1991: Hudson Soft releases Final Soldier for TG in the US. It looks like a great title, a space shooter allowing you to change weapons between levels. Of course, I remembered Bonk as pretty awesome until I recently loaded it up on VC.

2001: Sony confirms the rumors of a hard drive system for the PS2. They were quoted as saying something along the lines of, "Yes, we are releasing a hard drive. It's one of those peripherals console manufacturers will hype up and then never do anything with. Needless to say, we're very excited about the possibilities for disappointment."

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