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            List of years in video gaming       (table)
... 1978 .  1979 .  1980 .  1981  . 1982  . 1983  . 1984 ...
1985 1986 1987 -1988- 1989 1990 1991
... 1992 .  1993 .  1994 .  1995  . 1996  . 1997  . 1998 ...
Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Philosophy . Science +...

1988 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Super Contra, Assault and Altered Beast.

Events[]

Business[]

  • New companies: Eurocom, Image Works, Koeo, Stormfront, Visual Concepts, Walt Disney Computer Software
  • Defunct: Sente Technologies, Aackosoft and Coleco.
  • Activision renamed to Mediagenic.
  • Nintendo vs. Camerica lawsuit: Nintendo sues Camerica over the clone production of an Advantage joystick controller for the NES console.

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Hardware[]

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