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| '''1990''' was a year of continued expansion of the [[computer]]s and [[video game console]] markets. | | {{Infobox_person | |
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| | known_for = Co-founded [[Pocket Books]]| |
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| | '''Robert de Graff''' co-founded [[Pocket Books]]. |
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| ==Home computers==
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| The home [[computer]] market in the [[United States of America]] was dominated by [[IBM PC]] compatibles. These had an 84% market share, followed by [[Commodore 64]], [[Apple]] [[Macintosh]], [[Atari ST]], and [[Commodore]] [[Amiga]].
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| [[Intel]] released the [[i386|i386 SL]], a low-powered version of the [[i386|i386 DX]]. It also released an update to the [[i486|i486 DX]] which fixed a bug that could cause computers to hang.
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| Intel also filed a countersuit to [[AMD|AMD's]] 1987 arbitration over the loss of a contract to be a second-source manufacturer of Intel microchips. The countersuit sought to renegotiate the contract, which caused AMD to do a clean room design of their future chips without using any Intel microcode.
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| ==Video game consoles==
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| The [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] still dominated the [[video game console]] market in most regions, but other 8-bit consoles were popular in other regions. The [[Sega Master System]] continued to dominate the market in Brazil.
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| The [[Third generation of video game consoles|16-bit console market]] was expanded. The [[NEC]] [[TurboGrafx-16|PC Engine]] was released in [[Spain]]. Likewise, the [[Sega]] [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]] saw a worldwide expansion in 1990 with releases in [[Brazil]], Europe, Oceania, and [[South Korea]]. Additionally, [[Nintendo]] released the [[Super Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] in [[Japan]].
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| ==Arcade market==
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| [[Arcade]] games remained popular. To regulate the market, a law in Japan was passed that required that all arcade cabinets had to be shipped with a working game so that purchasers could plug it in and immediately test whether the cabinet was functional.
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| Thus, companies created simple games with cheap hardware that could be included and then disposed of by the purchaser. Sega created ''[[Dottori-kun]]'' as the game that was included with its Astro City arcade candy cabinets.
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| ==Companies and organizations founded==
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| 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.
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| In October 1990, the Japanese film company [[Art Port|Matsushita Promotion]] was founded.
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| The [[United States of America|American]] multimedia company, [[Lucasfilm]], consolidated [[Lucasfilm Games]], [[Industrial Light and Magic]], and [[Skywalker Sound]] into [[LucasArts]].
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| The following [[computer]]-related events occurred in 1990:
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| *[[:Category:Application software released in 1990|Application software released in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Arcade games released in 1990|Arcade games released in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Arcade hardware released in 1990|Arcade hardware released in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Companies and organizations closed in 1990|Companies and organizations closed in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Companies and organizations formed in 1990|Companies and organizations formed in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Computers and consoles released in 1990|Computers and consoles released in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Computer and video game conventions in 1990|Computer and video game conventions in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Computer and video game peripherals released in 1990|Computer and video game peripherals released in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Operating systems released in 1990|Operating systems released in 1990]]
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| *[[:Category:Video games released in 1990|Video games released in 1990]]
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