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What happened in history on this day: February 1?
On February 1 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1991 - id Software is incorporated.
- 1999 - Microsoft announces a new version of Windows CE, adding support for color displays.
- 2008 - Lenovo releases the ThinkPad X300 portable computer online to resellers.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Coleco signs a contract with Nintendo for exclusive rights to home and table-top conversions of Donkey Kong. nintendo grants Coleco a six-month exclusive license for undisclosed cash plus royalty of $1 per tabletop machine and $1.40 per cartridge.
- 1989 - Atari files a lawsuit against Nintendo for US$250 million in US District Court. Atari accuses Nintendo of violation of anti-trust laws, due to Nintendo's licensing agreements preventing licensees from releasing game titles on competing systems for two years.
- 1990 - Nintendo ships the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
- 2000 - Sega releases the Crazy Taxi video game for the Dreamcast in the US.
- 2005 - Konami releases the Winning Eleven 8 video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - Nintendo releases the Star Fox Assault video game for the GameCube in the US. Included is a full unlockable version of classic game Xevious.
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