August in Gaming History

AUGUST

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1989 – Nintendo releases the Game Boy in North America. Tetris is packed in with the system.

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1992 – Nintendo releases Mario Paint for the SNES. The game includes a mouse controller and a plastic mouse pad. The game itself is a multi-activity game, including various styles of art and music, and even a couple mini-games.
1992 – Kirby's Dream Land is released on the Game Boy.
1993 – Super Mario All-Stars released on the SNES.

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2006 – Dead Rising is released for the Xbox 360.

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1991 – Nintendo releases the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. Super Mario World is packed in with the system at launch. Other launch games included F-Zero, Pilotwings, SimCity, and Gradius III.

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2003 – 3DO sells off its various video game assets.

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1986 – Metroid is released for the NES.
2000 – Chrono Cross is released on the PlayStation

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1999 – Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver released on PlayStation and PC.

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1982 – Atari announces that they got the exclusive rights to a game based on the movie E.T.

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1995 – Chrono Trigger is released on the SNES.
2005 – Nintendogs is released on the Nintendo DS.

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1993 – Nintendo and Silicon Graphics announce Project Reality. This project, which uses a 64-bit processor, would eventually become the Nintendo 64.

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1983 – Bally Manufacturing agrees to buy the American coin-op assets of Sega Enterprises.
1997 – GoldenEye 007 is released on the Nintendo 64.

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2002 – Super Mario Sunshine is released on the Game Cube.

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1997 – Sony releases the Dual Analog controller for the PlayStation.
2002 – Sony releases the Network Adapter for the PlayStation 2.
2003 – Soul Calibur II released on PlayStation 2, Game Cube, and Xbox. Each version has its own unique character. The PS2 version has Heihachi (from Tekken). The Game Cube version has Link (from Legend of Zelda). The Xbox version has Spawn (from the series of comic books and movies).