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June 1999

10 Jun
Industry
Real 3D files suit against ATI

Real 3D announced they have filed a patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets suit against ATI Technologies Inc., a company located in Ontario, Canada.

10 Jun
New Release Dreamcast
Sega Dreamcast has Record-Breaking Retail Pre-Order Campaign

Sega of America today announced the participation of retailer K B Toys in the official U.S. consumer pre-order campaign for Sega Dreamcast, bringing the most advanced and realistic video gameplay ever developed to consumers.

10 Jun
New Release
Microsoft DirectX 7.0 Technology at Meltdown 99

More than 500 industry experts from around the globe flocked to the Meltdown 99 conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, June 7-9, to learn about the advanced development tools in DirectX 7.0.

10 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Microsoft announces availability of Windows 98 Second Edition

Microsoft today announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Starting today, Windows 98 Second Edition will be broadly available in retail outlets.

10 Jun
New Release
Links LS U.S. Open at Pinehurst Released

Links LS U.S. Open at Pinehurst is now moving into players' hands. Microsoft today announced the availability of the U.S.

10 Jun
New Release
SimCity 3000 Architect Tool Announced

Maxis announced the long-awaited SimCity Building Architect Tool (BAT) will be released on June 16 and will be available exclusively from the official SimCity Web site.

10 Jun
New Release Nintendo Switch
Black Isle Ships Baldur’s Gate DVD

Black Isle Studios, the role-playing game (RPG) division of Interplay Entertainment announced the release of the digital video disk (DVD) version of their award-winning hit, Baldur's Gate.

10 Jun
New Release
Star Wars: Episode I Demos Released

LucasArts is announced the release of the demos for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode I Racer. This version of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

09 Jun
New Release Windows 95/98
Winamp 2.23 Released

Winamp 2.23 is now moving into players' hands. Nullsoft has released Winamp 2.23. Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT.