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Escape From HorrorLand
''Escape from Horrorland'' is a '' Goosebumps'' video game that was released in 1996. ''Attack of the Mutant'' and ''Goosebumps HorrorLand'' are other video games of the series. The game has Jeff Goldblum making a special appearance as Dracula and Isabella Rossellini as Lady Cadaver. Plot summary The game acts as a sequel to the ''Goosebumps'' book, ''One Day at HorrorLand''. Lizzy, one of the protagonists from the book, calls the player character to her that night, stating that her brother and his friend, Luke and Clay have suddenly disappeared after a strange bout of supernatural activity in her household. The only clues she has are the Horrorland tickets they got from their last encounter with the theme park. Heading back to her house, the tickets suddenly glow and suck the player character and Lizzy back to Horrorland. Stuck there and having no choice, the both of them go in search of Luke and Clay in hopes of finding an exit to the haunted theme park, along the way learning t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Guterman
Lawrence Guterman (born July 18, 1966) is a Canadian film director known for his work in companies like DreamWorks, Warner Bros., New Line Cinema and Universal. He directed the feature films '' Cats & Dogs'' (2001) and ''Son of the Mask'' (2005), as well as several episodes of ''Out of Jimmy's Head'' (between 2007 and 2008). Personal life Guterman went back to school after working in animation and received a Master's degree in Film from the University of Southern California. Career Guterman was raised in Montreal and Toronto, where he made his first short films in grade eight. After high school, Guterman went to the United States to attend MIT and then Harvard University, where he received a physics degree. Guterman would return to Canada every summer to study animation at Sheridan College of Art. He created illustrations for the Harvard Lampoon. His interest in film-making was renewed after completing a 15-minute documentary for one of his courses at Harvard. After univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PC Data
PC Data was an American market research and point of sale tracking firm founded in 1991 and based in Reston, Virginia. Its founder, Ann Stephens, had worked previously as the head researcher for the Software Publishers Association. Initially, the firm tracked only the United States' computer software market, but later expanded to include hardware sales and, in 1999, Internet traffic. By 1996, ''The Washington Post'' described PC Data as "the preeminent tabulator of facts and figures of the monthly sales of consumer software in the United States". Its coverage of the United States retail software sales market had grown to 80% by September 1998. In March 2001, The NPD Group The NPD Group, Inc. (NPD; formerly National Purchase Diary Panel Inc. and NPD Research Inc.) is an American market research company founded on September 28, 1966, and based in Port Washington, New York. In 2017, NPD ranked as the 8th largest mar ... purchased PC Data's point-of-sale research branch and merg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Games
An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres. Many adventure games ( text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multiplayer design difficult. '' Colossal Cave Adventure'' is identified as the first such adventure game, first released in 1976, while other notable adventure game series include '' Zork'', '' King's Quest'', '' Monkey Island'', and '' Myst''. Initial adventure games developed in the 1970s and early 1980s were text-based, using text parsers to translate the player's input into commands. As personal computers became more powerful with better graphics, the graphic adventure-game format became popular, initially by augmenting player's text comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Video Games
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Just Adventure
''Just Adventure'' is a computer game website dedicated to the genre of adventure games. Founded in 1997, it publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game designers. The site was founded by Francis "Randy" Sluganski, who died on November 6, 2012 after a ten-year struggle with cancer. The site's reviews have been quoted on some adventure game box covers, and it is listed as a reviewer on CNET's Metacritic and GameRankings. Ragnar Tornquist, the creator of the adventure games ''The Longest Journey'' and '' Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'' has stated that the reviews on ''Just Adventure'' are "very important to im. In 2000, ''PC Gamer US'' columnist Michael Wolf called ''Just Adventure'' "the best site on the Web for the adventure game fan". In 2003, Mark H. Walker noted that ''Just Adventure'' was "the Internet's largest gaming site devoted to adventure games". Similarly, Anastasia Salter wrote in 2014 that ''Just Adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Unlimited
''Power Unlimited'' is a Dutch multi-format video games magazine. It is the biggest gaming magazine in the Benelux. The first issue was released in June 1993. History ''Power Unlimited'' started in June 1993 in Bjørn Bruinsma's basement as a new label of VNU Business Publications. With VNU's other labels being primarily free business magazines, a gaming magazine was considered a big risk that lacked a real audience. That's why they decided to start it up in Bjørn Bruinsma's basement. VNU started out with only freelance editors. One year later, the concept had proven itself worthy, and an Editor in Chief and Final Editor were employed. Since that first year, ''Power Unlimited'' has become the biggest gaming magazine of the Benelux countries. ''Power Unlimited'' has expanded to other activities, organizing an annual gaming event since 2003, and hosting the television show ''Gamekings''. From November 2007, ''Power Unlimited'' was published by HUB Uitgevers (HUB Publishers), aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD-Action
''CD-Action'' is a Polish magazine devoted to video games. Its first issue was published on April 1, 1996. In 2005, an unsuccessful attempt was made to introduce the magazine to the Czech market; only one issue was ever published. References 1996 establishments in Poland Magazines established in 1996 Magazines published in Warsaw Polish-language magazines Video game magazines published in Poland {{videogame-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game
A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games). Games are sometimes played purely for enjoyment, sometimes for achievement or reward as well. They can be played alone, in teams, or online; by amateurs or by professionals. The players may have an audience of non-players, such as when people are entertained by watching a chess championship. On the other hand, players in a game may constitute their own audience as they take their turn to play. Often, part of the entertainment for children playing a game is deciding who is part of their audience and who is a player. A toy and a game are not the same. Toys generally allow for unrestricted play whereas games come with present rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the city was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the leadership of Junípero Serra. Santa Clara is located in the center of Silicon Valley and is home to the headquarters of companies such as Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, and Nvidia. It is also home to Santa Clara University, the oldest university in California, and Levi's Stadium, the home of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers, and Cedar Fair's California's Great America Park. Santa Clara is bordered by San Jose on all sides, except for Sunnyvale and Cupertino to the west. History The Tamien tribe of the Ohlone nation of Indigenous Californians have inhabited the area for thousands of years. Spanish period The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream (video Game)
''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'' is a 1995 point-and-click adventure game developed by Cyberdreams and The Dreamers Guild, co-designed by Harlan Ellison and published by Cyberdreams. The game is based on Ellison's short story of the same title. It takes place in a dystopian world where a mastermind artificial intelligence named "AM" has destroyed all of humanity except for five people, whom he has been keeping alive and torturing for the past 109 years by constructing metaphorical adventures based on each character's fatal flaws. The player interacts with the game by making decisions through ethical dilemmas that deal with issues such as insanity, rape, paranoia, and genocide. Ellison wrote the 130-page script treatment himself alongside David Sears, who decided to divide each character's story with their own narrative. Producer David Mullich supervised The Dreamers Guild's work on the game's programming, art, and sound effects; he commissioned film composer John Ottman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Generation (magazine)
''Next Generation'' was a video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future US). It was affiliated to and shared editorial with the UK's '' Edge'' magazine. ''Next Generation'' ran from January 1995 until January 2002. It was published by Jonathan Simpson-Bint and edited by Neil West. Other editors included Chris Charla, Tom Russo, and Blake Fischer. ''Next Generation'' initially covered the 32-bit consoles including 3DO, Atari Jaguar, and the then-still unreleased Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Unlike competitors ''GamePro'' and '' Electronic Gaming Monthly'', the magazine was directed towards a different readership by focusing on the industry itself rather than individual games. Publication history The magazine was first published by GP Publications up until May 1995 when the publisher rebranded as Imagine Media. In September 1999, ''Next Generation'' was redesigned, its cover name shortened to simply ''NextGen''. This would start what was known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight Awards
The Spotlight Awards (GDC) was hosted annually by the Game Developers Conference from 1997 to 1999. Its focus was on the video and computer game industry. GDC now hosts another video game award ceremony called Game Developers Choice Awards since 2001. List of winners Best Game :1997 : '' Super Mario 64'' Best Console Game :1997 : '' Super Mario 64'' :1998 : (not awarded) :1999 : '' The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' Best PC/Mac Game :1997 : ''Civilization II'' :1998 : (not awarded) :1999 : ''Half-Life'' Best Arcade Game :1997 : '' Virtua Fighter 3'' Best Action Game :1997 : ''Duke Nukem 3D'' :1998 : ''Quake II'' :1999 : ''Half-Life'' Best Adventure Game/RPG :1997 : '' The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall'' :1998 : ''Final Fantasy VII'' :1999 : '' Baldur's Gate'' Best Sports Game :1997 : ''NHL Hockey '97'' :1998 : :1999 : '' NFL Blitz'' Best Multiplayer Game :1997 : '' Quake'' :1998 : ''Quake II'' :1999 : ''StarCraft'' Best Strategy/War Game :1997 : '' Command and Conquer: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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