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Sega Race TV
Sega Race TV is a racing game for the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. It was released on February 19, 2008, in Japan, July 4, 2008, in the US and on March 13, 2009, in Europe. Featured cars The eight cars featured in the game are Ford Mustang GT, Chevrolet Camaro Concept, Chevrolet Corvette C3 Stingray, Plymouth HEMI Cuda, Mazda MX-5, Mitsubishi Eclipse, Ruf RK Roadster, Plymouth Prowler and Mercury Convertible, all exist in convertible forms. All can be customized, and customized cars can be obtained through passwords in an arcade cabinet. Development This was the only game Yu Suzuki was successfully able to complete after his departure from Sega AM2, the other two projects that he worked on '' Psy-Phi'' and '' Shenmue Online'' were never released. ''Sega Race TV'' was Suzuki's last game with Sega, after which he established his own studio YS.NET and subsequently retired from the company. References External links Official websiteat GameFAQs GameFAQs is a video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega
is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game console, consoles, including ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Angry Birds'', ''Phantasy Star'', ''Puyo Puyo'', ''Super Monkey Ball'', ''Total War (video game series), Total War'', ''Virtua Fighter'', ''Megami Tensei'', ''Sakura Wars'', ''Persona (series), Persona'', ''The House of the Dead'' and ''Yakuza (franchise), Yakuza''. From 1983 until 2001, Sega also developed List of Sega video game consoles, its own consoles. Sega was founded by Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart in Hawaii as on June 3, 1960. Shortly after, it acquired the assets of its predecessor, Service Games of Japan. In 1965, it became known as Sega Enterprises, Ltd., after acquiring Rosen Enterprises, an importer of Arcade game, coin-operated games. Sega developed its first coin-op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Prowler
The Plymouth Prowler, later the Chrysler Prowler, is a two-door, two passenger sports car, manufactured and marketed by DaimlerChrysler for model years 1997-2002 — widely known for it's hand-crafted aluminum bodywork and its Retro style, retro-hot rod styling with open, Indy Racing League, Indy racer-style front wheels. Based on the 1993 concept car of the same name, Chrysler offered the Prowler over a single generation, with a V6 front-engine, and a rear-transaxle, rear-drive configuration — reaching a total production of 11,702 units. Design Chrysler's design and international director Thomas C. Gale said his "love for 1930s-era hot rods" inspired the Prowler." Gale, who has a hotted up 1932 Ford in his garage, approved the hotrod-inspired Plymouth Prowler as the company's follow-up show-stopper to the Dodge Viper. Another important early influence is credited to a Chrysler-sponsored project at the Art Center College of Design, resulting in a thesis project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega Arcade Games
is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Angry Birds'', '' Phantasy Star'', ''Puyo Puyo'', ''Super Monkey Ball'', ''Total War'', ''Virtua Fighter'', ''Megami Tensei'', '' Sakura Wars'', ''Persona'', '' The House of the Dead'' and ''Yakuza''. From 1983 until 2001, Sega also developed its own consoles. Sega was founded by Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart in Hawaii as on June 3, 1960. Shortly after, it acquired the assets of its predecessor, Service Games of Japan. In 1965, it became known as Sega Enterprises, Ltd., after acquiring Rosen Enterprises, an importer of coin-operated games. Sega developed its first coin-operated game, ''Periscope'', in 1966. Sega was sold to Gulf and Western Industries in 1969. Following a downturn in the arcade business in the early 1980s, Sega began to develop video g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Video Games
Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a motor racing, racing competition. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to fantastical settings. They are distributed along a spectrum between more realistic sim racing, racing simulations and more fantastical arcade-style racing games. Kart racing games emerged in the 1990s as a popular sub-genre of the latter. Racing games may also fall under the category of sports video games. Sub-genres Arcade-style racing Usually, Arcade game, arcade-style racing games put fun and a fast-paced experience above all else, as cars usually compete in unique ways. A key feature of arcade-style racers that specifically distinguishes them from simulation racers is their far more liberal physics. Whereas in real racing (and subsequently, the simulation equivalents) the driver must reduce their speed significantly to take most turns, arcade-style racing games generally encourage the player to "powerslide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade Video Games
An arcade video game is an arcade game that takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display. All arcade video games are coin-operated or accept other means of payment, housed in an arcade cabinet, and located in amusement arcades alongside other kinds of arcade games. Until the early 2000s, arcade video games were the largest and most technologically advanced segment of the video game industry. Early prototypical entries '' Galaxy Game'' and '' Computer Space'' in 1971 established the principle operations for arcade games, and Atari's ''Pong'' in 1972 is recognized as the first successful commercial arcade video game. Improvements in computer technology and gameplay design led to a golden age of arcade video games, the exact dates of which are debated but range from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. This golden age includes ''Space Invaders'', '' Pac-Man'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Video Games
2008 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', '' Fallout 3'', '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'', '' Gears of War 2'', '' Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', ''Persona 4'', '' Fable II'', '' Call of Duty: World at War'', '' Mario Kart Wii'', '' Madden NFL 09'', '' NBA Live 09'', '' NBA 2K9'', and '' WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009''. New intellectual properties included '' Army of Two'', ''Dead Space'', '' Left 4 Dead'', ''LittleBigPlanet'', '' Mirror's Edge'', '' iRacing'', '' Race Driver: Grid'', and ''Spore'', ''De Blob'', '' Meat Boy''. Major awards Events Business Open to the public Hardware and software sales Worldwide The following are the best-selling games of 2008 in terms of worldwide retail sales. These games sold at least units worldwide in 2008. Canada * Based on figures from the NPD Group: Video game console sales in Canada (first seven months of 2008) Japan * Based on figures from Enterbrain: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameFAQs
GameFAQs is a video gaming website that hosts guides and other resources, as well as an active Internet forum, message board forum. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff Veasey and has been owned by Fandom (website), Fandom, Inc. since October 2022. Allen "SBAllen" Tyner was lead Admin for twenty years until stepping down on October 18, 2023. The site is currently run by Community Manager "DToast" and Contributor Lead "ZoopSoul". The site has a database of video game information, Strategy guide, walkthroughs, FAQs, cheat codes, reviews, saved game, game saves, Video game packaging, box art images, and screenshots, almost all of which are submitted by volunteer contributors. It covers game systems made as far back as the 1980s to current day modern video game console, consoles as well as personal computer game, computer games and mobile games. GameFAQs also hosts an active Internet forum, message board community, which has a separate discussion board for each game in the site's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamasutra
''Game Developer'' (known as ''Gamasutra'' until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development. It is owned and operated by Informa TechTarget and acted as the online sister publication to the print magazine '' Game Developer'' prior to the latter's closure in 2013. Site sections ''Game Developer'' publishes daily news, features like post-game post-mortems and critical essays from developers, and user-submitted blog posts. The articles can be filtered by topic (All, Console/ PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/ Tablet, Independent, Serious) and category (Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Biz (Business)/Marketing). The site has an online storefront for books on game design, RSS feeds and the website's Twitter account. The site also has a section for users to apply for contracted work and open positions at various development studios. Trade Center Resource While it does post news found on typical video game websites, ''Game Devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenmue Online
''Shenmue Online'' (シェンムーオンライン「莎木OL, ''Shenmū Onrain'') was a cancelled MMORPG where players participate in scenarios from ''Shenmue II'' (2001), joining one of three clans, led by Shen Hua, Xiu Ying and Wu Ying Ren, all significant characters from the story. Development history In 2004, ''Shenmue Online'' was announced to be development in joint venture between Sega Japan and JC Entertainment of Korea. A private beta testing period was due to begin in South Korea in November 2005, with a public beta in China in spring 2005, before a release later in 2005. When ''Shenmue Online'' was first announced, under the development of JC Entertainment, the screenshots released were considered by many ''Shenmue'' fans to be disappointing graphically, especially as being part of a game series that boasted ground-breaking graphics on the Dreamcast. In 2005, JC Entertainment pulled out of the development of ''Shenmue Online'', and as they owned 50% of the properties o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psy-Phi
was a cancelled fighting game developed for the Lindbergh arcade platform by new development studio Digital Rex, a development group within Sega, headed by Yu Suzuki formerly head of Sega-AM2. It is the first arcade fighting game to incorporate touchscreen controls. Shortly after location testing in 2005, its planned 2006 wide release was cancelled. Gameplay The futuristic fighter's premise casts the player as one of several warriors who are engaging in one-on-one combat. However, ''Psy-Phi'' twist is that the players will be floating around an opponent and relying on powerful blasts of energy as an attack. The premise of the game drew comparisons to ''Dragon Ball Z'' and Dreamcast game '' Psychic Force 2012''. The game featured characters: Ays, Reid, Vient, Silva, and Ness. Development ''Psy-Phi'' is an arcade game based on Sega's Lindbergh hardware. The project was headed by Yu Suzuki and incorporates a 29" touchscreen display for gameplay. An action-shooting game with one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega AM2
previously known as is a video game development team within the Japanese multinational video game developer Sega. Yu Suzuki, who had previously developed arcade games for Sega including ''Hang-On'' and ''Out Run'', was the first manager of the department. AM2's first game produced was 1992's ''Virtua Racing'', followed by the highly popular ''Virtua Fighter (video game), Virtua Fighter'' and ''Daytona USA (video game), Daytona USA''. Through the remainder of the 1990s, they developed more arcade titles and focused on fighting and racing games. AM2 was placed under the management of CSK Research Institute in 2000, and a year later became SEGA-AM2 Co., Ltd. Their development of ''Shenmue (video game), Shenmue'' was over budget and cost millions of dollars, and despite positive reviews and good sales was unable to become profitable. Suzuki was promoted and left AM2 in 2003; Hiroshi Kataoka became the head of AM2. A year later Sega was acquired by Sammy Corporation and AM2 was me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
