Notable events of 1992 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... see also: 1991 in games, 1993 in games Games Released or Invented in 1992 Advanced Third Reich Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Super Mario Kart Street Fighter II Game awards given in 1992 Spiel des Jahres: Um Reifenbreite - Rob Bontenbal, Jumbo See also 1992 in video gaming Categories: | | ... Notable events of 1991 in computer and video games. ... Notable events of 1993 in computer and video games. ... Home video-game systems became popular during the 1970s and 80s. ...

Events

Mortal Kombat featured digitized characters rather than typical hand-drawn ones.

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Notable releases

• Origin Systems releases Ultima VII: The Black Gate for the PC.
• Midway Games releases the Mortal Kombat arcade game, which features bloody "fatalities", digitized characters, and started a franchise of games and movies.
• August — Sega releases the Virtua Racing arcade game, one of the first 3D polygonal racing games.
• October 15 — Sega releases the controversial Night Trap video game for the Mega-CD console.
• Blue Sky Productions releases Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, the first ever first-person 3D CRPG.
• id Software releases Wolfenstein 3D, credited with putting the first-person shooter genre for the PC on the map.
• Nintendo releases Kirby's Dream Land for the Game Boy, the first game featuring the character Kirby.
• Interplay publishes Alone in the Dark, widely considered the first survival horror game.
• Sega publishes Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear), which features the first appearance of Super Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower.
• Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the only Zelda game released for the Super Famicom/SNES.
• Super Mario Kart (Nintendo, Super Famicom/SNES), the first in the Mario Kart series, spawned the mascot/go-kart subgenre of racing games
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins was released for the Game Boy, introducing Wario to the Mario series
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was released by LucasArts. It was considered one of the most advanced adventure games of the time and was a breakthrough for LucasArts' SCUMM games
• Dune II was released by Westwood Studios, creating the template for the modern real-time strategy genre.
• Virgin Games publishes The 7th Guest, which becomes a best seller.
• Accolade publishes Star Control 2.

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, released in Japan on November 21, 1991, as ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース (Zeruda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Toraifōsu, literally The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods... The Legend of Zelda series (ゼルダの伝説 シリーズ; often shortened to just Zelda series) is a series of action-adventure video games created by Nintendo and industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto beginning in 1986. ... This article should be merged with Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Famicom design differed from that of the American SNES, though the controllers are almost the same. ... The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ... Super Mario Kart is the first video game in the Mario Kart series, released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... A screenshot from Mario Kart DS Mario Kart is a series of Nintendo racing games that feature characters from the Mario Bros. ... 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Hardware

• JVC releases the Wondermega console in Japan, a Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD put into one console (later released as the X'eye in North America)
• Philips releases the CD-i multimedia home console
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System released in Europe
• Sega releases the Sega CD (an add-on for the Sega Genesis) in North America, almost a year after the equivalent Japanese launch
• Taito Corporation creates the Wowow home console (unreleased)
• TTI (Turbo Technologies Inc.) releases the TurboDuo home console

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Business

• Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
• Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
• Activision (as Mediagenic) files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
• New companies: Wow Entertainment Inc. (AM1), Humongous Entertainment