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Between NA, EU and JP, which region was the best this year? Which one produced the most great games, or perhaps those few quality titles that still stand out from the rest to you?

Reference (based on user ratings at various database sites, original release dates):
Text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ZldIgjpMG4g_P-oHK2YNnmZiUilcW4nvfO_agoBzGM/edit?usp=sharing
Visualized: https://minirevver.weebly.com/good-retro-games-by-region-of-origin.html#

Other good resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwX5PaFtF34&t=2m20s

Hard to call this year, I'm leaning towards either US or EU. US had DOOM, nuth said. EU had a lot of great games for the consoles including my all-time favourite Plok one of the few games that Shigeru Miyamoto looked at and thoughts "that's better then what I'm doing".

Though to be clear he was talking about the music in Plok rather than the game (by Tim Follin for those wondering and yes it's impressive).

US and EU are definitely stronger than before here with some really important games, though I'm leaning towards JP still. That could change by 1995 or so I think.

Not exactly if you look the story up, Nintendo originally offered to publish Plok after Miyamoto said he was interest in working on the game, but then backed out without warning. Later Yoshi's Island comes out and a lot of Ploks game mechanic's and level design ideas appeared in it. Rumer's (and nothing more then that officially) Miyamoto backed out of Plok and nicked ideas from it for Yoshi's Island and claimed he invented them, he's been accused of doing that a lot over the years.

Super Mario All-Stars, Illusion of Gaia, Shining Force II, Secret of Mana, Goof Troop, Breath of Fire
Yeah this goes to Japan for me.
I never played the original Doom, but one of these decades, I will play it.

Big one I forgot from the US, Mortal Combat console ports came out this year (original arcade release was 92). Along with DOOM this may have been the year all those "video games make kids killers" complaints started.

What ideas? Even if that's true, YI is a much better game.

I guess the music part is just a rumour, I read about it at HG101.

My faves from this year so far:
Alcahest - SNES (HAL Labs)
Bari Arm/Android Assault - MCD (Human & Big Fun Games)
Batsugun - ARC (SAT 1996, Toaplan)
Battle Mania Daiginjou/Trouble Shooter Vintage - MD (VIC Tokai)
Bomberman '94/Mega Bomberman - PCE (Hudson)
Bubble Bobble Part 2 - GB/NES (Taito GB/ITL NES)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - ARC (Capcom)
Castlevania Chronicles/Akumajou Dracula - X68K (Konami)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - PCE CD/TGCD (Konami)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 - NES (Capcom)
Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie - SNES (WinkySoft)
Columns 3/Columns III - MD (Minato Giken)
Disney's Aladdin - SNES (different from MD ver., Capcom)
Disney's DuckTales 2/Duck Tales 2 - GB/NES (Capcom)
Dungeon Explorer II - PCE CD (Hudson)
Eliminate Down - MD (Aprinet)
Fatal Fury Special - ARC/NG (SNK)
Final Fight CD - MCD (A-Wave, originally by Capcom)
FireStriker/Holy Striker - SNES (Axes Art Amuse)
Ganbare Goemon 2/Go For It! Goemon 2 - SNES (Konami)
Gargoyle's Quest II/Makai-Mura Gaiden: The Demon Darkness - GB (NES port w/ some differences, Sun L, originally by Capcom)
Goof Troop/Disney's Goof Troop - SNES (Capcom)
Gunstar Heroes - MD (Treasure)
Illusion of Gaia - SNES (Quintet)
Jurassic Park - SMS (different from NES ver., Sega CS)
Keio Flying Squadron - MCD (Victor Entertainment)
Kid Dracula/Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-Kun - GB (1990 NES port, Konami)
Kirby's Adventure - NES (HAL Labs)
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse - GG/SMS (Sega CS) - add gg ver to wordart, sms ver. previously listed as 1992
Lords of Thunder/Winds of Thunder - PCE CD (RED Entertainment)
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure - MD (Treasure)
Mega Man 6 - NES (Capcom)
Mega Man IV - GB (Capcom)
Mega Man X - SNES (Capcom)
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - SNES (Quest)
Outrun 2019 - MD (Hertz)
Phantasy Star IV - MD (Sega CS)
Pop 'n Twinbee - SNES (Konami)
Power Strike 2/GG Aleste 2 - GG (different, Compile)
Power Strike 2/Power Strike II - SMS (Compile)
R-Type III: The Third Lightning - SNES (Irem)
Ranger X - MD (Gau Entertainment)
Ridge Racer - ARC (Namco)
Rocket Knight Adventures - MD (Konami)
Rolling Thunder 3 - MD (Now Production)
Romancing Saga 2 - SNES (Square)
Samurai Shodown - ARC/NG (SNK)
Secret of Mana/Seiken Densetsu 2 - SNES (Square)
Shining Force II - MD (Sonic! Software Planning)
Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya/Shining Force Gaiden II - GG (Sonic! Software Planning)
Shinobi 3 - MD (Megasoft (Japan))
Silpheed - MCD (Game Arts)
Sonic Chaos - SMS (Aspect)
Splatterhouse 3 - MD (Now Production)
Street Fighter II Turbo - SNES (1992 arc port, Capcom)
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition - MD/X68K/PCE (arc port, Capcom)
Sunset Riders - SNES (arc port, Konami)
Super Bomberman - SNES (Produce)
Super Puyo Puyo - SNES (arc/md port, Compile)
Super Street Fighter II - ARC (Capcom)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue/TMNT III - GB (different, Konami)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - SNES (different from MD ver., Konami)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - GB (Nintendo EAD)
The Punisher - ARC (Capcom)
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang/Chou Makai Taisen: Dorabocchan - SNES (RED Entertainment)
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness - GB (Konami)
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure - MD (Konami)
Torneko no Daiboken: Fushigi no Dungeon/Torneko's Great Adventure (Mystery Dungeon 1) - SNES (ChunSoft)
Virtua Fighter - ARC (Sega AM2)
Wimbledon II - SMS (SIMS)
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys - PCE CD/TGCD (Hudson)
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja - GB/NES (Konami)
Super Mario All-Stars - SNES (collection of remasters, Nintendo EAD)

Star Fox/Star Wing - SNES (Argonaut (UK) & Nintendo EAD)


Dark Sun: Shattered Lands - DOS (SSI)
Day of the Tentacle/Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (Maniac Mansion 2) - DOS (LucasArts)
Doom - DOS (id Software)
Dune 2/Dune II - MD (DOS port, Westwood)
Epic Pinball - DOS (Digital Extremes - Canada)
FIFA International Soccer - MD (EA Canada)
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - DOS/WIN (Sierra)
General Chaos - MD (Game Refuge)
JetPack - DOS (Adam Pedersen (Adept Software))
Jungle Strike - MD (Electronic Arts & Granite Bay Software)
Monster Bash - DOS (Apogee Software)
Mortal Kombat - DOS/MD (Midway)
Mortal Kombat 2 - ARC (Midway)
NHL '94 - MCD/MD/SNES (High Score Productions/EA Canada SNES)
Pirates! Gold - MD (MicroProse)
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame - DOS (Broderbund)
Rock 'n Roll Racing - SNES (Silicon & Synapse)
Sam & Max Hit the Road - DOS (LucasArts)
Skitchin' - MD (Electronic Arts)
Space Hulk - AMI/DOS (Electronic Arts)
Star Wars: X-Wing - DOS (Totally Games)
The Lost Vikings - AMI/DOS/SNES (Silicon & Synapse)
The Lost Vikings - MD (some new levels & music, Silicon & Synapse & Krisalis Software MD)
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle - DOS (Origin)
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle: The Silver Seed - DOS (Origin)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors - SNES/MD (LucasArts)
SimCity 2000/Sim City 2000 - DOS (Maxis)

Disney's Aladdin - MD (Virgin Games, Disney Software & Sega of America)
Ecco the Dolphin - MCD (1992 MD port, Novotrade, Sega of America involved in making the MD game)
The Amazing Spider-Man/The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin - MCD (some differences, Foley Hi-Tech, originally by Technopop & Recreational Brainware)
Toejam & Earl 2/ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron - MD (Johnson Voorsanger Productions & Nu Romantic Productions)


Asterix and the Great Rescue - SMS (different from MD ver., Core Design)
Battletoads & Double Dragon or Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team - SNES/NES/MD/GB (Rare)
Bubba n Stix - MD/AMI (Core Design)
Cannon Fodder - AMI/DOS (Sensible Software)
Chuck Rock II - MCD (different music and partially different levels, Core Design)
Desert Speedtrap - SMS (Probe Software)
F1 Formula One - MD (Lankhor, The Kremlin & Tiertex)
Flashback - DOS/MD/SNES (1992 AMI port, Delphine Software International)
Fury of the Furries - AMI/DOS (Kalisto)
Hired Guns - AMI (DMA Design Limited)
Jaguar XJ220 - MCD (Core Design)
Lemmings 2 - AMI/DOS/ST (DMA Design)
Lionheart - AMI (Thalion) - 1992?
Mega Turrican/Turrican 3 - AMI (Factor 5)
Micro Machines - MD/SMS (Codemasters)
Puggsy - MCD/MD (Traveller's Tales)
Qwak - AMI (Team17)
Robocop vs Terminator - MD (Virgin Games MD)
Super Turrican - NES w/ mods (different from SNES ver., Rainbow Arts)
Super Turrican - SNES (partially different from Mega Turrican, Factor 5)
Syndicate - AMI/DOS (Bullfrog)
The Chaos Engine/Soldiers of Fortune - AMI/ST/MD/SNES (The Bitmap Brothers)
The Settlers/Serf City - AMI (Blue Byte)
Top Gear 2 - SNES (Gremlin Interactive)
Traps 'n' Treasures - AMI (Roman Werner/Nightingale)
Wiz 'n Liz - MD (Raising Hell)

The Terminator - MCD (different from other versions, Virgin Games, music by Tommy Tallarico)