Technology timeline
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Steve Wozniak Ends Full-time Employment at Apple
The Wall Street Journal once printed that I was leaving Apple because I was disgusted, even though I'd told the reporter that was not the case. If... Read more
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Nintendo Releases The Legend of Zelda for the NES in North America
The Legend of Zelda, known in Japan as The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda (THE HYRULE FANTASY ゼルダの伝説, Za Hairaru Fantajī Zeruda no Densetsu)... Read more
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Sega First Releases the Master System in North America
The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986. Its original... Read more
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North American Release of Final Fantasy for the NES
Final Fantasy (ファイナルファンタジー, Fainaru Fantajī) is a console role-playing game created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, developed and published in Japan by... Read more
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Phantasy Star is Released for the Sega Master System
Phantasy Star (ファンタシースター, Fantashī Sutā) is the first installment in Sega's renowned series of the same name. It was released for the Sega Master... Read more
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Nintendo First Releases the Game Boy in Japan
The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ, Gēmu Bōi?) is an 8-bit handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on April... Read more
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NEC Releases the TurboGrafx-16 in North America
The TurboGrafx-16 (in full, the TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem), known in Japan as the PC Engine (PCエンジン, Pīshī Enjin), is a video game... Read more
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Atari Releases the Lynx
The Atari Lynx was a handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in 1989. The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first... Read more
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Release of the Macintosh Portable, Apple's Unsuccessful First Attempt at a Portable Computer
The Macintosh Portable was Apple Computer's first attempt at making a battery-powered portable Macintosh personal computer that held the power of a... Read more
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SNK Releases the Neo Geo
The Neo Geo is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK. The hardware featured... Read more
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Apple Releases PowerBook Models, first Laptop Computers
In October 1991 Apple released the first three PowerBooks: the low-end PowerBook 100, the more powerful PowerBook 140, and the high end PowerBook... Read more
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Nintendo Releases Super Mario Kart for the SNES
Super Mario Kart (スーパーマリオカート, Sūpā Mario Kāto) is a go-kart racing game developed by Nintendo EAD for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System... Read more
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Apple Introduces Newton MessagePad, the first PDA
The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for the Newton platform in... Read more
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Atari Releases the Jaguar in North America
The Atari Jaguar is a video game console, released by Atari Corporation in 1993. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super... Read more
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Sega Channel is Launched
Sega Channel was a project developed by Sega for the 16-bit Sega Genesis console. Starting in 1994, Sega Channel service was provided to the public... Read more
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Apple Introduces Power Macintosh 6100, Their First Computer to Use PowerPC Processor
The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computer's first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor created by IBM and Motorola. It came in the... Read more
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Apple Releases PowerBook 500
The PowerBook 500 series (codenamed Blackbird) was a range of Apple Macintosh PowerBook portable computers first introduced by Apple Computer with... Read more
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Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation is Decided in Favor of Microsoft
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, 35 F.3d 1435 (9th Cir. 1994) was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer, Inc. (now... Read more
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GeoCities is Founded as Beverly Hills Internet (BHI)
Beverly Hills Internet opened today four additional virtual communities based on real-world locations, raising to 10 the number of interactive... Read more
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Sega Saturn Released in North America
The Sega Saturn (セガサターン, Sega Satān) is a 32-bit video game console that was first released on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North... Read more
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Nintendo's Virtual Boy Arrives in Japanese Retail
Nintendo's Virtual Boy (バーチャルボーイ, Bācharu Bōi (also known as the VR-32 during development) was the first portable game console capable of... Read more
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Apple Releases PowerBook 5300 Series, First to Feature Hot Swapping
The PowerBook 5300 was Apple's first PowerBook based on a PowerPC CPU. Due to problems with the original (flaming) LithIon battery (which was... Read more
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Apple Bandai Pippin Gaming System Released
The Pippin, known in Japan as Pippin @ (ピピンアットマーク, Pipin Attomāku), was a multimedia platform designed by Apple Inc. (then Apple Computer Inc.) and... Read more
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Nintento 64 Arrives in North American Retail
During the developmental stages the N64 was referred to by its code name, Project Reality. The name Project Reality came from the speculation... Read more
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eToys is Founded
We are the leading Web-based retailer focused exclusively on children's products, including toys, video games, software, videos and music. We... Read more