1988 in video gaming
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Events
- July — Nintendo releases the Nintendo Power magazine.
Notable releases
- Namco releases World Stadium, Assault, Assault Plus, Berabow Man, Marchen Maze, Bakutotsu Kijuutei, which is the sequel to Baraduke, Ordyne, Metal Hawk, World Court, Splatterhouse, which is the first game to get a parental advisory disclaimer, Mirai Ninja, Face Off and Phelios.
- Electronic Arts releases John Madden Football for the Apple II, starting its highly successful line of American football games. It is also the first major football game to feature full 11-man teams.
- Pool of Radiance (SSI), the first of the "Gold Box" games, the first computer RPG based on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
- Altered Beast (Sega, arcade), later ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis where it was packaged with the console in North America and Europe.
- Sega releases Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System, the first in the company's most successful series of RPGs.
- Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Famicom in Japan.
Hardware
- October 29 — Sega Megadrive released in Japan.
Business
- New companies: KOEI Co., Ltd., Visual Concepts, Stormfront Studios
- Defunct companies: Coleco Industries Inc.
- Activision renamed to Mediagenic.
- Nintendo vs. Camerica Ltd. lawsuit: Nintendo sues Camerica over the clone production of an Advantage joystick controller for the NES console.
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