Geopolitics and global shifts
Music's changing of the guard
Cinema's giant leaps
Tech, toys, and television
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Master of When the world shifted gears in 1979
schopenhauer The launch of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network introduced 24-hour sports coverage.
schopenhauer Atari released Asteroids, which became its most successful and addictive arcade cabinet.
schopenhauer Match the music, movies, and headlines to discover what made 1979 a legendary year.
Asteroids high score: The first arcade cabinet for 'Asteroids' in 1979 had to be modified because players got so good they broke the high-score counter, which only went up to 99,990.
A small, portable cassette player equipped with headphones for personal listening. Sony released its iconic TPS-L2 model in Japan on July 1, 1979.
What kid-focused, toy-filled meal did McDonald's roll out nationwide in June 1979?
At which Pennsylvania nuclear power plant did a partial meltdown occur in March 1979?
Which iconic vector-graphic arcade game was released by Atari in November 1979?
Which 24-hour cable sports network launched in Connecticut on September 7, 1979?
Who were the two Canadian creators of the board game Trivial Pursuit, designed in late 1979?
In which Canadian city did two journalists conceive the idea for the board game Trivial Pursuit in December 1979?