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August 12 in Gaming History

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

1988 — 38 years ago

Famicom Wars launches in Japan

Famicom Wars debuted in Japan as the first Nintendo Wars game, laying the tactical groundwork that would later produce Advance Wars and influence Fire Emblem's strategy cousins.

Source: BoardGameGeek entry quoting Wikipedia (Famicom Wars, release date 1988-08-12, JP)
2022 — 4 years ago

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered swings onto PC

Insomniac's Spider-Man came to Windows on August 12, 2022, marking a milestone in PlayStation's push to bring its biggest exclusives to PC.

Source: Wikipedia, List of video games released in 2022
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