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What happened in history on this day: March 28?
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Personal Computer history:
- 2000 - Be releases the BeOS 5 operating system for Intel-based personal computers.
- 2000 - Microsoft releases the Internet Explorer 5 Web browser for Apple Macintosh computers. The software requires Mac OS 7.6.1 or later. New features include a new rendering engine, 50 percent faster than version 4.5, and more accurate rendering.
Video Game history:
- 1980 - Midway releases the Space Invaders II video game in arcades in the US, in table cabinet form.
- 1991 - US District Court judge Fern Smith grants Nintendo's request for a preliminary injunction against Atari Games, in the lawsuits over Atari Games' compatible security chip for Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges. Atari Games is barred from selling or copying copywrited Nintendo programs for use in video game cartridges. Smith accuses Atari Games of lying to obtain Nintendo's 10NES security program from the Copyright Office, then lying that it had independently developed compatible code.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the film The Sixth Man to theaters in the USA. A character is told to forget girls and "stick to Nintendo".
- 1999 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. An arcade video game is played, Monkey Fracas Jr., with a space ship fighting a giant ape throwing barrels pulled from inside a planet. This is a reference to the video game Donkey Kong Jr..
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Stadium 2 video game for the Nintendo 64.
- 2001 - Microsoft upgrades the size of the hard drive for its upcoming Xbox video game system from 8 GB to 10 GB.
- 2001 - Conexant Systems announces that Microsoft will use its CX25871 video encoder chip to connect the Xbox video game system to digital and analog television sets.
- 2003 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance SP in the United Kingdom.
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - Koei releases the Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2006 - Square Enix releases the Kingdom Hearts II video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
- 2007 - Sega and Nintendo jointly announce Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Games video game for the Nintendo Wii and DS, for release in the fall.
- 2010 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo DSi XL handheld video game system in the USA. Price is $189.99.
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