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What happened in history on this day: August 18?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1997 - Advanced Micro Devices announces that IBM will use the K6 processor in low-end models of the Aptiva line.
- 1997 - Intel announces availability of a 200 MHz Pentium Pro processor with 1 MB of cache memory. Price is US$2675 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - Some personal computer manufacturers in the US begin shipping computers running Windows Me operating system.
- 2004 - Microsoft releases Windows XP Service Pack 2 for automatic updates.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - Atari announces it has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to market video games based on the film E.T. the Extraterrestrial.
- 1992 - Midway Amusement Games releases the Mortal Kombat video game Version 2.0 to arcades in the US.
- 1995 - New Line Cinema releases the film Mortal Kombat to theaters in the USA.
- 2004 - Nintendo drops the price of the GameCube in Canada to CDN$139, including Metroid Prime.
- 2005 - Capcom releases the Darkwatch video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2009 - Sony Entertainment announces price cuts on the PlayStation 3; in Europe to 299 euros, in the USA to US$299, and in the UK to 249.99 pounds. A new thinner lighter model will be produced with a 120 GB hard drive.
- 2010 - Square Enix releases the Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.
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