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Pokémon Crystal
is a role-playing video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color, released in Japan in December 2000 and internationally throughout 2001. Serving as an enhanced edition of the 1999 titles ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'', it is the final entry in the second generation of the Pokémon game series. The game introduced several new features, including additional story elements, a Battle Tower area, the option to play as a female protagonist, animated Pokémon sprites during battles, and various minor improvements. The Japanese version of the game also utilized the capabilities of the Mobile Adapter GB, a peripheral that allowed players to trade and battle over cell phones and a paid subscription service called "Mobile System GB". These enhancements were made possible by the Game Boy Color’s improved hardware, making ''Crystal'' the first game in the series to be incompatible with the original Game Boy. Although ''Pokémon Crystal'' is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legendary Pokémon
Legendary may refer to: * Legend, a folklore genre * Legendary (hagiography) * J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium Film and television * Legendary (2010 film), ''Legendary'' (2010 film), a 2010 American sports drama film * Legendary (2013 film), ''Legendary'' (2013 film), a 2013 film featuring Dolph Lundgren * Legendary (TV series), ''Legendary'' (TV series), a 2020 American reality competition series * Legendary (Legends of Tomorrow), "Legendary" (''Legends of Tomorrow''), a television episode Music Albums * Legendary (AZ album), ''Legendary'' (AZ album), 2009 * Legendary (The Summer Set album), ''Legendary'' (The Summer Set album) or the title song, 2013 * Legendary (TQ album), ''Legendary'' (TQ album) or the title song, 2013 * Legendary (Tyga album), ''Legendary'' (Tyga album) or the title song, 2019 * Legendary (Z-Ro album), ''Legendary'' (Z-Ro album), 2016 * Legendary (Zao album), ''Legendary'' (Zao album), 2003 * ''Legendary'', by Kaysha, 2006 * ''The Legendary'', an EP by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokémon Gold And Silver
and are 1999 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. They are the first installments in the second generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series. They were released in Japan in 1999, Australia and North America in 2000, and Europe in 2001. The games introduce 100 new species of Pokémon and follow the progress of the player character in their quest to master Pokémon battling. Both games are independent of each other but feature largely the same plot and, while both can be played separately, it is necessary to trade between these games and their predecessors in order to fully complete each games' Pokédex. The Johto Saga of the ''Pokémon'' anime is based on the new region introduced in the games. A third game in the generation, '' Pokémon Crystal'', was released in 2001. ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'' were critically acclaimed upon release. They are considered by some to be the best games in the entire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network, forming a peer-to-peer network of Node (networking), nodes. In addition, a personal area network (PAN) is also in nature a type of Decentralized computing, decentralized peer-to-peer network typically between two devices. Peers make a portion of their resources, such as processing power, disk storage, or network bandwidth, directly available to other network participants, without the need for central coordination by servers or stable hosts. Peers are both suppliers and consumers of resources, in contrast to the traditional client–server model in which the consumption and supply of resources are divided. While P2P systems had previously been used in many application domains, the architecture was popularized by the Internet file sharing system Napster, originally released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Application
A killer application (often shortened to killer app) is any software that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology, such as its host computer hardware, video game console, software platform, or operating system. Consumers would buy the host platform just to access that application, possibly substantially increasing sales of its host platform. Usage The earliest recorded use of the term "killer app" in print is in the May 24, 1988 issue of '' PC Week'': "Everybody has only one killer application. The secretary has a word processor. The manager has a spreadsheet." The definition of "killer app" came up during the deposition of Bill Gates in the '' United States v. Microsoft Corp.'' antitrust case. He had written an email in which he described Internet Explorer as a killer app. In the questioning, he said that the term meant "a popular application," and did not connote an application that would fuel sales of a larger product or one that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebi (Pokemon)
Celebi may refer to: * Çelebi Çelebi (, ) was an Ottoman title of respect, approximately corresponding to "gentleman", "well-mannered" or "courteous". ''Çelebi'' also means "man of God", as an ''i''-suffixed derivative from ''çalab'' (), which means "God" in Ottoman Turki ..., Turkish/Kurdish term * Celebi (Pokémon), a fictional species See also * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transfer Pak
The Transfer Pak is an accessory for the Nintendo 64 (N64) controller. It features a cartridge slot compatible with Game Boy or Game Boy Color (GBC) games. When plugged into the controller's expansion port, it allows for the transfer of data between supported N64 and GBC games to access additional content. The '' Pokémon Stadium'' games, with which the Transfer Pak was initially bundled for sale, also feature the ability to emulate specific Game Boy ''Pokémon'' titles for play on the N64. The Transfer Pak was supported by 20 N64 and 64DD games released between 1998 and 2000, only six of which supported it outside of Japan. Several games which initially planned to utilize the accessory were either cancelled or had the functionality removed. A similar accessory for the 64DD, the 64 GB Cable, was also never released. As a result, while recognized as one of the first examples of connectivity between Nintendo's home consoles and handhelds, retrospective coverage of the Transfer Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), the N64 was the last major home console to use ROM cartridges as its primary storage medium. As a fifth-generation console, the Nintendo 64 primarily competed with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation (console), PlayStation and the Sega Saturn. Development of the N64 began in 1993 in collaboration with Silicon Graphics, initially codenamed Project Reality and later tested as the Ultra 64 arcade platform. The console was named for its 64-bit CPU. Although its design was largely finalized by mid-1995, the console’s release was delayed until 1996 to allow for the completion of the console's launch titles, ''Super Mario 64'', ''Pilotwings 64'', and the Japan-exclusive ''Saikyō Habu Shōgi.'' The N6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokémon Stadium 2
''Pokémon Stadium 2'', known in Japan as is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the third game in the ''Pokémon Stadium'' series, following prior releases '' Pocket Monsters Stadium'' and '' Pokémon Stadium''. It features all 251 Pokémon from the first and second generations of the franchise, and allows for players to battle either with other players or against computer-controlled opponents. Like its predecessor, ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' is compatible with the Transfer Pak accessory, allowing players to use Pokémon trained in the three original Game Boy ''Pokémon'' games ( ''Pokémon Red'', ''Blue'', and ''Yellow'') and the three Game Boy Color games ( ''Pokémon Gold'', ''Silver'', and ''Crystal''). ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' was produced as a result of the popularity and strong sales of the series' prior entry, ''Pokémon Stadium,'' and demonstrated publicly during the 2000 Nintendo Space World trade show. Several publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advance''.'' Compared to the Game Boy Color it succeeded, the console offered a significantly more powerful ARM7 processor and improved graphics, while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, competing against Nokia's N-Gage and Bandai's WonderSwan. The original model was followed in 2003 by the Game Boy Advance SP, a redesigned model with a frontlight, frontlit screen and Clamshell design, clamshell form factor. Game Boy Advance SP#Backlit model (AGS-101), A newer revision of the SP with a backlight, backlit screen was released in 2005. A miniaturized redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005. By June 2010, the Game B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Game Boy Video Games
This is a list of video games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color handheld video game consoles that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. It includes games with publicly available sales figures as well as those that received the Player's Choice label for surpassing one million units sold. The best-selling title is the first generation of ''Pokémon'' ( ''Red/Blue'' and ''Yellow''), released in 1996, with combined sales of approximately 46 million units worldwide. The second best-selling game is ''Tetris'', originally released in Japan on June 14, 1989. Frequently bundled with the Game Boy, over 35 million copies of ''Tetris'' were shipped worldwide. It is followed by the best-selling Game Boy Color game, the second generation of ''Pokémon'' ('' Gold/Silver'' and ''Crystal''), which collectively sold 29 million units. Rounding out the top five are ''Super Mario Land'', the first ''Super Mario'' title on the platform, with over 18 million units sold, and ''Dr. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy
The is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, followed by North America later that year and other territories from 1990 onwards. Following the success of the Game & Watch single-game handhelds, Nintendo developed the Game Boy to be more like a portable Video game console, console, with interchangeable cartridges. The concept proved highly successful, and the Game Boy family, Game Boy line became a cultural icon of the 1990s and early 2000s. The Game Boy was designed by the Nintendo Research & Development 1 team, led by Gunpei Yokoi and Satoru Okada. The device features a dot-matrix display, a D-pad, four game buttons, a single speaker, and uses Game Boy Game Pak, Game Pak cartridges. Its two-toned gray design included black, blue, and magenta accents, with softly rounded corners and a distinctive curved bottom-right edge. At launch in Japan it was sold as a standalone console, but in North America and Europe it came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
