@Here Comes The Pain - Here is the
third 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,...
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)
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,...
1968:
Alien Invasion by ACE Games is released to the arcades
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 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,...
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
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 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.
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,...
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
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 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
April 3, 1986:
Gundam Zeta, starring Jonathan Lachlan Stewart, is broadcasted by Harmony Gold with great fanfare,...
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 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,...
February 20, 1987:
Contra (Hudson Games) is banned in Europe and Japan, in protest of U.D. military operations and involvement in Nicaragua, sparking international attention,...
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,...
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,...
November 17, 1987: Square goes into bankruptcy before Hironobu Sakaguchi could finish his dream project,
Final Fantasy ,...
December 7, 1987:
Castle in the Sky, Studio Ghibli's first-ever film, is released worldwide by United Artists, starring Barbara Goodson
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,...
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,...
December 5, 1990: Activision rejects Bobby Kotick's offer of an merger with his company, Codemasters
January 11, 1991: DIC Entertainment establishes DIC Interactive to produce video games for their franchises,...
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)
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,...
December 3, 1995:
Sonic the Hedgehog (ABC-TV) is renewed for a third and final season by DiC.
