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1980s
1980
1981
- 5th March - The ZX81, Sinclair Research's pioneering British home computer, was released. (Wikipedia)
1982
1983
1984
- 20th September - Elite, the space trading game written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell, is published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers. (Wikipedia)
1985
1986
- October - Codemasters, one of the oldest active British game studios, founded by brothers Richard and David Darling. (Wikipedia
1987
1988
1989
- 6th September - Ukie, then known as ELSPA, is founded - the first trade association for the video games industry anywhere in the world. (Ukie)
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000s
2000
2001
- 8th March - The official launch of TIGA, The Independent Games Developers Assocation for the UK (Eurogamer)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
