This Day in Gaming, May 14th

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This Day in Gaming, May 14th

2001: AMD releases the "Palomino", or Athlon 4 processor in the mobile version. How many of our readers game on laptops? And how many of those laptops are really just desktops with batteries glued on XPS?

2004: EA releases The Sims Bustin' Out for N-Gage in the US. While obviously not the largest platform, development costs must have become so low on mobile platforms that, hell, why not throw something into the marketplace? Mark Wilson

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