Computing and games in the 1980s

773 milestones across 10 years. Pick a year to see everything that happened.

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Years

• 1980 33
• 1981 51
• 1982 88
• 1983 90
• 1984 85
• 1985 100
• 1986 76
• 1987 90
• 1988 66
• 1989 94

Computers and software to know

• Mattel Intellivision 1980
• dBase II 1980
• SuperCalc 1980
• HP-85 1980
• Sinclair ZX80 1980
• Game & Watch 1980
• TRS-80 Color Computer 1980
• 86-DOS 1980
• Microsoft Xenix 1980
• Apple III 1980
• VisiCalc (IBM PC) 1981
• VTech CreatiVision 1981