1994 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy VI, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Virtua Fighter 2 and Doom II, along with new titles such as Daytona USA, Ace Driver, Alpine Racer, The King of Fighters '94 and Tekken.
The year's video game console was the Game Boy, while the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis remained the home console. The year's highest-grossing arcade video games were Super Street Fighter II X (Super Street Fighter II Turbo) and Virtua Fighter in Japan, and Daytona USA and Mortal Kombat II in the United States, while the year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Donkey Kong Country.
The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1994.
The following video game releases in 1994 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.
The best-selling arcade printed circuit board (PCB) worldwide in 1994 was SNK's Neo Geo MVS system.
The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 1994 in Japan.
In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the highest-grossing games of each month in 1994.
Virtua Fighter by Sega AM2 was also one of the UK's most popular coin-ops of the year.
In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1994.
The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games (console games or computer games) worldwide in 1994.
In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1994.
In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1994.
HMV, a British entertainment retailer, released a monthly list of the chain's highest-selling home video game titles. The following titles topped the monthly all-formats charts, as reported by Computer and Video Games.