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August 11 in Gaming History

3 moments from the museum's collection happened on this date.

1995 — 31 years ago

Chrono Trigger reaches North America

Square's Chrono Trigger arrived on Super NES in North America, uniting the 'Dream Team' of Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama in a time-travel RPG masterpiece.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger (Super NES NA: August 11, 1995)
1999 — 27 years ago

System Shock 2 launches in North America

System Shock 2 landed on Windows in North America, and its terrifying AI SHODAN set the template for immersive sims from BioShock onward.

Source: AlteredGamer, 'This Day in Video Game History: August 11'
2022 — 4 years ago

Cult of the Lamb launches

Massive Monster's Cult of the Lamb launched its adorable-yet-sinister mix of village building and roguelite dungeon crawling to instant cult status of its own.

Source: MobyGames, 'This Day in Game History (August 11)'
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