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What happened in history on this day: November 8?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1982 - A New York Federal Court judge issues a temporary injunction against Commodore International, preventing the company from making and selling joysticks that are immitations of Atari joysticks.
- 1991 - WordPerfect releases WordPerfect for Windows.
- 1993 - Microsoft ships Windows for Workgroups 3.11.
- 1998 - Intel begins airing a commercial on American television entitled "Homer's Smarter Brain", featuring Homer Simpson of The Simpsons, who has his brain replaced by a Pentium II processor, turning him into a professor.
- 2000 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. Several personal computers appear.
- 2004 - The Computer & Communications Industry Association settles a lawsuit with Microsoft, receiving about US$12 million.
- 2004 - Microsoft agrees to pay US$536 million to Novell to settle legal claims related to Novell's NetWare operating system.
- 2004 - Sony Online Entertainment releases the EverQuest II online game for personal computers.
- 2005 - Tunisia issues a postage stamp depicting a computer monitor and keyboard.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Milton Bradley introduces the Vectrex, the first home gaming system with a built-in 9-inch monochrome vector monitor. It uses a Motorola 68A09 processor. Price: US$199. The system includes the built-in game Mine Storm.
- 1992 - Sega of America releases the Sega CD Multimedia Entertainment System, with a CD player, for US$299. The unit is an add-on product for the Genesis system. It features MC68000 processor, two music CDs, and 2 game discs, including Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Columns, Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage, and Super Monaco GP1.
- 2002 - Konami releases the Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Nintendo releases the Mario Tennis video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2004 - EA releases The Urbz: Sims in the City video game for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - Konami releases the Castlevania: Curse of Darkness video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - Sony CE Europe releases the EyeToy: Kinetic video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - Konami releases the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2005 - Capcom releases the Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2005 - Activision releases the Gun video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2005 - Red Octane releases the Guitar Hero video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - Konami releases the Karaoke Revolution Party video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2006 - Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy V Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
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