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When did the NES release in the states?

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1985

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What did the NES release with?

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Super mario bros

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When was Ubisoft founded? and by who?

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1986 and by five brothers from the Guillemot family.

Mainly Yves Guillemot

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What was so special about Ultima IV: quest of the avatar?

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It had a moral system, and was a huge seller.

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When was Dragon quest released and who created it?

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1986 and created by Yuji Horii

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Which game did the game devoloper Chris Crawford create in 1985?

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Balance of Power

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What was one of the first dungeon crawl games?

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Gauntlet, by atari in 1985

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What was so special about Defender of the Crown?

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It used graphic chips with 1000’s of colors

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What does Link and Samus have in common?

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They were both released in 1986 in japan and in 1987 in north amerika. people think that their name is in the title of the game.

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Who created Final Fantasy and when?

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Sakaguchi Hironobu created final fantasy in 1987, it was released by Square

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What was special about the 1987 game known as Kingdom of Kroz?

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It was a maze game, with episodic mail delivery.

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How did the 1987 game RbbitJack’s casino play online?

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It used Quantum link network. (Later to be renamed AOL)

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When did Atari’s Air Warrior get released?

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1987

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What was one of the first games to use digitization?

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Narc

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What happened to tetris in 1988?

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Henk rogers got the rights to it

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When did the Sega Megadrive release?

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1988 in japan and in 1989 in the us (under the name sega genesis)

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When did super mario bros 3 release?

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1988 in Japan and 1990 in north america

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What big game did Maxis release in 1989?

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Sim city created by Will Wright

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When did Prince of Persia fist get released?

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1989 and by Jordan Mechner with the studio Brøderbund

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When was Populous released?

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1989 by Peter Molyneux (EA) creator of Fable

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When did the Gameboy first go on sale?

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1989 with Tetris, it sold over 30 million

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What 1989 movie and game of same name heavily inspired resident evil?

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Sweet Home

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What was the first handheld console with colors?

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Atari Lynx, 1989

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When was the Nintendo Power glove released?

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1989, it was highly promoted but was a gimmick.

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Sega genesis got two football games in 1990, what where they called?

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Joe Montana Football and Ea’s John Madden Football

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What was the first game from id sofware?

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Commander Keen, 1990. It was created while the team still worked for softdisk

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When did the SNES release in america and what was it called in japan?

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It was released in America in 1991, and was known as Super Famicom in Japan.

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What was the first 3d platfromer?

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Alpha Waves by Christophe de Dinechin

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When did the first Civilisation game get released?

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1991

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When did the fighting game; Street fighter II get released for the arcade?

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1991

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Nintendo and sony was supposed to team up and create a console, this didn’t happen, but who did Nintendo end up working with and what was the name of this console?

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Phillips CD-i in 1991

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What was the first virtual reality game and when was it released?

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Dactyl Nightmare, 1991, made by virtuality.

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When did Sonic the Hedghog get released for the Genesis?

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1991, 25 years anniversary.

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What was the game that Id-software made in 1991?

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Catacomb 3-D

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When did another world get released and what was special about it?

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1991, it was a cinematic platformer

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When did Wolfenstein 3D get released?

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1992, id software.

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When did the 3d horror game for PC, Alone in the dark, get released?

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1992

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38
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What game had a lot of controversies during it’s release?

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Mortal Kombat, 1992

39
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What two games had a hearing with the senate in 1993?

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Night Trap and Mortal Kombat

40
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What fighting game did sega publish in 1993, and who was the mastermind behind it?

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Sega: Virtua Fighter, Yu Suzuki.

41
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When did DOOM get released?

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1993, it had supported online multiplayer through phone lines.

42
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What Star Wars game was released in 1993?

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LucasArts: Star Wars: Rebel Assault.

43
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When did the popular PC game Myst get it’s release?

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1993, Rand Miller and Robyin Miller, biggest Pc game until 2002.

44
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When did the american age rating system get in use, and what was it called?

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1994, ESRB

45
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What other console was released in 1994, but had a release in America in 1993?

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Atari Jaguar

46
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When did the Nintendo 64 get released, and what 3d platformer was released at the same time?

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1996, Super mario 64

47
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What happened with tetris in 1996?

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Rogers (the owner of the copyright) and Pajitnov (the devoloper) founded the tetris company

48
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When did John Romero(DOOM, Wolfenstein3D, Quake) leave id software, and what was the last game who worked on there?

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1996, Quake, Quake was also released in 1996

49
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When was Tomb Raider released?

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1996, Tom Gard

50
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When did Resident Evil game get releasd?

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1996, Capcom, Shinji Makami

51
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What quake mod was a huge hit?

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Team Fortress, 1996, John Coock, Robin Walker and Ian Caughley.

52
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What huge rythm game from playstation made it’s apperance in 1996?

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Parappa the rappa

53
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What was the first Final Fantasy game to NOT be released on a Nintendo console, and what year was this?

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Final Fantasy VII, 1997

54
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When did Goldneye 007 get it’s release?

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1997, Nintendo 64, Rareware

55
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When did the Grand Theft Auto series start?

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1997, rockstar

56
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What mobile game was released for the Nokia 6610 (Vetles mobil)?

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Snake, 1997

57
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When was Ultima Online released and what happened to Lord British?

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1997, the Lord British avatar was killed by accident.

58
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What game did Hideo Kojima have released in 1998?

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Metal Gear Solid

59
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When did the Sega Saturn stop being manufactured, and what was the next console from sega released in the same year?

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1998, Sega Dreamcast

60
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When did Ocarina of Time get released?

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1998, first 3d zelda game.

61
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When did Half-Life get released?

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1998, it pushed the FPS genre by it’s “show don’t tell” approach to storytelling.

62
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What game did Tim Schafer with LucasArts release in 1998?

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Grim Fandango

63
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When did Starcraft get released?

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1998, Blizzard, 9.5 million sold copies, half of which where in south korea.

64
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When did Sonic Adventure get released?

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1999

65
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When did Silent Hill get released?

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1999, Team Silent, Keiichiro Toyama

66
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When did Shenmue get released?

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1999, Yu Suzuki(Virtua fighter)

67
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When did The longest journey get released, and why is it important to us?

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1999, it’s a norwegian made game

68
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When did Sims get released?

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2000, Will Wright, Maxis(EA)

69
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When did the Dreamcast hit Jet Set radio get released, what was special about this game?

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2000, it was the first game with cell shading.

70
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When did the Playstation 2 get released?

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2000

71
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What was special about Deus Ex?

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2000 It gave you freedom in how to carry out a mission.

72
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When did nintendo’s Gamecube get released?

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2001

73
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What was microsofts console that got released the same year as the Gamecube?

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2001 Xbox, a refereanse to the Graphical API that microsoft used - DirectX

74
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When did Gta III get released?

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2001, Rockstar

75
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When did Gta vice city get released?

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2002, Rockstar

76
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When did Metroid Prime get released?

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2002, Nintendo

77
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When did the european age rating system get in to play?

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2003, it’s called PEGI

78
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When did Second Life get released?

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2003

79
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When did the sony Eye Toy get released?

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2003

80
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What happened to MMOPRG in 2004?

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World of warcraft, blizzard

81
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What was the hot coffee mod?

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It was a mod for the rockstar game Grand theft auto: san andreas (2004) it was a mini game where you had sex.

82
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When did the nintendo ds release?

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2004

83
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When did the sims(2000) get it’s sequell?

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2004

84
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What’s the difference between resident evil 4 sand the other resident evil games?

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Resident evil 4 (2005) more actiohoriented with behind the shoulder camera

85
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What game inspired guitar hero(2005)?

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Guitar freaks 1998, kojima

86
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What was the really popular quiz game for the playstation called?

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Buzz! 2005

87
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What console was launched in 2005?

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Xbox 360

88
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Which two consoles were released in 2006?

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The nintedo wii and playstation 3

89
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When did Wii fit get released? Japan and NA

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2007 in japan and 2008 in north america

90
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who created mass effect and when was it released?

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Bioware and it was released in 2007

91
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When was bioshock released and who created it?

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2007 and it was irrational games

92
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When was world of goo released, and who created it?

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2008, kyle gabler

93
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When was Braid released and who created it?

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2008, Jonathan blow

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When was spore created?

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2008, will wirght

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