Tag Archives: Today in Video Game History

Today in Video Game History: Gameboy Turns 20 in North America

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Kill Screen 256

July 31, 1989 Today marked the release of the Nintendo Gameboy in North America. I can still remember my first Gameboy — Played Tetris for about 5 mintues to know that I did not like it. Super Mario Land was … Continue reading →

Today in Video Game History – July 22

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Kill Screen 256

July 22, 1983 The infamous Wizzard’s Palace arcade of Sterling, Colorado receives an Atari Star Wars arcade unit and due to it popularity and wanting to cash in on this, they raised the price of playing the game from 25 … Continue reading →

Today in Video Game History: Birth of the Magnavox Odyssey

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Kill Screen 256

Today in 1970, Inventor Ralph Baer demonstrates his video game system to engineers at Magnavox. Two years later Magnavox Odyssey is released. …and here is the awesome looking Odyssey 2 from 1978.