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GameFan
''GameFan'' (originally known as ''Diehard GameFan'') was a publication started by Tim Lindquist, Greg Off, George Weising. and Dave Halverson in September 1992 that provided coverage of domestic and import video games. It was notable for its extensive use of game screenshots in page design because of the lack of good screen shots in other U.S. publications at the time. The original magazine ceased publishing in December 2000. In April 2010, Halverson relaunched ''GameFan'' as a hybrid video game/film magazine. However, this relaunch was short-lived and suffered from many internal conflicts, advertising revenue being the main one. History The idea for the name ''GameFan'' came from the Japanese Sega magazine called ''Megafan''. Although it began as an advertising supplement to sell imported video games mostly from Japan, the small text reviews and descriptions soon took on a life all their own, primarily due to the lack of refinement and sense of passion. Caricatures were given i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Combat
''Air Combat'' is a 1995 combat flight simulator developed and published for the PlayStation by Namco. Players control an aircraft and are tasked with completing a series of missions, with objectives ranging from destroying formations of enemies to protecting a specific target from enemy fire. Missions award money that is used to purchase new jet fighter, each with its own unique weapons and strengths. ''Air Combat'' is based on a 1993 arcade game of the same name that ran on the Namco System 21 hardware. Company employees Masanori Kato and Kazumi Mizuno were tasked with bringing the game to the then-new PlayStation, but decided to create a new game from scratch after realizing the PlayStation's hardware was not powerful enough to properly render the arcade version's gameplay. ''Air Combat'' shipped 2.23million copies worldwide and was later reprinted under Sony's ''The Best'' budget title range. Critics found enjoyment in the game's arcade-like gameplay, realism, and cinematic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets Of Rage 2
''Streets of Rage 2'', known as ''Bare Knuckle II'' In Japan, is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game published by Sega in 1992 for the Mega Drive/Genesis. A sequel to '' Streets of Rage'' (1991), the characters Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding return while the game also introduces two new characters: Max "Thunder" Hatchet, and Eddie "Skate" Hunter, the younger brother of Adam Hunter from the first game. ''Streets of Rage 2'' was developed by an ad hoc team of several companies: Sega, Ancient, Shout! Designworks, MNM Software and H.I.C. Ancient's Ayano Koshiro was the lead graphic designer and one of the game design planners, while her brother Yuzo Koshiro composed the music. The game was programmed by the same team as the original. Upon release, ''Streets of Rage 2'' received critical acclaim and topped sales charts for months. The game is commonly regarded as the best entry in the series, the best beat 'em up game for the Sega Genesis, and is considered one of the greatest vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy V
is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992. It is the fifth main installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom (known internationally as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System). It has been ported with minor differences to Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. An original video animation produced in 1994 called '' Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals'' serves as a sequel to the events depicted in the game. It was released for the PlayStation Network on April 6, 2011, in Japan. An enhanced port of the game, with new high-resolution graphics and a touch-based interface, was released for iPhone and iPad on March 28, 2013, for Android on September 25, 2013, and for Microsoft Windows on September 24, 2015. A more enhanced re-release of the game as part of the ''Final Fantasy'' Pixel Remaster series, was released on November 10, 2021 for iOS, Android and Windows, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Halverson
Dave Halverson is an American video game journalist who has been the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of ''GameFan'' (where he wrote reviews as E. Storm, Skid and Takahara), ''Gamers' Republic'', ''Play'', and currently the new versions of ''GameFan''. Halverson is regarded as a well-known but a controversial and polarizing figure in video game journalism regarding his personality, actions and statements, such as his aggressive criticism of the poor reception of '' Golden Axe: Beast Rider '' by many other outlets, and also initially giving the Xbox 360 version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006) a 9.5, which is regarded as one of the worst video games of all-time. He also reviewed anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ... releases, including for ''Gamers' Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter II
is a fighting game developed by Capcom and originally released for arcades in 1991. It is the second installment in the ''Street Fighter'' series and the sequel to 1987's ''Street Fighter''. It is Capcom's fourteenth game to use the CP System arcade system board. ''Street Fighter II'' improved many of the concepts introduced in the first game, including the use of special command-based moves, a combo system, a six-button configuration, and a wider selection of playable characters, each with a unique fighting style. It prominently features a popular two-player mode that obligates direct, human-to-human competitive play which prolonged the survival of the declining video game arcade business market by stimulating business and driving the fighter genre. It inspired grassroots tournament events, culminating into Evolution Championship Series (EVO). ''Street Fighter II'' shifted the arcade competitive dynamic from achieving personal-best high scores to head-to-head competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cybernator
, also known as ''Cybernator'', is a 2D mecha action game developed by Masaya and released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The second entry in the ''Assault Suits series,'' it is a prequel to the first game, '' Target Earth''. The game was localized and published overseas by Konami. The story follows Jake Brain who pilots a giant mecha and fights in a war engulfing the entire world. Story The game takes place in the future, during a time when Earth's fossil fuels have begun to dwindle. There is a massive war taking place all over the earth for control of these resources, as well as for territorial rights on the moon. The two warring governments, the Axis and Federation, have the ability to go into space and create giant space stations and weapons of mass destruction. Jake is the game's protagonist. He is a soldier drafted into the Pacific States' Marine Corp and pilots a Federation Assault Suit. In the prologue text he states he only fights because he is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
is a 1992 platform game developed by Sega Technical Institute (STI) for the Sega Genesis. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic as he attempts to stop Doctor Eggman from stealing the Chaos Emeralds to power his space stationnamed The Death Egg. Like the first ''Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game), Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991), players traverse side-scrolling Level (video games), levels at high speeds while collecting Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog), rings, defeating enemies, and fighting boss (video games), bosses. ''Sonic 2'' introduces Sonic's sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower, new island West-Side Island and features faster gameplay, larger levels, a multiplayer mode, and bonus stage, special stages featuring Pre-rendering, pre-rendered 3D graphics. Though the original ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' greatly increased the popularity of the Genesis in North America, Sega was slow to approve a sequel before directing STI founder Mark Cerny to start ''Sonic 2'' in November 1991. Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Lindquist
Tim Lindquist is the founder of multiple video game publications including ''Hardcore Gamer Magazine'' and Onionbat Books (formerly DoubleJump Books). DoubleJump Books is a strategy guide publisher responsible for the guides of games such as '' Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'' and '' Genji: Dawn of the Samurai''. He founded ''Hardcore Gamer Magazine'' in 2005, which ran for 36 issues and has since spawned a website. Before DoubleJump Books, he co-founded ''GameFan'' with Dave Halverson and Greg Off. Tim Lindquist has also been a part of other publications such as ''PSExtreme'', ''Q64'' and ''Dimension 3''. Besides his involvement in publishing, Tim has been a member of the MAME development team since 1997. Tim also appears as a merchant in the game ''King's Field III is an action role-playing video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation. It is the third entry in the ''King's Field'' series and the last one for the original PlayStation. The game was released on June 21, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, respectively. Its division for the development of both arcade games and home video games, Sega Games, has existed in its current state since 2020; from 2015 to that point, the two had made up separate entities known as Sega Games and Sega Interactive Co., Ltd. Sega is a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings. From 1983 until 2001, Sega also developed List of Sega video game consoles, video game consoles. Sega was founded by American businessmen Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart as on June 3, 1960; shortly after, the company acquired the assets of its predecessor, History of Sega, Service Games of Japan. Five years later, the company became known as Sega Enterprises, Ltd., after acquiring Rosen Enterprises, an importer of Arcade game, coin-oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder Dog (video Game)
''Wonder Dog'' is a side-scrolling video game developed by Core Design and released by JVC Musical Industries for the Sega CD in 1992. It is one of the first games developed for the system. In the game, players control a dog who must rescue his home planet from invading forces. In 1993, Core Design released a port of the game for the Commodore Amiga computer system. Magazine reviews for the product were widely varied, from 84% in ''The One Amiga'', to just 31% in ''CU Amiga ''Commodore User'', known to the readers as the abbreviated ''CU'', was one of the oldest British Commodore magazines. With a publishing history spanning over 15 years, it mixed content with technical and video game features. Incorporating ''Vi ...''. Plot The peaceful dog-ruled planet K-9 finds itself under attack by the evil Pit Bully empire. In a last-ditch effort to save his world, Dr. Kibble fast tracks the Wonder Dog project, an experiment to create a superpowered dog. Running out of time, he tes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 Golden Coins
''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' is a 1992 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the sequel to ''Super Mario Land''. In ''Super Mario Land 2,'' the player assumes the role of the protagonist Mario, whose main objective is to reclaim his personal island, Mario Land, from the clutches of his greedy rival Wario. The gameplay builds and expands on that of its precursor with innovations carried over from ''Super Mario World''. ''Super Mario Land 2'' received critical acclaim upon release and sold over 10 million copies, becoming one of the most successful and highest-rated titles on the Game Boy. Reviewers emphasized that the game surpassed its predecessor in all aspects. ''Super Mario Land 2'' marks the debut appearance of Wario, who would become a prominent character in the ''Super Mario'' series as the antihero of several games, the first being this game's sequel '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''. ''Super Mario Land 2'' was re-rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
