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** The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan.
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** Censorship of " offensive " elements, like Nintendo used to enforce on their systems until the mid-90s ;
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** and 64
** Commodore 64 ( or C64 or C = 64 ), an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August 1982, the single best-selling personal computer model of all-time
** Mini Zork I: The Great Underground Empire ( 1987, Marc Blank & Dave Lebling, free cut-down, single load tape version of game, covermounted on UK's ZZAP! 64 magazine )
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** Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 crashes while landing at Tokyo International Airport in Japan, killing 64 of 72 persons on board.
** Eighth seeded Villanova defeats national powerhouse Georgetown 66 – 64 to win the first 64 team field NCAA Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky.
** The external data space is overlaid with the internal data space, such that the full 64 kB address space does not appear on the external bus.
** Up to 32 simultaneous colors available ( one 16-color palette for sprites or background, an additional 16-color palette for background only ) from a palette of 64 ( can also show 64 simultaneous colors using programming tricks )
** and video
** Console ( video game CLI ), a command-line user interface element for personal computer games originating in Quake
** Panzer General, SSI ( 1994 ), video game ; strategic simulation game: Sea Lion ' 40 and Sea Lion Plus ( the latter with prestige points used to take over Gibraltar allowing Italian naval assistance ) scenarios are available given major victories in early operations, or the Sea Lion ' 43 after initial delays and later major victories in North Africa or Russia.
** NOTE: There is only one 8244 / 8245 chip in the system, which performs both audio and video functions.
** The Sun report also includes a video, which shows a closet door opening and a chair moving across the floor with no visible cause.
** The Magnavox Odyssey video game system is first demoed, marking the dawn of the video game age ; it goes on sale to the public in August.
** Atari kicks off the first generation of video games with the release of their seminal arcade version of Pong, the first game to achieve commercial success.
** While waiting at a bus stop, Ralph Baer an inventor with Sanders Associates, writes a four-page document which lays out the basic principles for creating a video game to be played on a television: the beginning of a multi billion dollar industry.
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