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1992 in video games

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1992 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Quest V, Final Fantasy V, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and Super Mario Kart, along with new titles such as Art of Fighting, Lethal Enforcers, Mortal Kombat and Virtua Racing.

The year's highest-grossing video game worldwide was Capcom's arcade fighting game Street Fighter II for the second year in a row, while also being the year's highest-grossing entertainment product. The year's best-selling home system was the Game Boy for the third year in a row, while the year's best-selling home video games were Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System port of Street Fighter II, which were both also the year's highest-grossing home entertainment products.

Legend

Hardware releases

April 11 – The Super NES releases in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
June - The Super NES releases in the rest of Europe.
June 8 - The Super NES releases in Chile.
July 3 - The Super NES releases in the Australasia region.
October – Sega releases the Model 1, Sega's first arcade system board supporting 3D polygon graphics.
October 10 - The PC Engine Duo releases in North America as the TurboDuo, an updated version of the TurboGrafx-16 with built-in CD-ROM drive and Super System Card for Super CD-ROM² support.
October 15 - Sega releases the Mega-CD as Sega CD (an add-on for the Sega Genesis) in North America, almost a year after the equivalent Japanese launch.
October 21 - The Amiga 1200 computer is released. It's the final lower-cost Amiga model before Commodore's bankruptcy.
Namco releases the System 22, an arcade system board that introduces 3D texture mapping and Gouraud shading.
JVC releases the Wondermega console in Japan, a combined Mega Drive and Mega CD.
Nintendo releases the Super Scope for the Super NES.

Top-rated games

Game of the Year awards

The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1992.

Awards	Game of the Year	Publisher	Genre	Platform	Ref
Chicago Tribune	Street Fighter II	Capcom	Fighting	SNES
Electronic Gaming Awards
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	year=1993	title=Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	pages=13–24 }}
European Computer Trade Show (ECTS)
GameFan Golden Megawards
Game Informer
Golden Joystick Awards	url=http://www.gamesradar.com/12-hot-facts-about-the-golden-joystick-awards/	title=12 hot facts about the Golden Joystick Awards	work=GamesRadar	publisher=Future plc	date=14 September 2009	access-date=26 August 2015}}
Gamest Awards	Street Fighter II Dash (Champion Edition)	Capcom	Fighting	Arcade
Chicago Tribune	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Nintendo	Action-adventure	SNES	last1=Carter	first1=Chip	last2=Carter	first2=Jonathan	title=The Best of '92 That Kept You Playing and Playing...	url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-12-25-9204270261-story.html	access-date=15 September 2021	work=Chicago Tribune	publisher=Tribune Media Services	date=December 25, 1992}}
GameFan Golden Megawards	Cybernator (Assault Suits Valken)	Masaya Games	Run and gun	SNES	title=Golden Megawards: GameFan's Best of 1992	magazine=GameFan	date=January 1993	volume=1	issue=3	pages=70–1	url=https://archive.org/details/GamefanVolume1Issue03January1993/page/n69/mode/2up}}
Streets of Rage 2	Sega	Brawler	GEN
Wonderdog	JVC Musical Industries	Platformer	SCD
PC Engine Fan	Far East of Eden II: Manji Maru	Hudson Soft	RPG	PCD

''Famitsu'' Platinum Hall of Fame

The following video game releases in 1992 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.

Title	Developer	Publisher	Score (out of 40)	Genre	Platform
Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome	Chunsoft	Enix	36	RPG	SNES
Shin Megami Tensei	Atlus	Atlus	36
I Love Mickey & Donald: Fushigi na Magic Box (World of Illusion)	Sega AM7	Sega	36	Platformer	SCD
Street Fighter II	Capcom	Capcom	35	Fighting	SNES
Mario Paint	Nintendo R&D1	Nintendo	35	Art

Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games

The year's highest-grossing game worldwide was Street Fighter II, which alone accounted for an estimated 60% of the global arcade game market, according to Coinslot magazine. The following table lists the year's top-grossing arcade games in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide.

Market	Title	Manufacturer	Genre
Japan	Street Fighter II: The World Warrior	Capcom	Fighting
United Kingdom	Street Fighter II: The World Warrior	Capcom	Fighting
United States	Street Fighter II / Champion Edition	Capcom	Fighting

Japan

The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1992 in Japan, according to Gamest, Game Machine and Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazines.

Rank	Gamest	Game Machine	Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu)	Title	Type
1	Street Fighter II: The World Warrior	Street Fighter II / Dash	Software kit		Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
2	Street Fighter II Dash (Champion Edition)	Final Lap 2	Standard/deluxe		Final Lap 2
3	Captain Commando	F1 Exhaust Note	Dedicated	3464	Street Fighter II Dash
4	Garō Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai (Fatal Fury)	Tetris (Sega)	Software kit	3402	F1 Exhaust Note
5	Final Lap 2	Columns	Software kit	3218	Final Lap
6	Knights of the Round	Super Volley '91 (Power Spikes)	Software kit	3140	Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours
7	Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters)	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Dedicated	2937	Super Monaco GP
8	F-1 Grand Prix	Clutch Hitter	Software kit	2748	Driver's Eyes
9	WWF WrestleFest	Garō Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai	Software kit	2401	Tetris (Sega)
10	Hacha Mecha Fighter	Super Monaco GP	Standard/deluxe		Virtua Racing

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1992.

Rank	RePlay	Play Meter	Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA)	AMAA	Dedicated arcade cabinet	Arcade conversion kit
1	Street Fighter II / Champion Edition	title=1992	magazine=Play Meter	date=December 1994	volume=20	issue=13	page=88	url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994/page/88}}	Street Fighter II: Champion Edition	WWF WrestleFest	Street Fighter II: Champion Edition,
Mortal Kombat,
Neo Geo MVS,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2	World Heroes,
Art of Fighting,
X-Men,
Lethal Enforcers,
Mortal Kombat,
Steel Talons,
Space Lords,
Final Lap 2 / Final Lap 3,
Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours,
Virtua Racing	rowspan="4"	Street Fighter II: The World Warrior,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
Race Drivin',
X-Men	Captain America and The Avengers,
Road Riot 4WD,
Sunset Riders,
Super High Impact
3
4
5	Suzuka 8 Hours
6	rowspan="5"	colspan="2" rowspan="5"	rowspan="5"
7
8
9
10

Australia

On Australia's Timezone monthly arcade charts published in the June 1992 issue of Leisure Line magazine, Capcom's Street Fighter II: Champion Edition was the top-grossing arcade conversion kit and Konami's X-Men was the top-grossing dedicated arcade cabinet.

Best-selling home systems

Rank	System(s)	Manufacturer	Type	Sales	Japan	USA	Europe	Korea	Worldwide
1	GB	Nintendo	Handheld	last=小川 (Ogawa)	first=純生 (Sumio)	date=2010-12-14	title=テレビゲーム機の変遷 —ファミコン、スーパーファミコン、プレステ、プレステ2、Wiiまで—	trans-title=Recent Developments in Video Game Technology in Japan — Famicom, Super Famicom, Play Station, Play Station 2 and Wii —	url=http://www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf	journal=経営論集 (Keiei Ronshū)	language=ja	publication-date=March 2011	issue=77	pages=1–17 (2)	issn=0286-6439	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185700/http://www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf	archive-date=2015-07-25	access-date=2021-12-06	via=Toyo University Academic Information Repository (Toyo University)}}	last1=McNary	first1=Dave	title=Nintendo announces record 1992 sales	url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/01/08/Nintendo-announces-record-1992-sales/8149726469200/	access-date=15 December 2021	work=United Press International (UPI)	date=January 8, 1993	language=en}}	last=Sheff	first=David	url=	title=Game Over	title-link=Game Over (Sheff book)	publisher=Random House	year=1993	isbn=0-679-40469-4	location=New York	pages=416–7	chapter=Borders	author-link=David Sheff	chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/Game_Over_1999_Cyberactive_Publishing/page/416/mode/2up}}	11,910,000+
2	SNES	Nintendo	Console	3,580,000	last=Kent	first=Steven L.	title=The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World	publisher=Three Rivers Press	year=2001	isbn=0-7615-3643-4	location=Roseville, California	pages=449	chapter=The War	author-link=Steven L. Kent}}	2,030,000	title=게임월드	date=1994	trans-title=Game World	language=ko}}	11,230,000+
3	GEN	Sega	Console	400,000		date=March 1995	title=Finance & Business	url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/208776076/Screen-Digest?secret_password=2ntzw5zfrtsy8kxequmg	magazine=Screen Digest	pages=56–62	access-date=May 23, 2021}}	76,000	8,236,000+
4	NES	Nintendo	Console	820,000	2,700,000		110,000	6,660,000+
5	IBM	IBM	Computer					date=15 February 1993	title=Compaq plan	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cS_QkhHqHwMC&pg=PA7	magazine=Computerworld	publisher=IDG Enterprise	page=7	issn=0010-4841}}
6	MAC	Apple Inc.	Computer					last=Reimer	first=Jeremy	date=2005-12-15	title=Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures	url=https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/	access-date=2021-11-27	website=Ars Technica	language=en-us}}
7	SMS	Sega	Console		url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYK1AAAAIAAJ	title=Proceedings	date=1994	publisher=The Conference	pages=125	chapter=SEGA - Hardware Estimates	quote=Master GameGear
1992 0.0 0.8}}		180,000	2,415,000+
8	Compaq (IBM)	Compaq	Computer					1,500,000
9	GG	Sega	Handheld	250,000	800,000	title=Video Games: A Report on the Supply of Video Games in the UK	date=April 1995	publisher=Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC), H.M. Stationery Office	isbn=978-0-10-127812-6	location=United Kingdom	pages=66 to 68	chapter=Market size and market shares}}		1,370,000+
10	PC88, PC98	NEC	Computer	last1=Dedrick	first1=Jason	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNHhBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83	title=Asia's Computer Challenge: Threat or Opportunity for the United States and the World?	last2=Kraemer	first2=Kenneth L.	date=1998-08-20	publisher=Oxford University Press	isbn=978-0-19-028398-8	pages=83}}				1,120,000+

Best-selling home video games

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Street Fighter II each sold 5 million units worldwide in 1992, making them the year's highest-grossing entertainment products. The following home video games sold more than 1 million units worldwide in 1992.

Rank	Title	Platform	Sales	Revenue	Japan	United States	Europe	Worldwide	Nominal	Inflation
1	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	GEN		title=Video Hits: 1992's top video-game sellers	magazine=Business Week	date=1993	issue=3335–3338	page=6	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXopAQAAIAAJ	publisher=McGraw-Hill	quote=1992's top video-game sellers
Rank Company/Game Millions sold
1 Sega / Sonic The Hedgehog 2 2.0
2 Capcom / Street Fighter II 1.0
3 Nintendo / The Legend of Zelda 1.0
Data: Company Reports}}	+	last1=Williams	first1=Jeffrey	title=Renewable Advantage: Crafting Strategy Through Economic Time	publisher=Simon and Schuster	year=1998	isbn=978-0-684-83369-9	page=78	chapter=Chapter 4: The New Artisans	quote=Sega Enterprises' Sonic the Hedgehog 2, released in November, sold 5 million units in sixty days.	chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebKsbjM6h5AC&pg=PA78}}
Street Fighter II	SNES	2,000,000+	2,000,000	title=Can Mega Drive Street Fighter 2 Live Up To All The Hype?	magazine=Mega	date=17 June 1993	issue=10 (July 1993)	page=22	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/0/07/Mega_UK_10.pdf#page=22}}	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw20AAAAIAAJ	title=Tokyo Business Today	date=1993	publisher=Toyo Keizai Shinposha (The Oriental Economist)	page=38	quote=The most important new contributor to Sega is Capcom Co., producer of the phenomenally successful Street Fighter II (five million unit sales last year). Capcom is widely known as the single biggest outside contributor to the Nintendo legend, but will launch software designed for Sega this spring.}}
3	Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome	SNES	2,800,000			2,800,000+	+	+
4	Super Mario Kart	SNES	2,000,000+			2,000,000+	colspan="2" rowspan="3"
Final Fantasy V	SNES	2,000,000+			2,000,000+
6	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	SNES		1,000,000		1,000,000+

The following table lists the year's top-selling home video game releases in several markets, including Europe, Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

Market	Title	Platform	Sales
Europe	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	GEN	+
Japan	Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome	SNES	2,800,000
South Korea	Street Fighter II	SNES
United States	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	GEN	2,000,000
Street Fighter II	SNES	2,000,000

Asia

In Japan and South Korea, according to Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazine, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video game releases of 1992.

Rank	Japan	South Korea	Title	Platform	Sales	Title	Platform
1	title=Dragon Quest V: Inside Japan's Favourite Game	magazine=Super Play	date=3 December 1992	issue=3 (January 1993)	pages=60–1	url=https://archive.org/details/Superplay_Issue_03_1993-01_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n59/mode/1up}}	SNES	title=International Outlook	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	issue=53	publisher=EGM Media, LLC	date=December 1993	page=100	quote=DQ5 (the only SFC game in the series) sold close to 3 million last year.}}	Street Fighter II	SNES
2	Final Fantasy V	SNES	title=Super Savings!	magazine=N-Force	date=March 1993	issue=10 (April 1993)	publisher=Europress	page=12	url=https://archive.org/details/NForce07Jan93/NForce10-Apr93/page/n11}}	Final Fantasy V
3	Super Mario Kart	SNES	2,000,000+	Dragon Quest V
4	Street Fighter II	SNES	title=Big in Japan! Sega grab Capcom licenses	magazine=Sega Force	date=10 December 1992	issue=13 (January 1993)	pages=10–11 (11)	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/ba/SegaForce_UK_13.pdf#page=11}}	Arang Jeonseol (Fatal Fury)
5	Romancing SaGa	SNES	title=February 2, 2004 – February 4, 2004	url=http://www.square-enix.com/jp/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf#page=27	website=Square Enix	access-date=2008-12-13	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213144948/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/ir/e/explanatory/download/0404-200402090000-01.pdf#page=27	archive-date=February 13, 2012 }}	Ranma ½: Hard Battle
6	Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka	GB	rowspan="2"	colspan="2" rowspan="5"
7	Mario Paint	SNES
8	Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu	SNES	chapter=Dragon Ball Video Game Data	title=Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary: Super History Book	year=2016	publisher=Shueisha	isbn=978-4-08-792505-0	page=216}}
9	Hoshi no Kirby (Kirby's Dream Land)	GB	rowspan="2"
10	Super Famista (Super Batter Up)	SNES

Europe

The following titles were the top three best-selling home video game releases of 1992 in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Rank	Europe	United Kingdom	Title	Platform	Sales	Title	Platform	Sales
1	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	GEN	+	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	GEN	title=Sonic: A brief history	magazine=MegaTech	date=20 January 1994	issue=26 (February 1994)	publisher=Maverick Magazines	location=United Kingdom	page=24	url=https://archive.org/details/mega-tech-26/page/24}}
2	Road Rash II	GEN		Street Fighter II	SNES	200,000
3	Mario Paint	SNES		AMI

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top-selling home video games of each month in 1992.

Game consoles	Home computers	Ref	Genesis	Super NES	Master System	NES	Game Boy	Amiga	ZX Spectrum
WWF WrestleMania (home computers)
Robocod		Sonic the Hedgehog	Super Mario Bros. 3	Super Mario Land	Grand Prix 1
QuackShot		Asterix	1st Division Manager
Desert Strike		Project-X
	Super Kick Off	John Madden
	Champions of Europe	Rescue Rangers	Sensible Soccer	Italia '90
Taz-Mania		Wimbledon
Olympic Gold					Rainbow Islands
Alien 3	WWF Super WrestleMania				title=Charts Would Be a Fine Thing!	magazine=Super Play	date=1 October 1992	issue=1 (November 1992)	page=17	url=https://archive.org/details/Superplay_Issue_01_1992-11_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n16/mode/1up}}
Street Fighter II (SNES)	title=Charts Across the World	magazine=Super Play	date=November 1992	issue=2 (December 1992)	page=25	url=https://archive.org/details/Superplay_Issue_02_1992-12_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n24/mode/1up}}
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GEN)	date=18 February 1993	title=Official Gallup UK Mega Drive Sales Chart	magazine=Mega	issue=6 (March 1993)	page=12	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fb/Mega_UK_06.pdf#page=12}}

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top three best-selling home video games of 1992.

Rank	Title	Publisher	Genre	Sales	Platform	Ref
1	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sega	Platformer	2,000,000	GEN
Street Fighter II	Capcom	Fighting	2,000,000	SNES	title=News Digest: People on the Move	magazine=RePlay	date=January 1994	volume=19	issue=4	page=22	url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-19-issue-no.-4-january-1994/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2019%2C%20Issue%20No.%204%20-%20January%201994/page/22}}
3	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Nintendo	Action-adventure	1,000,000	SNES

The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month for video game consoles (home consoles and handheld consoles) in 1992.

Month	NES	Super Nintendo	Sega Genesis	TurboDuo	Game Boy	Atari Lynx	Ref
June		Final Fantasy II
August	Yoshi	Street Fighter II	Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing		Super Mario Land	Batman Returns	url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_039_October_1992/page/n43/mode/2up	title=EGM Top Ten	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	issue=39	date=October 1992	pages=44–45}}
September	Turtles in Time		url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20040%20%28November%201992%29/page/n39/mode/2up	title=EGM Top Ten	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	issue=40	date=November 1992	pages=40–41}}
October	Tecmo Super Bowl	Street Fighter II	NHLPA Hockey '93	Cosmic Fantasy 2	Kirby's Dream Land	NFL Football	url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20041%20%28December%201992%29/page/n47	title=EGM Top Ten	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	issue=41	date=December 1992	page=48}}
November	John Madden Football '93	Air Zonk	Super Mario Land 2
December	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Batman Returns	url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n37	title=EGM Top Ten	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	issue=43	date=February 1993	page=38}}

The following titles were the top-selling personal computer games on the monthly PC Research charts in 1992, as reported by Electronic Games magazine.

Month	DOS games	DOS educational games	Amiga	Macintosh
May	Hardball III
June	Aces of the Pacific	Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
July
August	Links
September	Falcon 3.0: Operation Fighting Tiger
October	King's Quest VI	Civilization	Prince of Persia	Battle Chess

Events

January 1 – Atari Corporation drops support for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari 7800, and software for those systems.
May 25 – FuncoLand founder David Pomije is named "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year" by the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce.
July 2 – FuncoLand's parent company Funco Inc. files a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of one million shares of its common stock at $5 a share, with plans to use the proceeds from the sold shares to repay short-term debt and finance the opening of other FuncoLand locations.
July 13 – The first Chicago-area FuncoLand location opens in Bloomingdale.
August 12 – Funco's initial public offering, underwritten by Miller, Johnson & Kuehn Inc., is announced.
September 22 – The first south suburban Chicago-area FuncoLand location opens in Orland Park.
December – the Apple IIGS is discontinued.
Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
Sega v. Accolade
Activision (as Mediagenic) files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
New companies: Wow Entertainment Inc. (Sega AM1), Humongous Entertainment, Halestorm

Games released in 1992

Release date	Title	Platform	Genre	Ref
January	The Addams Family	GB, NES	Action	url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/dmg_games.pdf	publisher=Nintendo	title=All Game Boy Games	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111407/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/dmg_games.pdf	archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
January	Art Alive!	GEN	Educational
January	Back to the Future Part III	GEN	Adventure
January	Beetlejuice	GB	Action
January	Big Nose the Caveman	NES	Action
January	Bucky O'Hare	NES	Action
January	Cowboy Kid	NES	Action
January	Darkwing Duck	PCE	Action
January	Die Hard	NES	Action
January	Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop	LYNX		Action
January	Heavy Nova	GEN	Action
January	Hydra	LYNX	Action
January	Lynx Casino	LYNX	Simulation
January	Mario Lemieux Hockey	GEN	Sports
January	Monster in My Pocket	NES	Action
January	Nightshade	NES	Action
January	Pinball Jam	LYNX	Simulation
January	Pit-Fighter	LYNX	Action
January	Prince of Persia	GB	Action
January	Rampart	NES	Adventure
January	Rings of Power	GEN	RPG
January	Sword Master	NES	Action-adventure
January	Trouble Shooter	GEN	Action
January	Wheel of Fortune Featuring Vanna White	NES	Game show
January	The Games: Winter Challenge	GEN	Sports
January 11	Super Adventure Island	SNES	Action
January 14	Super Fantasy Zone	GEN	Shoot 'em up
January 25	Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan	SNES	RPG
January 28	Romancing SaGa	SNES	RPG
January 31	Football Frenzy	Arcade	Sports	url=http://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/catalogue/	title=Title Catalogue - NEOGEO MUSEUM	publisher=SNK Playmore	access-date=July 22, 2019	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035857/http://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/catalogue/	archive-date=August 28, 2018	url-status=live}}
January 31	Soul Blazer	SNES	RPG
February	Adventure Island	GB	Action	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/6/6c/EGM_US_031.pdf	title=February 1992 Software Calendar	date=February 1992	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	pages=32–33}}
February	Alisia Dragoon	GEN	Action
February	Asteroids	GB	Action
February	Boggle Plus	GB	Puzzle
February	California Games	GEN	Sports
February	F-15 Strike Eagle	NES	Simulation
February	Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters	NES	Action
February	Hudson Hawk	NES	Action
February	InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz German Translator	GB	Educational
February	M.C. Kids	NES	Action
February	Paperboy	GEN	Action
February	Qbert*	GB	Puzzle
February	Sesame Street: Countdown	NES	Educational
February	Super Smash TV	SNES	Action
February	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (NES)	NES	Action
February	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (GB)	GB	Action
February	Super Spy Hunter	NES	Action
February	Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break	GB	Action
February	Xenon 2: Megablast	GEN	Shoot 'em up
February 14	Soccer Brawl	Arcade	Sports
February 21	Football Frenzy	NEO	Sports
February 28	Contra III: The Alien Wars	SNES	Action
March	The Addams Family	SNES	Action	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/3/35/EGM_US_032.pdf	title=March 1992 Software Calendar	date=March 1992	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	pages=34–35}}
March	Baseball Heroes	LYNX	Sports
March	Desert Strike	GEN	Action
March	Fisher-Price: Firehouse Rescue	NES	Educational
March	G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor	NES	Action
March	Ghoul School	NES	Action
March	InfoGenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz German & Japanese Translator	GB	Educational
March	Kid Chameleon	GEN	Action
March	Missile Command	GB	Action
March	PGA Tour Golf	SNES	Sports
March	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	NES	Action
March	The Terminator	GEN	Action
March	Toki	LYNX	Action
March	Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss	DOS	RPG
March	Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?	GEN	Educational
March	Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power	NES	Action
March 13	Soccer Brawl	NEO	Sports
March 16	Mutation Nation	Arcade	Action
March 20	Shining Force	GEN	RPG
March 23	Last Resort	Arcade	Shoot 'em up
March 27	Arcana	SNES	RPG
March 27	Rival Turf!	SNES	Action
April	Crystal Mines II	LYNX	Action	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/9a/EGM_US_033.pdf	title=April 1992 Software Calendar	date=April 1992	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	pages=34–35}}
April	Devilish: The Next Possession	GEN	Action
April	Double Dragon	GEN	Brawler
April	Earnest Evans	GEN	Action
April	George Foreman's KO Boxing	GG	Sports
April	Hatris	NES	Puzzle
April	Hook	NES	Action
April	The Mutant Virus: Crisis in a Computer World	NES	Action
April	Paperboy 2	GB, NES	Action
April	Square Deal	GB	Simulation
April	Super Skweek	LYNX	Action
April	Toxic Crusaders	NES	Action
April	Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds	NES	RPG
April 5	Aerobiz	SNES	Simulation
April 15	Baseball Stars 2	Arcade	Sports
April 17	Mutation Nation	NEO	Action
April 24	Last Resort	NEO	Shoot 'em up
April 27	Kirby's Dream Land	GB	Action
April 28	Baseball Stars 2	NEO	Sports
April 30	Ninja Commando	Arcade	Shoot 'em up
May	Ballistix	PCE	Sports	url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cb/EGM_US_034.pdf	title=May 1992 Software Calendar	date=May 1992	magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly	pages=34–35}}
May	NBA All-Star Challenge 2	GB	Sports
May	Night Creatures	PCE	Action
May	Rampart	LYNX	Action
May	Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge	NES	Sports
May	Super Battletank	SNES	Simulation
May	Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator	GB	Action
May 5	Wolfenstein 3D	DOS	FPS
May 25	King of the Monsters 2	Arcade	Fighting
May 29	Ninja Commando	NEO	Shoot 'em up
June	Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge	NES	Sports
June	High Stakes Gambling	GB	Simulation
June	Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis	DOS	Adventure
June 15	Andro Dunos	Arcade	Shoot 'em up
June 19	King of the Monsters 2	NEO	Fighting
July 29	Ecco the Dolphin
August 27	Super Mario Kart		Racing (kart)
September 1	Championship Manager	AMI, ATRST
September 24	Art of Fighting	Arcade
September 27 (JP)	Dragon Quest V
October	Virtua Racing	Arcade	Racing
October	Zool	AMI	Platformer
October 8 (NA)	Mortal Kombat	Arcade	Fighting
October 15	Night Trap	SCD
October 21	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	GB
November	Star Control II
November	Prince of Persia	SNES
November 21	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	GEN
December	Dune II		RTS
December 4 (JP)	Mega Man 5
December 10	Fatal Fury 2	Arcade, NEO
December 15 (US)	Mega Man 5
Unknown	Alone in the Dark		survival horror
Unknown	Flashback	AMI

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