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Bee Card (game Cartridge)
A Bee Card (ビーカード, ''Bī Kādo'') is a ROM cartridge developed by Hudson Soft as a software distribution medium for MSX computers. Bee Cards are approximately the size of a credit card but thicker. Compared to most game cartridges, the Bee Card is small and compact. Bee Cards were released in Japan and Europe but not North America because the MSX was unsuccessful. However, Atari Corporation adopted the Bee Card for the Atari Portfolio, a handheld PC released in 1989 in North America. Some Korg Synthesizers and workstations also used Bee Cards as external storage of user content like sound programs or song data. Even though these systems all use Bee Cards, they are incompatible. Only a few MSX software titles were published on Bee Card: six in Japan and only two in Europe and Italy. To accept a Bee Card, the cartridge slot of the MSX had to be fitted with a removable adapter: the Hudson Soft BeePack. The first mass-produced Bee Cards, however, were EEPROM Telephone car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsubishi Kirigamine BeeCard
The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational corporation, multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Iwasaki Yatarō, Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 1946. The company, along with other major zaibatsu, was disbanded during the occupation of Japan following World War II by the order of the Allies of World War II, Allies. Despite the dissolution, the former constituent companies continue to share the Mitsubishi brand and trademark. While the group of companies engages in limited business cooperation, most notably through monthly "Friday Conference" executive meetings, they remain formally independent and are not under common control. The three main entities (''gosanke'') are Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (the largest bank in Japan), Mitsubishi Corporation (a general trading company), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (a diversified manufacturing compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Set Willy
''Jet Set Willy'' is a platform video game written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time. The game is a sequel to '' Manic Miner'' published in 1983, and the second game in the Miner Willy series. It spent over three months at the top of the charts and was the UK's best-selling home video game of 1984. The player controls Miner Willy as he tidies up his mansion after a massive party to get some sleep. Players navigate Willy through 60 screens of the mansion and grounds, collecting glowing items while avoiding hazards and guardians. The game features classical music from Beethoven, Grieg, Bach, and Mozart. Initially the game could not be completed due to various bugs, but fixes for these were released by Software Projects. ''Jet Set Willy'' included a copy protection measure in the form of a card with coloured codes, making it more difficult to duplicate. Various expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HuCard
The (Known as the TurboChip in regions where the PC Engine was marketed as the TurboGrafx-16) is a ROM cartridge in the form of a card, designed by Hudson Soft for NEC's PC Engine and PC Engine SuperGrafx video game consoles, which were originally released in 1987 and 1989, respectively. Development The HuCard is an evolution from an earlier Hudson Soft technology, the Bee Card, which it developed in the early 1980s as a distribution medium for MSX software. The Bee Card is an EEPROM device that is slightly thinner than the HuCard. It has 32 connectors whereas the HuCard has 38. In July 1985, Hudson approached and pitched Nintendo a new add-on for the Famicom that played games using the patented Bee Cards. Nintendo liked this concept, as it had the ability to store full games and overwrite existing ones. However, as the technology for it was expensive, and that they would have to pay royalties for each card sold, Nintendo decided to pass on Hudson's proposal and woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PC Engine
The TurboGrafx-16, known in Japan as the , is a home video game console developed by Hudson Soft and manufactured by NEC. It was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1989. The first console of the fourth generation, it launched in Japan to compete with Nintendo's Famicom, but its delayed U.S. debut placed it against the more advanced Sega Genesis and later the Super NES. The TurboGrafx-16 features an 8-bit CPU paired with dual 16-bit graphics processors, and supports up to 482 on-screen colors from a palette of 512. The "16" in the console’s North American branding was criticized as misleading. With dimensions of , the PC Engine remains the smallest major home console ever released. Games were initially released on HuCard cartridges, but the platform later supported additional formats requiring separate hardware: TurboGrafx-CD (''CD-ROM²'' in Japan) games on compact disc, SuperGrafx games on a new console variant, and LD-ROM² games on LaserDisc via the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Console
A video game console is an electronic device that Input/output, outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller. These may be home video game console, home consoles, which are generally placed in a permanent location connected to a television or other display devices and controlled with a separate game controller, or handheld game console, handheld consoles, which include their own display unit and controller functions built into the unit and which can be played anywhere. Hybrid consoles combine elements of both home and handheld consoles. Video game consoles are a specialized form of home computer geared towards video game playing, designed with affordability and accessibility to the general public in mind, but lacking in raw computing power and customization. Simplicity is achieved in part through the use of game cartridges or other simplified methods of distribution, easing the effort of launching a game. However, thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Island (video Game)
''Hudson's Adventure Island'', known as in Japan and also known as ''Adventure Island'', is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986. ''Adventure Island'' was released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988 and in the PAL region in 1992. ''Adventure Island'' is an adaptation of the arcade game ''Wonder Boy'', developed by Escape for Sega. ''Adventure Island'' was followed by a series of sequels with no connection to the ''Wonder Boy'' series. Plot The player controls Master Higgins (known as Master Wigins in the United Kingdom, as Capulinita in Mexico and as Takahashi Meijin in Japanese versions), a young man who ventured to Adventure Island in the South Pacific after hearing that the Evil Witch Doctor kidnapped Princess Tina. To rescue her, Higgins must survive a series of 32 stages. There are eight worlds called "areas", which are divided into four stages or "r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Soldier (video Game)
is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the MSX. It is the first game in the '' Star Soldier'' series. The player pilots the starship "Caesar", traveling through space stations occupied by powerful supercomputers known as "Starbrains" who threaten the galactic empire. ''Star Soldier'' greatly resembles the earlier arcade game '' Star Force''. Mobile versions were released on January 26, 2001, in Japan as ''Star Soldier Special+'' in 2004, ''Star Soldier SP Arcade'' in 2005 and in 2008; they were also released for Palm OS in November 2001 in Japan and iOS on January 4, 2012, in United States. ''Star Soldier'' has spawned numerous sequels, starting with '' Super Star Soldier'' on the PC Engine. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2004 in Japan as part of the Famicom Mini series, and to the Wii's Virtual Console in the Japanese and North American regions in July 2007. An enhanced remake of the game was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SoftBank
is a Japanese multinational Investment company, investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services to customers in a multitude of markets and industries ranging from the internet to automation. With over $100 billion in capital at its onset, SoftBank's SoftBank Vision Fund, Vision Fund is the world's largest technology-focused venture capital fund. Fund investors included sovereign wealth funds from countries in the Middle East. The company is known for the leadership of its controversial founder and largest shareholder Masayoshi Son. Its investee companies, subsidiaries and divisions, including several unprofitable Unicorn (finance), unicorns, operate in robotics, artificial intelligence, software, logistics, transportation, biotechnology, robotic process automation, Property technology, proptech, real estate, hospitality, broadband, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomberman (1983 Video Game)
is a List of maze video games, maze video game developed and published by Hudson Soft. The original home computer game was released in July 1983 for the PC-8800 series, NEC PC-8801, PC-6000 series, NEC PC-6001 mkII, FM-7, Fujitsu FM-7, Sharp MZ, Sharp MZ-700, Sharp MZ-2000, X1 (computer), Sharp X1 and MSX in Japan, and a graphically modified version for the MSX and ZX Spectrum in Europe as ''Eric and the Floaters''. A sequel, ''3-D Bomberman,'' was produced. In 1985, ''Bomberman'' was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It spawned the Bomberman, ''Bomberman'' series with many installments building on its basic gameplay. Gameplay In the NES/Famicom release, the eponymous character, Bomberman#Characters, Bomberman, is a robot that must find his way through a maze while avoiding or destroying enemies. He can set bombs to attack enemies and destroy rocks that block his path; initially, the bombs explode after a short delay. Doors leading to further maze rooms are hidden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konami
, commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, ''tokusatsu'', pachinko machines, slot machines, and List of Japanese arcade cabinets, arcade cabinets. It has casinos around the world, and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan. The company originated in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, who remains the company's chairman. Additionally, Konami owns Bemani, known for ''Dance Dance Revolution'' and ''Beatmania'', as well as the assets of former game developer Hudson Soft, known for ''Bomberman'', ''Adventure Island (video game), Adventure Island'', ''Bonk (series), Bonk'', ''Bloody Roar'', and ''Star Soldier''. Konami is the twentieth-largest Lists of video game companies, game company in the world by re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooyan
is a fixed shooter arcade video game released by Konami in Japan in 1982. It was manufactured in North America by Stern (game company), Stern Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves. Gameplay The player controls Mama Pig, whose babies have been kidnapped by a pack of wolves and who must rescue them using a bow and arrow and slabs of meat. Controls consist of a two-position up/down joystick, which moves an elevator in which Mama Pig rides; and a button, which fires arrows and throws meat. Each level consists of two rounds. In the first, wolves descend slowly from a high ledge using balloons, which the player must shoot in order to drop them to the ground. Any wolves who reach the ground safely will climb up a set of ladders behind the elevator and try to eat Mama Pig if she moves in front of them. During the second round, the wolves start on the ground and inflate balloons in order to ascend to a cliff on which a boul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
