I was born in 1992 and among the esteemed titles released that year, Super Mario Kart comes to mind.
Games released in your birthyear?
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Born in 1989, so let's see...
-Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
-Phantasy Star II
-Final Fight
-Super Mario Land
-Prince of Persia
Honestly, finding out was just a Google search away, those are just the ones that seem relatively notable.
-Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
-Phantasy Star II
-Final Fight
-Super Mario Land
-Prince of Persia
Honestly, finding out was just a Google search away, those are just the ones that seem relatively notable.
1985
Means I get Space Harrier, Ghosts n Goblins, Gauntlet, Ultima IV, Duck Hunt and Gradius. But more importantly, I've also got motherfucking
[HEADING=2]Super Mario Bros![/HEADING]
Means I get Space Harrier, Ghosts n Goblins, Gauntlet, Ultima IV, Duck Hunt and Gradius. But more importantly, I've also got motherfucking
[HEADING=2]Super Mario Bros![/HEADING]
Road Rash(AWESOME!), F-Zero(SUPER AWESOME!!!!), Street Fighter II(meh...), and...
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG?! Fuck my life.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG?! Fuck my life.
Arcade
- February 20, Konami releases Contra
- August 30, Capcom releases Street Fighter, the first game of the series.
- Taito releases Rastan and Operation Wolf.
- Namco releases Wonder Momo, which is their last 8-bit game, Yokai
Dochuki , which is their first 16-bit game, Dragon Spirit, Blazer,
Quester, Pac-Mania, Galaga '88 and Final Lap.
- Atari Games releases RoadBlasters, Xybots, and APB.
Home
- January 14, Nintendo releases Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the
Famicom Disk System in Japan only. The game would go unreleased in
America for nearly two years afterwards.
- July, Technos Japan Corp. releases the Double Dragon arcade game, which
is distributed internationally by the Taito Corporation.
- July 5, the Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
adventure is released by Sierra Entertainment.
- July 7, Konami releases Metal Gear for the MSX2 home computer platform
in Japan and Europe.
- August 22, Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda in America and Europe,
the first of one of their longest-running and most popular series of
games.
- August 28, Konami releases Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, It is the
second Castlevania title released for the NES, following the original
Castlevania.
- October, Nintendo releases Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for NES/Famicom.
- October, LucasArts releases Maniac Mansion, the first game to use the
SCUMM engine, innovating the point-and-click interface for the adventure
game genre.
- December 17, Capcom releases the first Mega Man game in the long-
standing series for the NES/Famicom.
- December 18, Square's Hironobu Sakaguchi releases Final Fantasy for the
Famicom in Japan. This was originally intended to be the company's last
game, since it was facing bankruptcy, but the game's major success
allowed them to turn it into a prolific series ironically titled Final
Fantasy. It was released in the U.S.A. 3 years later.
- December 20, Sega releases Phantasy Star on the Master System, it was
one of the first RPGs to have a Sci-Fi/Fantasy setting and also the
first to feature a female protagonist.
- FTL Games releases Dungeon Master.
- MIDI Maze for the Atari ST is a first person shooter allowing up to 16
computers to be networked via the built-in MIDI ports.
- Incentive Software releases Driller, a precursor to modern first-person
3D games.
- Ocean Software releases Head Over Heels, an isometric arcade adventure,
for several 8-bit home computers.
Hardware
- April, IBM launches the PS/2 line of computers which introduces VGA
graphics and 3.5 inch floppy drives to PCs.
- September, Master System released in Europe.
- October 30 ? NEC releases the PC-Engine console in Japan.
- Acorn releases the Acorn Archimedes 32-bit home computer, which brought
the game Zarch (later known on other platforms as Virus) to prominence.
- Commodore releases the lower-cost Amiga 500 which became a significant
gaming machine, particularly in Europe, and becomes the best-selling
model.
- Atari Corp. releases the XE Game System, or Atari XEGS, a repackaged
65XE computer which is the last in the Atari 8-bit family.
- Master System is released in Japan.
- AdLib sets a de facto standard for PC audio with its Yamaha YM3812-based
sound card.
- Namco develops the Namco System 1 arcade system board, followed later in
the year by the Namco System 2.
- The IBM PCjr is discontinued after three years.
- February 20, Konami releases Contra
- August 30, Capcom releases Street Fighter, the first game of the series.
- Taito releases Rastan and Operation Wolf.
- Namco releases Wonder Momo, which is their last 8-bit game, Yokai
Dochuki , which is their first 16-bit game, Dragon Spirit, Blazer,
Quester, Pac-Mania, Galaga '88 and Final Lap.
- Atari Games releases RoadBlasters, Xybots, and APB.
Home
- January 14, Nintendo releases Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the
Famicom Disk System in Japan only. The game would go unreleased in
America for nearly two years afterwards.
- July, Technos Japan Corp. releases the Double Dragon arcade game, which
is distributed internationally by the Taito Corporation.
- July 5, the Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
adventure is released by Sierra Entertainment.
- July 7, Konami releases Metal Gear for the MSX2 home computer platform
in Japan and Europe.
- August 22, Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda in America and Europe,
the first of one of their longest-running and most popular series of
games.
- August 28, Konami releases Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, It is the
second Castlevania title released for the NES, following the original
Castlevania.
- October, Nintendo releases Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for NES/Famicom.
- October, LucasArts releases Maniac Mansion, the first game to use the
SCUMM engine, innovating the point-and-click interface for the adventure
game genre.
- December 17, Capcom releases the first Mega Man game in the long-
standing series for the NES/Famicom.
- December 18, Square's Hironobu Sakaguchi releases Final Fantasy for the
Famicom in Japan. This was originally intended to be the company's last
game, since it was facing bankruptcy, but the game's major success
allowed them to turn it into a prolific series ironically titled Final
Fantasy. It was released in the U.S.A. 3 years later.
- December 20, Sega releases Phantasy Star on the Master System, it was
one of the first RPGs to have a Sci-Fi/Fantasy setting and also the
first to feature a female protagonist.
- FTL Games releases Dungeon Master.
- MIDI Maze for the Atari ST is a first person shooter allowing up to 16
computers to be networked via the built-in MIDI ports.
- Incentive Software releases Driller, a precursor to modern first-person
3D games.
- Ocean Software releases Head Over Heels, an isometric arcade adventure,
for several 8-bit home computers.
Hardware
- April, IBM launches the PS/2 line of computers which introduces VGA
graphics and 3.5 inch floppy drives to PCs.
- September, Master System released in Europe.
- October 30 ? NEC releases the PC-Engine console in Japan.
- Acorn releases the Acorn Archimedes 32-bit home computer, which brought
the game Zarch (later known on other platforms as Virus) to prominence.
- Commodore releases the lower-cost Amiga 500 which became a significant
gaming machine, particularly in Europe, and becomes the best-selling
model.
- Atari Corp. releases the XE Game System, or Atari XEGS, a repackaged
65XE computer which is the last in the Atari 8-bit family.
- Master System is released in Japan.
- AdLib sets a de facto standard for PC audio with its Yamaha YM3812-based
sound card.
- Namco develops the Namco System 1 arcade system board, followed later in
the year by the Namco System 2.
- The IBM PCjr is discontinued after three years.
I'd throw in Golden Axe, DuckTales, Populous, SimCity and... Minesweeper.Hawki said:
It's also the year the Game Boy and the Power Glove came out.
The original Doom
Myst
Mortal Kombat 2
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
A few other classics as well.
Myst
Mortal Kombat 2
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
A few other classics as well.
Whatever, son.Chimpzy said:
I got The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Dragon Quest, and Metroid in 1986.
And fucking Jackal.
[HEADING=1]Jackal[/HEADING]
Boom, bitches.
1988 here.
Apparently Final Fantasy II, King's Quest IV and Super Mario Bros. 2 were all released in 1988. Not to shabby.
Apparently Final Fantasy II, King's Quest IV and Super Mario Bros. 2 were all released in 1988. Not to shabby.