1995 in computing, games and technology

129 milestones from 1995: 27 computers and hardware, 20 peripherals, 14 software, 7 games, 31 games, 1 games, 9 movies, 16 events, 2 legal milestones, 2 world events.

Open 1995 in the interactive timeline The 1990s

Computers and hardware

• Design Master Senshi Mangajukuu
• Tiger R-Zone
• Apple QuickTake 150
• Nikon E2
• Intel 430FX Triton chipset
• IBM ThinkPad 701C
• Game Boy Play It Loud!
• Satellaview
• Sega Saturn (North America)
• Nvidia NV1 (Diamond Edge 3D)
• Power Macintosh 9500
• Virtual Boy (Japan)
• HP Pavilion 5030
• Virtual Boy (North America)
• Gateway 2000 Solo
• Sony PlayStation (North America)
• Atari Jaguar CD
• Sony PlayStation (Europe)
• Cyrix 6x86
• Sega Nomad
• BeBox
• Casio Loopy
• Super A'Can
• Intel Pentium Pro
• AMD Am5x86
• Ricoh RDC-1
• Neo Geo CDZ

Peripherals

• Iomega Zip drive
• Genius EasyScroll
• Virtual i-O i-glasses!
• Forte VFX1 Headgear
• Yamaha DB50XG
• Sound Blaster 32
• Labtec Spin speakers
• Hauppauge WinTV
• SmartMedia
• Iomega Ditto
• Intel Pentium OverDrive PODP5V63
• Kodak DC40
• Casio QV-10
• Cyrix Cx5x86
• Intel Pentium OverDrive PODP5V83
• HP SureStore CD-Writer 4020i
• Matrox Millennium
• QuickCam for Windows
• Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro
• Iomega Jaz

Software

• Borland Delphi 1.0
• Linux 1.2
• Microsoft Bob
• System 7.5.1
• RealAudio
• Red Hat Linux 1.0
• Windows NT 3.51
• PHP
• Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
• Internet Explorer 1.0
• Windows 95
• DirectX 1.0
• zMUD
• Ruby

Games

• The Ultimate Doom
• Star Wars: Dark Forces
• Full Throttle
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Phantasmagoria
• Command & Conquer
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Games

• Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
• Police Quest: SWAT
• Terminal Velocity
• 3-D Ultra Pinball
• Star Wars: TIE Fighter: Enemies of the Empire
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Ristar
• Panzer Dragoon
• Descent
• Mega Man 7
• Metal Warriors
• Mortal Kombat 3
• Jumping Flash!
• Tekken 2
• Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier
• Chrono Trigger
• Crusader: No Remorse
• Wipeout
• Rayman
• Tyrian
• Big Sky Trooper
• Hexen: Beyond Heretic
• Torin's Passage
• Shivers
• Twisted Metal
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
• The Dig
• Master Levels for Doom II
• Dragon Quest VI
• Suikoden

Games

• Trophy Bass

Movies

• Johnny Mnemonic
• The Net
• Virtuosity
• Mortal Kombat (film)
• Hackers
• Strange Days
• GoldenEye
• Ghost in the Shell (film)
• Toy Story

Events

• Packard Bell passes Compaq in US PC sales
• Kevin Mitnick arrested by the FBI
• Yahoo! incorporated
• Escom buys Commodore assets
• NSFNET backbone decommissioned
• First E3 opens in Los Angeles
• Sony announces $299 PlayStation price at E3
• Sun announces Java and HotJava at SunWorld
• Bill Gates sends the Internet Tidal Wave memo
• IBM buys Lotus
• Fraunhofer adopts the .mp3 file extension
• The Microsoft Network launches
• GameFAQs debuts
• Nintendo Ultra 64 shown at Space World
• Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript
• AltaVista launches

Legal milestones

• Judge Sporkin rejects the Microsoft consent decree
• Amazon.com opens for business

World events

• Netscape IPO
• eBay founded as AuctionWeb