This Day in Personal Computer and Video Game History
August 10

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What happened in history on this day: August 10?

On August 10 in ...

Personal Computer history:

  • 1987 - Borland International announces the Quattro spreadsheet software for the IBM PC.
  • 1989 - The first Macworld Expo is held, in Boston, Massachusettes. About 30,000 people attend.
  • 1992 - The second annual Silicon Valley Personal Computer Design Conference is held, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.
Video Game history:

  • 1993 - Sega of America releases the Jurassic Park video game.
  • 1994 - Square releases the Breath of Fire video game for the Super NES in the US.
  • 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. In one scene, two characters on stairs jump over falling barrels, creating "100" point signs, and making the same jumping sound as Mario in the arcade game Donkey Kong.
  • 2010 - Ubisoft releases the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
  • 2010 - EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 11 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.

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