The TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine in Japan, is a video game console developed by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC) and released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989. There was no official PAL version of the system, but a grey importer (Telegames), provided a very limited release […]

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The Nintendo 64, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo’s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit processor, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996 in North America, March 1, 1997 in Europe and Australia, and September 1, 1997 in France.
The N64 was released with […]

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Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched on March 9, 1959. Created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler and produced by Mattel, Inc., Barbie’s design was inspired by a German doll called Bild Lilli.
The standard range of Barbie dolls and related accessories are manufactured to approximately 1/6th scale, which is also known as playscale. Barbie products […]

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Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan, is a video game developed and first published by Capcom in December 1987 for the NES/Famicom. It was later ported to a number of other platforms (including cell phones).
It is the first game to ever star Mega Man. Mega Man has been in several series and this is […]

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Etch A Sketch is a registered trademark for a mechanical drawing toy manufactured by the Ohio Art Company.  An Etch A Sketch resembles a thick, flat gray screen in a plastic frame, and is equipped with two knobs on the front of the frame in the lower corners.
The Etch A Sketch toy was discovered […]

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Danielle Bunten Berry, also known as Dani Bunten was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E. (one of the first successful multiplayer games), and 1984’s The Seven Cities of Gold.
Bunten was a male-to-female transsexual, having undergone sex reassignment surgery in November 1992

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Wolfenstein 3D (Wolf 3D) is a video game that is generally regarded as having popularized the first person shooter genre on the PC.
It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software. Released on May 5, 1992 for DOS, the game was inspired by the 1980s Muse Software computer games Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond […]

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