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1991 in video gaming

Index 1991 in video gaming

1991 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Mega Man 4, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Sonic the Hedgehog. [1]

73 relations: Alien Breed (video game), Amiga, Another World (video game), AOL, Arcade game, AT&T Corporation, Atari, Blizzard Entertainment, Bungie, Capcom, Civilization (video game), Cyberdreams, Delphine Software International, Electronic Arts, Electronic Gaming Monthly, F-Zero (video game), Fighting game, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy IV, Game Boy, Game Gear, Glossary of video game terms, Graphics processing unit, Id Software, Japan, Konami, Lemming, Lemmings (video game), LucasArts, Mario, Mascot, Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Master System, Mega Man 4, Metroid II: Return of Samus, MicroProse, Microsoft Windows, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Neverwinter Nights (1991 video game), Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, North America, Polygon, Road Rash, Rockstar North, S3 Graphics, Sega, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sid Meier, ..., Sierra Entertainment, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game), Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sprite (computer graphics), Square (company), Stormfront Studios, Strategic Simulations, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Super Castlevania IV, Super Mario World, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Team17, Tecmo, Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Super Bowl, The 3DO Company, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Shadow of Yserbius, TSR (company), Vicarious Visions, Yoshi, 1UP.com. Expand index (23 more) »

Alien Breed (video game)

Alien Breed is the first in the ''Alien Breed'' series of science fiction shooter video games played with a top-down view, for one or two players.

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Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Another World (video game)

Another World, also known as Out of This World in North America and Outer World in Japan, is a 1991 cinematic platformer action-adventure game designed by Éric Chahi for Delphine Software.

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AOL

AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc., originally known as America Online, and stylized as Aol.) is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.

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Arcade game

An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.

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AT&T Corporation

AT&T Corp., originally the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is the subsidiary of AT&T that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.

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Atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by Atari Interactive, a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA.

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Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California, and is a subsidiary of the American company Activision Blizzard.

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Bungie

Bungie, Inc. is an American video game developer located in Bellevue, Washington, United States.

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Capcom

is a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for creating numerous multi-million selling game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter, and Dead Rising, as well as games based on the Disney animated properties.

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Civilization (video game)

Sid Meier's Civilization is the first in a series of turn-based "4X"-type strategy video game created by Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley for MicroProse in 1991.

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Cyberdreams

Cyberdreams Interactive Entertainment was a video game publisher located in California that specialized in adventure games developed in collaboration with famous names from the fantasy, horror and science fiction genres between 1990 and 1997.

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Delphine Software International

Delphine Software International was a French video game developer company.

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Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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Electronic Gaming Monthly

Electronic Gaming Monthly (often abbreviated to EGM) is a monthly American video game magazine.

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F-Zero (video game)

F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

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Fighting game

A fighting game is a video game genre based around interpersonal combat between a limited amount of characters, in which they fight until they defeat their opponents or the timer expires.

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Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy is a science fiction and fantasy media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square).

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Final Fantasy IV

, known as Final Fantasy II for its initial North American release (and not to be confused with the original Japanese Final Fantasy II), is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Game Boy

The is an 8-bit handheld game console which was developed and manufactured by Nintendo and first released on the 100th anniversary of Nintendo in Japan on, in North America on and in Europe on.

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Game Gear

The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990 in Japan, in April throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia.

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Glossary of video game terms

This is a glossary of video game terms which lists the general terms as commonly used in Wikipedia articles related to video games and its industry.

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Graphics processing unit

A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.

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Id Software

id Software LLC (see Company name) is an American video game developer headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Konami

, commonly referred to as Konami, is a Japanese entertainment and gaming conglomerate.

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Lemming

A lemming is a small rodent usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes.

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Lemmings (video game)

Lemmings is a puzzle-platformer video game originally developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga in 1991 and later ported for numerous other platforms.

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LucasArts

LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game publisher and licensor.

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Mario

() is a fictional character in the ''Mario'' video game franchise, owned by Nintendo and created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.

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Mascot

A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.

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Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are a combination of role-playing video games and massively multiplayer online games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual world.

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Master System

The is a third-generation home video game console that was manufactured by Sega.

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Mega Man 4

Mega Man 4, known in Japan as, is an action-platform game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Metroid II: Return of Samus

Metroid II: Return of Samus is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy handheld game console.

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MicroProse

MicroProse Software Inc. was an American video game publisher and developer founded by "Wild" Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts in 1991.

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Neverwinter Nights (1991 video game)

Neverwinter Nights was the first multiplayer online role-playing game to display graphics, and ran from 1991 to 1997 on AOL.

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Nintendo

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Polygon

In elementary geometry, a polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a finite chain of straight line segments closing in a loop to form a closed polygonal chain or circuit.

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Road Rash

Road Rash is a motorcycle-racing video game series by Electronic Arts in which the player participates in violent, illegal street races.

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Rockstar North

Rockstar North Limited (formerly DMA Design Limited) is a British video game developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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S3 Graphics

S3 Graphics, Ltd (commonly referred to as S3) is an American computer graphics company.

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Sega

Sega Games Co., Ltd., originally short for Service Games and officially styled as SEGA, is a Japanese multinational video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices around the world.

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Sega CD

The Sega CD, released as the in most regions outside North America and Brazil, is a CD-ROM accessory for the Sega Genesis video game console designed and produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles.

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Sega Genesis

The Sega Genesis, known as the in regions outside of North America, is a 16-bit home video game console developed and sold by Sega.

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Sid Meier

Sidney K. Meier (born February 24, 1954) is a Canadian-American programmer, designer, and producer of several strategy video games and simulation video games, including the Civilization series.

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Sierra Entertainment

Sierra Entertainment, Inc. (formerly On-Line Systems and later Sierra On-Line, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher based in Bellevue, Washington.

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game franchise created and produced by Sega.

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Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)

is a platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis console.

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Sonic the Hedgehog (character)

Sonic the Hedgehog is the title character and protagonist of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series released by Sega, as well as numerous spin-off comics, animations, and other media.

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Sprite (computer graphics)

In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene.

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Square (company)

was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1986 by Masafumi Miyamoto.

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Stormfront Studios

Stormfront Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California.

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Strategic Simulations

Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) was a video game developer and publisher with over 100 titles to its credit since its founding in 1979.

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Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is a competitive fighting game developed by Capcom and released for arcades in.

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Super Castlevania IV

Super Castlevania IV is a platform game developed and published by Konami and the first Castlevania game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Super Mario World

Super Mario World is a 1990 side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (officially abbreviated the Super NES or SNES, and colloquially shortened to Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America.

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Team17

Team17 Group plc is a British video game developer based in Wakefield, England.

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Tecmo

, was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967.

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Tecmo Bowl

is an American football arcade game developed and released by Tecmo in 1987.

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Tecmo Super Bowl

Tecmo Super Bowl is an American football video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that was released on December 13, 1991.

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The 3DO Company

The 3DO Company (formerly THDO on the NASDAQ stock exchange), also known as 3DO, was an American video game company.

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.

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The Shadow of Yserbius

The Shadow of Yserbius, originally published by Sierra On-Line and developed by Joe Ybarra of Ybarra Productions, was the first of three graphical MUDs for the online community.

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TSR (company)

TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company and the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

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Vicarious Visions

Vicarious Visions, Inc. is a video game developer, based in Menands, New York.

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Yoshi

(), once romanized as Yossy, is a fictional anthropomorphic dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo.

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1UP.com

1UP.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_video_gaming

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