2005 in computing, games and technology

67 milestones from 2005: 19 computers and hardware, 9 peripherals, 6 software, 5 games, 17 games, 2 movies, 7 events, 2 legal milestones.

Open 2005 in the interactive timeline The 2000s

Computers and hardware

• Advanced Pico Beena
• Arduino
• Atari Flashback 2
• Apple iPod shuffle (1st generation)
• Mac mini
• Apple iPod mini (2nd generation)
• PlayStation Portable (North America)
• Intel Pentium D
• AMD Athlon 64 X2
• Canon EOS 5D
• Apple iPod Harry Potter Special Edition
• Apple iPod nano (1st generation)
• Game Boy Micro
• Game Wave Family Entertainment System
• Apple iPod (5th generation)
• Gizmondo
• GP2X
• Xbox 360 (North America)
• Creative Zen Vision:M

Peripherals

• Logitech G5
• Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
• Das Keyboard
• Blue Snowball
• NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
• Sound Blaster X-Fi
• Apple Mighty Mouse
• ATI Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition
• Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller (Windows)

Software

• Google Maps
• YouTube registered
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
• Google Earth
• Firefox 1.5

Games

• Resident Evil 4
• God of War
• Doom RPG
• Civilization IV
• Mario Kart DS

Games

• Quake IV
• SWAT 4
• Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
• The Sims 2: University
• Star Wars: Republic Commando
• Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
• Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
• Psychonauts
• Guild Wars
• Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees
• Nintendogs
• F.E.A.R.
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Age of Empires III
• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan
• Guitar Hero

Movies

• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• Doom (film)

Events

• Lenovo buys IBM's PC business
• Xbox 360 revealed on MTV
• Unity game engine announced
• Apple announces the move to Intel processors
• Reddit founded
• First BlizzCon
• Sony BMG rootkit scandal breaks

Legal milestones

• Supreme Court decides MGM v. Grokster
• Hurricane Katrina makes landfall