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  2. Eighty Years' War - Wikipedia

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    The years 1579–1588 constituted a phase of the Eighty Years' War (c. 1568–1648) between the Spanish Empire and the United Provinces in revolt after most of them concluded the Union of Utrecht on 23 January 1579, and proceeded to carve the independent Dutch Republic out of the Habsburg Netherlands.

  3. History of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    With more than 101 million units sold, the Nintendo Wii is the best-selling home video game console in the seventh generation. The release of the Xbox 360 began the seventh generation. Video game consoles had become an important part of the global IT infrastructure by the mid-2000s. It was estimated that video game consoles represented 25% of ...

  4. List of video games developed in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Family Games: CD-i: 1995 DIMA Family Games II: Junk Food Jive: CD-i: 1995 DIMA Christmas Country: CD-i: 1995 Alex van Oostenrijk, Alex Lentjes Super Worms: MS-DOS: 1995 Wiering Software Uncover featuring Tatjana: CD-i, Windows: 1996 The Vision Factory: Lucky Luke: The Video Game: CD-i: 1996 The Vision Factory: Charlie the Duck: MS-DOS: 1996 ...

  5. 1980s in video games - Wikipedia

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    Pac-Man (1980). The 1980s was the second decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of highs and lows for video games.The decade began amidst a boom in the arcade video game business with the golden age of arcade video games, the Atari 2600's dominance of the home console market during the second generation of video game consoles, and the rising influence of home computers.

  6. List of first generation home video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 to 1983. The first console of this generation was the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey. [1] The last new console release of the generation was most likely the Compu-Vision 440 by radio manufacturer Bentley in 1983, [2] though other systems were also released in that year.

  7. Video games in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The Netherlands' mainstream video games market, not taking into consideration the serious and casual games, is the sixth largest in Europe. In 2008, the Dutch market took up 3.95% of the entire European market in total sales and 4.19% in software sales.

  8. 1980 in video games - Wikipedia

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    The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac-Man, while the best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch. The Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) also grew in popularity with a port of Space Invaders and support from new third-party developer Activision .

  9. List of battles of the Eighty Years' War - Wikipedia

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    By the 1620s, the annual costs of the Dutch States Army were 11,177,087 guilders, 58% of which were paid by Holland as most populous and wealthy province. [10] By the 1630s, Holland increasingly refused to fund land war operations, pleading for greater maritime expenses against the Dunkirker Privateers instead. [11]