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[edit] June 26, 2006 The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification announces a ban on the upcoming Reservoir Dogs video game. [1] Microsoft denies that the Xbox 360 will experience a price drop this autumn. [2] [edit] June 23, 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog, mascot of Sega, celebrates his 15th anniversary. [3] The Nintendo DS Lite is released in Europe. [4] [edit] June 21, 2006 Peter Moore, Microsoft's head of the Interactive Entertainment Business, is named Chairman of the Association of Electronic Interactive Marketers (AEIM). [5] [edit] June 15, 2006 Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates announces he will be stepping down from day-to-day responsibilities to be more active in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [6] A shipment of black Nintendo DS Lite consoles in China en route to Europe is stolen. The shipment is valued at US$2.3 million. [7] [edit] June 9, 2006 The first European video game detox clinic opens in Amsterdam. [8] [edit] June 1, 2006 Infinium Labs, makers of the aptly named Phantom Gaming Service, today provided an operations update confirming that the company, which plans to rename itself Phantom Entertainment, is still going ahead with the on-demand game service and that it's also moving forward with the manufacture of its Phantom Lapboard peripheral.[9] v • d • e History of video games By generation First (1972–1977) · Second (1976–1984) · Video game crash of 1983 Third (1983–1992) · Fourth (1987–1996) · Fifth (1993–2002) Sixth (1998–2006) · Seventh (2004–) By year 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 19581959 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2000s

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