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What happened in history on this day: June 3?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - MGM/UA Entertainment releases the film WarGames to theaters in the USA. The main character uses his IMSAI 8080 computer at his house to connect to a mainframe computer by using his phone.
- 1984 - The Summer Consumer Electronics Show is held, in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1984 - Commodore International announces the Commodore Plus/4, formerly called the Commodore 264. It will now feature four built-in programs, not just one. Release price should be around US$300.
- 1984 - Commodore International announces the Commodore 16 at the Consumer Electronics Show. Former name was TED-16. The machine looks like the VIC-20 and Commodore 64, but has 16 kB of RAM, and is expected to sell for around US$100, and marketed as "The Learning Machine".
- 1984 - At the Summer CES, Commodore International announces the MPS 803 dot matrix printer, designed for use with the Commodore 16.
- 1984 - At the Summer CES, Commodore announces the DSP 1101 letter-quality daisywheel printer, designed for the Plus/4.
- 1984 - At the Summer CES, Commodore announces the MPS 802 dot matrix printer.
- 1984 - At the Summer CES, Commodore shows the 1531 Cassette Unit.
- 1984 - At the Summer CES, Amiga demonstrates a new computer, code-named "Lorraine".
- 1993 - Casio introduces the Zoomer personal digital assistant, developed jointly with Tandy. It features 7.4 MHz 8086-compatible processor, 4 MB ROM, 1 MB RAM, GeoWorks Geos operating system, PCMCIA flash memory cards. The system operates for about 100 hours on three AA batteries. Price is US$900.
Video Game history:
- 1983 - MGM/UA Entertainment releases the film WarGames to theaters in the USA. A scene takes place in an arcade; Galaga is prominently featured, and we also see Ms. Pac-Man.
- 1990 - Nintendo sues Lewis Galoob Toys to try to prevent the Game Genie from being sold.
- 1993 - In Chicago, Illinois, the 1993 International Summer Consumer Electronics Show is held, over four days. Nintendo unveils a new configuration Nintendo Entertainment System, with top-loading cartridge slot. Price is US$49.95, including one Controller.
- 1994 - Acclaim releases the Mortal Kombat video game for the Sega CD in Japan.
- 2008 - Codemasters releases the Grid video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
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