1989 in video games
Overview of the events of 1989 in video games
1989 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Phantasy Star II Super Mario Land Super Monaco GP Big Run Bonk's Adventure Final Fight Golden Axe Strider Hard Drivin' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 in North America, and the Game Boy worldwide along with Tetris Super Mario Land
The year's highest-grossing arcade games in Japan were Namco 's Final Lap Sega's Tetris , while the highest-grossing arcade video games in the United States were Double Dragon Super Off Road Hard Drivin' arcade cabinets and Capcom Bowling Ninja Gaiden arcade conversion kits. The year's best‑selling home system was the Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) for the sixth year in a row, while the year's best-selling home video games were Super Mario Bros. 3 RoboCop
Highest-grossing arcade games
Japan
In Japan , the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1989.
Hong Kong and United Kingdom
In Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top-grossing arcade games of each month.
United States
In the United States , the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1989.
Rank
AMOA[ 6] [ 7]
RePlay [ 8] AMAA[ 9]
Dedicated arcade cabinet
Conversion kit
Dedicated cabinet
Conversion kit
1
Double Dragon Capcom Bowling Super Off Road Ninja Gaiden Hard Drivin'
2
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja Operation Thunderbolt Super Off Road John Elway's Quarterback Ninja Gaiden Shinobi Tetris (Atari)Cabal Hard Drivin' Cabal Tetris (Atari)
3
Operation Thunderbolt Golden Axe Cabal Crime Fighters Chase H.Q. Operation Thunderbolt
4
Chase H.Q. WWF Superstars
5
Narc Capcom Bowling
6
—
S.T.U.N. Runner Super Monaco GP Turbo OutRun Big Run Mechanized Attack Midnight Resistance Caliber .50
7
Superman U.S. Classic
8
9
—
—
10
Mechanized Attack Midnight Resistance
11
Best-selling home systems
Rank
System(s)
Manufacturer
Type
Generation
Sales
Japan
USA
Europe
Korea
Worldwide
1
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo
Console
8-bit
1,520,000[ 10]
9,200,000[ 11]
180,000+[ 12]
20,000[ 13]
10,920,000+
2
Game Boy
Nintendo
Handheld
8-bit
1,480,000[ 10]
1,000,000[ 11]
—
—
2,500,000[ 14]
3
Commodore 64
Commodore
Computer
8-bit
—
—
—
—
1,250,000[ 15]
4
PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
NEC
Console
16-bit
920,000[ 10]
300,000[ 16]
Unknown
Unknown
1,220,000+
5
NEC UltraLite / PC-88 / PC-98
NEC
Computer
8-bit / 16-bit
1,030,000[ 17] [ 18]
115,800+[ 19]
Unknown
Unknown
1,145,800+
6
Mega Drive / Genesis
Sega
Console
16-bit
600,000[ 10]
500,000[ 20]
—
—
1,100,000
7
Macintosh
Apple Inc.
Computer
16-bit
—
—
—
—
1,100,000[ 15]
8
IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC)
IBM
Computer
16-bit
Unknown
748,600+[ 19]
Unknown
Unknown
748,600+
9
Mark III / Master System
Sega
Console
8-bit
200,000[ 21]
Unknown
350,000[ 12]
130,000[ 13]
680,000+
10
Amiga
Commodore
Computer
16-bit
—
—
—
—
600,000[ 15]
Best-selling home video games
Japan
The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1989 in Japan, according to the annual Family Computer Magazine Famimaga ) charts.[ 22]
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, RoboCop ZX Spectrum was the best-selling home video game of 1989.[ 28]
United States
In the United States, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month in 1989.
Top-rated games
Major awards
Japan and United Kingdom
United States
Critically acclaimed titles
Famitsu and CVG reviewsIn Japan, the following 1989 video game releases entered Famitsu Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[ 64]
In the United Kingdom, the following titles were Computer and Video Games CVG ) magazine's highest-rated games of 1989.[ 65]
English-language reviews
Notable video game releases in 1989 that have accumulated overall critical acclaim from at least four contemporary English-language sources include:
Events
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 7–10. Nintendo announces that it would release 40 new NES titles through its licensees in 1989, while Sega announces 20 titles that include several translations of arcade games. Peripherals unveiled and demonstrated at this event include Broderbund 's U-Force , Beeshu's Zoomer , and Nintendo's Power Pad . The next CES is held in Chicago in June.[ 274]
CSG Imagesoft and Sony hold regional Super Dodge Ball Los Angeles (July 15–16 and 29–30), Chicago (August 5–6), New York City (September 9–10 and 16–17), Boston (September 23–24), and Seattle (October 14–15). Finalists from each region enter the "Super Dodge Ball World Cup" in Seattle on October 27–28, where the winners receive an assortment of Sony products as prizes.[ 275] In August, Capcom donates $50,000 worth of video game equipment and Capcom titles to pediatric wards of California hospitals.[ 276]
Sega of America ends its Master System distribution deal with Tonka ,[ 277] Atari Corporation President Michael Katz as its new president in October.[ 278] [ 279] Konami launches the "Crumble Competition", in which participants win a free Konami title from rub-off cards found in specially marked packages of Chips Ahoy! and Oreo cookies. Konami also collaborates with Ralston Purina to create a breakfast cereal based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .[ 277] On October 3, Nintendo and Fidelity Investments announce plans to jointly develop a home trading system for financial services.[ 277] [ 280]
NEC promotes the TurboGrafx-16 with contests held at local shopping centers in Los Angeles (October 6–8), Trumbull, Connecticut (October 21–22), Chicago (October 27–31), Wayne, New Jersey (November 11–12), Marlborough, Massachusetts (November 18–19) and Atlanta (December 2–3).[ 281] Lakewood, California , who scored 220,080 points on Blazing Lazers [ 277] Corey Sandler and Tom Badgett's Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies , the first in Bantam Books ' "Game Mastery" series, is released in November.[ 279]
PepsiCo awards over 4,000 Game Boy systems via an under-the-cap contest across a variety of Pepsi soft drinks.[ 279] The Galaxy of Electronic Games show, produced by Pinnacle Productions, opens at the San Jose Convention Center in November 17–19. The show features a display of more than 300 computer and video games and a 2,500 square foot area of arcade games.[ 276]
On December 2, the world premiere of the Universal Pictures film The Wizard Cineplex Odeon Theatre in Universal City, California .[ 282] Fred Savage , Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis , Christian Slater and Beau Bridges – tells the story of two brothers who travel to a video game tournament.[ 281]
Hardware releases
The original Game Boy .
Game releases
February – Atari Games releases the Hard Drivin'
March 21 – Sega releases Phantasy Star II role-playing video game genre.
April 21 – Nintendo releases Super Mario Land Princess Daisy to the Mario
May – Sega releases Golden Axe Golden Axe series.
May 12 – Konami releases Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
June 5 – Bullfrog releases Populous god games .
June – Lucasfilm Games releases puzzle game Pipe Mania
July 11 – Capcom releases Mega Man 2
July 27 – Nintendo releases Mother trilogy of role-playing games produced by celebrity writer Shigesato Itoi .
August – Nintendo of America introduces Enix 's Dragon Warrior North America .
August 26 – Nintendo releases the Zelda Game & Watch .
September – Atari Games releases S.T.U.N. Runner
September 14 – Capcom releases DuckTales
October 3 – Broderbund releases Prince of Persia
October 3 – Maxis releases Will Wright 's SimCity Sim " games and a revolutionary real-time software toy .
December 6 – Strategic Studies Group releases Warlords fantasy turn-based strategy game.
December 15 – Hudson Soft releases Bonk's Adventure TurboGrafx-16 mascot and starting the Bonk franchise
December 15 - Tecmo releases Bad News Baseball
December 15 – Techno Soft releases Herzog Zwei Mega Drive in Japan, laying the foundations for the real-time strategy genre.
December 22 – Konami releases Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Tengen releases an unlicensed version of the Tetris video game , which is recalled after Nintendo sues Tengen.Wes Cherry writes Solitaire [ 284] Minesweeper Microsoft Windows starting from version 3.
Psygnosis releases a platformer Shadow of the Beast Amiga and helping sales of the computer .Sega releases Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap Spectrum Holobyte 's Vette! Three-Sixty Pacific releases computer wargame Harpoon Atari Corporation supports the aging Atari 2600 with a new batch of cartridges, including Secret Quest
Business
Nintendo sues Tengen over the Tetris video game copyrights. Tengen loses and recalls all its Tetris
In November, Nintendo sues Tengen over production of unlicensed Nintendo games. Tengen loses. (Tengen originally sued Nintendo on December 12, 1988, for antitrust violations.) Nintendo v. Camerica Ltd. Nintendo sues Camerica over patent violations of the Game Genie for the NES console. Camerica wins the suit.
UK publisher Martech goes out of business.
See also
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