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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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