The Turing-Nash Power Hour, A Collaborative Pop Culture TL
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In the robotech based one, dunno, maybe the robotech version of her was awful
I just googled 'Robotech characters' and used the first woman I saw. That was a lucky guess lol
Also, I like the idea of a video game equivalent of The Asylum but who should it be?
@Here Comes The Pain - Here is the fourth draft. The story so far:
POD: June 7, 1954: Alan Turing refuses to commit suicide in Cambridge, England, but tenders his resignation from the university....
April 24, 1955: Zhou En-Lai, Josip Broz Tito, Jawarhalal Nehru, and Gamal Abdel Nasser establish the "Third Alliance " (a.k.a. Banding Pact) in Bandung, Indonesia; uniting the Southern Hemisphere and China into an anti-colonialist/ anti-imperialist bloc, against both Soviet and American power blocs, ....
May 23, 1955: Alan Turing meets John Nash at Princeton University, developing "game theory", the theoretical basis for the "game console device (GCD)", ...
June 7, 1957: Alan Turing develops the first game console, unveiling the "gaming console device (GCD)" in Boston, Massachusetts
July 16, 1958: Amidst advertising hoopla, RCA unveils the "Atomovision 1960" (a.k.a. "AV60") in New York City, New York, sparking a massive consumer rush, ....
August 7, 1958: William Higinbotham showcases the Tennis For Two computer at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. After the critical acclaim, he opened up American Computer Entertainment (ACE Games) to produce more software. The following year, Tennis For Two is released as a arcade game and is installed in bars, restaurants, and other places, quickly gaining popularity.
September 20, 1958: Soviet officials unveil the "Setun" game system in Moscow, led by Sergei Sobolov and Nikolai Brusentsov, based on stolen schematics of the RCA's "AV-60", sparking international attention,...
October 25, 1959: "Computer Love" single by Little Richard makes its hit debut, highlighting the rise of video games, sparking international attention,...
1961: ACE Games releases Ping, a upgraded Tennis For Two, to the arcades, which became an immediate success
September 6, 1961: Third Alliance (a.k.a. Bandung Pact) leaders call for independence and self-determination for Puerto Rico, sparking international attention,...
November 22, 1961: "Atomic Hit" musical single by Elvis Presley makes its hit debut, detailing the "Gamer Craze"; religious and social conservatives call for a ban on the song, ...
1962: MIT's Spacewar!, created by Steve Russell and his fellow members of the Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC)
June 2, 1962: Teddy Yip brings GDC gambling to Macau, boosting the economy of Singapore, fueling the rise of organized crime in the region,...
October 16, 1962: Viktor Glushkov proposes OGAS ( a.k.a. "National Automated System for Computation and Information Processing") in Moscow; Conservative John Birch Society uses the report as proof that gaming is part of a "Soviet plot",....
November 6, 1962: Third Alliance leaders condemn the United States and Europe for backing the apartheid government government in South Africa, calling for economic and political sanctions to the country,...
1963: ACE Games officially releases Spacewar!, from the newly-hired Steve Russell
May 18, 1963: Parents groups call for abandoned on the game Spacewar (ACE Games) after accusations of "verbal profanities" in the sound effects to the game,...
June 22, 1963: Reverend Billy Graham condemns GDC and the rising "Gamer" movement as "blasphemous " during a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, claiming that games are "robbing the moral fiber from our children",...
November 22, 1963: Aldous Huxley dies in Cambridge, England while playing on an AV-60 game console, sparking international attention,...
1964: Starfighter is released to the arcades by ACE Games, gaining immediate popularity
February 10, 1964: Barry Goldwater calls for the banning of video games calling them "degenerate filth" and "corruption of the soul"
May 25, 1964: Activist Malcolm X speaks to the Third Alliance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, condemning the racism in both the Soviet and American blocs, sparking international attention and concern,...
June 15, 1964: Third Alliance (a.k.a. Bandung Pact) demands admission onto the United Nations Security Council in New York City, pointing out that the represent 77 countries,...
October 16, 1964: China announces that it has detonated its first nuclear weapon at Lop Nur, sparking fears that the Third Alliance will launch an arms buildup,...
December 30, 1964: Algiers Agreement; Third Alliance leaders meet in Algiers, Algeria formally reforming trade and economic development across the Southern Hemisphere,...
1965: Bombing Run is released to the arcades by ACE Games
September 30, 1965: Indonesian President Sukarno blames the United States and Great Britain in a coup attempt against him in Jakarta, fueling tensions with the Third Alliance,...
November 24, 1965: Third Alliance leaders led by Che Guevara and Patrice Lumumba prevent coup attempt to overthrow Congo by Joseph Desire Mobutu in Kinshasha,...
1966: ACE Games' Baseball Stars is released in the arcades
November 25, 1966: Third Alliance members call for the censure of Israel from the United Nations, citing its solidarity with the Palestinian cause, sparking international attention,...
January 14, 1967: Timothy Leary popularized video games with the "Game-On!" Event in San Francisco, California, sparking international attention,...
February 23, 1967: Star Trek (CBS-TV) "A Taste of Armageddon" Captain Christopher Pike and Spock discover that the planets Vendikar and Eminar VII have been using video games to wage war against each other for centuries,...
March 28, 1967: London Draft Riots; British student youth protest against the military draft into the colonial wars against the Third Alliance, sparking international attention and concern,...
October 9, 1967: Siege of La Paz; Third Alliance troops led by Che Guevara seize control of the Bolivian capital, overthrowing President Rene Barrientos; U.S. government is forced to deploy troops throughout the region ......
1968: Alien Invasion by ACE Games is released to the arcades
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. survives his assassination attempt, James Earl Ray was arrested for attempted murder and assassination, sparking international coverage and attention...
May 12 – June 24, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr's Poor People's March on Washington with the help of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
August 21, 1968: Third Alliance leaders in Belgrade, led Josip Broz Tito, condemn the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, fueling tensions between the Third Alliance and Soviet Union,...
October 18, 1968: Circus Circus becomes the first casino to utilize GDC gaming in an effort to attract guests to Las Vegas, sparking national attention,...
January 18-19, 1969: Todai Riots; Student demonstrations occur at the University of Tokyo, protesting LDP proposals to allow the formation of a standing military force, triggering a massive police crackdown, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 2-September 11, 1969: Sino-Soviet Border Standoff; Third Alliance forces support China in its border dispute with the Soviet Union at the Ussuri River, sparking fears of a possible nuclear conflict,...
May 19, 1969: Gulf+Western fails to purchase SEGA
November 20, 1969: Gottlieb acquires Midway Manufacturing Company in an effort to compete with ACE Games
January 5, 1971: Astrid Lindgren gives Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata permission to produce an adaptation of her book, Pippi Longstocking.
July 21, 1971: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer accepts a merger bid with 20th Century Fox
(This is what happened to MGM if any of you were wondering)
January 1, 1972: Waldheim Scandal; European and American leaders are scandalized after United Nations Secretary-General candidate Kurt Waldheim of Austria, is revealed to have been a former Nazi Party member in New York City,...
May 14, 1972: "Atomovision-60" song by Audio Karate makes its hit debut, highlighting the history of GDC video games,...
May 24, 1972: The "Console Wars" begin as Dutch-owned Magnavox unveils the "Odyssey" as a means to compete against the RCA "AV" GDC Consoles. European leaders lineup the markets behind the Odyssey console...
June 27, 1972: Atari is founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney after their success with Computer Space
August 20, 1972: Wattstax; African-American leaders led by Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Pryor, Isaac Hayes, and Jesse Jackson in Los Angeles, California call for the United States to cut economic and political ties to the apartheid governments of Rhodesia and South Africa,...
September 2, 1972: Greek military government in Athens, imposes Law #3037 banning GDCs and video gaming, sparking international controversy and concern,...
May 18, 1973: Hudson Soft is founded in Japan by brothers Yuji and Hiroshi Kudo, train enthusiasts who named the business after their favorite, The Hudson Locomotives
(They'll be the Konami of TTL, as Konami ITTL is a pachinko company that'll get acquired by Hudson Soft in 1993)
June 15, 1973: Atari release Pong in the arcades, which becomes immensely successful, which later caused ACE Games to sue Atari for patient infringement
October 12, 1973: Williams' first-ever video game, Paddle-Ball, is released in arcades
September 9, 1973: Third Alliance leaders in Algiers, call for independence and self-determination for Western Sahara, angering France and Spain, sparking international attention and concern,...
September 11, 1973: Chilean President Salvador Allende denounces the Soviet and American political blocs, citing the growing "Digital Divide" between the two hemispheres in Santiago, Chile,....
September 20, 1973: Battle of the Sexes; Roxabeth "Roxie" Frausto of Oakland, California defeats Shane "Mad Dog" Davis of Houston, Texas in 2 hours of gaming on ABC Wide World of Sports,...
December 20, 1973: Pippi Longstocking, The Strongest Girl in the World, starring Chastity Bono, is released to the world by United Artists, where it's a critical & box office success
January 27, 1974: Gottlieb creates the first-ever secure instant lottery ticket (a.k.a. the scratchcard)
May 18, 1974: India detonates its first nuclear weapon at Pokhran, signaling that the Third Alliance will not be ignored, sparking international attention,...
June 12, 1974: Atari releases their Home Pong console through Sears, which also spawned a slew of pong clones
December 12, 1974: Third Alliance (a.k.a. "Bandung Pact") leaders proclaim a "New World Information and Communication Order" (NWICO) in Geneva, Switzerland, citing the influence of radio, television, and GDC modules worldwide,...
May 12, 1975: Gottlieb renames itself Midway Games Corporation due to the huge success of their Midway brand
June 24, 1975: Johnny Roselli of Los Angeles, California testifies before the Senate that the Mafia is attempting to make illegal inroads into the gaming market with the creation of arcades,...
September 4, 1975: Dragon Pass fantasy RPG by Greg Stafford of Waterbury, Connecticut, capitalizing on the growing fantasy craze, sparking international attention and concern,...
September 24, 1975: Tekumel fantasy RPG game by M.A.R. Barker of Saint Paul, Minnesota, makes its hit debut, capitalizing on the growing interest in fantasy literature,...
October 7, 1975: In a major Cold War shock, 58-year old Vladimir A. Bron of Sverdlovsk, achieves the title of "Gamesmaster", shocking American and European players,...
December 7, 1975: East Timor War; Australian and New Zealand forces are deployed against Indonesia after President Suharto orders the invasion and annexation of East Timor, sparking international attention and concern,...
August 9, 1976: Mobster Johnny Roselli is found dead in Biscayne Bay, Florida, after testifying about the rise of Mafia-controlled arcades, fueling a call for a criminal crackdown,...
September 10, 1976: Bennett Technocraft is founded as Bennett Computer Accessories by siblings Henry, Gregory and Erica Bennett, along with Henry's wife Akira Yoshimoro and Erica's husband Tyler MacMillan
November 2, 1976: New Jersey legalizes betting on gaming, fueling concerns about the rise of organized crime in video games, sparking national attention,...
November 30, 1976: Channel F, the first console to use ROM cartridges as well having a `hold' button to change the time, speed, or both. Designed by Jerry Lawson and released by ACE Games. (The tech is slightly better than OTL and sells better than IOTL as well)
December 11, 1976: Moammar Gaddafi publishes the "Green Book" in Tripoli, Libya, becoming the political manifesto of the Third Alliance (a.k.a. "Bandung Pact"), sparking international attention,...
April 30, 1977: Nature Boy Ric Flair defeats Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship.
July 10, 1977: Monkey Punch and TMS Entertainment announces the Lupin the Third anime is going for the full 58 episode run in Japan
September 11, 1977: the release of the critically acclaimed and successful, Atari 2600
(Yep, it's called that from the very start)
October 5, 1977: WWWF signs deal with Atari to produce a game for their new 2600 console, it is to be called WWWF Pro Wrestling
October 24, 1977: Hong Kong colonial government announces legalized GDC gaming, fueling the rise of Triad organized networks in the region,...
December 3, 1977: Bally acquires the struggling Chicago Coin and merged it with their pinball division to form Bally Astrocade Manufacturing
December 12, 1977: Dance, Dance Revolution starring John Travolta and soundtrack by the Bee-Gees, helps to popularize the popular video game and disco dancing,...
February 20, 1978: Andre The Giant finally defeats rival Ric Flair for the WWF Championship, which began a 9 year title reign.
April 28, 1978: Nintendo releases the first in the long-running Game & Watch series
August 5, 1978: the WWF (formerly WWWF) signs a deal with Nintendo to produce arcade and home games based of WWF Superstars and the product.
October 11, 1978: ACE Games' Channel H, (a.k.a. Channel F Mark II) is released to decent sales and applause
(basically a Bally Astrocade)
November 20, 1978: Arab Revolution; Third Alliance-backed Juhayman al-Otaibi overthrows the House of Saud in Riyadh, sparking International attention and concern,...
December 10, 1978: Space Battleship Yamato: The Movie, directed by Leiji Matsumoto and released Internationally by United Artists as their response to Star Wars. Starring Jack Grimes and Chris Latta
December 20, 1978: The Mystery of Mamo, starring Tom Clark, is released internationally by United Artists
Christmas Day 1978: Odyssey II (known as the Videopac G7000 in Europe) by European company Philips is released
March 3, 1979: WWF Wrestlefest is released in arcades and is a big hit
April 16, 1979: United Artists rejects the script of Heaven's Gate, a project of director Michael Cimino
August 15, 1979: James Dallas Egbert III of Dayton, Ohio commits suicide, conservative Christian groups immediately blame the suicide on his gaming habits,...
September 3, 1979: Atari, running out of cash, is purchased by growing tech company Motorola in order to stay in business,...
October 1, 1979: Activision is founded by David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead who were fed up with how Atari never gives them credit for their work,...
October 6, 1979: SEGA Game Gear is released to compete with the Game & Watch
November 30, 1979: "My Console" single by the Bee-Gees makes its hit debut, highlighting the "Console Wars" sparking international attention,...
December 8, 1979: Crime bosses Joseph Agosto, Joey "Doves" Aiuppa, Carl "Corky" Civella, and Angelo "the Hook" La Pietra, purchase 2% of gaming corporations in an effort to insure legal and financial security and protection,...
December 13, 1979: Mattel Intellivision is released to the public to critical success and praise
December 17, 1979: Due to the success of Pippi Longstocking, The Castle of Cagliostro, co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, is released to theaters internationally by United Artists, starring Bob Bergen, Joan-Carol O'Connell, and Barbara Goodson
December 23, 1979: I Am Not Your Joystick" single by Queen, makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,...
December 25, 1979: Third Alliance leaders condemn Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, sparking international attention and concern,....
January 22, 1980: Walt Disney Productions is put on sale
February 9, 1980: Mobile Suit Gundam is broadcasted by the newly-founded Harmony Gold, credited for kickstarting the genre of mecha anime, starring Laura Ann Cody
March 9, 1980: Rupert Murdoch is forced to withdraw his bid to acquire Walt Disney Productions. This development comes amid Murdoch's indictment for violating Australian tax laws.
April 9, 1980: Nintendo releases Donkey Kong and it becomes the biggest game ever released at that time with Mario even being on Time Magazine's 100 most influential people list.
April 10, 1980: Simon & Schuster makes a partnership with Shueisha to release manga worldwide,...
April 17, 1980: Jim Henson takes over Disney
May 3, 1980: Transamerica, still looking to spin off United Artists, places the film studio for sale.
May 10, 1980: Transamerica sells United Artists to Warren Buffett's Berkshire-Hathaway
May 15, 1980: New York City based real estate tycoon Donald J Trump decides to enter the video game console business for himself.
May 20, 1980: Parti Quebecois led by Pierre Trudeau proclaims independence from Canada, after winning a national referendum on the matter, sparking international attention,....
May 23, 1980: After a lengthy partnership with Lord Grade and ITC Entertainment, Jim Henson transfers the distribution rights to The Great Muppet Caper and The Dark Crystal to Buena Vista Distribution as part of his purchase of Walt Disney Productions. The aformentioned films are due for release in 1981 and '82 respectively.
August 25, 1980: ACE Games acquires Coleco Industries and releases the ACE ColecoVision to the public (the system continues the Channel F/H form factor and cartridge style, but now uses the OTL ColecoVision color, decal, marking scheme, and controllers)
November 21, 1980: Mafia officials are suspected in the torching of an arcade in Paradise, Nevada, fueling calls for a regulation of gaming...
December 6, 1980: 18-year old Agniezska Brustman of Warsaw, Poland achieves the title of "Gamesmaster" shocking American and European players,...
February 6, 1981: "Polybius Spring"; arcades across the country, starting in Portland, Oregon report the arrival of the game "Polybius", amidst claims that the game is a mind control experiment by the Soviet Union, Third Alliance, or the CIA/ FBI,...
February 10, 1981: Mafia officials are suspected in the torching of an arcade in Winchester, Nevada, fueling calls for regulation,...
April 18, 1981: Ken Uston of Newark, New Jersey is banned from gaming, after winning c.$5 million in GDC gambling in Atlantic City, New Jersey,...
May 21, 1981: Atari 2700 SuperSystem is released to the public in response to Custer's Revenge and the growing problem of shovelware on the 2600 (basically OTL 5200 with the power of a Atari 8-bit computer)
Summer 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark becomes Disney's first box office hit under Jim Henson's ownership.
June 25, 1981: Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, a game created by Richard Garriott (a.k.a Lord British) is the first installment of a franchise not as popular as Might and Magic but does have it's fans,...
July 15, 1981: SEGA SG-1000, later dubbed the "Power Base" is released in Japan Only to great fanfare and success
September 13, 1981: Atari Cosmos handheld, the first (and only) hologram console is released to compete with the Sega Game Gear and the Nintendo Game & Watch,...
September 15, 1981: Mazes and Monsters by Rona Jafee becomes a major bestseller, fueling urban legends of the alleged dangers of GDC video gaming,....
October 7, 1981: "Video Games" single by Tina Turner, highlights the influence of video games on the Boomer generation,...
January 23, 1982: Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt establishes the "Brandt Line" at the United Nations, formally establishing the political and economic dividing line between the political blocs,
April 5, 1982: Ken Uston publishes Winners' Choice detailing how he was able to cheat at various video games, making him a target of the Mob,...
April 25, 1982: U.S. Department of Defense and the American Medical Association (AMA) publish reports rom Fort Dietrick, Maryland citing video gaming as an effective treatment for PTSD, but also prevention of its onset...
June 9, 1982: Patricia A. Pulling of Richmond, Virginia establishes Mothers Against Gaming Devices (MAGD) after her son commits suicide allegedly due to game addiction,....
July 31, 1982: SEGA SG-1000 Mk-II, later dubbed the"Master System", released in Asia and Oceana with greater success
August 4, 1982: ZX Spectrum by Sinclair Research and Timex Corporation is released to the world,...
(OTL ZX Spectrum without keyboard)
September 19, 1982: Mario Bros is released and outsells Donkey Kong and is even rumored to be installed in the White House by President Reagan.
November 19, 1982: Vectrex by General Consumer Electronics is released, while it's gets praised by the press for being a innovative system, it lags behind it's competitors in sales,... (A portable console ITTL)
February 3, 1983: Interplay Productions is founded by Brian Fargo and his friends Jay Patel, Troy Worrell, Bill Heineman, and investor Chris Wells
February 7, 1983: ACE Games acquires GCE and cuts the price of the Vectrex significantly, making it more attractive for consumers,...
February 10, 1983: Yakuza member Ken Eto is shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois, amidst rumors of rigged gaming tournaments worldwide,...
March 12, 1983: Deng Xiaoping condemns the U.S. and Soviet bloc of "fostering an atmosphere of war and hostility" during the Third Alliance Summit in New Delhi, India, sparking international attention,...
April 3, 1983: Williams Electronics acquires Exidy
October 20, 1983: SEGA Mark III, dubbed the "Mega Drive", beats the Nintendo Famicom in Japan by two days...
November 18, 1983: After a positive reception at the Winter CES, French company Vivendi releases their console, Micral, internationally,...
(OTL Amstrad GX4000)
December 31, 1983: 19-year old Fliura Khasanova of Chirchiq, Kazakhstan SSR, achieves the title of "Gamesmaster", shocking American and European players...
March 13, 1984: Bally Manufacturing creates BAM Entertainment to publish console games, a year later, Williams Electronics and Midway Games establishes Williams Electronics Games and Midway Home Entertainment, perspectivity
April 14, 1984: Westwood Studios is founded by a group of artists and programmers led by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife Michaela, and his best friend Mark Caldwell along with a group of investors,...
June 6, 1984: Tetris is created by Alexey Pajitnov, an artificial intelligence researcher on the Electronika 60 console (a shitter Mega Drive ITTL)
July 1, 1984: Motorola sells Atari's computer division to a emergent computer firm, Compaq,...
July 12, 1984: New York-based software publisher Mastertronic and Atlanta-based developer Firebird Software is acquired by Robert Maxwell-owned Maxwell Communications
August 14, 1984: Dark Dungeons film by Christian fundamentalist Jack Chick, makes its hit debut, condemning the "Satanic influence of video games", backed by Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, sparking international attention,...
September 20, 1984: Elite, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft on the Vectrex, it's open-ended game model and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every console on the market at the time of it's release and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history,...
September 24, 1984: International release of the SEGA Mega Drive, to enormous fanfare and huge success (the Mega Drive is basically OTL Master System but with the FM sound module and the better Game Gear color chip built-in from day 1)
October 12, 1984: British Prime Minister Margatet Thatcher is killed in a bombing by the Provisional IRA in Brighton, England; Sir Geoffrey Howe is named as her successor,...
October 23, 1984: SEGA Game Gear CCS (Card Captor System: it uses SEGA Cards for its games) is released to the International public with gigantic success
October 31, 1984: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi survives an assassination attempt against her life in New Delhi, India, sparking international attention and concern,...
December 11, 1984: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, starring Susan Davis, released worldwide by United Artists and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, considered to be one of the greatest animated films ever made
Christmas Day 1984: Commodore MAX Machine, is released to the public to great sales and applause,...
(OTL c64 without keyboard)
January 20, 1985: The Codemasters Software Corporation, founded by Bobby Kotick with a group of investors
March 31, 1985: The WWF launches Wrestlemania, it's a massive success. The Main Event saw Andre The Giant defeat Bruiser Brody in a brutal cage match.
September 21, 1985: Activision announces they're committed to the Mega Drive, Game Gear CCS, and the upcoming Nintendo Entertainment System,...
October 10, 1985: Atari 4800 ProSystem, despite being released to the public just before the NES, the console was overshadowed by the Japanese consoles and thus sales were horrible for their parent company,...
October 18, 1985: Alongside the Nintendo Entertainment System; Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, and a home port of the hit classic WWF Wrestlefest.
October 23, 1985: Mindscape Entertainment, an American-French company, releases their first games Déjà Vu, a point-and-click adventure game, and Balance of Power, a strategy game of geopolitics during the Cold War,...
December 5, 1985: WWF Wrestlefest is ported to the Sega Mega Drive by Acclaim which opened their doors a year prior.
January 20, 1986: Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna of Rambo fame, buys Orion Pictures Corporation and merged Carolco Pictures with it under the former's name,...
February 13, 1986: Electronic Arts unexpectedly declares bankruptcy due to releasing games on home computers, which are notoriously filled to the brim with piracy
February 29, 1986: Acclaim Entertainment is given the right to make games to make games based off of anime and manga including (but not limited to) Lupin the Third, Dragon Ball, and Studio Ghibli's films,...
April 3, 1986: Gundam Zeta, starring Jonathan Lachlan Stewart, is broadcasted by Harmony Gold with great fanfare,...
May 27, 1986: Dragon Quest, released by Enix and created by Yuji Horii, the game is a massive success worldwide and is credited for establishing the basic template for the Japanese console RPGs that followed,...
June 14, 1986: Mobsters Tony Spilotro and his brother Michael Spilotro of Las Vegas, Nevada "disappear" after FBI agents suspect them of gaming links to organized crime,...
June 27, 1986: Third Alliance leaders condemn the Reagan Administration for illegally mining harbors in Managua, Nicaragua,....
July 10, 1986: Harmony Gold announces the international distribution of Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, and Urusei Yatsura (under the name Alien Musibat)
August 31, 1986: Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, Westwood Studios' first big hit and the start of a multi billion dollar franchise is released on the Sega Mega Drive with other consoles following suit,...
October 30, 1986: The ACE Ricochet is released, it was planned to be a continuation of the ColecoVision, the surprising success of the NES and Mega Drive led to the development of the Ricochet into it's own thing (it resembles the planned Intellivision III), the controllers mimic the ones found on the NES and Mega Drive and features such as three-channel sound, 8-bit graphics, and speech synthesis are now built-in, while the console is doing better than the Atari 2700, it's high price makes the consumers favor the Japanese consoles though ACE Games will be quick to cut the price of the holiday season,...
October 31, 1986: Sid Meier's MicroProse releases DragonStrike, a unique game of it's time as it was a video/board game hybrid, one or two players control heroes who have to find pieces of a Evil-proof artifact to defeat the Dragon Master who manages the game. The game was a massive success for MicroProse and plans for more video/board game hybrids is underway,...
December 23, 1986: Nintendo releases the Famicom Disk System worldwide as the NES-DD (Nintendo Entertainment System Disk Drive) the peripheral gains suspicion from parents and Moral Guardians, but nevertheless the peripheral is successful, Sharp will later release the NES Double Dip [Twin Famicom in Japan], a two-in-one console officially licensed by Nintendo,...
February 20, 1987: Contra (Hudson Games) is banned in Europe and Japan, in protest of U.S. military operations and involvement in Nicaragua, sparking international attention,...
May 1, 1987: Neo-Nazi groups clash with labor union members in Berlin, Brokdorf, and Kreuzberg, West Germany in a major embarrassment to American and European leaders,....
May 4, 1987: Kalpakkam Disaster; Third Alliance suffers a major blow after a nuclear meltdown at Kalpakkam, India fueling international attention and concern,...
May 6, 1987: The Great Giana Sisters (plays like a mixture of Mario and Alex Kidd ITTL) is released on the ACE Ricochet by German company Rainbow Arts, the game is critically and commercially successful, which makes ACE Games quickly establish the Giana Sisters as their mascot,...
May 28, 1987: Test Drive, a technical marvel that sets a blueprint of what would become Top Gear and eventually the racing genre, developed by Distinctive Software and published by Activision,...
July 10, 1987: Tetris is released Internationally by MicroProse under their Spectrum HoloByte label on every single console on the market at the time, becoming one of the biggest games of the year,...
August 5, 1987: Bill Gates dies in a car crash driving a sports car on the highway, Microsoft close its doors shortly thereafter,...
October 4, 1987: One of the most influential shows in history, Sam & Max, created by Steve Purcell, and broadcasted by DIC Entertainment on NBC, starring Bill Farmer and Nick Jameson,...
October 20, 1987: Atari 5200 MiniSystem, a handheld console that uses small cartridges, is released only to be overshadowed by the Sega Game Gear and the Vectrex,...
(The graphics are like the Game.com)
November 17, 1987: Square goes into bankruptcy before Hironobu Sakaguchi could finish his dream project, Final Fantasy ,...
November 25, 1987: Atari 6400 MegaSystem, a upgraded 4800 hits the scene, with diminishing results,...
December 7, 1987: Castle in the Sky, Studio Ghibli's first-ever film, is released worldwide by United Artists, starring Barbara Goodson
December 10, 1987: Sega Mega Game Gear, a color and graphics boost to the CCS, is released to great reception and sales,...
January 31, 1988: Nintendo and Sony announces a partnership to make quality products and to combat xenophobia,...
March 20, 1988: Vivendi is acquired by Sinclair Research, who decided to keep the profitable Minitel videotex online service (renamed the Thomson for the international release) but cancels all of Vivendi's products including the anticipated follow-up to the Micral console
July 15, 1988: Might and Magic Book Two: Gates to Another World, a sequel released by Westwood Studios that sells even better than first game, first appearing on the Sega Mega Drive before making it's way to other consoles,...
(My idea is Might and Magic replacing Final Fantasy as the king of RPGs)
July 20, 1988: Bionic Commando (Capcom Games) is banned by the Third Alliance, and parts of Western Europe, after the character of "Master-D" is revealed to be Adolf Hitler, sparking international attention,...
November 20, 1988: Vectrex-2 by ACE Games is released, the console is Backward Compatible with the original Vectrex and is capable of doing 3D graphics unseen at the time, making with very successful,...
January 3, 1989: Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) calls for "reparations for slavery" in Detroit, Michigan, highlighting ethnic and sectarian tensions nationwide,...
June 23, 1989: Shadow of the Beast, developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis (Codemasters releases their games in the USA) known for its graphics, with many colours on screen at once, parallax scrolling never seen before at that time, and for its atmospheric score composed by David Whittaker, the game showed what can the APEX can do especially with all the other versions inferior to the APEX version (though Sinclair may have something to do with that) resulting with the game being a killer app for the APEX console,...
July 23, 1989: Sinclair Research releases the APEX (Timex Apex as it's known in the US) marked as the first ever 16-bit console, the console is very popular in Europe and Canada and it uses the bits and pieces leftover from the cancelled Micral II console,... (OTL Amiga with CD32 shell but you can have music and sound playing at the same time)
July 31, 1989: Nintendo Game Boy, a idea by Gunpei Yokoi, is released to the international public, while Nintendo failed to capture Tetris from MicroProse, it still had Klax by Origin Systems to consider, regardless, the console is immersively successful, spawning a whole line of handheld consoles,...
August 14, 1989: Sega Genesis is released to the public to a International consumer rush and nothing but praise of the console,...
August 25, 1989: FBI arrests Mafia boss Dominick Basso on racketeering charges after being implicated in ties to the Chicago Mafia outfit along with U.S. gaming leader Steve Wozniak, hurting the gaming industry,....
December 25, 1989: Orion Pictures establishes the Streamline Pictures label to copy UA's success with anime, and one of its two first releases is Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, and starring Jimmy Flinders, Stanley Gurd Jr., and Deanna Morris [The other one is Twilight of the Cockroaches]
January 4, 1990: Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo, and DIC Entertainment announces a second season of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! after high ratings on CBS,...
March 1, 1990: U.S. Secret Service raids Steve Jackson GURPS Games in San Jose, California, citing the "hacker culture" influence on "Gamer" sub-culture, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 13, 1990: ACE Games acquires shovelware publisher LJN from Jack Friedman who recently founded THQ,...
March 21, 1990: Mobsters Donald Angelini and Dominic Cortina exploit the federal crackdown on gaming, tranfering organized crime operations to the suburbs, starting in Elmhurst, Illinois,...
June 4, 1990: Klax, developed and published by Richard Garriott's Origin Systems, is a extremely popular puzzle game that was first released as a launch title for the Game Boy before ending up on every console released in the early 90s, spawning a ton of ports, sequels and remakes in the future,..
June 10, 1990: The Republic of Gamers, commonly referred as 'The Republic', is founded by Trip Hawkins and the people he handpicked including, Adam Watson, DeMarcus Wallace, Kennedy Edelman, Eric Masaniuk and Jason Park
(Ideas borrowed from TheMann)
August 22, 1990: Neo Geo Multi Video System is released by SNK, the arcade machine grants owners the ability to put up to six different cartridges into a single cabinet, a unique feature that was also a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace, the machine praised to high heaven and was massively popular in bars, restaurants, and other places in the Western World, after finding out people want to take it to their home, SNK will release the home version the next year,...
September 20, 1990: James Pond: Underwater Agent developed by Millennium Interactive and released on the Sinclair APEX, a critical and commercial smash hit, so much so that Sinclair acquired Millennium Interactive to prevent the game from being released on other consoles making James Pond a mascot for Sinclair,...
September 30, 1990: ACE Wonder Wizard is released, a very popular console for low income and urban neighborhoods due to how it marked itself as cheaper alternative to the other consoles,...
November 5, 1990: Meir Kahane, leader of Kach (a.k.a. "Kahane Chai") survives an assassination attempt in New York City, New York, sparking international attention,...
December 5, 1990: Activision rejects Bobby Kotick's offer of an merger with his company, Codemasters
December 10, 1990: Game Gear Nomad by Sega, the successor to the CCS, is released
December 12, 1990: the Sinclair Amstrad handheld (Timex Vega in the US) is released to a roaring success especially in Europe and Canada, using the same hardware of the ZX Spectrum,...
(OTL Vega+ but not shit)
January 11, 1991: DIC Entertainment establishes DIC Interactive to produce video games for their franchises,...
March 31, 1991: Second Spanish Civil War; Basque, Catalan, Castilian, et.al, groups clash with each other in the aftermath of the collapse of the Spanish fascist government in Madrid; NATO forces are deployed in an effort to contain the violence and flood of refugees,...
March 14, 1991: Planet Arcadia is a restaurant founded by Vince Perri in New York City (think WWF New York and Hard Rock Cafe but for gaming)
March 19, 1991: Street Fighter: The World Warrior by Capcom, a game that is responsible of putting fighting games on the map, as its success will lead to a series of updated versions,...
May 12, 1991: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is broadcasted worldwide by United Artists Television, starring Meg Bauman,...
June 29, 1991: Columns, created by Jay Geertsen and published by Activision, the game is notable for being one of the most ported games of all time,...
July 1, 1991: Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System by SNK, is a very powerful system, more powerful than every video game console at the time of its release which resulted in a very high price for both hardware and software, over the years it'll gain a cult following and be regarded as one of the best consoles in history,...
August 2, 1991: Taking notes from Nintendo and Sega, Atari releases the Phoenix, worldwide to critical and commercial success after three failed attempts to rival the Japanese consoles, a innovative console of its time with customizable controllers and being a CD console right out of the gate,...
August 11, 1991: The debut of The Ren & Stimpy Show, created by John Kricfalusi, and broadcasted by DIC Entertainment on Cartoon Central (OTL Nickelodeon) starring Harvey Atkin and Nick Jameson,...
September 5, 1991: The Republic of Gamers signs a deal with Commodore and Bennett to make new a operating system codenamed Project Stratosphere,...
October 15, 1991: Genesis CD is released by Sega in response to the upcoming release of the Nintendo-Sony SNES,...
November 19, 1991: Top Gear, the first game in the long-running franchise and is credited for kicking the racing genre into the mainstream, published by Mastertronic's Firebird and developed by Team17,...
November 22, 1991: Atari Lynx is released to respectable sales and reception, a backlight feature was planned but was gutted due to concerns of cost,...
Christmas Day 1991: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is released by the Nintendo-Sony alliance, selling far better than any console up to that point,...
Christmas Day 1991: Super Mario World on the SNES is released to a international consumer rush, being considered one of the greatest games of all time,...
May 13, 1992: Tarapur Disaster; disastrous nuclear meltdown occurs in Tarapur, Maharashtra, India, fueling civil unrest and panic across the Southern Hemisphere,...
June 2, 1992: Shantae is released by Interplay Productions, follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who must travel across Sequin Land to foil the world domination plans of the evil lady pirate Risky Boots, the game is a massive hit on all consoles and handhelds, and plans of a franchise is already in place with Interplay making a deal with THQ (a toy company ITTL) to produce merchandise for Interplay's titles,...
August 3, 1992: The Republic starts partnering with hardware manufacturers to develop game consoles and other devices that would run Project Stratosphere,...
August 22-24, 1992: Neo-Nazi riots erupt in Rostock-Lichtenhagen , Germany, fueling civil unrest and violence across Western Europe,....
October 8, 1992: BAM Entertainment releases Mortal Kombat, credited for kicking off the fighting genre along with Street Fighter, the game sparked controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics and for being popular with kids and teens,...
October 12, 1992: Columbus Day Uprising; American Indian Movement (AIM) launches an armed insurrection at Porcupine Gap, South Dakota, citing "500 years of oppression and enslavement...."
October 25, 1992: Puyo Puyo, a game made by Compile is released internationally by Codemasters as Puyo Pop (because Bobby Kotick thought Puyo Puyo sounds stupid) to cash in on Tetris' success; the game became a overnight hit for both companies which attracted a certain someone's attention,...
December 13, 1992: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty by Westwood Studios, a very influential game that sold millions of copies and won numerous GOAT awards in the following years,...
December 22, 1992: Top Gear 2 is released by Mastertronic's Firebird Games, developed by Team 17, while more realistic than its predecessor, it maintained the arcade-style gameplay the first game had while also bring new things into the table including having licensed cars and customization to your vehicle, these features made the game a bestseller for several months,...
January 10, 1993: Trip Hawkins showcases the first Project Stratosphere (now known as Windows X) game console, the Panasonic X-Box, at Planet Arcadia,...
April 9, 1993: The Incredible Machine, a PC game first released on the consoles, created by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line is released critical and commercial acclaim,...
June 6, 1993: Trip Hawkins goes to the Summer CES show to further highlight Windows X gaming experiences, including (but not limited to) showing a line-up of X-Box models made by NEC, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, and Panasonic,...
June 20, 1993: Havoc, a motorcross racing game made by Interplay Productions, this game is notable for it's 3D graphics, fun gameplay, trick system, soundtrack, and realism, it's sales are decent enough for Interplay to consider a sequel (yes this is Dirt Trax FX but better)
July 10, 1993: Princess Amethyst by Mindscape Entertainment, the game takes place in a ATL where thousands of years ago, Earth is visited by crystalline, humanoid alien beings who colonized the planet, drastically altered the physical landscape on a continental level, and bred with humans, you play as Amy Winston, the daughter of Greg and Quartz Winston, the gameplay is a Metroidvania with RPG elements, the story is Amy's parents are kidnapped by the Dark Opal, the main bad guy of the series, and she must rescue them, on your way, you'll meet a (literally) colorful cast of characters who have their grudges against Dark Opal and is willing to help you out with items and such, the voice acting is good (for the time anyway) and its soundtrack is one of the best in gaming, the game sells pretty good for Mindscape to consider a sequel though it is popular with girls due to the relatable female protagonist and its marketing,...
(And yes, I'm going for Steven Universe and Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld)
October 4, 1993: Shantae: Risky's Revenge, developed and published by Interplay Productions, the game greatly expands on the original game in every aspect with the game being even more successful than the first,...
(The story is the same as IOTL game)
October 4, 1993: the Windows X operating system is released to a international consumer rush, kicking off the Computer Video Game Boom
December 10, 1993: Alone in the Dark by Frédérick Raynal's Infogrames is released on the Sinclair APEX, a game that showed off what the console is capable of doing and creating what will be eventually called 'survival horror',...
January 1, 1994: Microgaming is established on the Isle of Man, under the British Crown, but independent of the European Union, placing it outside the legal jurisdiction, begins developing software to conduct wire transfers of money across the Internet,...
March 3, 1994: Meir Kahane of Tel Aviv, Israel leader of Kach (a.k.a. "Kahane Chai"), proclaims holy war against Palestine, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 11, 1994: Eugene Terreblanche, leader of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) launches a military coup overthrowing the government in Johannesburg, South Africa, sparking international attention; Third Alliance officials blame American and European support,....
November 10, 1994: Antigua and Barbados pass the Free Trade and Processing Zone Act, establishing the precedent for online gaming, sparking international attention,...
November 23, 1994: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, developed by Blizzard Entertainment (formerly known as Silicon & Synapse) and published by Interplay Productions, the game is a massive hit for Interplay and it, along with Blackthorne, put Blizzard Entertainment on the map, its sequel Tides of Darkness will become a rival to Command & Conquer and Steam Hearts,...
August 31, 1994: Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, released on the PC by Mindscape Entertainment, the first real challenger to the Top Gear crown,...
September 26, 1995: Command & Conquer, a bestseller by Westwood Studios and the first game to one of greatest franchises of all time,...
July 31, 1996: Steam Hearts by Koei, The game takes place in the far future, on an alien planet dominated by humanoid animals and elf-like beings who are at war with each other, you play as either Commander Blondia Varady, a elf-like (nicknamed "Blow") or Princess Fallandia a catgirl, the game has anime cutscenes before and after every mission and the voice acting is surprisingly good, the game sold extremely well and influenced later RTS games,...
(The game plays like Z (Zed) by The Bitmap Brothers)
November 24, 1996: Acclaim Entertainment agrees to acquire Ocean Software and its intellectual properties including their licenses, the right to publish Shiny Entertainment's games, Novotrade International, and Ecco the Dolphin, and rename the company to Acclaim United Kingdom Ltd,...
November 29, 1996: Ghost in the Shell, starring Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, and Tom Wyner, is released worldwide by 20th Century Fox, is where it finds critical & box office success
October 23, 1997: U.S. Congress proposes the Internet Gaming Prohibition Act under Senator Jon Kyl (R-NE) in Washington D.C.,... ; Mafia leaders support the law, warning that the deregulation would create an influx of competitors
December 9, 1997: Robotech, a game made by Treasure and co-published by Mastertronic and The Republic of Gamers, is a open-world space fighter simulation inspired by Elite, with the Treasure flavor and the feature of transforming your mecha into three different forms: "Fighter mode", "Guardian mode", and "Battloid mode", you play as Kyle Bartley, a veritech mecha pilot that was kicked out of the Robotech Defense Force for unknown reasons of which tries to find out but when attacked by a rebel, he decides to become a mercenary who fights to protect the Earth and the SDF-3 from the evil rebellion, the game is a massive hit for all parties involved, with the Maxwell family who decides to produce merchandise, which is going to cause problems in the future,...
June 10, 1999: Epic MegaGames sues The Republic of Gamers for giving away the Unreal Engine source code without their permission,...
June 16, 1999: Entrepreneur Donald J. Trump announces his bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. presidential election at Trump Tower New York, sparking international attention,...
November 30, 1999: Neo-fascist groups clash with environmental groups in Seattle, Washington, sparking international attention and concern, fueling a calls for a police crackdown,...
December 10, 1999: Robotech: Crystal Dreams, developed by Treasure and co-published by The Republic of Gamers and Mastertronic, the game plcks up after the first game left off where Kyle Bartley is put into space jail (ungrateful bastards) and he meets his love interest Lynn Minmay who breaks him out of jail and reveals that the human governments is controlled by an alien species called the Zentraedi who is brainwashing the public by concealing their appearance, manipulating people to spend money, breed, and making them accept the status quo with subliminal messages in entertainment and that the rebellion were actually the good guys and the Robotech Defense Force are their enforcers who killed anyone who stepped out of line; the couple saves all of the rebellion members and destroys the Zentraedis' home planet, freeing the public from the tyranny, the game greatly expands on the mechanics, so much so that the game ended up becoming one of the greatest sequels of all time, due to the massive success on the PC, Mastertronic announces that the game is getting a port to the consoles a few months later, which infuriated PC gamers worldwide,...
August 5, 2000: Treasure and The Republic of Gamers sues Mastertronic for copyright infringement of the Robotech franchise, in response, the Maxwell family countersued, saying that Treasure and The Republic allowed Mastertronic to do whatever they what with the franchise,...
October 18, 2000: Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump announces his plans to "drain the swamp", to cleanup the gaming industry, citing the ties to organized crime, recruiting New York City Mayor and former U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani, sparking international attention,...
April 22, 2002: U.S. and European officials report the rapid rise of the "Red-Brown-Green Alliance" across Central Europe, especially in the former Soviet bloc, sparking international attention and concern,...
POD: June 7, 1954: Alan Turing refuses to commit suicide in Cambridge, England, but tenders his resignation from the university....
April 24, 1955: Zhou En-Lai, Josip Broz Tito, Jawarhalal Nehru, and Gamal Abdel Nasser establish the "Third Alliance " (a.k.a. Banding Pact) in Bandung, Indonesia; uniting the Southern Hemisphere and China into an anti-colonialist/ anti-imperialist bloc, against both Soviet and American power blocs, ....
May 23, 1955: Alan Turing meets John Nash at Princeton University, developing "game theory", the theoretical basis for the "game console device (GCD)", ...
June 7, 1957: Alan Turing develops the first game console, unveiling the "gaming console device (GCD)" in Boston, Massachusetts
July 16, 1958: Amidst advertising hoopla, RCA unveils the "Atomovision 1960" (a.k.a. "AV60") in New York City, New York, sparking a massive consumer rush, ....
August 7, 1958: William Higinbotham showcases the Tennis For Two computer at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. After the critical acclaim, he opened up American Computer Entertainment (ACE Games) to produce more software. The following year, Tennis For Two is released as a arcade game and is installed in bars, restaurants, and other places, quickly gaining popularity.
September 20, 1958: Soviet officials unveil the "Setun" game system in Moscow, led by Sergei Sobolov and Nikolai Brusentsov, based on stolen schematics of the RCA's "AV-60", sparking international attention,...
October 25, 1959: "Computer Love" single by Little Richard makes its hit debut, highlighting the rise of video games, sparking international attention,...
1961: ACE Games releases Ping, a upgraded Tennis For Two, to the arcades, which became an immediate success
September 6, 1961: Third Alliance (a.k.a. Bandung Pact) leaders call for independence and self-determination for Puerto Rico, sparking international attention,...
November 22, 1961: "Atomic Hit" musical single by Elvis Presley makes its hit debut, detailing the "Gamer Craze"; religious and social conservatives call for a ban on the song, ...
1962: MIT's Spacewar!, created by Steve Russell and his fellow members of the Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC)
June 2, 1962: Teddy Yip brings GDC gambling to Macau, boosting the economy of Singapore, fueling the rise of organized crime in the region,...
October 16, 1962: Viktor Glushkov proposes OGAS ( a.k.a. "National Automated System for Computation and Information Processing") in Moscow; Conservative John Birch Society uses the report as proof that gaming is part of a "Soviet plot",....
November 6, 1962: Third Alliance leaders condemn the United States and Europe for backing the apartheid government government in South Africa, calling for economic and political sanctions to the country,...
1963: ACE Games officially releases Spacewar!, from the newly-hired Steve Russell
May 18, 1963: Parents groups call for abandoned on the game Spacewar (ACE Games) after accusations of "verbal profanities" in the sound effects to the game,...
June 22, 1963: Reverend Billy Graham condemns GDC and the rising "Gamer" movement as "blasphemous " during a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, claiming that games are "robbing the moral fiber from our children",...
November 22, 1963: Aldous Huxley dies in Cambridge, England while playing on an AV-60 game console, sparking international attention,...
1964: Starfighter is released to the arcades by ACE Games, gaining immediate popularity
February 10, 1964: Barry Goldwater calls for the banning of video games calling them "degenerate filth" and "corruption of the soul"
May 25, 1964: Activist Malcolm X speaks to the Third Alliance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, condemning the racism in both the Soviet and American blocs, sparking international attention and concern,...
June 15, 1964: Third Alliance (a.k.a. Bandung Pact) demands admission onto the United Nations Security Council in New York City, pointing out that the represent 77 countries,...
October 16, 1964: China announces that it has detonated its first nuclear weapon at Lop Nur, sparking fears that the Third Alliance will launch an arms buildup,...
December 30, 1964: Algiers Agreement; Third Alliance leaders meet in Algiers, Algeria formally reforming trade and economic development across the Southern Hemisphere,...
1965: Bombing Run is released to the arcades by ACE Games
September 30, 1965: Indonesian President Sukarno blames the United States and Great Britain in a coup attempt against him in Jakarta, fueling tensions with the Third Alliance,...
November 24, 1965: Third Alliance leaders led by Che Guevara and Patrice Lumumba prevent coup attempt to overthrow Congo by Joseph Desire Mobutu in Kinshasha,...
1966: ACE Games' Baseball Stars is released in the arcades
November 25, 1966: Third Alliance members call for the censure of Israel from the United Nations, citing its solidarity with the Palestinian cause, sparking international attention,...
January 14, 1967: Timothy Leary popularized video games with the "Game-On!" Event in San Francisco, California, sparking international attention,...
February 23, 1967: Star Trek (CBS-TV) "A Taste of Armageddon" Captain Christopher Pike and Spock discover that the planets Vendikar and Eminar VII have been using video games to wage war against each other for centuries,...
March 28, 1967: London Draft Riots; British student youth protest against the military draft into the colonial wars against the Third Alliance, sparking international attention and concern,...
October 9, 1967: Siege of La Paz; Third Alliance troops led by Che Guevara seize control of the Bolivian capital, overthrowing President Rene Barrientos; U.S. government is forced to deploy troops throughout the region ......
1968: Alien Invasion by ACE Games is released to the arcades
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. survives his assassination attempt, James Earl Ray was arrested for attempted murder and assassination, sparking international coverage and attention...
May 12 – June 24, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr's Poor People's March on Washington with the help of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
August 21, 1968: Third Alliance leaders in Belgrade, led Josip Broz Tito, condemn the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, fueling tensions between the Third Alliance and Soviet Union,...
October 18, 1968: Circus Circus becomes the first casino to utilize GDC gaming in an effort to attract guests to Las Vegas, sparking national attention,...
January 18-19, 1969: Todai Riots; Student demonstrations occur at the University of Tokyo, protesting LDP proposals to allow the formation of a standing military force, triggering a massive police crackdown, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 2-September 11, 1969: Sino-Soviet Border Standoff; Third Alliance forces support China in its border dispute with the Soviet Union at the Ussuri River, sparking fears of a possible nuclear conflict,...
May 19, 1969: Gulf+Western fails to purchase SEGA
November 20, 1969: Gottlieb acquires Midway Manufacturing Company in an effort to compete with ACE Games
January 5, 1971: Astrid Lindgren gives Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata permission to produce an adaptation of her book, Pippi Longstocking.
July 21, 1971: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer accepts a merger bid with 20th Century Fox
(This is what happened to MGM if any of you were wondering)
January 1, 1972: Waldheim Scandal; European and American leaders are scandalized after United Nations Secretary-General candidate Kurt Waldheim of Austria, is revealed to have been a former Nazi Party member in New York City,...
May 14, 1972: "Atomovision-60" song by Audio Karate makes its hit debut, highlighting the history of GDC video games,...
May 24, 1972: The "Console Wars" begin as Dutch-owned Magnavox unveils the "Odyssey" as a means to compete against the RCA "AV" GDC Consoles. European leaders lineup the markets behind the Odyssey console...
June 27, 1972: Atari is founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney after their success with Computer Space
August 20, 1972: Wattstax; African-American leaders led by Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Pryor, Isaac Hayes, and Jesse Jackson in Los Angeles, California call for the United States to cut economic and political ties to the apartheid governments of Rhodesia and South Africa,...
September 2, 1972: Greek military government in Athens, imposes Law #3037 banning GDCs and video gaming, sparking international controversy and concern,...
May 18, 1973: Hudson Soft is founded in Japan by brothers Yuji and Hiroshi Kudo, train enthusiasts who named the business after their favorite, The Hudson Locomotives
(They'll be the Konami of TTL, as Konami ITTL is a pachinko company that'll get acquired by Hudson Soft in 1993)
June 15, 1973: Atari release Pong in the arcades, which becomes immensely successful, which later caused ACE Games to sue Atari for patient infringement
October 12, 1973: Williams' first-ever video game, Paddle-Ball, is released in arcades
September 9, 1973: Third Alliance leaders in Algiers, call for independence and self-determination for Western Sahara, angering France and Spain, sparking international attention and concern,...
September 11, 1973: Chilean President Salvador Allende denounces the Soviet and American political blocs, citing the growing "Digital Divide" between the two hemispheres in Santiago, Chile,....
September 20, 1973: Battle of the Sexes; Roxabeth "Roxie" Frausto of Oakland, California defeats Shane "Mad Dog" Davis of Houston, Texas in 2 hours of gaming on ABC Wide World of Sports,...
December 20, 1973: Pippi Longstocking, The Strongest Girl in the World, starring Chastity Bono, is released to the world by United Artists, where it's a critical & box office success
January 27, 1974: Gottlieb creates the first-ever secure instant lottery ticket (a.k.a. the scratchcard)
May 18, 1974: India detonates its first nuclear weapon at Pokhran, signaling that the Third Alliance will not be ignored, sparking international attention,...
June 12, 1974: Atari releases their Home Pong console through Sears, which also spawned a slew of pong clones
December 12, 1974: Third Alliance (a.k.a. "Bandung Pact") leaders proclaim a "New World Information and Communication Order" (NWICO) in Geneva, Switzerland, citing the influence of radio, television, and GDC modules worldwide,...
May 12, 1975: Gottlieb renames itself Midway Games Corporation due to the huge success of their Midway brand
June 24, 1975: Johnny Roselli of Los Angeles, California testifies before the Senate that the Mafia is attempting to make illegal inroads into the gaming market with the creation of arcades,...
September 4, 1975: Dragon Pass fantasy RPG by Greg Stafford of Waterbury, Connecticut, capitalizing on the growing fantasy craze, sparking international attention and concern,...
September 24, 1975: Tekumel fantasy RPG game by M.A.R. Barker of Saint Paul, Minnesota, makes its hit debut, capitalizing on the growing interest in fantasy literature,...
October 7, 1975: In a major Cold War shock, 58-year old Vladimir A. Bron of Sverdlovsk, achieves the title of "Gamesmaster", shocking American and European players,...
December 7, 1975: East Timor War; Australian and New Zealand forces are deployed against Indonesia after President Suharto orders the invasion and annexation of East Timor, sparking international attention and concern,...
August 9, 1976: Mobster Johnny Roselli is found dead in Biscayne Bay, Florida, after testifying about the rise of Mafia-controlled arcades, fueling a call for a criminal crackdown,...
September 10, 1976: Bennett Technocraft is founded as Bennett Computer Accessories by siblings Henry, Gregory and Erica Bennett, along with Henry's wife Akira Yoshimoro and Erica's husband Tyler MacMillan
November 2, 1976: New Jersey legalizes betting on gaming, fueling concerns about the rise of organized crime in video games, sparking national attention,...
November 30, 1976: Channel F, the first console to use ROM cartridges as well having a `hold' button to change the time, speed, or both. Designed by Jerry Lawson and released by ACE Games. (The tech is slightly better than OTL and sells better than IOTL as well)
December 11, 1976: Moammar Gaddafi publishes the "Green Book" in Tripoli, Libya, becoming the political manifesto of the Third Alliance (a.k.a. "Bandung Pact"), sparking international attention,...
April 30, 1977: Nature Boy Ric Flair defeats Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship.
July 10, 1977: Monkey Punch and TMS Entertainment announces the Lupin the Third anime is going for the full 58 episode run in Japan
September 11, 1977: the release of the critically acclaimed and successful, Atari 2600
(Yep, it's called that from the very start)
October 5, 1977: WWWF signs deal with Atari to produce a game for their new 2600 console, it is to be called WWWF Pro Wrestling
October 24, 1977: Hong Kong colonial government announces legalized GDC gaming, fueling the rise of Triad organized networks in the region,...
December 3, 1977: Bally acquires the struggling Chicago Coin and merged it with their pinball division to form Bally Astrocade Manufacturing
December 12, 1977: Dance, Dance Revolution starring John Travolta and soundtrack by the Bee-Gees, helps to popularize the popular video game and disco dancing,...
February 20, 1978: Andre The Giant finally defeats rival Ric Flair for the WWF Championship, which began a 9 year title reign.
April 28, 1978: Nintendo releases the first in the long-running Game & Watch series
August 5, 1978: the WWF (formerly WWWF) signs a deal with Nintendo to produce arcade and home games based of WWF Superstars and the product.
October 11, 1978: ACE Games' Channel H, (a.k.a. Channel F Mark II) is released to decent sales and applause
(basically a Bally Astrocade)
November 20, 1978: Arab Revolution; Third Alliance-backed Juhayman al-Otaibi overthrows the House of Saud in Riyadh, sparking International attention and concern,...
December 10, 1978: Space Battleship Yamato: The Movie, directed by Leiji Matsumoto and released Internationally by United Artists as their response to Star Wars. Starring Jack Grimes and Chris Latta
December 20, 1978: The Mystery of Mamo, starring Tom Clark, is released internationally by United Artists
Christmas Day 1978: Odyssey II (known as the Videopac G7000 in Europe) by European company Philips is released
March 3, 1979: WWF Wrestlefest is released in arcades and is a big hit
April 16, 1979: United Artists rejects the script of Heaven's Gate, a project of director Michael Cimino
August 15, 1979: James Dallas Egbert III of Dayton, Ohio commits suicide, conservative Christian groups immediately blame the suicide on his gaming habits,...
September 3, 1979: Atari, running out of cash, is purchased by growing tech company Motorola in order to stay in business,...
October 1, 1979: Activision is founded by David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead who were fed up with how Atari never gives them credit for their work,...
October 6, 1979: SEGA Game Gear is released to compete with the Game & Watch
November 30, 1979: "My Console" single by the Bee-Gees makes its hit debut, highlighting the "Console Wars" sparking international attention,...
December 8, 1979: Crime bosses Joseph Agosto, Joey "Doves" Aiuppa, Carl "Corky" Civella, and Angelo "the Hook" La Pietra, purchase 2% of gaming corporations in an effort to insure legal and financial security and protection,...
December 13, 1979: Mattel Intellivision is released to the public to critical success and praise
December 17, 1979: Due to the success of Pippi Longstocking, The Castle of Cagliostro, co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, is released to theaters internationally by United Artists, starring Bob Bergen, Joan-Carol O'Connell, and Barbara Goodson
December 23, 1979: I Am Not Your Joystick" single by Queen, makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,...
December 25, 1979: Third Alliance leaders condemn Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, sparking international attention and concern,....
January 22, 1980: Walt Disney Productions is put on sale
February 9, 1980: Mobile Suit Gundam is broadcasted by the newly-founded Harmony Gold, credited for kickstarting the genre of mecha anime, starring Laura Ann Cody
March 9, 1980: Rupert Murdoch is forced to withdraw his bid to acquire Walt Disney Productions. This development comes amid Murdoch's indictment for violating Australian tax laws.
April 9, 1980: Nintendo releases Donkey Kong and it becomes the biggest game ever released at that time with Mario even being on Time Magazine's 100 most influential people list.
April 10, 1980: Simon & Schuster makes a partnership with Shueisha to release manga worldwide,...
April 17, 1980: Jim Henson takes over Disney
May 3, 1980: Transamerica, still looking to spin off United Artists, places the film studio for sale.
May 10, 1980: Transamerica sells United Artists to Warren Buffett's Berkshire-Hathaway
May 15, 1980: New York City based real estate tycoon Donald J Trump decides to enter the video game console business for himself.
May 20, 1980: Parti Quebecois led by Pierre Trudeau proclaims independence from Canada, after winning a national referendum on the matter, sparking international attention,....
May 23, 1980: After a lengthy partnership with Lord Grade and ITC Entertainment, Jim Henson transfers the distribution rights to The Great Muppet Caper and The Dark Crystal to Buena Vista Distribution as part of his purchase of Walt Disney Productions. The aformentioned films are due for release in 1981 and '82 respectively.
August 25, 1980: ACE Games acquires Coleco Industries and releases the ACE ColecoVision to the public (the system continues the Channel F/H form factor and cartridge style, but now uses the OTL ColecoVision color, decal, marking scheme, and controllers)
November 21, 1980: Mafia officials are suspected in the torching of an arcade in Paradise, Nevada, fueling calls for a regulation of gaming...
December 6, 1980: 18-year old Agniezska Brustman of Warsaw, Poland achieves the title of "Gamesmaster" shocking American and European players,...
February 6, 1981: "Polybius Spring"; arcades across the country, starting in Portland, Oregon report the arrival of the game "Polybius", amidst claims that the game is a mind control experiment by the Soviet Union, Third Alliance, or the CIA/ FBI,...
February 10, 1981: Mafia officials are suspected in the torching of an arcade in Winchester, Nevada, fueling calls for regulation,...
April 18, 1981: Ken Uston of Newark, New Jersey is banned from gaming, after winning c.$5 million in GDC gambling in Atlantic City, New Jersey,...
May 21, 1981: Atari 2700 SuperSystem is released to the public in response to Custer's Revenge and the growing problem of shovelware on the 2600 (basically OTL 5200 with the power of a Atari 8-bit computer)
Summer 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark becomes Disney's first box office hit under Jim Henson's ownership.
June 25, 1981: Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, a game created by Richard Garriott (a.k.a Lord British) is the first installment of a franchise not as popular as Might and Magic but does have it's fans,...
July 15, 1981: SEGA SG-1000, later dubbed the "Power Base" is released in Japan Only to great fanfare and success
September 13, 1981: Atari Cosmos handheld, the first (and only) hologram console is released to compete with the Sega Game Gear and the Nintendo Game & Watch,...
September 15, 1981: Mazes and Monsters by Rona Jafee becomes a major bestseller, fueling urban legends of the alleged dangers of GDC video gaming,....
October 7, 1981: "Video Games" single by Tina Turner, highlights the influence of video games on the Boomer generation,...
January 23, 1982: Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt establishes the "Brandt Line" at the United Nations, formally establishing the political and economic dividing line between the political blocs,
April 5, 1982: Ken Uston publishes Winners' Choice detailing how he was able to cheat at various video games, making him a target of the Mob,...
April 25, 1982: U.S. Department of Defense and the American Medical Association (AMA) publish reports rom Fort Dietrick, Maryland citing video gaming as an effective treatment for PTSD, but also prevention of its onset...
June 9, 1982: Patricia A. Pulling of Richmond, Virginia establishes Mothers Against Gaming Devices (MAGD) after her son commits suicide allegedly due to game addiction,....
July 31, 1982: SEGA SG-1000 Mk-II, later dubbed the"Master System", released in Asia and Oceana with greater success
August 4, 1982: ZX Spectrum by Sinclair Research and Timex Corporation is released to the world,...
(OTL ZX Spectrum without keyboard)
September 19, 1982: Mario Bros is released and outsells Donkey Kong and is even rumored to be installed in the White House by President Reagan.
November 19, 1982: Vectrex by General Consumer Electronics is released, while it's gets praised by the press for being a innovative system, it lags behind it's competitors in sales,... (A portable console ITTL)
February 3, 1983: Interplay Productions is founded by Brian Fargo and his friends Jay Patel, Troy Worrell, Bill Heineman, and investor Chris Wells
February 7, 1983: ACE Games acquires GCE and cuts the price of the Vectrex significantly, making it more attractive for consumers,...
February 10, 1983: Yakuza member Ken Eto is shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois, amidst rumors of rigged gaming tournaments worldwide,...
March 12, 1983: Deng Xiaoping condemns the U.S. and Soviet bloc of "fostering an atmosphere of war and hostility" during the Third Alliance Summit in New Delhi, India, sparking international attention,...
April 3, 1983: Williams Electronics acquires Exidy
October 20, 1983: SEGA Mark III, dubbed the "Mega Drive", beats the Nintendo Famicom in Japan by two days...
November 18, 1983: After a positive reception at the Winter CES, French company Vivendi releases their console, Micral, internationally,...
(OTL Amstrad GX4000)
December 31, 1983: 19-year old Fliura Khasanova of Chirchiq, Kazakhstan SSR, achieves the title of "Gamesmaster", shocking American and European players...
March 13, 1984: Bally Manufacturing creates BAM Entertainment to publish console games, a year later, Williams Electronics and Midway Games establishes Williams Electronics Games and Midway Home Entertainment, perspectivity
April 14, 1984: Westwood Studios is founded by a group of artists and programmers led by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife Michaela, and his best friend Mark Caldwell along with a group of investors,...
June 6, 1984: Tetris is created by Alexey Pajitnov, an artificial intelligence researcher on the Electronika 60 console (a shitter Mega Drive ITTL)
July 1, 1984: Motorola sells Atari's computer division to a emergent computer firm, Compaq,...
July 12, 1984: New York-based software publisher Mastertronic and Atlanta-based developer Firebird Software is acquired by Robert Maxwell-owned Maxwell Communications
August 14, 1984: Dark Dungeons film by Christian fundamentalist Jack Chick, makes its hit debut, condemning the "Satanic influence of video games", backed by Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, sparking international attention,...
September 20, 1984: Elite, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft on the Vectrex, it's open-ended game model and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every console on the market at the time of it's release and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history,...
September 24, 1984: International release of the SEGA Mega Drive, to enormous fanfare and huge success (the Mega Drive is basically OTL Master System but with the FM sound module and the better Game Gear color chip built-in from day 1)
October 12, 1984: British Prime Minister Margatet Thatcher is killed in a bombing by the Provisional IRA in Brighton, England; Sir Geoffrey Howe is named as her successor,...
October 23, 1984: SEGA Game Gear CCS (Card Captor System: it uses SEGA Cards for its games) is released to the International public with gigantic success
October 31, 1984: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi survives an assassination attempt against her life in New Delhi, India, sparking international attention and concern,...
December 11, 1984: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, starring Susan Davis, released worldwide by United Artists and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, considered to be one of the greatest animated films ever made
Christmas Day 1984: Commodore MAX Machine, is released to the public to great sales and applause,...
(OTL c64 without keyboard)
January 20, 1985: The Codemasters Software Corporation, founded by Bobby Kotick with a group of investors
March 31, 1985: The WWF launches Wrestlemania, it's a massive success. The Main Event saw Andre The Giant defeat Bruiser Brody in a brutal cage match.
September 21, 1985: Activision announces they're committed to the Mega Drive, Game Gear CCS, and the upcoming Nintendo Entertainment System,...
October 10, 1985: Atari 4800 ProSystem, despite being released to the public just before the NES, the console was overshadowed by the Japanese consoles and thus sales were horrible for their parent company,...
October 18, 1985: Alongside the Nintendo Entertainment System; Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, and a home port of the hit classic WWF Wrestlefest.
October 23, 1985: Mindscape Entertainment, an American-French company, releases their first games Déjà Vu, a point-and-click adventure game, and Balance of Power, a strategy game of geopolitics during the Cold War,...
December 5, 1985: WWF Wrestlefest is ported to the Sega Mega Drive by Acclaim which opened their doors a year prior.
January 20, 1986: Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna of Rambo fame, buys Orion Pictures Corporation and merged Carolco Pictures with it under the former's name,...
February 13, 1986: Electronic Arts unexpectedly declares bankruptcy due to releasing games on home computers, which are notoriously filled to the brim with piracy
February 29, 1986: Acclaim Entertainment is given the right to make games to make games based off of anime and manga including (but not limited to) Lupin the Third, Dragon Ball, and Studio Ghibli's films,...
April 3, 1986: Gundam Zeta, starring Jonathan Lachlan Stewart, is broadcasted by Harmony Gold with great fanfare,...
May 27, 1986: Dragon Quest, released by Enix and created by Yuji Horii, the game is a massive success worldwide and is credited for establishing the basic template for the Japanese console RPGs that followed,...
June 14, 1986: Mobsters Tony Spilotro and his brother Michael Spilotro of Las Vegas, Nevada "disappear" after FBI agents suspect them of gaming links to organized crime,...
June 27, 1986: Third Alliance leaders condemn the Reagan Administration for illegally mining harbors in Managua, Nicaragua,....
July 10, 1986: Harmony Gold announces the international distribution of Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, and Urusei Yatsura (under the name Alien Musibat)
August 31, 1986: Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, Westwood Studios' first big hit and the start of a multi billion dollar franchise is released on the Sega Mega Drive with other consoles following suit,...
October 30, 1986: The ACE Ricochet is released, it was planned to be a continuation of the ColecoVision, the surprising success of the NES and Mega Drive led to the development of the Ricochet into it's own thing (it resembles the planned Intellivision III), the controllers mimic the ones found on the NES and Mega Drive and features such as three-channel sound, 8-bit graphics, and speech synthesis are now built-in, while the console is doing better than the Atari 2700, it's high price makes the consumers favor the Japanese consoles though ACE Games will be quick to cut the price of the holiday season,...
October 31, 1986: Sid Meier's MicroProse releases DragonStrike, a unique game of it's time as it was a video/board game hybrid, one or two players control heroes who have to find pieces of a Evil-proof artifact to defeat the Dragon Master who manages the game. The game was a massive success for MicroProse and plans for more video/board game hybrids is underway,...
December 23, 1986: Nintendo releases the Famicom Disk System worldwide as the NES-DD (Nintendo Entertainment System Disk Drive) the peripheral gains suspicion from parents and Moral Guardians, but nevertheless the peripheral is successful, Sharp will later release the NES Double Dip [Twin Famicom in Japan], a two-in-one console officially licensed by Nintendo,...
February 20, 1987: Contra (Hudson Games) is banned in Europe and Japan, in protest of U.S. military operations and involvement in Nicaragua, sparking international attention,...
May 1, 1987: Neo-Nazi groups clash with labor union members in Berlin, Brokdorf, and Kreuzberg, West Germany in a major embarrassment to American and European leaders,....
May 4, 1987: Kalpakkam Disaster; Third Alliance suffers a major blow after a nuclear meltdown at Kalpakkam, India fueling international attention and concern,...
May 6, 1987: The Great Giana Sisters (plays like a mixture of Mario and Alex Kidd ITTL) is released on the ACE Ricochet by German company Rainbow Arts, the game is critically and commercially successful, which makes ACE Games quickly establish the Giana Sisters as their mascot,...
May 28, 1987: Test Drive, a technical marvel that sets a blueprint of what would become Top Gear and eventually the racing genre, developed by Distinctive Software and published by Activision,...
July 10, 1987: Tetris is released Internationally by MicroProse under their Spectrum HoloByte label on every single console on the market at the time, becoming one of the biggest games of the year,...
August 5, 1987: Bill Gates dies in a car crash driving a sports car on the highway, Microsoft close its doors shortly thereafter,...
October 4, 1987: One of the most influential shows in history, Sam & Max, created by Steve Purcell, and broadcasted by DIC Entertainment on NBC, starring Bill Farmer and Nick Jameson,...
October 20, 1987: Atari 5200 MiniSystem, a handheld console that uses small cartridges, is released only to be overshadowed by the Sega Game Gear and the Vectrex,...
(The graphics are like the Game.com)
November 17, 1987: Square goes into bankruptcy before Hironobu Sakaguchi could finish his dream project, Final Fantasy ,...
November 25, 1987: Atari 6400 MegaSystem, a upgraded 4800 hits the scene, with diminishing results,...
December 7, 1987: Castle in the Sky, Studio Ghibli's first-ever film, is released worldwide by United Artists, starring Barbara Goodson
December 10, 1987: Sega Mega Game Gear, a color and graphics boost to the CCS, is released to great reception and sales,...
January 31, 1988: Nintendo and Sony announces a partnership to make quality products and to combat xenophobia,...
March 20, 1988: Vivendi is acquired by Sinclair Research, who decided to keep the profitable Minitel videotex online service (renamed the Thomson for the international release) but cancels all of Vivendi's products including the anticipated follow-up to the Micral console
July 15, 1988: Might and Magic Book Two: Gates to Another World, a sequel released by Westwood Studios that sells even better than first game, first appearing on the Sega Mega Drive before making it's way to other consoles,...
(My idea is Might and Magic replacing Final Fantasy as the king of RPGs)
July 20, 1988: Bionic Commando (Capcom Games) is banned by the Third Alliance, and parts of Western Europe, after the character of "Master-D" is revealed to be Adolf Hitler, sparking international attention,...
November 20, 1988: Vectrex-2 by ACE Games is released, the console is Backward Compatible with the original Vectrex and is capable of doing 3D graphics unseen at the time, making with very successful,...
January 3, 1989: Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) calls for "reparations for slavery" in Detroit, Michigan, highlighting ethnic and sectarian tensions nationwide,...
June 23, 1989: Shadow of the Beast, developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis (Codemasters releases their games in the USA) known for its graphics, with many colours on screen at once, parallax scrolling never seen before at that time, and for its atmospheric score composed by David Whittaker, the game showed what can the APEX can do especially with all the other versions inferior to the APEX version (though Sinclair may have something to do with that) resulting with the game being a killer app for the APEX console,...
July 23, 1989: Sinclair Research releases the APEX (Timex Apex as it's known in the US) marked as the first ever 16-bit console, the console is very popular in Europe and Canada and it uses the bits and pieces leftover from the cancelled Micral II console,... (OTL Amiga with CD32 shell but you can have music and sound playing at the same time)
July 31, 1989: Nintendo Game Boy, a idea by Gunpei Yokoi, is released to the international public, while Nintendo failed to capture Tetris from MicroProse, it still had Klax by Origin Systems to consider, regardless, the console is immersively successful, spawning a whole line of handheld consoles,...
August 14, 1989: Sega Genesis is released to the public to a International consumer rush and nothing but praise of the console,...
August 25, 1989: FBI arrests Mafia boss Dominick Basso on racketeering charges after being implicated in ties to the Chicago Mafia outfit along with U.S. gaming leader Steve Wozniak, hurting the gaming industry,....
December 25, 1989: Orion Pictures establishes the Streamline Pictures label to copy UA's success with anime, and one of its two first releases is Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, and starring Jimmy Flinders, Stanley Gurd Jr., and Deanna Morris [The other one is Twilight of the Cockroaches]
January 4, 1990: Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo, and DIC Entertainment announces a second season of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! after high ratings on CBS,...
March 1, 1990: U.S. Secret Service raids Steve Jackson GURPS Games in San Jose, California, citing the "hacker culture" influence on "Gamer" sub-culture, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 13, 1990: ACE Games acquires shovelware publisher LJN from Jack Friedman who recently founded THQ,...
March 21, 1990: Mobsters Donald Angelini and Dominic Cortina exploit the federal crackdown on gaming, tranfering organized crime operations to the suburbs, starting in Elmhurst, Illinois,...
June 4, 1990: Klax, developed and published by Richard Garriott's Origin Systems, is a extremely popular puzzle game that was first released as a launch title for the Game Boy before ending up on every console released in the early 90s, spawning a ton of ports, sequels and remakes in the future,..
June 10, 1990: The Republic of Gamers, commonly referred as 'The Republic', is founded by Trip Hawkins and the people he handpicked including, Adam Watson, DeMarcus Wallace, Kennedy Edelman, Eric Masaniuk and Jason Park
(Ideas borrowed from TheMann)
August 22, 1990: Neo Geo Multi Video System is released by SNK, the arcade machine grants owners the ability to put up to six different cartridges into a single cabinet, a unique feature that was also a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace, the machine praised to high heaven and was massively popular in bars, restaurants, and other places in the Western World, after finding out people want to take it to their home, SNK will release the home version the next year,...
September 20, 1990: James Pond: Underwater Agent developed by Millennium Interactive and released on the Sinclair APEX, a critical and commercial smash hit, so much so that Sinclair acquired Millennium Interactive to prevent the game from being released on other consoles making James Pond a mascot for Sinclair,...
September 30, 1990: ACE Wonder Wizard is released, a very popular console for low income and urban neighborhoods due to how it marked itself as cheaper alternative to the other consoles,...
November 5, 1990: Meir Kahane, leader of Kach (a.k.a. "Kahane Chai") survives an assassination attempt in New York City, New York, sparking international attention,...
December 5, 1990: Activision rejects Bobby Kotick's offer of an merger with his company, Codemasters
December 10, 1990: Game Gear Nomad by Sega, the successor to the CCS, is released
December 12, 1990: the Sinclair Amstrad handheld (Timex Vega in the US) is released to a roaring success especially in Europe and Canada, using the same hardware of the ZX Spectrum,...
(OTL Vega+ but not shit)
January 11, 1991: DIC Entertainment establishes DIC Interactive to produce video games for their franchises,...
March 31, 1991: Second Spanish Civil War; Basque, Catalan, Castilian, et.al, groups clash with each other in the aftermath of the collapse of the Spanish fascist government in Madrid; NATO forces are deployed in an effort to contain the violence and flood of refugees,...
March 14, 1991: Planet Arcadia is a restaurant founded by Vince Perri in New York City (think WWF New York and Hard Rock Cafe but for gaming)
March 19, 1991: Street Fighter: The World Warrior by Capcom, a game that is responsible of putting fighting games on the map, as its success will lead to a series of updated versions,...
May 12, 1991: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is broadcasted worldwide by United Artists Television, starring Meg Bauman,...
June 29, 1991: Columns, created by Jay Geertsen and published by Activision, the game is notable for being one of the most ported games of all time,...
July 1, 1991: Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System by SNK, is a very powerful system, more powerful than every video game console at the time of its release which resulted in a very high price for both hardware and software, over the years it'll gain a cult following and be regarded as one of the best consoles in history,...
August 2, 1991: Taking notes from Nintendo and Sega, Atari releases the Phoenix, worldwide to critical and commercial success after three failed attempts to rival the Japanese consoles, a innovative console of its time with customizable controllers and being a CD console right out of the gate,...
August 11, 1991: The debut of The Ren & Stimpy Show, created by John Kricfalusi, and broadcasted by DIC Entertainment on Cartoon Central (OTL Nickelodeon) starring Harvey Atkin and Nick Jameson,...
September 5, 1991: The Republic of Gamers signs a deal with Commodore and Bennett to make new a operating system codenamed Project Stratosphere,...
October 15, 1991: Genesis CD is released by Sega in response to the upcoming release of the Nintendo-Sony SNES,...
November 19, 1991: Top Gear, the first game in the long-running franchise and is credited for kicking the racing genre into the mainstream, published by Mastertronic's Firebird and developed by Team17,...
November 22, 1991: Atari Lynx is released to respectable sales and reception, a backlight feature was planned but was gutted due to concerns of cost,...
Christmas Day 1991: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is released by the Nintendo-Sony alliance, selling far better than any console up to that point,...
Christmas Day 1991: Super Mario World on the SNES is released to a international consumer rush, being considered one of the greatest games of all time,...
May 13, 1992: Tarapur Disaster; disastrous nuclear meltdown occurs in Tarapur, Maharashtra, India, fueling civil unrest and panic across the Southern Hemisphere,...
June 2, 1992: Shantae is released by Interplay Productions, follows the adventures of the half-genie Shantae, who must travel across Sequin Land to foil the world domination plans of the evil lady pirate Risky Boots, the game is a massive hit on all consoles and handhelds, and plans of a franchise is already in place with Interplay making a deal with THQ (a toy company ITTL) to produce merchandise for Interplay's titles,...
August 3, 1992: The Republic starts partnering with hardware manufacturers to develop game consoles and other devices that would run Project Stratosphere,...
August 22-24, 1992: Neo-Nazi riots erupt in Rostock-Lichtenhagen , Germany, fueling civil unrest and violence across Western Europe,....
October 8, 1992: BAM Entertainment releases Mortal Kombat, credited for kicking off the fighting genre along with Street Fighter, the game sparked controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics and for being popular with kids and teens,...
October 12, 1992: Columbus Day Uprising; American Indian Movement (AIM) launches an armed insurrection at Porcupine Gap, South Dakota, citing "500 years of oppression and enslavement...."
October 25, 1992: Puyo Puyo, a game made by Compile is released internationally by Codemasters as Puyo Pop (because Bobby Kotick thought Puyo Puyo sounds stupid) to cash in on Tetris' success; the game became a overnight hit for both companies which attracted a certain someone's attention,...
December 13, 1992: Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty by Westwood Studios, a very influential game that sold millions of copies and won numerous GOAT awards in the following years,...
December 22, 1992: Top Gear 2 is released by Mastertronic's Firebird Games, developed by Team 17, while more realistic than its predecessor, it maintained the arcade-style gameplay the first game had while also bring new things into the table including having licensed cars and customization to your vehicle, these features made the game a bestseller for several months,...
January 10, 1993: Trip Hawkins showcases the first Project Stratosphere (now known as Windows X) game console, the Panasonic X-Box, at Planet Arcadia,...
April 9, 1993: The Incredible Machine, a PC game first released on the consoles, created by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line is released critical and commercial acclaim,...
June 6, 1993: Trip Hawkins goes to the Summer CES show to further highlight Windows X gaming experiences, including (but not limited to) showing a line-up of X-Box models made by NEC, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, and Panasonic,...
June 20, 1993: Havoc, a motorcross racing game made by Interplay Productions, this game is notable for it's 3D graphics, fun gameplay, trick system, soundtrack, and realism, it's sales are decent enough for Interplay to consider a sequel (yes this is Dirt Trax FX but better)
July 10, 1993: Princess Amethyst by Mindscape Entertainment, the game takes place in a ATL where thousands of years ago, Earth is visited by crystalline, humanoid alien beings who colonized the planet, drastically altered the physical landscape on a continental level, and bred with humans, you play as Amy Winston, the daughter of Greg and Quartz Winston, the gameplay is a Metroidvania with RPG elements, the story is Amy's parents are kidnapped by the Dark Opal, the main bad guy of the series, and she must rescue them, on your way, you'll meet a (literally) colorful cast of characters who have their grudges against Dark Opal and is willing to help you out with items and such, the voice acting is good (for the time anyway) and its soundtrack is one of the best in gaming, the game sells pretty good for Mindscape to consider a sequel though it is popular with girls due to the relatable female protagonist and its marketing,...
(And yes, I'm going for Steven Universe and Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld)
October 4, 1993: Shantae: Risky's Revenge, developed and published by Interplay Productions, the game greatly expands on the original game in every aspect with the game being even more successful than the first,...
(The story is the same as IOTL game)
October 4, 1993: the Windows X operating system is released to a international consumer rush, kicking off the Computer Video Game Boom
December 10, 1993: Alone in the Dark by Frédérick Raynal's Infogrames is released on the Sinclair APEX, a game that showed off what the console is capable of doing and creating what will be eventually called 'survival horror',...
January 1, 1994: Microgaming is established on the Isle of Man, under the British Crown, but independent of the European Union, placing it outside the legal jurisdiction, begins developing software to conduct wire transfers of money across the Internet,...
March 3, 1994: Meir Kahane of Tel Aviv, Israel leader of Kach (a.k.a. "Kahane Chai"), proclaims holy war against Palestine, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 11, 1994: Eugene Terreblanche, leader of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) launches a military coup overthrowing the government in Johannesburg, South Africa, sparking international attention; Third Alliance officials blame American and European support,....
November 10, 1994: Antigua and Barbados pass the Free Trade and Processing Zone Act, establishing the precedent for online gaming, sparking international attention,...
November 23, 1994: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, developed by Blizzard Entertainment (formerly known as Silicon & Synapse) and published by Interplay Productions, the game is a massive hit for Interplay and it, along with Blackthorne, put Blizzard Entertainment on the map, its sequel Tides of Darkness will become a rival to Command & Conquer and Steam Hearts,...
August 31, 1994: Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, released on the PC by Mindscape Entertainment, the first real challenger to the Top Gear crown,...
September 26, 1995: Command & Conquer, a bestseller by Westwood Studios and the first game to one of greatest franchises of all time,...
July 31, 1996: Steam Hearts by Koei, The game takes place in the far future, on an alien planet dominated by humanoid animals and elf-like beings who are at war with each other, you play as either Commander Blondia Varady, a elf-like (nicknamed "Blow") or Princess Fallandia a catgirl, the game has anime cutscenes before and after every mission and the voice acting is surprisingly good, the game sold extremely well and influenced later RTS games,...
(The game plays like Z (Zed) by The Bitmap Brothers)
November 24, 1996: Acclaim Entertainment agrees to acquire Ocean Software and its intellectual properties including their licenses, the right to publish Shiny Entertainment's games, Novotrade International, and Ecco the Dolphin, and rename the company to Acclaim United Kingdom Ltd,...
November 29, 1996: Ghost in the Shell, starring Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, and Tom Wyner, is released worldwide by 20th Century Fox, is where it finds critical & box office success
October 23, 1997: U.S. Congress proposes the Internet Gaming Prohibition Act under Senator Jon Kyl (R-NE) in Washington D.C.,... ; Mafia leaders support the law, warning that the deregulation would create an influx of competitors
December 9, 1997: Robotech, a game made by Treasure and co-published by Mastertronic and The Republic of Gamers, is a open-world space fighter simulation inspired by Elite, with the Treasure flavor and the feature of transforming your mecha into three different forms: "Fighter mode", "Guardian mode", and "Battloid mode", you play as Kyle Bartley, a veritech mecha pilot that was kicked out of the Robotech Defense Force for unknown reasons of which tries to find out but when attacked by a rebel, he decides to become a mercenary who fights to protect the Earth and the SDF-3 from the evil rebellion, the game is a massive hit for all parties involved, with the Maxwell family who decides to produce merchandise, which is going to cause problems in the future,...
June 10, 1999: Epic MegaGames sues The Republic of Gamers for giving away the Unreal Engine source code without their permission,...
June 16, 1999: Entrepreneur Donald J. Trump announces his bid for the Republican nomination for the U.S. presidential election at Trump Tower New York, sparking international attention,...
November 30, 1999: Neo-fascist groups clash with environmental groups in Seattle, Washington, sparking international attention and concern, fueling a calls for a police crackdown,...
December 10, 1999: Robotech: Crystal Dreams, developed by Treasure and co-published by The Republic of Gamers and Mastertronic, the game plcks up after the first game left off where Kyle Bartley is put into space jail (ungrateful bastards) and he meets his love interest Lynn Minmay who breaks him out of jail and reveals that the human governments is controlled by an alien species called the Zentraedi who is brainwashing the public by concealing their appearance, manipulating people to spend money, breed, and making them accept the status quo with subliminal messages in entertainment and that the rebellion were actually the good guys and the Robotech Defense Force are their enforcers who killed anyone who stepped out of line; the couple saves all of the rebellion members and destroys the Zentraedis' home planet, freeing the public from the tyranny, the game greatly expands on the mechanics, so much so that the game ended up becoming one of the greatest sequels of all time, due to the massive success on the PC, Mastertronic announces that the game is getting a port to the consoles a few months later, which infuriated PC gamers worldwide,...
August 5, 2000: Treasure and The Republic of Gamers sues Mastertronic for copyright infringement of the Robotech franchise, in response, the Maxwell family countersued, saying that Treasure and The Republic allowed Mastertronic to do whatever they what with the franchise,...
October 18, 2000: Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump announces his plans to "drain the swamp", to cleanup the gaming industry, citing the ties to organized crime, recruiting New York City Mayor and former U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani, sparking international attention,...
April 22, 2002: U.S. and European officials report the rapid rise of the "Red-Brown-Green Alliance" across Central Europe, especially in the former Soviet bloc, sparking international attention and concern,...
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I'd suggest some company based in Tiawan like GamTec, C&E or the Bit Corporation.
There are also the 1980's and 1990's makers of uhtorized games lie american game cartage , colordreams/wisdom tree and Active Enterprises, Inc. (makers of the infamous action 52)
Like This? i Think was Obvious, a SNES 16 bit would be the Perfect 2D machine
Yes
Power Hour Intermission: Tecmo Sports Episode I: A New Bowl
(I feel like we need a intermission to explain this)
Tecmo Super Bowl was originally released as an arcade game in December 2, 1987 as Tecmo Bowl, before making its way to the NES and Mega Drive in February 13, 1989 with the top 10 teams from each football league. But Tecmo advanced the licensing agreement by creating a sequel licensed by Pro Football International (and the Pro Football International Players Association) called Tecmo Super Bowl, released on December 13, 1991 and features every single Team and Player from the PFI and featured a Preseason Mode, A Regular Season Mode and The Pro Bowl; with the release of the new generation of consoles Genesis and the SNES, Tecmo releases Tecmo Super Bowl '93 which pictures improved game graphics and sounds, Team Logos in End Zones, User Controlled Touchbacks, The Ability to Control a Player to Attempt a Punt Block, In-Game Option to Change players during games and a Dive Play Option; but Tecmo Super Bowl '94 added new features which includes Defensive Substitutions, Statiscal Achievements During Games, Weather Conditions which can randomly occur in Season Mode (Tecmo Super Bowl '93 had to pick Weather Conditions in Exhibition Mode but Not Season Mode), Accelerated 10 & 15 Minute Quarters to play in Season Mode (In Tecmo Super Bowl '93 you can only Change Quarter Length in Exhibition Mode & Pro Bowl Games, Season Mode could last only 5 Minutes) the soundtrack of the games only consist of original music composed by Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta but they will add licensed music starting with Tecmo Super Bowl '96.
(Idea from stratonascar)
(I feel like we need a intermission to explain this)
Tecmo Super Bowl was originally released as an arcade game in December 2, 1987 as Tecmo Bowl, before making its way to the NES and Mega Drive in February 13, 1989 with the top 10 teams from each football league. But Tecmo advanced the licensing agreement by creating a sequel licensed by Pro Football International (and the Pro Football International Players Association) called Tecmo Super Bowl, released on December 13, 1991 and features every single Team and Player from the PFI and featured a Preseason Mode, A Regular Season Mode and The Pro Bowl; with the release of the new generation of consoles Genesis and the SNES, Tecmo releases Tecmo Super Bowl '93 which pictures improved game graphics and sounds, Team Logos in End Zones, User Controlled Touchbacks, The Ability to Control a Player to Attempt a Punt Block, In-Game Option to Change players during games and a Dive Play Option; but Tecmo Super Bowl '94 added new features which includes Defensive Substitutions, Statiscal Achievements During Games, Weather Conditions which can randomly occur in Season Mode (Tecmo Super Bowl '93 had to pick Weather Conditions in Exhibition Mode but Not Season Mode), Accelerated 10 & 15 Minute Quarters to play in Season Mode (In Tecmo Super Bowl '93 you can only Change Quarter Length in Exhibition Mode & Pro Bowl Games, Season Mode could last only 5 Minutes) the soundtrack of the games only consist of original music composed by Keiji Yamagishi and Ryuichi Nitta but they will add licensed music starting with Tecmo Super Bowl '96.
(Idea from stratonascar)
I am glad i gave you a new idea. Ps Ever heard of a game called Zaku. It was a aeiral shooter where you contorl an athorpho lynx trying to stop an evil programer form taking over the world by flooding the market with poorly programed games. In otl the progamer henchmen where the penguin brothers. He I think they should leparod or tiger parody of the chettha men. The cheetman where the most infamous game of the action 52
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