Thirtyish throwback playlist: 1994

"The games of thirty years ago, today."

I love the YouTube series 'Now in the 90s' [https://www.youtube.com/@Nowinthe90s], but I tend to get overwhelmed all over again if I try to keep up with the weekly "new releases" there. In 1994, I would get FOMO because I didn't have the money to play everything. These days, I get FOMO from not having enough time. Funny ol' world.

Anyway, Jared & Dylan also don't cover PC games or Japan-only releases, so I figured I'd make this as a small companion list to theirs. 12 entries, approximately one for each month to keep it manageable.

Maybe I'll swap in other entries as the year goes on, if something looks more interesting. I certainly won't have the time to add more than 12, though, especially while I'm also making an effort to keep my toes in the stream of the 2024 new releases too. So, stay tuned.

UPDATE 29-DEC-2023: I cut NHL ‘94 and Doom 1 (since they both came out in late ‘93) and swapped in Jagged Alliance (which had a nebulous release date sometime in late ‘94) and Donkey Kong Country (because people were going to yell at me if I didn’t include DKC).

Shining Force II
Shining Force II
JP: October 1, 1993
NA: October 19, 1994
Super Metroid
Super Metroid
JP: March 19, 1994
NA: April 18, 1994
X-COM: UFO Defense
X-COM: UFO Defense
EU: March 31, 1994
NA: 1994
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VI
JP: April 2, 1994
NA: October 11, 1994
Jagged Alliance
Jagged Alliance
VGDB says June 1994, but no one seems certain. Call it “late 1994”.
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
July 20, 1994
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit
August 1, 1994
EarthBound
EarthBound
JP: August 27, 1994
NA: June 5, 1995
Live A Live
Live A Live
September 2, 1994 (JP only)
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Doom II: Hell on Earth
September 30th, 1994
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
NA: November 15, 1994
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country
November 21, 1994

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