1972 It begins: Pong is invented 1978 Space Invaders blips its way into arcades everywhere 1977 The Atari 2600 game system sells millions of units and brings arcade action home 1980 Pac-Man released 1982 First hit song based on a video game, Pac-Man Fever: “I got a pocket full of quarters …” 1981 First all-video game magazine: Electronic Games 1982 Video games first appear on the cover of TIME 1982 Tron, the first movie about video games, tanks at the box office 1983 E.T. becomes a video game –and flops 1983 A-list athletes star in games like Julius Erving & Larry Bird: One-On-One 1983 Journey is the first rock group to have its own arcade game
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Standing Up to Iran: Gulf Alliance Flexes Its Muscles
Pilots winging over raging Libyan battlefields in Mirage and F-16 fighter jets. A convoy of troops and tanks rumbling to the aid of an embattled partner
Tae-Bo or Not Tae-Bo?
It’s time for y’all to put some gas in your tanks,” shouts Billy Blanks.
Libya Rebels Want Arms, Money to Defeat Gaddafi Forces
On Wednesday, when asked why the Libyan rebels were retreating, one of their spokesmen, Colonel Ahmed Bany, said archly, “You are obviously well aware of the difference between a tank and a Kalashnikov.” It could be the difference between victory and defeat. The rebels have repeatedly emphasized their relative hopelessness in squaring off against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, using only an apparently large supply of light arms, including AK-47s, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
Under Air Cover: Can the Rebels Get Their Act Together?
The rebels have had a reprieve. The last-minute intervention of an international coalition has degraded Muammar Gaddafi’s air capabilities and tanks — perhaps rescuing the opposition capital of Benghazi from imminent recapture by the regime
Fuel blast sends mushroom cloud over San Juan
A mushroom cloud of thick dark smoke hovered over the Puerto Rican capital after a blast ripped through a fuel storage complex near San Juan early Friday and caused a massive fire.