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{{Infobox_Film |
   year  = 1990|
   name              = X2: X-Men United|
   image = [[File: Nintendo 1990.png|300px]]|
   image             = [[File:X2_X-Men_Unite_poster.jpg|300px]]|
   events = See [[:Category:1990 categories|1990 categories]]|
   production_company = [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]<br />[[Marvel Studios]]|
  distributor        = [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]|
  formats            = [[Blu-ray]], [[Digital distribution|Digital]], [[DVD]], [[VHS]]|
  release            = London film premiere: April 24, 2003<br />Film NA: May 2, 2003<br />VHS, DVD: November 25, 2003<br />Blu Ray, Digital NA: April 21, 2009|
  added_to_museum    = Blu-ray: October 7, 2014|
}}
}}
'''''X2: X-Men United''''' was a live-action film by [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]] that utilized computer generated imagery. It was the second theatrical ''[[X-Men]]'' film in the [[Fox X-Men series|Fox ''X-Men'' series]].


'''1990''' was a year of continued expansion of the use of [[computer]]s in multiple industries.
[[Category:Films]]
 
[[Category:Films produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
==Computers==
[[Category:Films distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
===Systems===
[[Category:Films produced by Marvel Studios]]
[[Apple]] released several [[Macintosh]] computers, including the [[Macintosh|Macintosh Classic]], [[Macintosh II|Macintosh IIfx]], [[Macintosh II|Macintosh IIsi]], and the [[Macintosh|Macintosh LC]].
[[Category:Films released in 2003]]
 
[[Category:Films released on Blu-ray]]
[[Atari Corporation]] released a model of [[Atari ST]] known as the [[Atari ST|Atari TT030]].
[[Category:Films released on DVD]]
 
[[Category:Films released on VHS]]
[[Commodore International]] released the [[Amiga 3000]] which introduced the [[Enhanced Chip Set]].
[[Category:Films released through digital distribution]]
 
[[Category:20th Century Studios X-Men series]]
[[Dell Computer Corporation]] began selling computers in warehouse clubs and computer superstores. This model would prove unprofitable, leading Dell to switch to a direct-to-consumer model.
[[Category:Items included in physical compilations owned by WEC Museum]]
 
[[Category:Wolverine]]
To facilitate the manufacture of computers for the African, European, and Middle Eastern markets, Dell Computer opened the Dell European Manufacturing Facility in Limerick, Ireland.
[[Category:X-Men]]
 
[[Gateway 2000]], a manufacturer [[IBM PC compatible]] computers, moved its headquarters from Sioux City, Iowa, to North Sioux City, South Dakota, because South Dakota did not have income taxes at the time.
 
[[IBM]] released the [[PS/1]]. The [[PS/2]], released in [[1987]], failed to set a new standard. Instead, Technologies such as [[VESA]], [[EISA]], and [[PCI]] were standardized. The PS/1 was a less expensive and more limited machine than the PS/2 that returned to the architecture of its [[IBM PC AT]] line including an [[IDE]] disk interface, an [[ISA]] bus for component cards, and [[VGA]] graphics.
 
In Japan, IBM released three models of [[IBM Personal System/55|Personal System/55]] computers. The IBM 5535-S was a 16 MHz i386SX laptop, the 5540-T was a 20 MHz i386SX desktop, the 5545-T was a 20 MHz i386SX [[smart television]], the 5560-W was a 25 MHz Intel [[i486]] desktop, and the 5580-Y was a 30 MHz i486 tower.
 
[[NeXT]] released the [[NeXTcube]] and a more affordable version known as the [[NeXTstation]].
 
[[Pixar]] sold its computer hardware division to [[Vicom Systems]] for $2,000,000 due to poor sales of the [[Pixar Image Computer]]. The Pixar offices were moved from San Rafael, California to Richmond, California.
 
===Components===
[[Intel]] released the 32-bit [[i386|i386SL]] microprocessor, a low-powered version of the [[i386|i386 DX]]. It also released an update to the 32-bit [[i486|i486DX]] microprocessor which fixed a bug that could cause computers to hang.
 
[[Motorola]] released the [[68040]], a 32-bit microprocessor, as the successor of the [[68030]].
 
===Operating systems===
Apple released version 6.0.5 of [[Mac OS]] with the release of Macintosh IIfx. Version 6.0.6 wasn't released due to a bug that would cause a crash if the computer was connected to an [[AppleTalk]] network. However, Mac OS 6.0.6 was mistakenly included on some Macintosh Classic computers. Mac OS 6.0.7 came out with the release of Macintosh LC, Macintosh IIsi, and Mac Classic computers.
 
Atari Corporation released versions 1.62 and 2.05 of [[TOS]], the operating system for AtariST computers.
 
[[Be Inc.]] began development of [[BeOS]], an operating system that would eventually see release in [[1995]].
 
Commodore International released version 2.0 of the [[AmigaOS|Amiga operating system]] with the release of the Amiga 3000 computer.
 
[[Digital Research]] released version 5.0 of [[DR DOS]], the [[MS-DOS]] compatible [[operating system]].
 
IBM released [[OS/2]] 1.3. This was the last version of OS/2 that was co-developed by [[Microsoft]]. The development collaboration between IBM and Microsoft ended to allow Microsoft to realign its business model to focus on the development of [[Windows]].
 
NeXT released version 2.0 of [[NeXTSTEP]], which added support for the NeXTcube and the NeXTstation.
 
===Software===
[[CERN]] released [[Tim Berners-Lee|Tim Berners-Lee's]] [[WorldWideWeb]], the first [[Internet#World Wide Web|World Wide Web]] [[web browser|browser]] and [[web editor]], on [[Internet#BITNET|BITNET]] alongside a [[web page]] dedicated to it.
 
Microsoft released [[Windows 3.0]], the third iteration of its graphical operating environment for [[DOS]]. Windows 3.0a, a bugfix release, was released approximately seven months later.
 
===Internet===
[[ARPANET]] and [[CSNET]] were shut down as part of the transition of the [[internet]] to the World Wide Web. [[NSFNET]] and [[BITNET]] remained online until [[1995]] and [[1996]], respectively.
 
[[RELCOM]], a [[UUCP]] telephone network in the Soviet Union that connected to [[EUnet]] through Helsinki for [[Usenet]] access, launched. The .su [[internet domain]] was created about a month later.
 
==Video games==
===CD-i===
[[Philips]] and [[Sony]] introduced the [[Compact disc#Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i)|Compact Disc-Interactive]] format that extended CDDA and CD-ROM to combine audio, text, and graphics.
 
The two launch titles were ''[[The Adventure of the Space Ship Beagle]]'' and ''[[Children’s Musical Theatre]]''.
 
===Commodore 64 Game System===
Commodore International released the [[Third_generation_of_video_game_consoles|8-bit]] [[Commodore 64 Game System]], based on the [[Commodore 64]] computer, exclusively in Europe.
 
It was bundled with a [[ROM cartridge]] that included ''[[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun]]'', ''[[International Soccer]]'', ''[[Flimbo's Quest]]'', and ''[[Klax]]''.
 
===Game Boy===
[[Nintendo]] released the 8-bit monochrome portable video game console, [[Game Boy]], in Europe. Launch titles included ''[[Alleyway]]'', ''[[Baseball (1983 video game|Baseball]]'', ''[[Qix]]'', ''[[Solar Striker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Land (video game)|Super Mario Land]]'', and ''[[Tetris (Game Boy video game)|Tetris]]''.
 
[[Capcom]] released a Game Boy version of its video game adaptation of a [[Disney]] television series, ''[[DuckTales (video_game)|DuckTales]]'', in Japan and North America.
 
[[Jaleco]] released ''[[Bases Loaded (video game)|Bases Loaded]]'' on the Game Boy in North America.
 
[[Nintendo R&D1]] developed a a Game Boy [[Dr. Mario (Game Boy video game)|version]] of the first entry in the [[Dr. Mario|''Dr. Mario'' series]].
 
===Game Gear===
[[Sega]] released the 8-bit color video game console, [[Game Gear]], in Japan. The three launch games were [[arcade]] conversions, including ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]'', ''[[Pengo]]'', and ''[[Super Monaco GP (1990 video game)|Super Monaco GP]]''.
 
===Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo MVS===
SNK released the [[Neo Geo MVS]] arcade hardware, marketed as 24-bit due to its [[GPU|graphics chip]]. However, it has a 16/32-bit Motorola [[68000]] [[CPU]]. The two games that were released alongside the system were ''[[Magician Lord]]'' and ''[[Top Player's Golf]]''.
 
A video game console version of the Neo Geo hardware, known as the [[Neo Geo AES]], was released to rental outlets in Japan.
 
===Nintendo Entertainment System===
A Sports Set bundle of the 8-bit[[Nintendo Entertainment System]] was released in North America. Alongside the console, it included an [[NES Satellite]] wireless controller adapter, four [[NES Controller]]s, and a [[Game Pak]] that contained ''[[Nintendo World Cup]]'' and ''[[Super Spike V'Ball]]''.
 
[[Capcom]] released a video game adaptation of the Disney television series ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (video game)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' in Japan and North America. It also released another Disney adaptation, ''[[DuckTales (video_game)|DuckTales]]'', in Europe and Japan.
 
[[Intelligent Systems]] and [[Nintendo R&D1]] developed the first game in the [[Fire Emblem|''Fire Emblem'' series]], ''[[Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'', which was released in Japan.
 
Nintendo R&D1 developed an NES version of ''[[Dr. Mario (Nintendo Entertainment System video game)|Dr. Mario]]'' and [[Nintendo R&D3]] developed ''[[StarTropics (video game)|StarTropics]]''.
 
[[Samurai Electronics]], the official distributor of the NES in [[India]] under the [[Samurai Electronic TV Game]] brand name, began selling [[Famicom]] clone systems from [[TXC Corporation]]. The [[Micro Genius IQ-501]] was rebranded as the [[Samurai IQ-501]] and the [[Micro Genius IQ-2000]] was rebranded as the [[Samurai IQ-2000]].
 
===PC Engine===
[[NEC]] released the [[Fourth generation of video game consoles|16-bit]] [[TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine]] in [[Spain]]. It was bundled with ''[[Blazing Lazers]]''.
 
===PlayChoice-10===
Nintendo released several games for its timer-limited NES-based 8-bit [[PlayChoice-10]] arcade hardware, including ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Mega Man 3]]'', and ''[[Yo! Noid]]'' by Capcom, ''[[Super Contra|Super C]]'' and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game]]'' by Konami, ''[[Dr. Mario (Nintendo Entertainment System video game)|Dr. Mario]]'' by Nintendo R&D1, ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' by [[Nintendo R&D4]], ''[[Captain Skyhawk]]'', ''[[Pin Bot]]'', and ''[[Solar Jetman]]'' by [[Rare]], ''[[Rad Racer II]]'' by [[Square]], ''[[Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos]]'' by [[Tecmo]], and ''[[Nintendo World Cup]]'' by [[Technōs Japan]].
 
===Sega Master System===
Sega released the 8-bit [[Sega Master System|Master System II]] in Europe, North America, and Oceania. ''[[Alex Kidd in Miracle World]]'' was built into most Master System II consoles, however some had ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' built in.
 
===Sega Mega Drive===
[[Sega]] released the 16-bit [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]] in [[Brazil]], Europe, Oceania, and [[South Korea]].
 
===Sega Z-80-based arcade hardware===
Sega created an 8-bit downscaled version of ''[[Head On]]'' named ''[[Dottori-kun]]'' due to a law enacted in Japan that required all arcade cabinets to be shipped with a working game. The intention was for purchasers to plug it in and immediately test whether the cabinet was functional. ''Dottori-kun'' contained an inexpensive 4Mhz [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] [[CPU]], limited graphics, and no sound. Sega intended for it to be included in the cabinet and then discarded by the purchaser.
 
===Super Famicom===
Nintendo released the 16-bit [[Super Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] in [[Japan]].
 
[[Nintendo EAD]] developed the two launch titles for the Super Famicom, ''[[F-Zero (video game)|F-Zero]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Other Super Famicom titles released in 1990 include ''[[ActRaiser]]'' by [[Quintet]], ''[[Bombuzal]]'' by [[Image Works]], ''[[Final Fight (video game)|Final Fight]]'' by [[Capcom]], ''[[Gradius III]]'' by [[Konami]], ''[[Pilotwings (video game)|Pilotwings]]'' by Nintendo EAD, ''[[Populous (video game)|Populous]]'' by [[Bullfrog Productions]], and ''[[SD The Great Battle]]'' by [[Banpresto]].
 
===System 32===
Sega introduced the 32-bit [[System 32]] arcade hardware with the release of ''[[Rad Mobile]]''. This game marked the first appearance of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], as an ornament hanging on the rearview mirror.
 
===VS. System===
Nintendo R&D1 developed ''[[VS. Dr. Mario]]'', the last game to use the NES-based 8-bit [[VS. System]] arcade hardware.
 
==Motion pictures==
===Animation===
[[The Walt Disney Company]] released its last traditionally animated feature film, ''[[DuckTales the Movie: The Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]''. ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'', Disney's first fully computer-animated film, was animated with the [[Computer Animation Production System]] developed by Disney and Pixar.
 
===Live action===
[[Carolco Pictures]] produced ''[[Total Recall]]'', a feature film that featured one of the first uses of [[motion capture]] for [[computer generated imagery]]. This was done for the skeletons of characters as they walk through an X-ray machine.
 
==Computer-related companies and organizations==
===Companies and organizations founded===
On October 24, 1990, [[North Korea]] opened the [[Korea Computer Center]] (조선컴퓨터센터, Chosŏn Computer Center), the front-facing information technology research center run by the isolated nation.
 
In October 1990, the Japanese film company [[Art Port|Matsushita Promotion]] was founded.
 
The [[United States of America|American]] multimedia company, [[Lucasfilm]], consolidated [[Lucasfilm Games]], [[Industrial Light and Magic]], and [[Skywalker Sound]] into [[LucasArts]].
 
[[Rare]] purchased [[Zippo Games]], which Rare had subcontracted to develop NES games, and renamed it [[Rare Manchester]].
 
===Companies and organizations closed===
[[Hasbro]] closed [[Axlon]], a toy maker and video game developer that [[Atari]] co-founder [[Nolan Bushnell]] founded in 1980.
 
[[Category:Years]]

Revision as of 03:30, 18 February 2024

X2 X-Men Unite poster.jpg
X2: X-Men United
Produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Marvel Studios
Distributor Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Formats Blu-ray, Digital, DVD, VHS
Released London film premiere: April 24, 2003
Film NA: May 2, 2003
VHS, DVD: November 25, 2003
Blu Ray, Digital NA: April 21, 2009
Added to
Museum
Blu-ray: October 7, 2014

X2: X-Men United was a live-action film by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation that utilized computer generated imagery. It was the second theatrical X-Men film in the Fox X-Men series.