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What was the Great Video Game Crash of 1983?

What was the Great Video Game Crash of 1983?

At BugSplat, we are passionate about preventing software and video game crashes—but not all crashes are caused by bugs in code! In the early 80’s the video game industry was booming in North America - the price of home consoles had dropped, and the demand for new video games was skyrocketing.

Grab Bag Joey P 28 Aug, 2021
What Was the World’s First Video Game?

What Was the World’s First Video Game?

On a fall day in mid-October 1958, a nuclear physicist, Dr. William “Willy” Higinbotham, prepared something special for the visitors of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s annual public exhibition. At that event he unwittingly created what might be the worlds first video game.

Grab Bag Joey P 07 Aug, 2021
Crash Grouping and Aggregation in Search

Crash Grouping and Aggregation in Search

BugSplat recently added Crash Grouping and Aggregation in Search. Grouping crashes provides new insight into your product's stability and allows you to prioritize fixes based on a wide variety of criteria. To try out this new feature, navigate to the Crashes page.

Technical Bobby Galli 29 Jul, 2021