Welcome back to IGN's History of Awesome - a year-long look back at all the coolest and most influential games, movies, TV shows, comic books, toys, and tech that have shaped pop culture, and shaped the lives of an entire generation. Up this week is- the year of some major gaming greats, Star Fox, Doom, and Myst among them.

It was also the year Jurassic Park debuted in theaters and Magic: The Gathering took trading card games to the next level.

1993 by the Numbers

1. Jurassic Park $357,067,947 2. Mrs. Doubtfire $219,195,243 3. The Fugitive $183,875,760 4. The Firm $158,348,367 5. Sleepless in Seattle $126,680,884 6. Indecent Proposal $106,614,059 7. In the Line of Fire $102,314,823 8. The Pelican Brief $100,768,056 9. Schindler's List $96,065,768 10. Cliffhanger $84,049,211

1. "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 2. "Whoomp! (There It Is)" Tag Team 3. "Can't Help Falling in Love" UB40 4. "That's the Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson 5. "Freak Me" Silk 6. "Weak" SMV 7. "If I Ever Fall in Love" Shai 8. "Dreamlover" Mariah Carey 9. "Rump Shaker" Wreckx-N-Effect 10. "Informer" Snow

1. The X-Files 2. Boy Meets World 3. Frasier 4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 5. NYPD Blue 6. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 7. The Nanny 8. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 9. Walker, Texas Ranger 10. WWF Raw

1. The Giver by Lois Lowry 2. The Client by John Grisham 3. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 4. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 5. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon 6. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh 7. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 8. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 9. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud 10. The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan

Females Males 1. Jessica 1. Michael 2. Ashley 2. Christopher 3. Sarah 3. Matthew 4. Samantha 4. Joshua 5. Emily 5. Tyler

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History of Awesome is IGN's 38-part trip down memory lane - each week we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more. 1993 was epic, but things are only going to get more awesome from here. Be sure to check back next week for an in-depth look at 1994, the year of Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, and Warcraft.