Year
H/W & Peripherals Release Date
Games Release Date
1987
- 10/30 PC Engine
1988
- 10/29 Mega Drive
1989
- 04/21 Game Boy
1990
- 04/26 Neo Geo
- 10/06 Game Gear
- 11/21 Super Famicom (SFC)
- 11/21 Super Mario World
- 11/21 F-ZERO
- 12/16 Actraizer
1991
- 07/19 Final Fantasy 4
- 10/29 Final Fantasy 4 Easy Type
- 11/21 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1992
- 01/28 Romancing SaGa
- 01/31 Soul Blazer
- 07/14 Mario Paint
- 08/27 Super Mario Kart
- 09/27 Dragon Quest 5
- 12/06 Final Fantasy 5
1993
- 04/23 Mega Drive 2
- 06/21 Super Scope
- 12/01 New Famicom
- 02/21 Star Fox
- 03/12 Ogre Battle: The March of Black Queen
- 04/03 Breath of Fire
- 07/14 Super Mario Collection
- 08/06 Secret of Mana
- 10/29 Actraizer 2
- 11/27 Illusion of Gaia
- 12/10 Romancing SaGa
- 12/18 Dragon Quest 1 & 2
1994
- 03/20 3DO REAL
- 06/14 Super Game Boy
- 09/09 Neo Geo CD
- 11/22 Sega Saturn
- 12/03 Playstation
- 12/23 PC-FX
- 01/21 Fire Emblem Monsho no Nazo
- 03/19 Super Metroid
- 04/02 Final Fanatasy 6
- 07/08 Slap Stick
- 08/26 EarthBound
- 11/26 Donkey Kong Country
- 12/02 Breath of Fire 2
1995
- 04/23 Satella View starts broadcasting
- 07/21 Virtual Boy
- 03/11 Chrono Trigger
- 07/14 Mystic Ark
- 08/05 Yoshi Island
- 09/30 Seiken Densetsu 3
- 10/06 Tactics Ogre
- 10/20 Terranigma
- 11/11 Romancing SaGa 3
- 11/21 Donkey Kong Country 2
- 12/09 Dragon Quest 6
- 12/15 Tales of Phantasia
1996
- 06/23 Nintendo 64
- 06/28 Sufami Turbo
- 07/21 Game Boy Pocket
- 02/09 Bahamut Lagoon
- 03/09 Super Mario RPG
- 04/05 Tresure of the Rudoras
- 05/14 Fire Emblem Seisen no Keifu
- 05/24 Treasure Hunter G
- 07/19 Star Ocean
- 10/26 Marvelous
- 11/23 Donkey Kong Country 3
- 12/06 Dragon Quest 3
1997
- 12/01 Nintendo Power starts
1998
- 01/30 Super Game Boy 2
- 03/27 Super Famicom Jr
- 04/14 Game Boy Light
- 10/21 Game Boy Color
- 10/28 Neo Geo Pocket
- 11/27 Dreamcast
1999
- 03/04 Wonder Swan
- 03/19 Neo Geo Pocket Color
2000
- 03/04 Playstation 2
- 06/30 Satella View ends broadcast
- 07/07 PSone
- 12/09 Wonder Swan Color
- 01/21 Fire Emblem Tracia 776
- 11/29 Metal Slader Glory Director's Cut
2001
- 03/21 Game Boy Advance
- 09/14 Nintendo Game Cube
2002
- 02/22 Xbox
- 07/12 Swan Crystal
- 08/31 Nintendo Power ends
2003
- 02/14 Game Boy Advance SP
- 03/21 Game Boy Player
- 09/30 Production of Super Famicom Jr stops
2004
- 12/02 Nintendo DS
- 12/12 Playstation Portable
2005
- 09/13 Game Boy micro
- 12/10 Xbox 360
2006
- 03/02 Nintendo DS Lite
- 11/11 Playstation 3
