1994 in computing, games and technology
139 milestones from 1994: 20 computers and hardware, 20 peripherals, 9 software, 7 games, 46 games, 5 games, 1 books, 12 movies, 13 events, 5 legal milestones, 1 world events.
Open 1994 in the interactive timeline The 1990s
Computers and hardware
- Dell Latitude
- ATI Mach64
- Sega Genesis CDX
- Kodak DCS 420
- Kodak DCS 460
- PowerPC 603
- Intel Pentium (P54C)
- Intel 486DX4
- Power Macintosh
- Acorn Risc PC
- PowerBook 500 series
- HP 200LX
- IBM Aptiva
- Neo Geo CD
- Bandai Playdia
- Sega 32X
- Sega Saturn (Japan)
- PowerPC 604
- Sony PlayStation (Japan)
- NEC PC-FX
Peripherals
- Roland SC-88
- ThrustMaster Formula T1
- Gravis Blackhawk Digital Joystick
- Yamaha MU80
- Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000
- Turtle Beach Maui
- ESS AudioDrive ES1688
- Number Nine Imagine 128
- Trident TGUI9440
- CompactFlash
- Epson Stylus Color
- Sound Blaster AWE32
- Cirque GlidePoint Touchpad
- Apple QuickTake 100
- Super Game Boy
- Connectix QuickCam
- Microsoft Natural Keyboard
- XBAND
- PlayStation Memory Card
- PlayStation controller
Software
- MS-DOS 6.22
- Python 1.0
- Linux 1.0
- Adobe Photoshop 3.0
- System 7.5
- Windows NT 3.5
- OS/2 Warp 3
- Perl 5
- Netscape Navigator 1.0
Games
- Super Metroid
- Final Fantasy VI
- System Shock
- Doom II: Hell on Earth
- Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
- Donkey Kong Country
- Tekken
Games
- King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
- Magic Carpet
- Panzer General
- Sid Meier's Colonization
- Detroit
- JumpStart Kindergarten
- Aces of the Deep
- EarthSiege
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter: Defender of the Empire
- Earthworm Jim
- Klik & Play
- Realms of Despair
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Daytona USA
- Ultima VIII: Pagan
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- X-COM: UFO Defense
- Star Wars Arcade
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows
- Theme Park
- Donkey Kong (1994 Game Boy)
- Lords of the Realm
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- Jazz Jackrabbit
- The King of Fighters '94
- EarthBound
- Blackthorne
- Master of Magic
- Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
- Sonic & Knuckles
- One Must Fall: 2097
- Killer Instinct
- Under a Killing Moon
- Ghoul Patrol
- Transport Tycoon
- Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
- Virtua Fighter 2
- NASCAR Racing
- The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
- MegaZeux
- Zeux II: Caverns of Zeux
- Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
- King's Field
- Rise of the Triad: Dark War
- Marathon
- Heretic
Games
Books
Movies
- Babylon 5 premieres
- Speed
- The Lion King
- Forrest Gump
- True Lies
- The Mask
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
- ReBoot premieres
- Pulp Fiction
- Clerks
- Disclosure
- Street Fighter (film)
Events
- Interactive Digital Software Association founded
- Mosaic Communications founded by Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen
- WebCrawler launches
- Commodore files for bankruptcy
- Computer Game Developers Association formed
- 3dfx Interactive founded
- ESRB launches
- W3C founded
- First web banner ad appears on HotWired
- Pentium FDIV bug reaches the news
- Mosaic Communications renamed Netscape
- Sega Channel launches
- Intel offers to replace every flawed Pentium
Legal milestones
- O. J. Simpson low-speed chase televised
- Amazon founded
- Microsoft and DOJ announce antitrust consent decree
- FIFA World Cup final held in the US
- CALEA signed into law
World events
- South Africa's first multiracial election