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Last updated: 2012 January 26.

1996

January

• GT Interactive releases the Duke Nukem 3D video game for personal computers. [2617.85]
• One year after the release of Microsoft Bob, less than 300,000 copies have been sold. [1559]
• 3D Realms releases the Duke Nukem 3D game for personal computers. [1497.101] [1538.23] [2383.30]
• IBM releases OS/2 for PowerPC-based computers. [293.35]

February 14

• Microsoft releases the Windows 95 Service Pack 1 operating system update. [472.109] [1559] [1588.19]

April

• Microsoft releases the Flight Simulator game for personal computers in the USA. [2530.50]
• Corel releases Corel WordPerfect Suite 7, and Corel Office Professional Suite. [467.6] (May [497.1])

April 23

• Microsoft releases the Internet Explorer 2.0 web browser for the Macintosh, on systems running System 7.0.1 or higher. [1559] (May [1886.70])

June 22

• id Software releases the Quake game for personal computers in the USA. [2583.177]

July (month)

• Top selling computer game in the US during the month: Duke Nukem 3D by GT Interactive. [1870.36]

August 24

• Microsoft releases Windows NT 4.0, with graphical user interface similar to that of Windows 95. The software comprises 16.5 million lines of code. Code-name during development was Cairo. [721.157] [779.42] [1182.166] [1241.19] [1526.87] [1559] [1648.53] [1897.131] (July 31 [847.13] [1639.125])

November

• Egghead Software decides to stop selling Macintosh software at about two-thirds of its US retail stores. [1559]

December

• Blizzard releases the Diablo computer game in the USA. [2530.50]

1997

February (month)

• Top selling DOS/Windows personal computer software for the month in the USA: Turbo Tax. [2392.D10]
• Top selling Macintosh software for the month in the USA: Macintax Deluxe. [2392.D10]

March 31

• The consumer software division of Pixar Animation Studios is dissolved. [2605.223]

October 13

• DMA Design releases the Grand Theft Auto game for the PC in the UK. [2581.15]

October

• The Learning Company releases Riven: The Sequel to Myst computer game. [1472.51] [2530.50]
• Activision releases the Quake II game for personal computers in the USA. [1499.98] [2530.50]

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