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1 Events
2 Notable releases
3 Hardware
4 Business
5 Lawsuits

Events

October 4 — Gunpei Yokoi (1941–1997) dies after a double car accident.
November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association (IEMA) launched.
3rd annual E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.
3D Realms begins production of the infamous Duke Nukem Forever, winner of numerous vaporware awards.

Notable releases

Video game platforms

Mac	Macintosh / Mac OS
N64	Nintendo 64

PS1	PlayStation / PSone
Sat	Sega Saturn

Win	Microsoft Windows

January 2 - Diablo (PC)
February 10 - Mario Kart 64 (N64)
February 28 - Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64)(PC)
March 20 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS) (Sega Saturn)
April 1 - SoulTrap (PC)
April 30 - Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (PC)
May 31 - MDK: (PC) (PS)
June 26 - Dungeon Keeper (PC)
July 1 - Star Fox 64 (Nintendo 64)
July 30 - Carmageddon (PC)
July 31 - Mega Man X4 (PSX)
August 25 - GoldenEye 007 (N64)
August 31 - Hexen II (PC)
September 7 - Final Fantasy VII (PS), (PC)
September 19 - Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS), (PC)
September 25 - Ultima Online (PC)
September 30 - Fallout (PC)
September 30 - Total Annihilation (PC)
October - Grand Theft Auto (PC)
October 9 - Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (PC)
October 26 - Age of Empires (PC)
October 29 - Riven (PC) (Mac)
October 31 - The Curse of Monkey Island (PC)
November - Tomb Raider II (PC) (PS)
November 14 - Postal (PC)
November 21 - Diddy Kong Racing (N64)
November 25 - Myth: The Fallen Lords (PC)
December 6 - Quake II (PC)
December 19 - Wing Commander: Prophecy (PC)
December 23 - Gran Turismo (PS1)

Hardware

March 1 — The Nintendo 64 is released in Europe and Australia
October — Nintendo releases a smaller redesigned SNES.
Sony releases PlayStation development software for PC
Tiger Electronics releases the Game.com

Business

Activision acquires CentreSoft Ltd. and Raven Software
Electronic Arts Inc. acquires Maxis
GameTek filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed its doors in July 1999
2015, Inc. founded
4D Rulers Software, Inc. founded
September — 4HEAD Studios created
Bungie Studios West formed by Bungie Software Products Corp.
Conspiracy Entertainment Corporation founded
Crave Entertainment, Inc. formed
August — Human Head Studios, Inc. formed
Illusion Softworks, a.s. founded
April 15 — Irem Software Engineering Inc. founded
Irrational Games LLC founded
Mythic Entertainment renames itself from Interworld Productions after name dispute with another "Interworld" company
THQ renamed from Toy Head-Quarters, Inc.
Warthog PLC founded

Lawsuits

Nintendo v. Games City; Nintendo sues Games City for selling the Game Doctor and Doctor V64 backup devices for the SNES and N64 consoles. Nintendo wins the suit.
Nintendo v. Prima Publishing; Nintendo sues Prima over copyrights to map of the N64 video game GoldenEye 007. Nintendo loses the suit
Nintendo vs Sony Video Games; Nintendo sues Sony over copyrights about Mario games

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