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1995 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Quest VI, Mega Man 7, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and Tekken 2, along with new titles such as Mario's Picross, Battle Arena Toshinden, Chrono Trigger, Rayman, Twisted Metal, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Destruction Derby, Wipeout and Jumping Flash!

The year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Virtua Fighter 2, while the best-selling arcade video games in the United States were Daytona USA (for the second year in a row) and Mortal Kombat 3. The home video game with the highest known sales in 1995 was Dragon Quest VI, despite only releasing in Japan. The Super Famicom was the best-selling game console in Japan, while the North American Super Nintendo was the best-selling console in North America.

Legend

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Video game platforms
3DO3DOAMIAmigaArcadeArcade video game
DOSDOS / MS-DOSGBGame BoyGENSega Genesis / Mega Drive
GGGame GearJAGAtari JaguarMACClassic Mac OS, 2001 and before
NESNintendo Entertainment System / FamicomPCFXPC-FXPS1PlayStation 1
SATSega SaturnSCDSega CD / Mega CDSNESSuper Nintendo / Super
Famicom / Super Comboy
WINMicrosoft Windows, all
versions Windows 95 and up
Genre notes
Action-adventureAction-adventure gameAdventureAdventure gameArtilleryArtillery game
BrawlerBeat 'em upFightingFighting gameFPSFirst-person shooter
PlatformerPlatformerPuzzlePuzzle video gameRacingRacing game
RoguelikeRoguelikeRPGRole-playing video gameRTSReal-time strategy
SimulationSimulation video gameSportsSports video gameTBSTurn-based strategy
TPSThird-person shooter

Hardware releases

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The original NA Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn

Top-rated games

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Major awards

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Category/Publication Game Players
1995 Awards
(Christmas 1995)[6] 		Gamest
9th Gamest Awards
(December 1995)[7] 		GameFan
4th Annual 1995 Megawards
(January 1996)[8] 		GamePro
1995 Editors' Choice Awards
(February 1996)[9] 		Electronic Gaming Monthly
1996 Buyer's Guide Awards 		Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power Awards
(May 1996)[10]
Game of the Year Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Yoshi's Island (16-bit),
Jumping Flash! (32-bit) 		— Twisted Metal —
Best Arcade Game Alpine Racer Virtua Fighter 2 — Tekken 2 Tekken 2 —
Best PlayStation Game Wipeout — Jumping Flash! Doom Twisted Metal —
Best Saturn Game Virtua Fighter 2 — Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Panzer Dragoon —
Best SNES Game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — Yoshi's Island Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Chrono Trigger Chrono Trigger
Best Genesis Game NHL 96 — Vectorman Vectorman Vectorman —
Best 3DO Game Blade Force — D Wolfenstein 3D Gex —
Best Jaguar Game Rayman — — Defender 2000 Cannon Fodder —
Best Neo-Geo Game — — — World Heroes Perfect The King of Fighters '95 —
Best CD-i Game — — — Chaos Control — —
Best Sega CD Game Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side — — Earthworm Jim: Special Edition Lunar: Eternal Blue —
Best 32X Game Virtua Fighter — — WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game Virtua Fighter —
Best Game Boy Game Arcade Classic series (Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, Millipede, Galaga, Galaxian, Defender, Joust) — Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land
Best Game Gear Game Garfield: Caught in the Act — Ristar Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi —
Best Virtual Boy Game Mario's Tennis — Red Alarm Mario's Tennis Red Alarm Virtual Boy Wario Land
Best Story — — — — Unknown Chrono Trigger
Best Visuals Virtua Fighter 2 (32-bit),
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (16-bit) 		Virtua Fighter 2 — — Rayman Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Best Music/Sound Twisted Metal Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Night Warriors) Skeleton Warriors — Chrono Trigger and Rayman (tie) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Best Fighting Game Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Virtua Fighter 2 and Killer Instinct (tie) — Battle Arena Toshinden Killer Instinct
Best Sports Game World Series Baseball (Saturn) — — NFL GameDay NFL GameDay NHL 96
Best Action/Platform Game Jumping Flash! Puyo Puyo 2 Yoshi's Island — Yoshi's Island —
Best RPG Chrono Trigger — EarthBound Chrono Trigger Chrono Trigger Chrono Trigger
Best Shooter Virtua Cop TwinBee Yahho! Panzer Dragoon and Pulstar (tie) — Philosoma —
Best Driving/Racing Game Wipeout — Sega Rally Championship and Wipeout (tie) — Ridge Racer —
Best Flight Simulator Warhawk — Warhawk — Air Combat —
Best Adventure Game Beyond Oasis — D, Mansion of Hidden Souls, Discworld (tie) — Unknown Chrono Trigger

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

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The following video game releases in 1995 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[11]

Title Platform Publisher Genre Score (out of 40)
Virtua Fighter 2 SAT Sega Fighting 39
Ridge Racer Revolution PS1 Namco Racing 39
Tekken PS1 Namco Fighting 38
Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furai no Shiren (Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer) SNES Chunsoft Roguelike 38
Sega Rally Championship SAT Sega Racing 36
Virtua Fighter Remix SAT Sega Fighting 35
King's Field II PS1 FromSoftware RPG 35
Boxer's Road PS1 New Corporation Sports (boxing) 35
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner SAT Atlus RPG 35

Financial performance

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Highest-grossing arcade games

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Japan

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In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1995, according to the annual Gamest and Game Machine charts.

Rank Gamest[7] Game Machine[12]
Title Manufacturer Title Type Points
1 Virtua Fighter 2 Sega Virtua Fighter 2 PCB / DX 7887
2 Street Fighter Zero (Street Fighter Alpha) Capcom Daytona USA 2P / DX 3721
3 Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Night Warriors) Capcom Sega Rally Championship 2P / DX 3456
4 Tekken Namco Virtua Cop Dedicated 3204
5 The King of Fighters '94 SNK Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move) PCB 3186
6 Super Street Fighter II X (Super Street Fighter II Turbo) Capcom Taisen Puzzle-Dama (Crazy Cross) PCB 3111
7 X-Men: Children of the Atom Capcom Puyo Puyo 2 PCB 2639
8 Shin Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown II) SNK Tetris (Sega) PCB 2638
9 Tekken 2 Namco Shanghai III PCB 2455
10 Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move) Taito Ace Driver Dedicated 2414

United States

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In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1995, according to the American Amusement Machine Association (AAMA) and Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA).

Rank AAMA[13][14] AMOA[15][16]
Title Award Dedicated cabinet Conversion kit
1 Daytona USA,
Neo Geo MVS,
Mortal Kombat 3 		Diamond Cruis'n USA Mortal Kombat 3
2 Daytona USA,
Killer Instinct,
Mortal Kombat II,
Mortal Kombat 3 		Mortal Kombat II,
Raiden II,
Tekken,
X-Men: Children of the Atom
3
4 Sega Rally Championship,
WWF WrestleMania,
Area 51 		Platinum
5
6 — —
7 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge,
Indy 500,
Virtua Fighter 2,
Virtua Cop 		Silver
8
9
10

Best-selling video game consoles

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Rank Manufacturer Game console Type Generation Sales
Japan USA Worldwide
1 Nintendo SNES Home 16-bit 1,780,000[17] 2,000,000 3,518,000+
2 Sony PS1 Home 32-bit 1,700,000[18] 800,000[18] 3,100,000[18]
3 Sega SAT Home 32-bit 1,660,000[17] 400,000[19] 2,060,000+
4 Sega GEN Home 16-bit 30,000[17] 1,968,000[20] 1,998,000+
5 Nintendo GB Handheld 8-bit 1,000,000[17] Unknown 1,000,000+
6 Panasonic 3DO Home 32-bit 150,000[17] 250,000[21] 400,000+
7 Nintendo NES Home 8-bit 80,000[17] 104,000[20] 184,000+
8 Sega GG Handheld 8-bit 180,000[17] Unknown 180,000+
9 Atari Corp JAG Home 32-bit Unknown 150,000[21] 150,000+
10 NEC PCFX Home 32-bit 120,000[17] Unknown 120,000+

Best-selling home video games

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The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1995 in Japan and the United States.

Rank Title Platform Sales
Japan USA[22][23][24] Combined
1 Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (Realms of Reverie) SNES 2,482,640[25] — 2,482,640
2 Chrono Trigger SNES 2,000,000+[26] Unknown 2,000,000+
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES 1,000,000+[27] 1,000,000+ 2,000,000+
Mortal Kombat 3 SNES, GEN — 2,000,000+ 2,000,000+
5 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES 987,295[25] 1,000,000+ 1,987,295+
6 Donkey Kong Country (Super Donkey Kong) SNES 643,028[28] 1,000,000+ 1,643,028+
7 Virtua Fighter 2 SAT 1,500,000+[29] Unknown 1,500,000+
8 Derby Stallion III SNES 1,086,141[28] — 1,086,141
9 Killer Instinct SNES — 1,000,000+ 1,000,000+
10 Tekken PS1 942,000[30] Unknown 942,000+

Japan

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In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1995.

Rank Title Platform Publisher Genre Sales Ref
1 Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (Realms of Reverie) SNES Enix RPG 2,482,640 [25]
2 Chrono Trigger SNES Squaresoft RPG 2,000,000+ [26]
3 Virtua Fighter 2 SAT Sega Fighting 1,500,000+ [29]
4 Derby Stallion III SNES ASCII Corporation Simulation 1,086,141 [28]
5 Super Mario: Yoshi Island (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) SNES Nintendo Platformer 1,000,000+ [27]
6 Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy (Donkey Kong Country 2) SNES Nintendo Platformer 987,295 [25]
7 Tekken PS1 Namco Fighting 942,000 [30]
8 Romancing SaGa 3 SNES Squaresoft RPG 786,000
9 Arc the Lad PS1 Sony RPG 697,000
10 Mobile Suit Gundam PS1 Bandai FPS 668,242 [28]

United States

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In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1995.[22][23][24]

Rank Title Publisher Genre Platform(s) Sales
1 Mortal Kombat 3 Williams Entertainment Fighting SNES, GEN 2,000,000+
2 Donkey Kong Country Nintendo Platformer SNES 1,000,000+
3 Killer Instinct Nintendo Fighting SNES 1,000,000+
4 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Nintendo Platformer SNES 1,000,000+
5 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Nintendo Platformer SNES 1,000,000+
6 Madden NFL '96 EA Sports Sports GEN Unknown
7 NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Acclaim Entertainment Sports GEN
8 SNES
9 Mortal Kombat II Acclaim Entertainment Fighting GEN
10 The Lion King Virgin Interactive Platformer SNES

United Kingdom

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In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of 1995.[31]

Rank CD-ROM Cartridge
1 FIFA Soccer 96
2 Destruction Derby FIFA Soccer 95
3 Command & Conquer The Lion King
4 Discworld Theme Park
5 Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity Mortal Kombat 3
6 Star Wars: Dark Forces Killer Instinct
7 Wipeout Mickey Mania
8 Tekken Brian Lara Cricket
9 Star Wars: Rebel Assault Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96
10 Theme Park Premier Manager

Events

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  • January or February – Stars! is released as shareware.
  • April 6 – Funco Inc., parent company of video game retailer FuncoLand, announces that vice president and director Stanley Bodine is promoted to president and chief operating officer, replacing founder David R. Pomije, who will remain as chairman and chief executive. Financial controller Robert Hiben is also named chief financial officer, while vice president of merchandising and information systems Michael Hinnenkamp resigns from the company to pursue other career opportunities.[32]
  • 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.[33]
  • 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.[34]

Business

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Games released in 1995

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Release Date Title Platform Developer/Publisher Genre Ref
January 1 Battle Arena Toshinden PS1 Tamsoft/SCEA Fighting [citation needed]
January 13 Bust-a-Move SNES Taito [citation needed]
February 15 Star Wars: Dark Forces DOS LucasArts FPS [citation needed]
February 16 Ristar GEN Sonic Team/Sega Platformer [citation needed]
February 24 Front Mission SNES G-Craft/Squaresoft [citation needed]
March 10 Panzer Dragoon SAT Team Andromeda/Sega [citation needed]
March 11 Chrono Trigger SNES Square [citation needed]
March 14 Mario's Picross GB Jupiter/Nintendo Puzzle [citation needed]
March 17 Descent DOS Parallax Software [citation needed]
March 17 Discworld DOS, MAC, PS1 Psygnosis [citation needed]
March 21 Kirby's Dream Land 2 GB HAL Laboratory/Nintendo [citation needed]
March 24 Mega Man 7 SNES Capcom [citation needed]
April Jagged Alliance DOS Madlab Software/Sir-Tech [citation needed]
April 15 Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade, SNES, PS1, GB, GEN [citation needed]
April 27 Jumping Flash! PS1 Exact/SCEA [citation needed]
April 28 Super Bomberman 3 SNES Hudson Soft [citation needed]
April 30 Full Throttle DOS, MAC LucasArts Adventure [citation needed]
May 25 Light Crusader GEN Treasure/Sega [citation needed]
May King Arthur & the Knights of Justice SNES Enix [citation needed]
June 5 Street Fighter Alpha Arcade Capcom [citation needed]
June 7 Flight Unlimited DOS, WIN Looking Glass Studios [citation needed]
June 21 Tekken 2 Arcade Namco [citation needed]
June 30 Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity DOS, MAC Spectrum HoloByte [citation needed]
July 11 Space Quest 6 DOS, MAC Sierra Online Adventure [citation needed]
July 21 Castlevania: Dracula X SNES Konami [citation needed]
July 24 MechWarrior 2 DOS Activision [citation needed]
July 25 The King of Fighters '95 Arcade SNK [citation needed]
July 31 Phantasmagoria DOS, WIN, MAC Sierra Online Adventure [citation needed]
August 2 Comix Zone GEN Sega Brawler [citation needed]
August 5 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island SNES Nintendo Platformer [citation needed]
August 11 Shining Wisdom SAT Camelot/Sega Action-adventure [citation needed]
August 31 Command & Conquer DOS, MAC Westwood Studios RTS [citation needed]
August 31 Fade to Black DOS Delphine Software International TPS [35]
August 31 Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest DOS New World Computing TBS [citation needed]
September Wild Woody SCD Sega [36]
September 9 Rayman PS1, SAT, JAG Ubisoft [citation needed]
September 22 Exector PS1 Arc System Works [citation needed]
October 1 Secret of Evermore SNES Square [citation needed]
October 6 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together SNES Quest Corporation [citation needed]
October 13 Hyper Iria SNES Banpresto [citation needed]
October 15 Hexen: Beyond Heretic DOS, MAC Raven Software/id Software [citation needed]
October 20 Terranigma SNES Quintet [citation needed]
October 27 Panel de Pon SNES Intelligent Systems/Nintendo [citation needed]
October 31 Destruction Derby PS1 Reflections Interactive/Psygnosis [citation needed]
October 31 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream DOS, MAC Cyberdreams Adventure [citation needed]
October 31 Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM) WIN, MAC LucasArts [citation needed]
November 5 Twisted Metal PS1 SingleTrac/Sony Computer Entertainment Vehicular combat [citation needed]
November 11 Romancing SaGa 3 SNES Square [citation needed]
November 20 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES Rareware/Nintendo [citation needed]
November 24 Battle Arena Toshinden 2 PS1, Arcade Tamsoft/Capcom [citation needed]
November 24 Marathon 2: Durandal MAC Bungie [citation needed]
November 30 The Dig DOS, MAC LucasArts Adventure [citation needed]
December Soul Edge Arcade Namco [citation needed]
December Worms AMI Team17 Artillery [citation needed]
December Time Crisis Arcade Namco light gun [citation needed]
December 1 Mega Man X3 SNES Capcom [citation needed]
December 9 Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation SNES Heartbeat/Enix [citation needed]
December 9 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness DOS, MAC Blizzard [citation needed]
December 15 Tales of Phantasia SNES Namco [citation needed]
December 15 Suikoden PS1 Konami [citation needed]
December 15 Brain Dead 13 DOS ReadySoft Adventure [citation needed]
December 22 Final Fight 3 SNES Capcom [citation needed]
December 31 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery DOS, WIN, MAC Sierra On-Line Adventure [citation needed]
December 31 King's Field II PS1 From Software [citation needed]

See also

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