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| | This category contains articles related to the [[20th Century Studios X-Men series]]. |
| year = 1989|
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| events = See [[:Category:1989 categories|1989 categories]]|
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| '''1989''' was a year of continued expansion of the use of [[computer]]s in multiple industries.
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| ==Computers==
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| ===Systems===
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| [[Apple]] released several [[Macintosh]] computers, including the [[Macintosh Portable]], [[Macintosh II|Macintosh IIcx]] and [[Macintosh II|Macintosh IIcl]].
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| [[Atari Corporation]] released models of [[Atari ST]] known as the [[Atari ST|Atari 520 STE]] and [[Atari ST|Atari 1040 STE]].
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| [[Commodore International]] released the [[PC40-III|Commodore PC40-III]], a desktop [[computer]] that was [[IBM PC compatible]].
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| [[Dell Computer Corporation]] established on-site service programs due to few local third-party service centers.
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| [[IBM]] released four models of [[IBM Personal System/55|Personal System/55]] computers in Japan. The IBM 5550-V was a 25 MHz i386DX desktop, the 5570-V was a 25 MHz i386DX tower, the 5530-T was a 20 MHz i386DX desktop with an integrated display, and the 5530Z SX was a 20 MHz i386DX desktop which also had an integrated display.
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| [[NeXT]] made a test release of its [[NeXT Computer]] to universities in the United States at a base price of $6,500 USD.
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| ===Components===
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| [[Intel]] released the 32-bit [[i486]] microprocessor. It was available in speeds ranging from 20 MHz to 50 MHz.
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| [[Motorola]] released the [[MC68302]], a [[microcontroller]] which used a [[CPU]] core based on the [[68000]].
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| ===Operating systems===
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| Apple released version 6.0.4 of [[Mac OS]] with the release of the Macintosh Portable and Macintosh IIci.
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| Atari Corporation released versions 1.04 and 1.06 of [[TOS]], the operating system for AtariST computers.
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| Commodore International released version 1.3.2 of the [[AmigaOS|Amiga operating system]].
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| [[Digital Research]] released versions 3.40 and 3.41 of [[DR DOS]], the [[MS-DOS]] compatible [[operating system]].
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| IBM released [[OS/2]] 1.2, which supported the [[High Performance File System]], which was created to overcome the limitations of the [[File Allocation Table]] file system.
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| NeXT released version 0.9 beta of [[NeXTSTEP]], included in the NeXT computers released in test markets at the United States university campuses.
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| ===Software===
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| Microsoft released [[Windows 2.0|Windows 2.11]], the final version of its second graphical operating environment for [[DOS]].
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| ===Internet===
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| [[Tim Berners-Lee|Tim Berners-Lee]] launched a network of [[hypertext]] documents from his NeXT computer at [[CERN]], creating the prototype of the [[World Wide Web]].
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| ==Video games==
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| ===Game Boy===
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| [[Nintendo]] released the [[Third generation of video game consoles|8-bit]] monochrome portable video game console, [[Game Boy]], in Japan and North America.
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| Games released include ''[[Alleyway]]'', ''[[Baseball (1983 video game|Baseball]]'', ''[[Battleship (1993 video game)|Battleship]]'', ''[[Castlevania: The Adventure]]'', ''[[Boxxle|Sokoban]]'', ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle|Mickey Mouse]]'', ''[[Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe]]'', ''[[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]'', ''[[Hyper Lode Runner: The Labyrinth of Doom|Hyper Lode Runner]]'', ''[[Malibu Beach Volleyball Seaside Volley]]'', ''[[Master Karateka]]'', ''[[Motocross Maniacs]]'', ''[[Pachinko Time]]'', ''[[Kwirk|Puzzle Boy]]'', ''[[QBillion]]'', ''[[Revenge of the 'Gator]]'', ''[[Shanghai]]'', ''[[Shogi]]'', ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', ''[[The Sword of Hope]]'', ''[[Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World|Teke! Teke! Asmik-kun World]]'', ''[[Tennis (1984 video game)|Tennis]]'', ''[[Tetris (Game Boy video game)|Tetris]]'', and ''[[The Final Fantasy Legend|Warrior in the Tower of the Spirit World SaGa]]'', and ''[[Yakuman]]''.
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| ===Nintendo Entertainment System===
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| [[Samsung]] released the 8-bit [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in [[South Korea]] under the Comboy brand name.
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| ===PlayChoice-10===
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| [[Nintendo]] released several games for its timer-limited NES-based 8-bit [[PlayChoice-10]] arcade hardware, including ''[[Baseball Stars]]'' by [[SNK]], ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' and ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' by [[Tecmo]], and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (video game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' by [[Konami]].
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| ===Sega Mega Drive===
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| [[Sega]] released the 8-bit [[Sega Genesis]] in North America.
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| ===Sega Master System===
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| Samsung released the 8-bit [[Sega Master System]] in South Korea as the Gam*Boy.
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| ===TurboGrafx-16===
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| [[NEC]] released the [[Fourth generation of video game consoles|16-bit]] [[TurboGrafx-16]] in North America, France, and the United Kingdom.
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| ==Motion pictures==
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| ===Animation===
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| [[Pixar]] released the four-minute long computer-animated short film ''[[Knick Knack]]''.
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| [[The Walt Disney Company]] released ''[[The Little Mermaid (film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', which included a final battle which was colored using the [[Computer Animation Production System]] developed by Pixar.
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| ===Live action===
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| [[Twentieth Century Fox]] produced ''[[The Abyss]]'', a feature film that featured the first use of photorealistic fluid morphing in the scene where the water creature mimics the faces of the human characters.
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| ==Computer-related companies and organizations==
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| ===Companies and organizations founded===
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| [[APE]], the company that created the [[Earthbound|''Earthbound'' series]], was founded in Kyoto, Japan.
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| [[Capcom]] was founded by [[Kenzo Tsujimoto]] after he was forced out of [[Irem]], a company he founded in [[1974]].
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| [[Enix]], the company that created the [[Dragon Quest|''Dragon Quest'' series]], was founded in Japan.
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| [[LK Avalon]], an [[adventure game]] developer, was founded in Poland.
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| [[Nintendo Research & Development 4]], the team at Nintendo managed by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], was renamed [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development]].
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| [[Revolution Software]], an adventure game developer, was founded in York, England.
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| ===Companies and organizations closed===
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| [[Gaspara Arcade]], one of the longest continually running arcades that had been active since [[1923]], closed in Elmira, NY.
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| [[Infocom]], the [[adventure game|interactive fiction]] developer, was closed by its parent company [[Activision]].
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