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1991 in video gaming
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Notable events of 1991 in video gaming . See also history of computer and video games .
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Notable releases
Namco releases Star Blade , Super World Stadium , Solvalou , which is the 3rd title in the Xevious series, Tank Force , which is the sequel to Tank Battalion , Cosmo Gang the Video , which uses characters from a popular redemption game released in the previous year, Steel Gunner 2 , Winning Run '91 and Golly! Ghost! 2 .
Microprose creates Civilization , Sid Meier 's most successful game as of 2005 .
Electronic Arts releases Road Rash for Sega Mega Drive , starting a series of games that were popular in the 1990s .
Capcom releases Street Fighter II for arcades. It becomes highly successful and is routinely listed as the grandfather of the fighting game genre.
Tecmo releases Tecmo Super Bowl for NES , which serves as one of the most revolutionary arcade football games of its time.
AOL , SSI , TSR and Stormfront Studios collaborate and launch Neverwinter Nights , the first graphical MMORPG .
Delphine Software releases Eric Chahi's "Another World " for the Amiga 500 , one of the first games to be made using polygons instead of conventional sprites . Also one of the first games to use rotoscoping techniques to create cutscenes and fluid character animations since Prince of Persia .
February 12 — Attic Entertainment Software releases Spirit of Adventure , a role playing game which contains an early pseudo 3D dungeon crawler .
June 23 — Sega releases Sonic the Hedgehog (by AM8, later Sonic Team ) for the Sega Mega Drive internationally and the Sega Genesis in North America . It introduced the eponymous character , who would go on to become Sega's mascot .
July 19 — Squaresoft releases Final Fantasy IV in Japan, the first Final Fantasy game for the Super Famicom (released in November as Final Fantasy II in North America).
August 13 — Nintendo releases Super Mario World along with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ; it is the original pack-in game for the SNES, and one of the most sold games for that system. The game introduces the Yoshi character to the Mario series.
November 21 — Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Super Famicom in Japan .
Team17 release the first of their popular Alien Breed series for the Amiga .
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