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Retro Atari Classics
''Retro Atari Classics'' is a collection of Atari video games for the Nintendo DS developed by American studio Taniko and released in 2005 by Atari. The game features classic Atari games as well as updated versions. Included titles The collection includes the following ten games: * ''Pong'' * '' Breakout'' * ''Asteroids'' * ''Centipede'' * ''Gravitar'' * ''Lunar Lander'' * ''Missile Command'' * ''Sprint'' * ''Tempest'' * ''Warlords A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of h ...'' References 2005 video games Nintendo DS games Nintendo DS-only games Atari video game compilations Video games scored by Allister Brimble Video games developed in the United States {{party-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari, Inc
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry. Based primarily around the Sunnyvale, California, area in the center of Silicon Valley, the company was initially formed to develop arcade games, launching with '' Pong'' in 1972. As computer technology matured with low-cost integrated circuits, Atari ventured into the consumer market, first with dedicated home versions of ''Pong'' and other arcade successes around 1975, and into programmable consoles using game cartridges with the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS or later branded as the Atari 2600) in 1977. To bring the Atari VCS to market, Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976. In 1978, Warner brought in Ray Kassar to help run the company, but over the next few years, gave Kassar more of a leadership role in the company. Bushnell was fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunar Lander (1979 Video Game)
''Lunar Lander'' is a single-player arcade game in the Lunar Lander subgenre. It was developed by Atari, Inc. and released in August 1979. It was the most popular version to date of the "Lunar Lander" concept, surpassing the prior ''Moonlander'' and numerous text-based games, and most later versions of the concept are based on this Atari version. The player controls a lunar landing module viewed from the side and attempts to land safely on the Moon. The player can rotate the module and burn fuel to fire a thruster, attempting to gently land on marked areas. The scenario resets after every successful landing or crash, with new terrain, until no fuel remains. Coins can be inserted at any time to buy more fuel. Development of the game began with the creation of a vector graphics engine by Atari after the release of the 1978 Cinematronics game '' Space Wars''. Engine co-designer Wendi Allen proposed using it to create a Lunar Lander game, a genre which dates to 1969. Allen and Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari Video Game Compilations
Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French publisher Atari SA through a subsidiary named Atari Interactive. The original Atari, Inc., founded in Sunnyvale, California, in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles and home computers. The company's products, such as ''Pong'' and the Atari 2600, helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. In 1984, as a result of the video game crash of 1983, the home console and computer divisions of the original Atari Inc. were sold off, and the company was renamed Atari Games Inc. Atari Games received the rights to use the logo and brand name with appended text "Games" on arcade games, as well as the derivative coin-operated arcade rights to the original 1972–1984 arcade hardware properties. The Atari Consumer Electronics Division properties were in turn sold to Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo DS-only Games
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring a legal status as a public company, Nintendo distributed its first console, the Color TV-Game, in 1977. It gained international recognition with the release of ''Donkey Kong'' in 1981 and the Nintendo Entertainment System and '' Super Mario Bros.'' in 1985. Since then, Nintendo has produced some of the most successful consoles in the video game industry, such as the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the Switch. It has created numerous major franchises, including ''Mario'', ''Donkey Kong'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''Pokémon'', '' Kirby'', '' Metroid'', ''Fire Emblem'', '' Animal Crossing'', ''Splatoon'', ''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Video Games
2005 saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, such as '' Resident Evil 4'', '' Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'', '' Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'', '' Mario Kart DS'', '' Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted'', and '' Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones'', alongside prominent new releases including ''Brain Age'', ''F.E.A.R.'', '' Forza Motorsport'', '' God of War'', '' Guitar Hero'', '' Nintendogs'', '' Shadow of the Colossus'', and '' Sniper Elite''. The seventh generation of video game consoles also began with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22nd 2005 The year's best-selling video game worldwide was '' Gran Turismo 4'' for the PlayStation 2. The year's most critically acclaimed title was '' Resident Evil 4'' for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. Critically acclaimed titles Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews. Trends In 2005, the total U.S. sales of video game ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warlords (1980 Video Game)
''Warlords'' is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game resembles a combination of '' Breakout'' and '' Quadrapong'' (an early Atari arcade game); up to four players play the game at the same time, and the "castles" in the four corners of the screen are brick walls that can be broken with a flaming ball. ''Warlords'' used spinner controllers for player control and came in both a two-player upright version and a four-player cocktail version. The upright version used a black and white monitor and reflected the game image onto a mirror, with a backdrop of castles, giving the game a 3D feel. The upright version only supported up to two simultaneous players, who moved through the levels as a team. The cocktail version was in color and supported 1–4 players. Three-to-four player games were free-for-alls where the game ended as soon as one player won. One-to-two player games played identical to the upright version. According to Atari production numbers, 1014 uprights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempest (video Game)
''Tempest'' is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface divided into lanes, sometimes as a closed tube, and viewed from one end. The player controls a claw-shaped "blaster" that sits on the edge of the surface, snapping from segment to segment as a rotary knob is turned. ''Tempest'' was one of the first games to use Atari's Color- QuadraScan vector display technology. It was also the first to let players choose their starting level (a system Atari called "SkillStep"). This feature increases the maximum starting level depending on the player's performance in the previous game, essentially allowing the player to continue the previous game. ''Tempest'' was one of the first video games with a progressive level design where the levels themselves varied rather than giving the player the same layout with increasing difficulty. Gameplay The goal in ''Tempest'' is to survive for as long as possible, and sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprint 2
''Sprint 2'' is a two player overhead-view arcade racing video game released in 1976 by Kee Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atari, and distributed by Namco in Japan. While earlier driving games had computer-controlled cars that moved along a "canned predetermined" course, ''Sprint 2'' "introduced the concept of a computer car that had the intelligence to drive itself around the track" in "a semi-intelligent" manner. Technology ''Sprint 2'' evolved from '' Gran Trak 10'' and ''Gran Trak 20'', but included a microprocessor (the 6502), a first for racing games. This allowed ''Sprint 2'' to include two computer-controlled cars, better graphics, and more tracks. Unlike Gran Trak, this machine did not have brake pedals, but the players could still make their cars "fishtail" by turning their steering wheels abruptly. Reception In the United States, ''Sprint 2'' was the second highest-earning arcade video game of 1977, below '' Sea Wolf''. It was also second highest-earning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missile Command
''Missile Command'' is a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and licensed to Sega for Japanese and European releases. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game ''Tempest'' from the same year. Released during the Cold War, the player uses a trackball to defend six cities from intercontinental ballistic missiles by launching anti-ballistic missiles from three bases. Atari brought the game to its home systems beginning with the 1981 Atari VCS port by Rob Fulop which sold over 2.5 million copies. Numerous contemporaneous clones and modern remakes followed. ''Missile Command'' is built into the Atari XEGS released in 1987, an Atari 8-bit family computer repackaged as a game console. Plot The player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of which split like multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles. New weapons are introduced in later levels: smart bombs tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravitar
''Gravitar'' is a color vector graphics multidirectional shooter arcade video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. Using the same "rotate-and-thrust" controls as ''Asteroids (video game), Asteroids'' and ''Space Duel'', the game was known for its high level of difficulty. It was the first of over twenty games (including the 1983 ''Star Wars (arcade game), Star Wars)'' Mike Hally designed and produced for Atari. The main programmer was Rich Adam and the Arcade cabinet, cabinet art was designed by Brad Chaboya. Over 5,427 cabinets were produced. An Atari 2600 version by Dan Hitchens was published by Atari in 1983. Gameplay The player controls a small blue spacecraft. The game starts in a fictional planetary system, solar system with several planets to explore. If the player moves their ship into a planet, they will be taken to a side-view landscape. Unlike many other shooting games, gravity plays a fair part in ''Gravitar'': the ship will be pulled slowly to the deadly star in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
