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What happened in history on this day: February 13?
On February 13 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1995 - IBM and Motorola announce that test samples have been made of the PowerPC 603e (100 MHz) and PowerPC 602 (66 MHz) microprocessors.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A character refers to a yo-yo as "not much competition for a video game".
- 2000 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A home video game system is played, with game "Billy Graham's Bible Blaster".
- 2002 - Immersion files a lawsuit against Microsoft and Sony for patent infringement of joystick force-feedback technology in the Xbox and PlayStation 2 controllers.
- 2003 - Sega announces plans to merge with Sammy in Japan.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 video game for the Xbox in the US. Price is US$39.99.
- 2006 - At a White House ceremony in Washington D.C., US President George W. Bush awards Ralph Baer a National Medal of Technology for "groundbreaking and pioneering creation, development, and commercialisation of interactive videogames".
- 2008 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Lost Odyssey video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
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