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Shigeru Miyamoto begins working at Nintendo as a concept artist. He will stay wth them to this day. -
Shigeru Miyamoto creates Donkey Kong as a replacement for Nintendo's first arcade game: Radar Scope. This introduced the world to Jumpman, now known as Mario.
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Researchers began assembling the framework that would become the modern Internet
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Nintendo releases the NES along with Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Popeye.
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Mario stars in his first game as "Super Mario". This hero would eventually become Nintendo's mascot and arguably the most recognizable game character of all time.
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Nintendo for short) released in North America for $199
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168 people killed in bombing at Oklahoma city federal government building carried out by Timothy McVeigh with a truckfull of explosives.
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Sony releases their new system: Playstation in North America
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Satoshi Tajiri releases Pokemon to the world. The porject nearly bankrupted Tajiri but became a phenomenon upon relase.
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Miyamo designs his first game in 3 dimensions: Super Mario 64, the first mario game to use polygons.
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Nintendo 64 (N64) hits the shelves of North America and boasts 4-player action and 64-bit graphics.
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Marcus Lehto began working at Bungie and would work on the titles Myth:The Fallen Lords through Halo:Reach. -
Playstation 2 releases in North America with an initial price tag of $299
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Wright recei es the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Game Developers Choice Awards for his work on "The Sims" series.
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Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda carries out attacks against the United States.
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Halo originally released on XBox and would become a game changer for the system.
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Gamecube released in North America and is the first Nintendo system to use discs rather than cartridges.
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The first Mario adventure for the Gamecube system is relased with an eco-friendly theme.
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Sony releases the Playstation 3 complete with wireless internet and built-in Blue Ray player.
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Nintendo releases their new system: Wii. This system uses kinetic gameplay and motion sensor hand controls.
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League of Legends is released and popularizes an entirely new genre of gameplay.
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Shigeru Miyamoto unleashes the New Super Mario Bros. game on the world for Nintendo Wii
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Brian "FeralPony" Feeney creates the 100th champion for League of Legends alongside Joe "Hephastopheles" Ziegler
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Nintendo releases their most recent system: Wii U in North America.
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Sony releases the Playstation 4 in the United States.
