January 15, 1968: Ralph Baer Patents First Video Game
Ralph Baer 1968 – Ralph Baer applies for a patent on a TV game system he designed. This, of course, sparks the Video Game age and Ralph becomes the inventor and Pioneer of the field. In 2006, he was...
View ArticleMay 16, 2006: Phantom Console Pump and Dump Scheme
May 16, 2006: Phantom Console called a “Pump and dump” scheme 2006 – Phantom Entertainment former CEO Timothy Roberts was accused of running a Pump and dump scheme on the Phantom console – a Game...
View ArticleOctober 1, 1979: Ex-Atari Employees Started Activision
Activision is Founded 1979– Activision was founded by four ex-Atari, Inc. game designers: David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. They teamed up with Jim Levy to produce game...
View ArticleMay 16, 1965: 50 Years of SpaghettiOs
SpaghettiOs 1965 – The Campbell soup company, under their Franco-American brand, introduce SpaghettiO’s pasta in a can. The ring-shaped pasta and cheese blend was an easy way (and less messy) to make...
View ArticleSeptember 2, 1995: Sega Saturn Launched, 1969: ARPANET Connects
SEGA Saturn Launches1995 – Sega launches the Saturn video game console in the US. The 32-bit Cartridge loading system contained the 2 x Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC (28.6 MHz). It was launched in Japan...
View ArticleJanuary 15, 1990: AT&T Reboots
AT&T 1990 – AT&T suffers the oddest outage nationwide. A switch in New York crashed, then rebooted. This caused the other switches linked to the New York switch to also reboot. The cascade...
View ArticleMay 16, 1965: Uh Oh! SpaghettiOs!
SpaghettiOs 1965 – The Campbell soup company, under their Franco-American brand, introduce SpaghettiO’s pasta in a can. The ring-shaped pasta and cheese blend was an easy way (and less messy) to make...
View ArticleSeptember 2, 1995: Sega Saturn Launched
SEGA Saturn Launches 1995 – Sega launches the Saturn video game console in the US. The 32-bit Cartridge loading system contained the 2 x Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC (28.6 MHz). It was launched in Japan...
View ArticleOctober 1, 1979: Ex-Atari Employees Started Activision
Activision is Founded 1979– Activision was founded by four ex-Atari, Inc. game designers: David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. They teamed up with Jim Levy to produce game...
View ArticleJanuary 15, 1990: The AT&T Reboot
AT&T 1990 – AT&T suffers the oddest outage nationwide. A switch in New York crashed, then rebooted. This caused the other switches linked to the New York switch to also reboot. The cascade...
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