These are the events that shaped our brains in 1989. The events which laid down the neurological foundations for the creative accretion necessary to form this organization – 1989 Games.
Double Dragon was the highest grossing video game in the United States. Tetris and Ninja Gaiden were also at the top of the charts and Mattel unvailed the Power Glove for Nintendo. Romance of the Three Kingdoms II and SimCity were released. We played all of these games…
The year of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the last year in office for Regan, and Tim Burton’s dark version of Batman is released…
Intel released the 486DX processor with more than 1 million transistors. MIcrosoft SQL Server was introduced. Avid released the Pro Tools audio recording and editing software. Guido Van Rossum began development of the Python programming language. The ZIP file format was invented. The companies ASUS and TigerDirect were founded…
The newly released 1989 Ford Probe GT made our inner 14 year old surge with excitement. The Chrysler Town & Country made families’ lives classier and easier…
The Nintendo Gameboy is released in North America, the first privately owned rocket orbits a television satellite, and Oli North was on trial…
The B-2 Bomber takes its first flight, the television show Sinefeld premiers, the Berlin Wall comes down…
The War on Drugs kicks off in earnest, the Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the Embarcadero Freeway leading to its eventual demolition, The Simpson’s premiers…
The US invades Panama with operation Just Cause, the space shuttle completes the first full year of flights after being grounded because of the Challenger explosion in 1986, Ted Bundy and Lucille Ball die…
Taylor Swift is literally the only interesting person born in 1989. No joke. Well, some might think Isiah Thomas is interesting too…
On March 13, 1989 a geomagnetic storm caused the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. This disturbance in the Earth’s magnetosphere caused 6 million people are left without power for 9 hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lose power, and aurorae are seen as far as Texas…
