1994 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy VI, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Virtua Fighter 2 and Doom II, along with new titles such as Daytona USA, Ace Driver, Alpine Racer and Tekken. The year's best-selling video game console was the Game Boy, while the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis remained the best-selling home console. The year's highest-grossing arcade video games were Super Street Fighter II X (Super Street Fighter II Turbo) and Virtua Fighter in Japan, and Daytona USA and Mortal Kombat II in the United States, while the year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Donkey Kong Country.

Events

Hardware releases

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1994.

Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1994 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.

Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games

The best-selling arcade printed circuit board (PCB) worldwide in 1994 was SNK's Neo Geo MVS system.

Japan

The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1994 in Japan.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the highest-grossing games of each month in 1994. Virtua Fighter by Sega AM2 was also one of the UK's most popular coin-ops of the year.

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1994.

Best-selling video game consoles

Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) worldwide in 1994.

Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1994.

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1994.

United Kingdom

HMV, a British entertainment retailer, released a monthly list of the chain's highest-selling home video game titles. The following titles topped the monthly all-formats charts, as reported by Computer and Video Games.

Notable releases

Game releases

January: • February: • March: •

Business