90stimeline

1990-1999

By adrwrp

  • Photoshop

    Photoshop
    Brothers John and Thomas Knoll created it, but Adobe bought a license and released it in February 1990. Adobe Photoshop is now widely used in digital arts. It has even become a verb, such as when an altered photo is said to have been "photoshopped."

  • Doom

    Doom
    In December 1993, id Software released the first-person shooter video game Doom. Its graphic violence and demonic imagery caused controversy and contributed to the moral panic of the time.

  • Windows 95

    Windows 95
    Microsoft released the Windows 95 operating system to the general public in August 1995. This version of Windows, which introduced the familiar taskbar and Start menu button, was the most-installed operating system within two years of its release.

  • Deep Blue defeats Gary Kasparov

    Deep Blue defeats Gary Kasparov
    IBM's Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov over the course of six games in May 1997. This was actually a rematch as Kasparov had defeated the computer the previous year.

  • The Matrix

    The Matrix
    The Matrix, a cyberpunk action film about a programmer who becomes a digital messiah, was released in March 1999. It used many computer-generated effects and popularized the "bullet time" visual effect.