trigger SNES Square was their largest game for the system at 32 megabits , included multiple ways to finish the game.
March 17
Descent MS-DOS
Parallax Software popularized the use of portal rendering technology and provided six full degrees of freedom.
April 15
Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade
April 27
Jumping Flash! PlayStation Exact/SCEA
The first PlayStation game to be released in America.
April 30
Full Throttle LucasArts adventure game.
June 5
EarthBound SNES
Ape, Inc. /Nintendo is localized for US audiences, garnering a cult following in the US.
June 7
Flight Unlimited MS-DOS, Win95
Looking Glass Studios possibly the first home flight simulator to use fluid dynamic physics.
June 29
Aquanaut's Holiday PlayStation Artdink , SCEA A launch title for the PlayStation.
July
The Legend of Sword and Fairy Softstar
July 31
Phantasmagoria Sierra Online a controversial game that strays from Sierra's typically family-oriented adventures.
August 5
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES
One of the last popular platformers for the SNES.
August 31
Command & Conquer Westwood Studios one of the first popular real-time strategy games and spawns a franchise.
August 31
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest New World Computing the first game in the popular turn-based strategy game franchise
August 31
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Origin ambitious computer game of the time, with a $12 million USD budget for its interactive-movie/space simulation content.
August
Comix Zone Sega Genesis
Sega A Beat 'em up
August
Tekken 2 Arcade, PS1
Namco sold over 3,000,000 copies worldwide.
September 1
Rayman PlayStation , Saturn Ubisoft The first game in the popular series.
October 20
Terranigma SNES Quintet One of the last Action RPG on SNES.
October 31
Destruction Derby
October 31
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Cyberdreams an adaptation of writer Harlan Ellison's short story that won Computer Gaming World's award for "Best Graphic Adventure Game" of the year.
October
Time Crisis Arcade
Namco
November 5
Twisted Metal PlayStation SingleTrac /Sony Computer Entertainment Longest running PlayStation franchise, popular vehicular combat series.
November 21
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES
Rareware /Nintendo the sequel to the hugely popular Donkey Kong Country
November 24
Marathon 2: Durandal Bungie
November 30
The Dig LucasArts adventure game.
December
Worms Amiga Team 17 it is an artillery video game and the first game in the Worms series
December
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium Genesis Sega localizes the 1993 Japanese game US , December 8 EU ; marking the end of the original series.
December 9
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Blizzard sequel to their initial real-time strategy title, and a far more refined and popular title.
December 15
Tales of Phantasia Namco the first in the Tales series .
December 15
Suikoden Konami debut of the Suikoden series
December 15
Brain Dead 13 MS-DOS ReadySoft An "FMV adventure" game from the creators of Dragon's Lair .
December 31
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery Sierra On-Line Adventure game; sequel to Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers .
Hardware [ edit ] Business [ edit ] Lawsuits [ edit ]
Nintendo v. Samsung Electronics; Nintendo sues Samsung for promoting software piracy. The suit is settled.
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. NTDEC
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