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First BattleTech Center opened
1990
battletech
First interactive Hugo TV program
1990
hugo
Human genetic engineering begun
1990
biotechnology
ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (a.k.a. C90)
1990
clanguage
Italy
1990
soccer
worldcup
Judge Dredd Megazine
1990
judgedredd
Jurassic Park novel
1990
dinosaurs
jurassicpark
Moomin (楽しいムーミン一家) first episode
1990
moomin
Predator 2 (film)
1990
predator
Raisins Sold Out!: The California Raisins II TV special
1990
californiaraisins
Ravenloft setting published
1990
dnd
ravenloft
Sherlock Holmes Museum opened
1990
sherlockholmes
Shin-chan manga started
1990
crayonshinchan
The Jungle Book film by Disney, third re-release
1990
junglebook
The New Adventures of He-Man first episode
1990
motu
X-Men author team reform
1990
marvel
xmen
Book 1: The Eye of the World
1990-01-15
wheeloftime
Devilman Yocho Sirène Hen OVA
1990-02-25
devilman
First episode
1990-04-13
nadia
DR-DOS 5.0 released
1990-05
dos1
dos2
dos3
dos4
dos5
dos6
x86dos
Win3.0 released
1990-05-22
win95
Back to the Future Part III movie
1990-05-25
Movie
backtothefuture
hoverboard
Gremlins 2: The New Batch movie
1990-06
gremlins
gremlins-series
RoboCop 2 movie
1990-06
robocop
Manga ended
1990-06-25
akira
Shin Captain Tsubasa ended
1990-07
captaintsubasa
Captain Planet and the Planeteers first episode
1990-09-10
captainplanet
Night of the Living Dead
1990-10-19
Movie
zombieapocalypse
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990-10-25
Movie
theneverendingstory
Book 2: The Great Hunt
1990-11-15
wheeloftime
3D Construction Kit released
1991
freescapeengine
California Raisins figures (set 3)
1991
californiaraisins
Disney's Beauty and the Beast (film)
1991
beautyandthebeast
disney
Felix the Cat: The Movie (UK release)
1991
felixthecat
First publication
1991
bone-comic
Last OVA
1991
uruseiyatsura
Something railroady
1991
train
trains
trainsimulator
SSAA published(?)
1991
antialiasing
ssaa
Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie
1991
terminator
THQ tried reviving the franchise by producing Strawberry Shortcake dolls
1991
strawberryshortcake
USSR dissolved
1991
coldwar
coldwar-ww2
redscare
sovietunion
Watcom C 8.5 w/ DOS/4GW released
1991
dosextender
Street Fighter II arcade release
1991-02-14
1on1fighting
streetfighter
First episode
1991-02-25
piratesofdarkwater
Last episode
1991-04-12
nadia
Rugrats first episode
1991-08-11
Series
nicktoons
rugrats
Official Dissolution of the USSR
1991-08-12
socialistprotagonist
DR-DOS 6.0 released
1991-09
dos3
dos4
dos5
dos6
x86dos
Dark Sun setting released
1991-10
darksun
dnd
Book 3: The Dragon Reborn
1991-10-15
wheeloftime
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters arcade release
1991-11
1on1fighting
fatalfury
kof
The Addams Family movie
1991-11-22
addamsfamily
Gall Force: New Era (OVA)
1991-12-01
gallforce
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991-12-06
Movie
startrek
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991-12-26
russia
3D Construction Kit 2 released
1992
freescapeengine
Addams Family 2nd animated series
1992
Series
addamsfamily
Albertville
1992
olympic
Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics
1992
Sport
france
olympic
Alien 3
1992
Movie
alienfranchise
Alien³ movie
1992
alienmovie
Aliens vs Predator comic
1992
alienmovie
aliensvspredator
predator
Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3) film
1992
evildead
Barcellona
1992
olympic
Barcellona 1992 Summer Olympics
1992
Sport
olympic
spain
Bastard!! OVA
1992
bastard
Batman Returns
1992
Movie
batman
dccomics
Lawnmower Man (movie)
1992
cyberpunk
Noddy's Toyland Adventures first episode
1992
noddy
Shadowrun 2nd edition
1992
shadowrun
Sonic the Hedgehog manga first issue
1992
sonic
The Secret of Fuzzy (animated film)
1992
nadia
Transformers: Generation 2 cartoon
1992
transformers
OGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) is founded
1992-01
opengl
OpenGL 1.0
1992-01
directx2
opengl
Sailor Moon first Episode (TV)
1992-03
Series
magicalgirl
sailormoon
Ranma ½: Neighborhood Combat SNES release
1992-03-27
1on1fighting
Win3.1 released
1992-04-06
win95
Shin-chan anime started
1992-04-13
crayonshinchan
First Info-ZIP release
1992-08
zip
Mortal Kombat arcade release
1992-08-01
1on1fighting
mortalkombat
Origin Systems is acquired by Electronic Arts
1992-09
ultima
Book 4: The Shadow Rising
1992-09-15
wheeloftime
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (first OVA)
1992-09-25
tenchimuyo
X-Men: The Animated Series first episode
1992-10-31
Series
marvel
xmen
Aladdin
1992-11-08
Movie
disney
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog first episode
1993
sonic
Deflate algorithm added
1993
zip
First id Tech 1 game
1993
firstpersonshooter
idsoftwareengines
idtech1
Kamen Rider ZO film
1993
kamenrider
Last work by Tove Jansson published
1993
moomin
The New Adventures of Captain Planet first episode
1993
captainplanet
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (first episode)
1993-01-03
Series
startrek
First episode (MTV)
1993-03-08
Series
beavisandbutthead
Pentium released
1993-03-22
cpu-286
cpu-386
cpu-486
cpu-pentium
RoboCop 3 movie
1993-04
robocop
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (movie)
1993-05-07
brucelee
Last (21st) episode
1993-05-23
piratesofdarkwater
Jurassic Park film
1993-06
jurassicpark
PC/MS-DOS 6.1; development permanently diverges
1993-06
dos6
x86dos
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie) comic first issue
1993-06
sonic
Macross II film
1993-06-04
macross
WINE released
1993-07-04
compatiblewine
microsoftwindows
Lua 1.0 released
1993-07-28
lua
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series
1993-09
sonic
Book 5: The Firest of Heaven
1993-10-15
wheeloftime
MKR manga started
1993-11
clamp
magicalgirl
mkr
Addams Family Values movie
1993-11-19
Movie
addamsfamily
BOGUS Linux' PMS finalised. PMS would later merge with RPP and PM
1993-12
rpm
Virtua Fighter arcade release
1993-12
1on1fighting
virtuafighter
AvP Prey (novel)
1994
aliensvspredator
BattleTech: The Animated Series
1994
battletech
BattleTech:Fallout first issue
1994
battletech
Detective Conan original manga started
1994
Comics
detectiveconan
End of the first Gineiden manga series
1994
gingaeiyudensetsu
Lillehammer
1994
olympic
Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics
1994
Sport
norway
olympic
Planescape setting published
1994
dnd
planescape
Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights movie
1994
scoobydoo
TLBT 2: The Great Valley Adventure
1994
thelandbeforetime
USA
1994
soccer
worldcup
VBE 2.0
1994
display-vesa
Z Gundam manga first issue
1994
gundam
RoboCop: The Series first episode
1994-03-18
robocop
Star Trek: The Next Generation (last episode)
1994-05-23
Series
startrek
The Lion King
1994-06-12
Movie
disney
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors arcade release
1994-07-05
1on1fighting
Macross Plus OVA
1994-08-25
macross
Highlander: The Animated Series first episode
1994-09
highlander
Officially Shipped
1994-09-21
wingapi
Killer Instinct arcade release
1994-10
1on1fighting
Red Hat Linux released. Used RPP, a precursor to RPM
1994-10
rpm
Book 6: Lord of Chaos
1994-10-15
wheeloftime
Macross 7 first episode
1994-10-16
macross
MKR anime started
1994-10-17
clamp
mkr
Captain Tsubasa - J League anime
1994-10-21
captaintsubasa
The NeverEnding Story III
1994-10-27
Movie
theneverendingstory
Stargate film
1994-10-28
stargate
Highlander: The Final Dimension
1994-11
highlander
Star Trek Generations
1994-11-18
Movie
startrek
Tekken arcade release
1994-12-09
1on1fighting
tekken
No Need For Tenchi! (manga; first issue)
1994-12-16
tenchimuyo
Batman Forever
1995
Movie
batman
dccomics
Doom: Hell on Earth: a novel
1995
doom
Doom: Knee-deep in the dead: a novel
1995
doom
Dragon Ball (manga) last story
1995
Comics
dragonball
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna (OVA)
1995
magicalgirl
yuna
GoldenEye
1995
Movie
007
ISO-8652:1995 (Ada 95) standard
1995
adalang
Manga first issue
1995
rekkanohono
Mortal Kombat (movie)
1995
mortalkombat
Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (movie)
1995
mortalkombat
OVA released in North America
1995
bastard
Psychic Force arcade release
1995
1on1fighting
Shadow Moon novel
1995
Book
willowseries
'LucasArts'
Soul Edge arcade release
1995
1on1fighting
The Lost World novel
1995
jurassicpark
TLBT 3: The Time of the Great Giving
1995
thelandbeforetime
Toy Story
1995
Movie
armymen
disney
pixar
toystory
'Disney Interactive Studios(Disney;Disney Interactive;Touchstone Studios;Disney Software;Touchstone;Disney Electronic Content)'
X-COM novel by Diane Duane
1995
xcom-series
Star Trek: Voyager (first episode)
1995-01-16
Series
startrek
Manga first book
1995-02
evangelion
Lua 2.1 released
1995-02-07
lua
Tenchi Universe (anime; first episode)
1995-04-02
tenchimuyo
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
1995-04-07
gundam
Win95 released
1995-08-24
microsoftwindows
win95
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
DirectX 1.0 released
1995-09
directx1
win95
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
RPM Package Manager made from PMS, PM, RPP, and fresh code is released with Redhat 2.0
1995-09-20
rpm
First episode
1995-10-04
evangelion
DVD specifications finalized
1995-12
cdrom
dvd
Atlanta
1996
olympic
Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics
1996
Sport
olympic
usa
BattleTech collectible card game
1996
battletech
Beast Wars: Transformers first episode
1996
transformers
CCS manga started
1996
cardcaptorsakura
clamp
magicalgirl
Dead or Alive arcade release
1996
1on1fighting
Deflate64 algorithm added
1996
zip
DirectX 2.0 released
1996
direct3d-rm
directx1
directx2
win95
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Doctor Who 8th Doctor
1996
Series
doctorwho
Doom: Endgame: a novel
1996
doom
Doom: Infernal Sky: a novel
1996
doom
DOS/32 released
1996
dosextender
DVD introduced in Japan
1996
dvd
First Quake engine game
1996
firstpersonshooter
idsoftwareengines
quakeengine
Handheld Tamagotchi released
1996
tamagotchi
Last manga release
1996
doraemon
Manga started
1996
darkstalkers
Mars Global Surveyor launched
1996
mars
Mitsuru Hongo no longer the anime director
1996
crayonshinchan
Pentium MMX introduced
1996
cpu-286
cpu-386
cpu-486
cpu-pentium
Shadow Dawn novel
1996
willowseries
Star Control: Interbellum novel
1996
starcontrol
Tales of Byston Well: Garzey's Wing (OVA)
1996
aurabattlerdunbine
The Tetris Company founded
1996
tetris
TLBT 4: Journey Through the Mists
1996
thelandbeforetime
Fourth anime's first episode
1996-01-07
gegegenokitaro
Detective Conan anime started
1996-01-08
Series
detectiveconan
Dragon Ball Z (anime) last episode
1996-01-31
Series
dragonball
Dragon Ball GT (anime) first episode
1996-02-07
dragonball
Last episode
1996-03-27
evangelion
Book 7: A Crown of Swords
1996-05-15
wheeloftime
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie OVA
1996-05-31
sonic
NT4 released
1996-07-29
win98
winnt4
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Book #1: A Game of Thrones
1996-08
Book
asongoficeandfire
VBE/AF (accelerator functions)
1996-08
display-vesa
Wing Commander Academy first episode
1996-09
wingcommander
DirectX 3 released
1996-09-15
direct3d-rm
directx2
directx3
win95
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Defenders of the Realm first episode
1996-09-21
mortalkombat
Gall Force: The Revolution (OVA)
1996-10-02
gallforce
Star Trek: First Contact
1996-11-22
Movie
startrek
Wing Commander Academy last episode
1996-12
wingcommander
Alien Resurrection
1997
Movie
alienfranchise
Alien: Resurrection movie
1997
alienmovie
aliensvspredator
Batman & Robin
1997
Movie
batman
dccomics
Biohazard: The Beginning (novel)
1997
residentevil
First mammal clone (Dolly the Sheep)
1997
clonetechnology
id Tech 1 source code released under custom license
1997
idtech1
Men in Black (film)
1997
meninblack-series
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (movie)
1997
mortalkombat
Quantum technology defined
1997
quantumphysics
RPG Maker 95 released
1997
rpgmaker
Saiyuki (幻想魔伝最遊記) manga
1997
xiyouji
Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game
1997
shadowrun
The Lost World: Jurassic Park film
1997
jurassicpark
TLBT 5: The Mysterious Island
1997
thelandbeforetime
X-COM novel by Vladimir Vasilyev
1997
xcom-series
OpenGL 1.1
1997-01
opengl
Sailor Moon last episode (TV)
1997-02
magicalgirl
sailormoon
MAME first release by Nicola Salmoria (0.1)
1997-02-05
mame
DVD introduced in USA
1997-03
dvd
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - first episode
1997-03-10
buffyverse
Vampire Hunter OVA
1997-03-21
darkstalkers
Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
1997-04-19
detectiveconan
Mirko Buffoni takes over from Nicola as MAME coordinator (0.19)
1997-04-26
mame
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997-05-02
Movie
austinpowers
The Deep Blue computer defeats Garry Kasparov in tournament play
1997-05-11
chess
Battle Athletes OVA
1997-05-25
battleathletes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book)
1997-06-26
harrypotter
Anime first episode
1997-07
rekkanohono
Lua 3.0 released
1997-07-01
lua
DirectX 5 released
1997-07-16
directx3
directx5
win95
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Stargate SG-1 first episode
1997-07-27
stargate
One Piece (manga) first story
1997-08-04
onepiece
Nicola returns as MAME coordinator (0.27)
1997-08-10
mame
Men in Black: The Series (cartoon, first episode)
1997-10
meninblack-series
Battle Athletes Victory series
1997-10-03
battleathletes
Starship Troopers film by Paul Verhoeven
1997-11-07
starshiptroopers
Dragon Ball GT (anime) last episode
1997-11-19
Series
dragonball
Last episode (MTV)
1997-11-28
Series
beavisandbutthead
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997-12
Movie
007
First id Tech 2 game
1997-12-09
firstpersonshooter
idsoftwareengines
idtech2
Macross Dynamite 7 first episode
1997-12-18
Series
macross
Tournament of the Gods: Title Match OVA
1997-12-19
toushintoshi-series
A Bug's Life
1998
Movie
pixar
Aeon of Strife (AOS) StarCraft custom map released
1998
moba
Crimson Skies: A Game of Aerial Combat board game
1998
crimsonskies
Daily Star strip ceased
1998
judgedredd
DVD introduced in Europe/Australia
1998
dvd
DVD release of the 1982 film
1998
thething
France
1998
soccer
worldcup
Initial release
1998
sdl
Integrated support in Windows OSes
1998
zip
International Space Station launched
1998
spaceage
spacestation
IPv6 standardized
1998
tcpip
ISO/IEC 14882:1998 (C++98)
1998
cpplanguage
Nagano
1998
olympic
Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics
1998
Sport
japan
olympic
Shadowrun 3rd edition
1998
shadowrun
The New Addams Family started
1998
addamsfamily
The Redhat team offically says RPM is mature and is RL's offical package manager
1998
rpm
TLBT 6: The Secret of Saurus Rock
1998
thelandbeforetime
VBE 3.0
1998
display-vesa
FreeDOS released
1998-01-12
x86dos
ReactOS development started
1998-02
microsoftwindows
reactos
Atari name and assets sold to Hasbro Interactive
1998-03
'Atari(Atari Games;Atari Europe S.A.S.U.;Atari Europe;Atarisoft)'
OpenGL 1.2
1998-03-18
opengl
CCS anime started
1998-04-07
cardcaptorsakura
clamp
magicalgirl
Gimp Toolkit 1.0 released
1998-04-14
gtk
First Unreal Engine 1 game
1998-05-22
firstpersonshooter
unrealengine1
Windows 98 released
1998-06-25
microsoftwindows
win95
win98
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Rekka no Honō anime last episode
1998-07
Series
rekkanohono
EAX 2.0
1998-08
eax
eax1
eax2
eax3
DirectX 6 released
1998-08-07
directx5
directx6
glide3d
s3texturecompression
win95
win98
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Hasbro acquired the X-COM IP
1998-08-19
xcom-series
Development started
1998-09
vorbis
RoboCop: Alpha Commando first episode
1998-09-07
robocop
Addams Family Reunion movie
1998-09-22
Movie
addamsfamily
Antz (film)
1998-10
dreamworks
Mortal Kombat: Conquest first episode
1998-10-03
mortalkombat
OpenGL 1.2.1
1998-10-14
directx6
opengl
Book 8: The Path of Daggers
1998-10-20
wheeloftime
First human hybrid clone
1998-11
clonetechnology
Powerpuff Girls first episode
1998-11-18
magicalgirl
powerpuffgirls
The Prince of Egypt (film)
1998-12
dreamworks
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998-12-11
Movie
startrek
alien test
1999
Beast Wars: Transformers last episode
1999
transformers
First CPU (P3) with SSE1 introduced
1999
x86-sse
Glide API made open source, Voodoo card specs released
1999
glide3d
id Tech 1 source code released under GNU GPL license
1999
idtech1
ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (a.k.a. C99)
1999
clanguage
Medarot anime
1999
medarot
MSAA published(?)
1999
msaa
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost movie
1999
scoobydoo
Spicy Air Tales book
1999
crimsonskies
The Avengers: United They Stand (cartoon)
1999
Series
marvel
marvelavengers
Toy Story 2
1999
Movie
armymen
pixar
toystory
Transformers At The Moon fansite launched
1999
transformers
Wing Commander (film)
1999
wingcommander
Book #2: A Clash of Kings
1999-02
Book
asongoficeandfire
The Matrix
1999-03-31
Movie
cyberpunk
matrix
Turn A Gundam
1999-04-09
gundam
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century movie
1999-04-17
Movie
detectiveconan
Spongebob season 1 first episode
1999-05-01
Series
nicktoons
spongebob
Windows 98SE released
1999-05-05
win98
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
Movie
starwars
'LucasArts'
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (last episode)
1999-06-02
Series
startrek
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999-06-11
Movie
austinpowers
Angelic Layer manga
1999-07-01
clamp
Lua 3.2 released
1999-07-08
lua
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
1999-08-21
cardcaptorsakura
DirectX 7 released
1999-09-22
directx6
directx7
win2k
win95
win98
'Microsoft(Microsoft Games Studios;Xbox Game Studios;Microsoft Games)'
Angel spin-off series started
1999-10
buffy
One Piece (anime) first episode
1999-10-20
onepiece
Naruto Manga first book
1999-11
naruto
The World Is Not Enough
1999-11
Movie
007
First id Tech 3 game
1999-12-02
firstpersonshooter
idsoftwareengines
idtech3
Quake engine source released under GNU GPL license
1999-12-21
quakeengine