2002 in computing, games and technology
86 milestones from 2002: 21 computers and hardware, 13 peripherals, 11 software, 7 games, 23 games, 3 movies, 6 events, 1 legal milestones, 1 world events.
Open 2002 in the interactive timeline The 2000s
Computers and hardware
- DVD Kids
- Sony Mavica MVC-FD100
- Sony Mavica MVC-FD200
- Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD250
- Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD400
- Kodak DCS Pro 14n
- Intel Pentium 4 Northwood
- iMac G4
- Sigma SD9
- Canon EOS D60
- Xbox (Japan)
- Xbox (Europe)
- eMac
- Nintendo GameCube (Europe)
- Apple Xserve
- Intel Itanium 2
- Archos Jukebox Multimedia
- SwanCrystal
- Apple iPod (2nd generation)
- T-Mobile Sidekick (Danger Hiptop)
- Intel Pentium 4 3.06 GHz with Hyper-Threading
Peripherals
- Logitech MX300
- Nintendo WaveBird
- NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
- NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
- Matrox Parhelia-512
- xD-Picture Card
- ATI Radeon 9000
- ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2
- Palm Zire
- Capcom Steel Battalion Controller
- Xbox Live Communicator
- Linksys WRT54G
Software
- iPhoto
- .NET Framework 1.0
- OpenOffice.org 1.0
- Mozilla 1.0
- Debian 3.0 (woody)
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Media Center Edition
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- Xbox Live
- DirectX 9.0
Games
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Kingdom Hearts
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Metroid Prime
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Games
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
- Star Wars Racer Revenge
- Command & Conquer: Renegade
- Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Dungeon Siege
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
- Final Fantasy XI
- Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
- Neverwinter Nights
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
- Duke Nukem Advance
- Medieval: Total War
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
- Battlefield 1942
- Star Fox Adventures
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Burnout 2: Point of Impact
- Age of Mythology
- Ratchet & Clank
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire
Movies
- Resident Evil (film)
- Spider-Man
- Minority Report
Events
- Blu-ray Disc announced
- G4 television channel launches
- HP completes its Compaq acquisition
- Napster files for bankruptcy
- IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) published
- Creative Commons releases its first licenses
Legal milestones
World events
- Euro banknotes and coins enter circulation