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What happened in history on this day: October 30?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1998 - Microsoft re-releases Office 97 Service Release 2. This update had been released a month ago, but distribution was suspended to correct occasional improper installations.
- 2001 - Microsoft releases Works Suite 2002 software package. It includes Word 2002, Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2002, Money 2002 Standard, Picture It! Photo 2002, Streets & Trips 2002, and Works 6.0. Price is US$109.
- 2007 - Apple ships the 2 millionth copy of Mac OS X Leopard.
Video Game history:
- 1987 - In Japan, NEC releases the PC Engine video game system. It features 64 kb VRAM, 7.16-MHz 8-bit HuC6280A CPU, 384x256 pixel graphics, 16-bit HuC6260 and HuC6270A graphics processors, 256 colors of 512 palette, 64 sprites, games on HUCards with up to 512 kb.
- 1998 - Lucas Arts releases the Grim Fandango video game.
- 2001 - In Los Angeles, California, Nintendo hosts a Hollywood party to celebrate the opening of Cube Clubs nationwide. The locations allow players to try out GameCube games prior to the launch of the system.
- 2002 - Nintendo releases a dial-up modem and a network adapter for the GameCube. Price of each is US$35.
- 2002 - The European Union fines Nintendo 168 million euros (about US$147 million) for colluding with game distributors to sell products at different prices in different parts of Europe, in violation of European Union treaties.
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Heroes of the Pacific video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - CW Television Network airs the TV show The Game in the USA. Two men play a football game on an Xbox 360 with wireless controllers.
- 2012 - Ubisoft releases the Assassin's Creed III video game for the PlayStation 3, Vita, and Xbox 360.
- 2012 - Electronic Arts releases the Need for Speed: Most Wanted video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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