Real world history/Pre-2000s: Difference between revisions

==Timeline==

===1988===

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::{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Millennium Interactive]] is co-founded by [[creatures:Michael Hayward|Michael Hayward]] and [[creatures:Ian Saunter|Ian Saunter]]. It is formed from the remnants of [[wikipedia:Category:Logotron games|Logotron]] and initially focuses on distributing and publishing games picked up on an ad-hoc basis, usually from "bedroom independents."{{Magref|Edge35}}

===1989===

:'''July 27''':  

::{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Millennium Interactive]] is legally incorporated.<ref name="millennium">{{cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02408478|title=CREATURE LABS LTD. overview|site=Find and update company information - GOV.UK|retrieved=November 30, 2022}}</ref>

===1990===

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::{{Icon|Millennium}} [[Jason Wilson]] begins working for [[Millennium]] as a freelancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/JayGunnArts/posts/1097776287015782|site=Facebook|quote=I started at the studio as a freelancer in the Millennium days in 1989/90. My first visit was at the London office above a pub in 1989/90 before opening the Millennium Cambridge office.|title=Jay Gunn|published=January 12, 2017|retrieved=November 4, 2022}}</ref>

===1993===

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::{{Icon|Millennium}} The registered office of Millennium Interactive is changed to Quern House, Mill Court in Great Shelford.<ref>{{Cite|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02408478/filing-history?page=5|quote=Registered office changed on 09/11/93 from: hinchcliffe & co 141 whiteladies road clifton bristol avon BS8 2QB|site=Find and update company information - GOV.UK|title=CREATURE LABS LTD. filing history|retrieved=November 30, 2022}}</ref>

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===1994===

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:'''July''':  

::{{Icon|Sony}} The first [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] launches in Japan.<ref name="sonyhistory"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0if_/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdatajpn_e.html|title=Business Development/Japan|site=SCE Global Site (archived version)|retrieved=April 21, 2023}}</ref>

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===1995===

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::{{Icon|MediEvil}} Version 2.2 of the ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' Design Document is completed.{{Videoref|MED-Design-History|2:17}}

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===1996===

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:'''Date unknown''':

::{{Icon|Millennium}} [[creatures:Cyberlife|CyberLife Technology]] release ''[[creatures:Creatures|Creatures]]''.<ref>{{Cite|title=CyberLife History|site=CyberLife and the Official Creatures Web Site (archived version)|retrieved=November 6, 2022|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970607011221fw_/http://www.cyberlife.co.uk/cyberlife_history.htm}}</ref> An image of [[Zarok]] can be found under the Windmill in [[creatures:Albia|Albia]]. This is due to [[Jason Riley]] being responsible for touching up the game's background model after it had been scanned in and digitised.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artificial-lens.com/aaa-games/|site=Artificial Lens|title=Successful multi million selling AAA-games I have worked on.|retrieved=November 4, 2022}}</ref>

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===1997===

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:'''January''':

::{{Icon|Med}} A [[Preview:Hyper, December 1997|preview]] of ''[[MediEvil (1998)|MediEvil]]'' is published in issue 50 of the Australian magazine [[Hyper]].{{Magref|Hyper50}}

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===1998===

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:'''January''':

::{{Icon|Med}} The winner of Toronto Star's PlayStation Giveaway is announced on this day.<ref name="TorontoStarGiveaway"/>

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===1999===

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