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Video game distribution
- Blu-raySony unveiled the first Blu-ray Disc prototypes in October 2000. These early devices relied on blue laser diodes operating at 405 nanometers to achieve…
- DVDIn January 1995, two rival optical disc proposals stood on the brink of a commercial stalemate. The Multimedia Compact Disc carried the backing of Philips…
- LaserDiscThe year 1963 marked the beginning of a journey that would eventually create the first commercial optical disc storage medium.
- Game demoIn the early 1990s, shareware distribution became a popular method for publishing games. Smaller developers like Apogee Software used this model to reach…
- Downloadable contentIn 1994, the Atari 2600's GameLine service allowed users to download full games using a telephone line. This early experiment did not provide downloadable…
- CD-ROMIn 1958, David Paul Gregg filed a patent for optical disc storage in the United States. James Russel followed with key work between 1965 and 1975 that laid…
- ROM cartridgeThe Texas Instruments TI-59 programmable calculator sat on a desk in 1974 with a slot at its rear. A user could slide a ROM cartridge into that opening to…