BioShock is a first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, and published by 2K Games for Windows and Xbox 360 in North America on August 21, 2007.
The Thing is a third-person shooter survival horror video game developed by Computer Artworks and released for Microsoft Windows in North America on August 20, 2002, Xbox on September 3, 2002 and PlayStation 2 on September 10, 2002.
Final Fight 2 is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and released in North America on August 15, 1993.
Metroid is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America on August 15, 1987.
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft. The first operating system in the 9x family, it was released to manufacturing on August 15, 1995, and generally to retail on August 24, 1995.
Released for arcades in August 1988, Altered Beast is a beat 'em up game developed and manufactured by Sega. It was ported and released for the Sega Genesis in North America on August 14, 1989.
Gyromite is the first of two video games that take advantage of Nintendo's R.O.B. accessory. Developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo, it was released in Japan for the Family Computer as Robot Gyro on August 13, 1985.
The Sega Genesis is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega, and released in North America on August 14, 1989. Known as the Mega Drive outside North America, it was designed by the Sega R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa.
The IBM Personal Computer was released on August 12, 1981. Created by a team of engineers and designers directed by Don Estridge in Boca Raton, Florida, the specifications of the IBM PC became one of the most popular computer design standards in the world.
Super Mario World is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and released in North America on August 13, 1991.
Happy birthday to Steve Wozniak, born August 11, 1950, and American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer scientist, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. Nicknamed "Woz", he co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs in 1976.
Paper Mario is a role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in Japan as Mario Story on August 11, 2000, North America on February 5, 2001, and Europe on October 5, 2001.
Sonic Gems Collection is a video game compilation published by Sega and released for Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 in Japan on August 11, 2005, and later in the same year in North America and Europe.
The Commodore 64 8-bit home computer from Commodore International was released in North America in August 1982, at a retail price of US$595. It would go on to become the highest-selling single computer model of all time.
Contra: Hard Corps is a side-scrolling run and gun-style shoot-'em-up video game released by Konami for the Sega Genesis in North America on August 8, 1994.
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight is a side-scrolling action platform game released by Capcom for Nintendo's Family Computer in Japan on August 8, 1990.
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is a platform action-adventure video game released by Konami for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on August 7, 1997, and in North America on April 16, 1998.