🧠 Inventions of 1993
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Graphical Web Browser (Mosaic)
2 
MP3 Audio Compression Standard
3 
Search Engine Concept
4 
Java Programming Language
5 
Digital Mobile Camera
6 
Online Banking Systems
7 
Computer Firewall Concept
8 
Touchpad Input Device
9 
Real-Time Strategy Video Game
10 
Medical MRI Software Advances
HEADLINES ON October 29, 1993
Full News Archive
- Headline: Exploring Film Noir Parody in Reviews. Impact: This film review inadvertently led to a new genre of 'parody' films, where every plot twist is just a winking nod to previous hits. With every passing year, we get more movies that are basically the same but with a different cast. Thank you, mixology!. Fact: Did you know that 'film noir parody' is just a fancy way of saying 'we ran out of ideas'?.
- Headline: Review/Film; A Lust for the (Supposedly) Lifeless. Impact: This zombie film review marked the beginning of a love affair with the undead. Fast forward to today, and we've got zombie reality shows, zombie-themed weddings, and even zombie fitness classes. Because nothing says 'commitment' like sharing a brain with your spouse.. Fact: Fact: Zombies are the only creatures that can make a career out of being lifeless and still get more roles than most actors..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1993, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #3
ORCL
Oracle
Price in 1993
$0.57
Value in 2025
$317,737
Oracle - If you invested $1,000 in 1993, it would be worth $317,737 today (317.7x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Spawn #1
$60
300 #1
$300
The Maxx #1
$80
Preacher #1
$75
H-E-R-O #1
$95
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Action Figures
$150.00
Beetleborgs Action Figures
$150.00
Super Soaker CPS 2000
$250.00
Creepy Crawlers Oven
$200.00
Street Fighter II Figures
$32.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Doom
$200.00
Myst
$130.00
Secret of Mana
$149.00
Star Fox
$150.00
Day of the Tentacle
$45.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus
$500,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Ancestral Recall
$30,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Mox Sapphire
$108,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Mox Jet
$108,000
Magic: The Gathering Alpha Mox Ruby
$108,000