Games Released in December 1995

242 new games released in December 1995, with Super Famicom being the most active platform. December 22 was the busiest day, with 45 new releases.

Top Platform

Super Famicom

New Releases

242

Busiest Day

December 22

What was the most popular game of December 1995?

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy game. The game contains many improvements over the previous version in graphics, sounds and playability. The Multiplayer was also greatly improved allowing up to 8 players in the marvelous multiplayer skirmish.

Which days had the most releases?

December 22 saw the most activity with 45 releases.

45 releases

December 22

44 releases

December 15

36 releases

December 1

32 releases

December 8

How did each week compare?

The third week of December was the busiest with 59 releases.

Week 1 (December 1–7)

46 releases

Most popular release in Week 1

Earthworm Jim

A crow is chasing a worm named Jim while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship. The ship's captain has stolen an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt has ordered Psy-Crow to get it, since it can make her more beautiful than Princess-What's-Her-Name. Psy-Crow blasts the captain and the suit falls to Planet Earth. Back on earth Jim wonders if he is finally safe when an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit lands on him. Luckily Jim rests in the neck ring of the suit. Then the space particles begin interacting with Jim, causing a light-speed evolution. Jim soon realizes he is in control of the suit. Jim overhears the Queen's plans for the suit and decides to meet this Princess...

Week 2 (December 8–14)

53 releases

Most popular release in Week 3

Suikoden

Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels).

Week 4 (December 22–28)

54 releases

Most popular release in Week 4

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

This is the original 1995 Devil Summoner game on the Sega Saturn and was released only in Japan. It was later ported to PSP in 2005. Abandoning the post-apocalyptic themes of the original series, the story takes place in modern Japan. The player character is an unnamed college student who is attacked by demons along with his girlfriend; they are saved by the timely appearance of a suave demon-hunter named Kyouji. Shortly thereafter, Kyouji is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The protagonist is then trapped inside of a warehouse and murdered by a deranged killer named Sid. Rather than stay dead, the player finds himself in the reanimated body of the slain Kyouji, and escapes from the morgue. With the help of Kyouji's voice, which guides the player from inside his head, the main character joins up with Kyouji's female partner Rei in order to save the life of his girlfriend, who is still in danger.

Week 5 (December 29–31)

40 releases

Most popular release in Week 5

Hi-Octane

Hi-Octane is a racing/vehicular combat video game released in 1995 for the PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn developed by Bullfrog and based upon their earlier Magic Carpet game code. It is notable amongst racing games for its wide and open tracks, and the resulting freedom offered to the player, and also for its excessive speed. It suffered in the marketplace due to thematic similarities with the better received Wipeout by Psygnosis and the generality of its graphics engine made for a very short depth of view compared to contemporary racing games. Hi-Octane is rumored to begin life as something several Bullfrog programmers coded in free time, and then decided to improve the game and market it under the auspices of Electronic Arts. Another version of the legend is: EA set Bullfrog under pressure to release Dungeon Keeper or Magic Carpet 2 - but they weren't able to. So they released Hi-Octane, a quickly done game. In a Gamasutra article it was mentioned that "PC and Saturn racing game Hi-Octane, was developed in just eight weeks using the Magic Carpet engine, as a way to “fill a quarter that didn't have enough revenue”.

Which platforms saw the most releases?

Super Famicom received 49 new titles in December 1995. The runner up was PlayStation with 42 new titles.

Super Famicom49 releases

PlayStation42 releases

Sega Saturn37 releases

PC (Microsoft Windows)27 releases

Super Nintendo Entertainment System12 releases

3DO Interactive Multiplayer12 releases

PC-9800 Series11 releases

Arcade10 releases

Sega Game Gear9 releases

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis8 releases

What genres were most popular?

Adventure was the dominant genre in December 1995 with 46 titles. Strategy followed closely with 33.

Adventure46

Strategy33

Shooter33

Sport33

Role-playing31

Puzzle26

Simulator26

Platform21

Fighting21

Arcade21

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