This Day in Personal Computer and Video Game History
July 17

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What happened in history on this day: July 17?

On July 17 in ...

Personal Computer history:

  • 2002 - ATI Technologies releases a new Radeon graphics chip.
  • 2002 - At the Macworld Expo, Apple Computer introduces a new iMac computer with 17-inch flat panel display. Other features: 800 MHz PowerPC G4 with 256 kB L2 cache, 256 MB SDRAM, 80 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce4 MX with 32 MB VRAM, SuperDrive, speakers, 1440x900 graphics, 56 Kbps modem, 10/100 Base-T Ethernet. Price is US$1999.
Video Game history:

  • 1970 - Ralph Baer demonstrates his television video game system to Magnavox.
  • 2001 - Enix releases the Dragon Warrior III Remix video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
  • 2003 - EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 2004 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube.
  • 2007 - EA Sports releases the NCAA Football 08 video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
  • 2007 - Red Octane/Activision releases the Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the '80s video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.

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