Only a year old, Texas-based video game software company Games By Apollo folds after most of its programmers defect to form their own company. With most of the games produced by Apollo now going for bargain-basement retail prices, and none of them exactly topping the sales charts, Games By Apollo becomes a prime specimen of a company that formed simply to grab a piece of the Atari VCS fad.
Atari releases the arcade video game Xevious, licensed from Namco, the Japanese developers behind Pac-Man. 
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The 11th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. John Reilly (Passions) guest stars.
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NBC airs the tenth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars as Charles Lindbergh.
Activision releases Carol Shaw’s River Raid for the Atari VCS home video game system. (more…)
Activision releases Bob Smith’s Dragonfire for the Atari VCS home video game system. (more…)
Midway releases the arcade video game Wacko, a game designed to defy having its cabinet converted into another game with a unique asymmetrical design. (more…)
The 12th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Sam Weisman (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) guest stars.
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NBC airs the 11th episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Peter Donat (Time Trax) guest stars as George Washington.
Imagic releases the Dragonfire cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system. (more…)
The 580th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star; for the first and only time to date in the series, the next actor to play the Doctor appears in a small guest role (Colin Baker). This episode is the beginning of the 20th anniversary season of Doctor Who, and brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors, in a story set on the Time Lord planet of Gallifrey. (more…)
The 581st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star; for the first and only time to date in the series, the next actor to play the Doctor appears in a small guest role (Colin Baker). This episode, in keeping with the season’s 20th anniversary theme, and brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors, in a story set on the Time Lord planet of Gallifrey.
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ABC airs the 35th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Norman Alden (Electra Woman and Dyna Girl) and June Lockhart (Lost In Space) guest star.
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NBC airs the 12th episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Diane Civita (V, Alien Nation) guest stars as Annie Oakley, and Robert Donner (High Plains Drifter) guest stars as Buffalo Bill.
The 582nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star; for the first and only time to date in the series, the next actor to play the Doctor appears in a small guest role (Colin Baker). This episode brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.
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The 583rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star. This episode brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.
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ABC airs the 36th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Carolyn Seymour (Survivors) guest stars.
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NBC airs the 13th episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. This is primarily a clip show featuring excerpts from past episodes.
The 584th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda. (more…)
The 585th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.
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Columbia Records releases the Journey album Frontiers, featuring the singles “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”, “Send Her My Love” and “Faithfully”. (more…)
ABC airs the 37th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. William Windom and Alan Fudge (Man From Atlantis) guest star.
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The 13th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Nicholas Pryor (Port Charles) guest stars in an episode that reformats the show slightly.
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The 586th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.
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The 587th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.
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ABC airs the 38th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. William Zabka (The Karate Kid, Cobra Kai) guest stars in his first TV appearance.
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The 14th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Joel Brooks (My Sister Sam) guest stars.
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Mattel Electronics releases the Tron Solar Sailer cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, the third and final Intellivision game based on Tron, and the only one to require use of the Intellivoice voice module. (more…)
The 588th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, brings back both the Brigadier (intended to be schoolteacher Ian Chesterton in the earliest script drafts) and the Black Guardian. Mark Strickson joins the cast as new companion Turlough; Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian. (more…)
The 589th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
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ABC airs the 39th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Soon-Teck Oh and Mako guest star. The series is pulled from ABC’s prime time schedule after this episode, leaving the final five episodes unaired until the series is syndicated later. The unaired episodes included guest appearances by Judson Scott (The Phoenix, Star Trek II), Rick Dees, and, in one of his earliest TV appearances, future Full House star Bog Saget.
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Atari releases the arcade video game Black Widow, a twin-joystick vector graphics game. (more…)
Williams Electronics releases the arcade video game Sinistar, designed by Noah Falstein and John Newcomer, and coded by a team including R.J. Mical, Sam Dicker, Ken Graham, and Richard Witt. With digitized pre-recorded speech from a professional voice actor lending the titular Sinistar a booming, terrifying voice, the game (and its difficulty) soon become legendary. (more…)
The 590th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
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The 591st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
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