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1991 in video games

April 25, 2024

1991 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Street Fighter II, Final Fantasy IV, Super Castlevania IV, Mega Man 4, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, along with new titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Battletoads, Lemmings, Sunset Riders, Duke Nukem, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, and Streets of Rage. The year's highest-grossing video game worldwide was Capcom's arcade fighting game Street Fighter II. The year's best-selling system was the Game Boy for the second year in a row, while the year's best-selling home video game was Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, which was also the year's top video game rental in the United States.

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Top-rated games edit

Game of the Year awards edit

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1991.

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame edit

The following video game releases in 1991 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.[7]

Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Score (out of 40)
Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (A Link to the Past) Super Famicom Nintendo EAD Nintendo Action-adventure 39
Final Fantasy IV Super Famicom Squaresoft Squaresoft Role-playing 36
Lemmings Super Famicom Sunsoft Sunsoft Strategy 35

Financial performance edit

Highest-grossing arcade games edit

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.[8] The following table lists the year's top-grossing arcade game in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide.

Market Title Hardware sales Coin drop earnings Inflation Manufacturer Genre Ref
Japan Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 17,000 Un­known Un­known Capcom Fighting [9][10]
United Kingdom Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 10,000 $229 million+ $510 million+ Capcom Fighting [8]
United States Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Un­known Un­known Capcom Fighting [11][12]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Un­known Un­known Konami Beat 'em up [13]
Australia Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Un­known Un­known Capcom Fighting [14]
Worldwide Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 50,000 Capcom Fighting [8][10]

Japan edit

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1991, according to the annual Gamest and Game Machine charts.

Rank Gamest[9] Game Machine[10]
Title Type
1 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Software conversion kit
2 Final Fight Tetris (Sega) Software conversion kit
3 Final Lap 2 Columns Software conversion kit
4 Quiz Tonosama no Yabō Final Lap 2 Standard cabinet
5 Raiden Deluxe cabinet
6 Super Monaco GP Super Volley '91 (Power Spikes) Software conversion kit
7 Clutch Hitter Quiz Tonosama no Yabō
8 GP Rider Final Fight Software conversion kit
9 Super Volley '91 (Power Spikes) World Stadium '90 Software conversion kit
10 Dragon Saber Columns II Software conversion kit

United States edit

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1991.

Hong Kong and Australia edit

In Hong Kong and Australia, the following titles were the top-grossing arcade games on the monthly charts in 1991.

Month Hong Kong (Bondeal) Australia (Timezone)
Arcade conversion software kit Dedicated arcade cabinet Ref Dedicated Conversion Ref
January Super Pang Big Run Cisco Heat [18][19] Un­known Un­known
February Escape Kids Street Fighter II Cisco Heat Hard Drivin' Big Run [19][20]
March Street Fighter II Hard Drivin' Big Run F-15 Strike Eagle [20][21][22]
April Street Fighter II Gun Force F-15 Strike Eagle [22][23]
May Street Fighter II F-15 Strike Eagle Hard Drivin' [23][24]
June Hard Drivin' [24][25]
July Street Fighter II Mutant Fighter [25][26]
August Mutant Fighter D. D. Crew Hard Drivin' Time Traveler [26][27]
September WWF WrestleFest Street Fighter II Time Traveler Hard Drivin' [27][28]
October Street Fighter II Vendetta Hard Drivin' Race Drivin' [28] Final Lap 2 Spider-Man [29]
1991 Street Fighter II [14]

Best-selling home systems edit

Rank System(s) Manufacturer Type Generation Sales
Japan USA Europe Korea Worldwide
1 Game Boy Nintendo Handheld 8-bit 1,940,000[30] 4,000,000[31] 1,400,000[32] Un­known 7,340,000+
2 Super NES Nintendo Console 16-bit 3,150,000[30] 1,900,000+[33] — — 5,050,000+
3 NES / Famicom Nintendo Console 8-bit 1,240,000[30] 2,100,000[31] 500,000+[34] 100,000[35] 3,940,000+
4 Mega Drive / Genesis Sega Console 16-bit 700,000[30] 1,600,000+[36] 815,000[37] 51,000[35] 3,166,000+
5 IBM PC IBM Computer 16-bit — — — — 2,910,000[38]
6 Macintosh Apple Inc. Computer 16-bit — — — — 2,100,000[39]
7 Master System Sega Console 8-bit Un­known < 50,000[40] 1,745,000[37] 160,000[35] 1,905,000+
8 NEC PC-88 / PC-98 NEC Computer 8-bit / 16-bit 1,720,000[41][42] Un­known Un­known Un­known 1,720,000+
9 Game Gear Sega Handheld 8-bit 400,000[30] 600,000+[43] 520,000[37] Un­known 1,520,000+
10 Amiga Commodore Computer 16-bit — — — — 1,035,000[39]

Best-selling home video games edit

Sonic the Hedgehog was the best-selling home video game of 1991,[44] with 2 million copies sold worldwide during the year.[45]

Japan edit

In Japan, according to Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazine, the following titles were the top ten best-selling 1991 releases, including later sales in 1992.[46]

Rank Title Developer Publisher Genre Platform Sales
1 Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (A Link to the Past) Nintendo EAD Nintendo Action-adventure Super Famicom < 1,160,000[47]
2 Final Fantasy IV (Final Fantasy II) Squaresoft Squaresoft Role-playing Super Famicom Un­known
3 Yoshi Game Freak Nintendo Puzzle Famicom Un­known
4 Game Boy
5 Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki (Mystical Ninja) Konami Konami Action-adventure Super Famicom Un­known
6 SaGa 3: Jikū no Hasha (Final Fantasy Legend III) Squaresoft Squaresoft Role-playing Game Boy < 650,000[48]
7 Chō Makaimura (Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts) Capcom Capcom Action-platformer Super Famicom Un­known
8 SimCity Nintendo EAD Nintendo City-building
9 Super Wagan Land Namco Platformer
10 Super Formation Soccer (Super Soccer) Human Entertainment Sports (football) Super Famicom < 600,000[49]

The following titles were the best-selling home video games on the Famitsu charts in 1991. The charts were bi-weekly up until July 1991, when they switched to a weekly format.

Month Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Ref
January Un­known Super Mario World (Super Famicom) [50]
February Super Mario World (Super Famicom)
March [50][51]
April Ultraman (Super Famicom) Super Mario World (Super Famicom)
May Super Mario World (Super Famicom) SimCity (Super Famicom) [50][51][52]
June SimCity (Super Famicom) Magical Taruruto (Game Boy) [50]
July SimCity (Super Famicom) Super R-Type (SFC) Final Fantasy IV (Super Famicom)
August Un­known Un­known Final Fantasy IV (SFC) Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza (FC) [50][53]
September Final Fantasy IV (Super Famicom) Chibi Maruko-chan 2 (GB) Mario Open Golf (Famicom) [53][54][55]
October Chō Makaimura (Super Famicom) [55][56][57]
November Chō Makaimura (Super Famicom) Akumajō Dracula (SFC) Super Mario World (SFC) Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (SFC) [50][58]
December Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (SFC)[58] Mega Man 4 (FC) SaGa 3 (Game Boy) [50][59][60]

United Kingdom edit

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the best-selling home video games on the monthly Computer and Video Games (CVG) charts in 1991.

United States edit

In the United States, the following titles were the top three best-selling home video game releases of 1991.

Rank Title Platform Sales Ref
1 Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis 1,000,000+ [44]
2 Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System Un­known [74]
3 F-Zero

The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month in 1991.

Month All platforms Nintendo consoles
Title Platform Ref Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Ref
May Un­known Un­known Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) [75]
June Un­known Un­known [76][77]
August Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis [78] Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
September Un­known Tetris (NES) Super Mario World (Super NES) Un­known [79]
October Super Mario World (Super NES)[80][81][82]
November Un­known
December [44] Super Mario World (Super NES)[83][84][85]

Events edit

Notable releases edit

Hardware edit

 
Super Nintendo Entertainment System released in North América

Business edit

See also edit

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1991, video, games, 1991, many, sequels, prequels, video, games, such, street, fighter, final, fantasy, super, castlevania, mega, super, ghouls, ghosts, legend, zelda, link, past, along, with, titles, such, sonic, hedgehog, battletoads, lemmings, sunset, rider. 1991 saw many sequels and prequels in video games such as Street Fighter II Final Fantasy IV Super Castlevania IV Mega Man 4 Super Ghouls n Ghosts and The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past along with new titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog Battletoads Lemmings Sunset Riders Duke Nukem Fatal Fury King of Fighters and Streets of Rage The year s highest grossing video game worldwide was Capcom s arcade fighting game Street Fighter II The year s best selling system was the Game Boy for the second year in a row while the year s best selling home video game was Sega s Sonic the Hedgehog which was also the year s top video game rental in the United States List of years in video games 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Top rated games 1 1 Game of the Year awards 1 2 Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame 2 Financial performance 2 1 Highest grossing arcade games 2 1 1 Japan 2 1 2 United States 2 1 3 Hong Kong and Australia 2 2 Best selling home systems 2 3 Best selling home video games 2 3 1 Japan 2 3 2 United Kingdom 2 3 3 United States 3 Events 3 1 Notable releases 3 2 Hardware 4 Business 5 See also 6 ReferencesTop rated games editGame of the Year awards edit The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1991 Awards Game of the Year Developer Publisher Genre Platform s Ref Chicago Tribune Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Team Sega Platformer Sega Genesis 1 Electronic Gaming Monthly EGM 2 European Computer Trade Show ECTS Sega Mega Drive 3 Golden Joystick Awards 4 Chicago Tribune Splatterhouse Namco NEC Beat em up TurboGrafx 16 1 Super Mario Bros 3 Nintendo R amp D4 Nintendo Platformer NES European Computer Trade Show ECTS Lemmings DMA Design Psygnosis Strategy Home computers 3 Famitsu Best Hit Game Awards Final Fantasy IV Squaresoft Squaresoft Role playing Super Famicom 5 Gamest Awards Street Fighter II The World Warrior Capcom Capcom Fighting Arcade CP System 6 Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame edit The following video game releases in 1991 entered Famitsu magazine s Platinum Hall of Fame for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40 7 Title Platform Developer Publisher Genre Score out of 40 Zelda no Densetsu Kamigami no Triforce A Link to the Past Super Famicom Nintendo EAD Nintendo Action adventure 39 Final Fantasy IV Super Famicom Squaresoft Squaresoft Role playing 36 Lemmings Super Famicom Sunsoft Sunsoft Strategy 35Financial performance editHighest grossing arcade games edit 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 8 The following table lists the year s top grossing arcade game in Japan the United Kingdom United States and worldwide Market Title Hardware sales Coin drop earnings Inflation Manufacturer Genre Ref Japan Street Fighter II The World Warrior 17 000 Un known Un known Capcom Fighting 9 10 United Kingdom Street Fighter II The World Warrior 10 000 229 million 510 million Capcom Fighting 8 United States Street Fighter II The World Warrior Un known Un known Capcom Fighting 11 12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Un known Un known Konami Beat em up 13 Australia Street Fighter II The World Warrior Un known Un known Capcom Fighting 14 Worldwide Street Fighter II The World Warrior 50 000 Capcom Fighting 8 10 Japan edit In Japan the following titles were the top ten highest grossing arcade games of 1991 according to the annual Gamest and Game Machine charts Rank Gamest 9 Game Machine 10 Title Type 1 Street Fighter II The World Warrior Street Fighter II The World Warrior Software conversion kit 2 Final Fight Tetris Sega Software conversion kit 3 Final Lap 2 Columns Software conversion kit 4 Quiz Tonosama no Yabō Final Lap 2 Standard cabinet 5 Raiden Deluxe cabinet 6 Super Monaco GP Super Volley 91 Power Spikes Software conversion kit 7 Clutch Hitter Quiz Tonosama no Yabō 8 GP Rider Final Fight Software conversion kit 9 Super Volley 91 Power Spikes World Stadium 90 Software conversion kit 10 Dragon Saber Columns II Software conversion kit United States edit In the United States the following titles were the highest grossing arcade video games of 1991 Rank AAMA 11 12 15 AMOA 16 17 Play Meter Title Award Arcade conversion kit Dedicated arcade cabinet 1 Street Fighter II The World Warrior Diamond Street Fighter II Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 13 2 The Simpsons Neo Geo MVS Platinum Capcom Bowling Final Fight High Impact Football Raiden Hard Drivin Neo Geo MVS Pit Fighter Race Drivin Un known 3 4 High Impact Football Gold 5 Final Lap 2 Silver Hong Kong and Australia edit In Hong Kong and Australia the following titles were the top grossing arcade games on the monthly charts in 1991 Month Hong Kong Bondeal Australia Timezone Arcade conversion software kit Dedicated arcade cabinet Ref Dedicated Conversion Ref January Super Pang Big Run Cisco Heat 18 19 Un known Un known February Escape Kids Street Fighter II Cisco Heat Hard Drivin Big Run 19 20 March Street Fighter II Hard Drivin Big Run F 15 Strike Eagle 20 21 22 April Street Fighter II Gun Force F 15 Strike Eagle 22 23 May Street Fighter II F 15 Strike Eagle Hard Drivin 23 24 June Hard Drivin 24 25 July Street Fighter II Mutant Fighter 25 26 August Mutant Fighter D D Crew Hard Drivin Time Traveler 26 27 September WWF WrestleFest Street Fighter II Time Traveler Hard Drivin 27 28 October Street Fighter II Vendetta Hard Drivin Race Drivin 28 Final Lap 2 Spider Man 29 1991 Street Fighter II 14 Best selling home systems edit Rank System s Manufacturer Type Generation Sales Japan USA Europe Korea Worldwide 1 Game Boy Nintendo Handheld 8 bit 1 940 000 30 4 000 000 31 1 400 000 32 Un known 7 340 000 2 Super NES Nintendo Console 16 bit 3 150 000 30 1 900 000 33 5 050 000 3 NES Famicom Nintendo Console 8 bit 1 240 000 30 2 100 000 31 500 000 34 100 000 35 3 940 000 4 Mega Drive Genesis Sega Console 16 bit 700 000 30 1 600 000 36 815 000 37 51 000 35 3 166 000 5 IBM PC IBM Computer 16 bit 2 910 000 38 6 Macintosh Apple Inc Computer 16 bit 2 100 000 39 7 Master System Sega Console 8 bit Un known lt 50 000 40 1 745 000 37 160 000 35 1 905 000 8 NEC PC 88 PC 98 NEC Computer 8 bit 16 bit 1 720 000 41 42 Un known Un known Un known 1 720 000 9 Game Gear Sega Handheld 8 bit 400 000 30 600 000 43 520 000 37 Un known 1 520 000 10 Amiga Commodore Computer 16 bit 1 035 000 39 Best selling home video games edit Sonic the Hedgehog was the best selling home video game of 1991 44 with 2 million copies sold worldwide during the year 45 Japan edit In Japan according to Famicom Tsushin Famitsu magazine the following titles were the top ten best selling 1991 releases including later sales in 1992 46 Rank Title Developer Publisher Genre Platform Sales 1 Zelda no Densetsu Kamigami no Triforce A Link to the Past Nintendo EAD Nintendo Action adventure Super Famicom lt 1 160 000 47 2 Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy II Squaresoft Squaresoft Role playing Super Famicom Un known 3 Yoshi Game Freak Nintendo Puzzle Famicom Un known 4 Game Boy 5 Ganbare Goemon Yukihime Kyushutsu Emaki Mystical Ninja Konami Konami Action adventure Super Famicom Un known 6 SaGa 3 Jiku no Hasha Final Fantasy Legend III Squaresoft Squaresoft Role playing Game Boy lt 650 000 48 7 Chō Makaimura Super Ghouls n Ghosts Capcom Capcom Action platformer Super Famicom Un known 8 SimCity Nintendo EAD Nintendo City building 9 Super Wagan Land Namco Platformer 10 Super Formation Soccer Super Soccer Human Entertainment Sports football Super Famicom lt 600 000 49 The following titles were the best selling home video games on the Famitsu charts in 1991 The charts were bi weekly up until July 1991 when they switched to a weekly format Month Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Ref January Un known Super Mario World Super Famicom 50 February Super Mario World Super Famicom March 50 51 April Ultraman Super Famicom Super Mario World Super Famicom May Super Mario World Super Famicom SimCity Super Famicom 50 51 52 June SimCity Super Famicom Magical Taruruto Game Boy 50 July SimCity Super Famicom Super R Type SFC Final Fantasy IV Super Famicom August Un known Un known Final Fantasy IV SFC Dragon Ball Z II Gekishin Freeza FC 50 53 September Final Fantasy IV Super Famicom Chibi Maruko chan 2 GB Mario Open Golf Famicom 53 54 55 October Chō Makaimura Super Famicom 55 56 57 November Chō Makaimura Super Famicom Akumajō Dracula SFC Super Mario World SFC Zelda no Densetsu Kamigami no Triforce SFC 50 58 December Zelda no Densetsu Kamigami no Triforce SFC 58 Mega Man 4 FC SaGa 3 Game Boy 50 59 60 United Kingdom edit In the United Kingdom the following titles were the best selling home video games on the monthly Computer and Video Games CVG charts in 1991 Month Home computers Sega Mega Drive PC Engine Ref January Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles C64 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Out Run 61 February Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe Amiga 62 March Lemmings Amiga Gynoug Parasol Stars 63 April Magicland Dizzy ZX Spectrum Midnight Resistance 64 May 65 June Sonic the Hedgehog Legend of Hero Tonma 66 July Bubble Bobble ZX Spectrum 67 August Manchester United Europe 68 September Jimmy White s Whirlwind Snooker Streets of Rage PC Kid 2 69 October Terminator 2 Judgment Day Mercs Hit the Ice 70 November Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 QuackShot Time Cruise II 71 December WWF WrestleMania RoboCod Gradius 72 73 United States edit In the United States the following titles were the top three best selling home video game releases of 1991 Rank Title Platform Sales Ref 1 Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis 1 000 000 44 2 Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System Un known 74 3 F Zero The following titles were the best selling home video games of each month in 1991 Month All platforms Nintendo consoles Title Platform Ref Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Ref May Un known Un known Super Mario Bros 3 NES 75 June Un known Un known 76 77 August Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Genesis 78 Un known Un known Un known Un known September Un known Tetris NES Super Mario World Super NES Un known 79 October Super Mario World Super NES 80 81 82 November Un known December 44 Super Mario World Super NES 83 84 85 Events editNotable releases edit January The first two THQ releases came out in stores February 14 DMA Design releases Lemmings a puzzle game that requires the player to lead a group of lemmings through a dangerous environment to an escape portal March AOL SSI TSR and Stormfront Studios collaborate and launch Neverwinter Nights credited as the first graphical MMORPG March 7 Capcom releases Street Fighter II for arcades 86 87 It becomes highly successful and is routinely listed as the grandfather of the fighting game genre It is also credited with revitalizing the arcade game industry at the time 88 and popularizing direct tournament level competition between players 89 May 6 Sierra On Line releases The Sierra Network which is also credited as the first graphical MMORPG due to its inclusion of The Shadow of Yserbius TSN would later become its more memorable name ImagiNation Network after a total buyout from AT amp T in 1994 June 23 Sega releases Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis which later becomes the pack in game and defining title for the console It introduces the eponymous character who would go on to be Sega s mascot Sega also releases a version of the game for the Master System and Game Gear July 19 Square releases Final Fantasy IV in Japan the first Final Fantasy game for the Super Famicom released in November as Final Fantasy II in North America August 13 Intelligent Systems releases SimCity for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System August 23 Nintendo releases Super Mario World and F Zero along with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America Super Mario World was the original pack in game for the SNES The game introduces the Yoshi character to the Mario series September Namco releases Starblade for arcades featuring one of the earliest instances of real time 3D graphics in video games September Electronic Arts releases motorcycle racing combat game Road Rash for Sega Genesis starting the series October 14 Nintendo releases Mario The Juggler the final Game amp Watch title November Nintendo releases Metroid II Return of Samus for the Game Boy in North America November Delphine Software releases cinematic action adventure game Another World for the Amiga which uses polygons instead of sprites November 21 Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past for the Super Famicom in Japan November 25 SNK releases Fatal Fury King of Fighters for the Neo Geo December 1 LucasArts releases Monkey Island 2 LeChuck s Revenge for Amiga MS DOS Macintosh and FM Towns December 4 Konami releases Super Castlevania IV for SNES in North America December 6 Mega Man 4 is released in Japan December 13 Tecmo releases Tecmo Super Bowl for NES the follow up to 1989 s Tecmo Bowl December 16 MicroProse releases Civilization As of 2005 it is still Sid Meier s most successful game Team17 release Alien Breed the first of the series for the Amiga Hardware edit nbsp Super Nintendo Entertainment System released in North America July Atari updates their Lynx handheld system with a smaller form factor better screen and longer battery life August 23 Super Nintendo Entertainment System released in North America December 1 Sega releases the Mega CD in Japan September S3 launches with the 86C911 often regarded as the first significant graphics accelerator chip for the Microsoft Windows platform Business editNew companies Vicarious Visions Inc id Software Bungie Silicon amp Synapse now known as Blizzard Entertainment The 3DO Company founded as SMSG Inc Cyberdreams In August Game Informer a monthly video game magazine is released for the first time See also edit1991 in gamesReferences edit a b Carter Chip Carter Jonathan November 15 1991 A Few of Chip and Jonathan Carter s Favorite Things Chicago Tribune Retrieved October 28 2021 Electronic Gaming Monthly s 1992 Video Game Buyer s Guide pages 60 61 a b News Zero No 33 July 1992 June 11 1992 pp 8 9 Luvvies Dahlings The One 44 EMAP 17 May 1992 Retrieved August 26 2015 91ベストヒットゲーム大賞 91 Best Hit Game Awards Famicom Tsushin in Japanese No 163 January 31 1992 pp 22 7 第５回ゲーメスト大賞 5th Gamest Awards Gamest in Japanese Vol 68 February 1992 December 28 1991 pp 3 17 alternate url 週刊ファミ通クロスレビュープラチナ殿堂入りソフト一覧 Weekly Famitsu Cross Review Platinum Hall of Fame Software List Geimin in Japanese Archived from the original on October 27 2008 Retrieved February 24 2021 a b c The making of Street Fighter 2 a video game legend 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