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expected '' E.T. '' the game to be as popular as The Movie , but it ended up selling poorly.]]

	Author	Liedholm, Marcus and Mattias
	Title	The Famicom rules the world! &ndash (1983&ndash89)
	Work	Nintendo Land
	Url	http://wwwnintendolandcom/home2htmhistory/hist3htm
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Author	GameSpy Staff
	Title	25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming / Universal Goes Ape
	Year	2003
	Work	GameSpycom
	Url	http://archivegamespycom/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index5shtml
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Atari and Coleco
	Year	1983
	Work	New York Times
	Url	http://querynytimescom/gst/fullpagehtmlres=9E03E2D8173BF93BA35751C0A965948260
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Atari &ndash 1972&ndash2004
	Work	Atari &ndash Official Corporate Site
	Url	http://corporateinfogramescom/historyhtml
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Author	GameSpot Staff
	Title	15 Most Influential Games of All Time / Ultima III: Exodus
	Year	2000
	Work	GameSpot
	Url	http://wwwgamespotcom/gamespot/features/pc/most_influential/p3html
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Author	Ackerman, Kyle
	Title	The Saga Behind the Sagas: Interplay and the Business of Gaming
	Year	2002
	Work	Frictionless Insight
	Url	http://wwwfrictionlessinsightcom/Articles/InterplayBusinesshtm
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Navarre Corporation Completes $125 Million Private Placement
	Work	Navarre Corporation
	Year	2003
	Url	http://irnavarrecom/phoenixzhtmlc=105157&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=478456&highlight=
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	SEGA-AM2 Co, LTD
	Work	MobyGames
	Url	http://wwwmobygamescom/company/sega-am2-co-ltd
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

According to Nintendo, total video game sales for 1983 are $3.2 billion USD.

NOTABLE RELEASES

Arcade games

	Title	Spy Hunter
	Work	KLOVcom
	Url	http://wwwklovcom/game_detailphpletter=&game_id=9742
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Dragon's Lair
	Work	KLOVcom
	Url	http://wwwklovcom/game_detailphpletter=&game_id=7647
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Star Wars
	Work	KLOVcom
	Url	http://wwwklovcom/S/Star_Warshtml
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Gyruss
	Work	KLOVcom
	Url	http://wwwklovcom/game_detailphpletter=G&game_id=8060
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

Namco releases '' Mappy '', '' Jr. Pac-Man '', '' Pac And Pal '', '' Phozon '', '' Libble Rabble '' and '' Pole Position II ''.

Personal computer and console games

	Title	Classic Gaming Expo - Don Daglow
	Year	2005
	Work	Classic Gaming Expo
	Url	http://wwwcgexpocom/bios/ddaglowhtm
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

Origin Systems publishes '''', the first Computer Role-playing Game to feature tactical, Turn-based Combat , for the Apple II , Atari 800 , Commodore 64 , and IBM PC .

	Author	Underdogs
	Title	MULE
	Work	Home of the Underdogs
	Url	http://wwwthe-underdogsorg/gamephpid=668
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Author	Cassidy, William
	Title	Hall of Fame / Pinball Construction Set
	Year	2002
	Work	GameSpycom
	Url	http://archivegamespycom/halloffame/september02/pcs/
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Author	Broad, Andrew
	Title	Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy
	Year	2006
	Url	http://wwwgeocitiescom/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	GAMES / timeline
	Url	http://wwwrarewarecom/games/timeline/all_timelinehtml
	Work	Welcome to Rare
	Accessdate	April 3
	Accessyear	2006

	Author	Fragmaster
	Title	Game of the Week / ET the Extra-Terrestrial
	Work	ClassicGamingcom
	Url	http://wwwclassicgamingcom/rotw/etshtml
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

Hardware

	Title	Sega SC-3000 / SG-1000
	Work	Obscure Pixels
	Url	http://homepagesihugconz/~pinwhiz/sc3000htm
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

Nintendo releases the Family Computer console in Japan. Shortly after its release, complaints begin to surface about rampant system instability, prompting Nintendo to issue a Product Recall and to rerelease the machine with a new Motherboard .

	Author	Klein, Eric S
	Title	Coleco Adam
	Work	Eric Klein's Vintage Computers
	Url	http://wwwvintage-computercom/adamshtml
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

	Title	Player 3 Stage 3: Contender to the Throne
	Work	The Dot Eaters
	Url	http://wwwthedoteaterscom/play3sta3htm
	Accessdate	February 14
	Accessyear	2006

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