Market1992 in video games
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1992 in video games

1992 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Quest V, Final Fantasy V, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and Super Mario Kart, along with new titles such as Art of Fighting, Lethal Enforcers, Mortal Kombat and Virtua Racing.

Hardware releases
, the North American version of the PC Engine Duo. , the North American version of the Mega-CD. • April 11 – The Super NES releases in Ireland and the United Kingdom. • June - The Super NES releases in the rest of Europe. • June 8 - The Super NES releases in Chile. • July 3 - The Super NES releases in the Australasia region. • October – Sega releases the Model 1, Sega's first arcade system board supporting 3D polygon graphics. • October 10 - The PC Engine Duo releases in North America as the TurboDuo, an updated version of the TurboGrafx-16 with built-in CD-ROM drive and Super System Card for Super CD-ROM² support. • October 15 - Sega releases the Mega-CD as Sega CD (an add-on for the Sega Genesis) in North America, almost a year after the equivalent Japanese launch. • October 21 - The Amiga 1200 computer is released. It's the final lower-cost Amiga model before Commodore's bankruptcy. • Namco releases the System 22, an arcade system board that introduces 3D texture mapping and Gouraud shading. • JVC releases the Wondermega console in Japan, a combined Mega Drive and Mega CD. • Nintendo releases the Super Scope for the Super NES. ==Top-rated games==
Top-rated games
Game of the Year awards The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1992. Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame The following video game releases in 1992 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40. ==Financial performance==
Financial performance
Highest-grossing arcade games The year's highest-grossing game worldwide was Street Fighter II, which alone accounted for an estimated 60% of the global arcade game market, according to Coinslot magazine. The following table lists the year's top-grossing arcade games in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide. Japan The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1992 in Japan, according to Gamest, Game Machine and Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazines. United States In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1992. Australia On Australia's Timezone monthly arcade charts published in the June 1992 issue of Leisure Line magazine, Capcom's Street Fighter II: Champion Edition was the top-grossing arcade conversion kit and Konami's X-Men was the top-grossing dedicated arcade cabinet. Best-selling home systems Best-selling home video games Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Street Fighter II each sold units worldwide in 1992, In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top-selling home video games of each month in 1992. United States In the United States, the following titles were the top three best-selling home video games of 1992. The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month for video game consoles (home consoles and handheld consoles) in 1992. The following titles were the top-selling personal computer games on the monthly PC Research charts in 1992, as reported by Electronic Games magazine. ==Events==
Events
• January 1 – Atari Corporation drops support for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 7800, and software for those systems. • May 25 – FuncoLand founder David Pomije is named "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year" by the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce. • July 2 – FuncoLand's parent company Funco Inc. files a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of one million shares of its common stock at $5 a share, with plans to use the proceeds from the sold shares to repay short-term debt and finance the opening of other FuncoLand locations. • July 13 – The first Chicago-area FuncoLand location opens in Bloomingdale. • August 12 – Funco's initial public offering, underwritten by Miller, Johnson & Kuehn Inc., is announced. • September 22 – The first south suburban Chicago-area FuncoLand location opens in Orland Park. • December – the Apple IIGS is discontinued. • Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc.Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.Sega v. AccoladeActivision (as Mediagenic) files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection • New companies: Wow Entertainment Inc. (Sega AM1), Humongous Entertainment, Halestorm ==Games released in 1992==
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