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December 2018
This month we look back at December 1978, 1988, and 1998. Bushnell gets the boot, Phillips jumps into the cartridge console market, Nintendo stops the Giana Sisters and much, much more!
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Our sources this month include:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/articles/timeline/index.php
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/06/archives/technology-the-computer-entering-home.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/14/archives/talking-business-holiday-trends-of-toy-buying.html
https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-086
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJB6V88PrZE&list=PLR6RS8PTcoXRqUjvAE-Y4Mnk0fuTjPYpV&index=23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ldS0n649M&index=15&list=PLR6RS8PTcoXRqUjvAE-Y4Mnk0fuTjPYpV
https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQtxKmgJC8
https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_205_1998-12_EMAP_Images_GB
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_48
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