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Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.

March 1999

22 Mar
New Release
bleem! Demo Released

March 22, 1999: The official bleem! demo has been put out. bleem! is a software emulator that lets you play many Playstation games on your PC.

22 Mar
New Release
Lands of Lands of Lore III Marathon Entry to Close

March 22, 1999: There are only three days left to sign up for the Lands of Lands of Lore III Marathon, a launch event celebrating the release of the highly anticipated RPG.

22 Mar
New Release
Hercules Dynamite TNT/2 Announced

Hercules Computer Technology revealed the Hercules Dynamite TNT/2, its highest performing AGP 2X/4X capable 32MB 2D/3D graphics and DVD accelerator based on NVIDIA Corporation's new RIVA TNT2 graphics processor.

22 Mar
New Release
RollerCoaster Tycoon Available

March 22, 1999: Hasbro Interactive introduces Roller Coaster Tycoon by Micro Prose, where players design, build and manage the roller coasters and amusement parks of their dreams.

22 Mar
New Release
Civilization: Call to Power Goes Gold

Activision would like to announce that Civilization: Call to Power has code put out and a gold master of the game has been sent out for manufacturing.

21 Mar
New Release
Gruntz in Stores

March 21, 1999: Gruntz, Monolith's new puzzle powered brain game, is available now at a store near you for only $19.99, or buy securely over the internet from the Monolith Store.

21 Mar
New Release
Case’s Ladder 1 Million Users

March 21, 1999: Case's Ladder says the Case's Ladder web site has surpassed 1 million registered users with over 100 Internet playable games supported.

20 Mar
New Release
SiN 1.03 Source Code and SiN CTF Beta2

Saw on SiN Post that Ritual has the source code to SiN 1.03. Also SiN Capture the Flag Beta2 was put out. SiN is the fully-integrated first-person 3D experience that will push you over the edge.

19 Mar
New Release Browser Windows 95/98
Windows 98 SE Announced

March 19, 1999: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said on Thursday the company planned to release the second edition of its Windows 98 operating system in the fall.