This Day in Personal Computer and Video Game History
October 11

Copyright © 2006-2024 Ken Polsson
internet e-mail: ken@kpolsson.com
URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/compvid/
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing a single day's events)

What happened in history on this day: October 11?

On October 11 in ...

Personal Computer history:

  • 1994 - IBM announces that the release name of the next OS/2 version will be "OS/2 Warp".
  • 2003 - Malaysia issues a postage stamp for the 50th World Children's Day, depicting a man at a computer.
Video Game history:

  • 1990 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. One scene takes place in a video game arcade.
  • 1994 - Square releases the Final Fantasy III video game for the Super NES in the US. This is the same game as Final Fantasy VI in Japan.
  • 2002 - Acclaim releases the Burnout 2: Point of Impact video game for the PlayStation 2 in England. Acclaim offers to pay drivers' speeding tickets incurred that day.
  • 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A video game system appears, playing "CRASH NEBULA IN POWERPLANT".
  • 2004 - Midway releases the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 video game collection for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube in the US. Games included are Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, NARC, Rampage World Tour, Total Carnage, Gauntlet II, A.P.B., Arch Rivals, Championship Sprint, Cyberball 2072, Hard Drivin', Kozmik Kroozr, Primal Rage, Spy Hunter 2, Timber Wacko, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Xybots, Pit Fighter.
  • 2004 - THQ releases the Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams video game for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in the US.
  • 2005 - Midway releases the L.A. Rush video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
  • 2005 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the SOCOM 3: US Navy SEALS video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
  • 2011 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Forza Motorsport 4 video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.

vvv advertisement vvv

^^^ advertisement ^^^

You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.

Bookmark this URL:   http://kpolsson.com/thisday/compvid/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)

Or, visit my Timelines of History page.

Copyright © 2006-2024 Ken Polsson (email: ken@kpolsson.com).
URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/compvid/
Link to Ken P's home page.


vvv advertisement vvv

^^^ advertisement ^^^
History Timelines Postage Stamps Today in History
PCs Video Games Timeline Today
Amiga World Silly This Day
Apple Space Coins Sports
Commodore 64 Impacts Corvettes Disney
Processors Sports Cruise Ships USA
Corvettes Gambling Disney Music
World War II Weather Errors PC and Game
Sweden Earthquakes Novelties TV and Movies
A&W USA Births Finder Anniversaries
A&W Canada Deaths
Postage Stamps Dow Jones Coins Chevrolet Corvettes
Walt Disney Co. Television Timeline: Canada Timeline
Disneyland Cruise Ships Timeline: USA Racing Success
Walt Disney World Oak Island Timeline: World On Stamps
Disney Cruise Line Killing JFK Novelties Pop Culture
Canada coins On Stamps
USA coins Other
World coins Mug Shots(A&W)
Stuff For Sale

Privacy Policy

kpolsson.com does not collect or share personal information. I have better things to do. There are links to advertiser sites that are beyond my control, from which I may receive a placement fee or a sale commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.