October 31

1988: At the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York, IBM officially annouces the release of Operating System/2 1.1 Standard Edition with Presentation Manager. Code-name during development was Trimaran.

1991: Sega Enterprises sues Accolade, claiming that Accolade should pay royalties to Sega for creating Sega Genesis titles, and that Accolade's games mislead people into thinking they were produced for or licensed by Sega.

1992: A group of four engineers from Novell and 14 from Apple complete a working proof-of-concept of a the Mac OS running on an Intel 486 PC. The project is code-named "Star Trek".

1996: Eidos Interactive releases the Tomb Raider video game for the PlayStation and the Saturn. The game innovates with 3D third-person adventure gameplay.

1999: Capcom releases the Resident Evil 2 video game for the Nintendo 64.

1999: Unit sales of Dreamcast video game system in North America to date: 750,862.

2001: Sony releases the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.

2002: Square releases a remake of the Final Fantasy video game for the PlayStation in Japan.

2002: Square releases a remake of the Final Fantasy II video game for the PlayStation in Japan.

2005: Apple Computer releases the Mac OS X 10.4.3 software for the Macintosh.

2006: Rockstar releases the GTA: Vice City Stories video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.

2006: Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy XII video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.

2006: Microsoft releases a download update for the Xbox 360 in the US. The update adds 1080p High Definition resolution support, HD DVD support, the ability to play WMV files from PC/disc/USB device, and resolves 84 other issues.

2006: Ubisoft releases the Splinter Cell: Double Agent video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.

2006: Konami releases the Death Jr. 2: Root of Evil video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.