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Gaelco
Gabinete Electrónico Consultivo, S.A. (which translates to ''Electronic Consultative Cabinet''), but is trademarked and better known as Gaelco, S.A., is a Spanish company that develops and publishes arcade games and video games. As of 2007, Gaelco develops electronic dart machines under the name of "Gaelco Darts". List of Gaelco games For Arcade For Platforms Developed * '' PC Fútbol 2005'' (2004: PC) * '' PC Fútbol 2006'' (2005: PC) * '' PC Fútbol 2007'' (2006: PC) Published * ''Radikal Bikers'' (1999: PlayStation) * ''Smashing Drive'' (2002: Nintendo GameCube & Xbox; 2004/2005: Game Boy Advance) Compilation Releases In May 2021 it was announced that a compilation cartridge named "Gaelco Arcade 1" would be released for Evercade featuring ''Alligator Hunt'', ''Biomechanical Toy'', ''Glass'', ''Snow Board Championship'', ''Thunder Hoop'' and ''World Rally''. References External links Gaelco websiteGaelco Darts websiteGaelco Darts communityGaelco HistoryRecreativa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rally (1993 Video Game)
''World Rally'' is a 1993 racing arcade video game developed by Zigurat Software and published by Gaelco in Spain, Sigma in Japan and Atari Games in North America. Themed around rallying, the game pit players with races across various locations under a short time limit to qualify for the next couse. ''World Rally'' was developed over the course of two years by most of the same team of previous works at Zigurat Software such as '' Carlos Sainz: World Rally Championship'', initially intended to be a racing game about the World Rally Championship featuring Spanish rally driver Carlos Sainz before he changed teams from Toyota to Lancia, prompting the staff drop Sainz' likeness from the project before launch. The title proved to be a success for Gaelco, managing to sell 23,000 arcade units in Europe and earning an award from ''Gamest'' magazine. In 1995, a sequel titled ''World Rally 2: Twin Racing'' was released by Gaelco but garnered less success than its predecessor. Gamepla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Karnak
''Big Karnak'' is a 1991 platform arcade video game developed and released by Gaelco. Taking place in an Ancient Egypt setting, players assume the role of a pharaoh warrior who embarks on a journey to save his wife while fighting against mythical beings and Egyptian gods. The game was a commercial success for Gaelco and garnered positive reception from critics. Gameplay ''Big Karnak'' is a platform game reminiscent of ''Trojan'' and ''Ghouls 'n Ghosts'', where players assume the role of a pharaoh warrior who embarks on a journey through four increasingly difficult levels taking place in an Ancient Egypt setting to save his wife by defeating the Egyptian gods Horus, Nut, Isis and Osiris.''Big Karnak'' arcade flyer (Gaelco, ESP)''Big Karnak'' manual (Arcade, ESP) During gameplay, players fight against mythical beings, acquire different weapons, solve puzzles and jump between front and back movement planes while avoiding hazards along the way. Players can also deflect certain ene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alligator Hunt
''Alligator Hunt'' is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Spain, Spanish company Gaelco in 1994 in video gaming, 1994. Gameplay Reptilian-looking aliens are invading earth and is up to the bravest soldiers (skateboarding kids) to stop the invasion and destroy the enemy base. Features gameplay similar to ''Cabal (video game), Cabal'' and ''Blood Bros.''.''Alligator Hunt'' arcade flyer (Gaelco, ESP) Development and release ''Alligator Hunt'' was developed by Gaelco. As of April 2020, the rights to ''Alligator Hunt'' were acquired by Piko Interactive. The game was included as part of the ''Gaelco Arcade 1'' compilation for Evercade, marking its first console debut. Reception According to Spanish website ''MeriStation'', ''Alligator Hunt'' sold few arcade units. Carlos Forcada of ''MeriStation'' gave the game a positive retrospective outlook. References External links ''Alligator Hunt''at GameFAQs ''Alligator Hunt''at Killer List of Videogames ''Alligator Hunt'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radikal Bikers
''Radikal Bikers'' is a Racing video game, racing arcade game developed by the Spain, Spanish company Gaelco in 1998, with also a conversion for PlayStation (console), PlayStation developed instead by Bit Managers, it is only released in Europe. The spiritual successor to this game was ''Smashing Drive''. Gameplay ''Radikal Bikers'' is set in a Mediterranean environment, and is based on Pizza delivery, delivering pizza on a rare Italy, Italian Scooter (motorcycle), scooter called Italjet Dragster in heavy traffic before your AI opponent does, while getting points. The arcade version has three difficulty levels, which correspond to each of the different places: ''Margherita'' (Difficulty level, easy, set in Milan), ''Capricciosa'' (Difficulty level, medium, set in Rome), and ''Diabola'' (Difficulty level, hard, set in Naples). If you beat all four races in a level, you get to play the next level free. Meanwhile, the PlayStation (console), PlayStation version includes four more loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smashing Drive
''Smashing Drive'' is a racing video game developed and published by Gaelco and distributed by Namco. The game was released in arcades in 2000 and was ported to the GameCube and Xbox in 2002 by Point of View and for Game Boy Advance in 2004 by DSI Games and Namco. Gameplay The player races against time and another psychotic cab driver delivering passengers across New York City to earn money. The game is divided into four difficulties, each of which contains three different levels (with the exception of "Dusk and Wired", which only contains one). If the player manages to beat the rival cab in all three levels of a difficulty, they are taken to a bonus stage with the only available route being all of the Risky Routes. At the end of a stage, the player's score is based on the amount of time it took to reach the destination, the cab's condition, the rival being beaten, the number of Turbo powerups obtained, and the number of Risky Routes traversed. Unlike many racing games, the horn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bit Managers
''Bit Managers'', formerly known as New Frontier, was a video game developer based in Barcelona (Spain). It was co-founded by Alberto Jose González, who composed the music for all of their games (except "''Bang!''"—a coin-operated arcade machine). History Founding The company was founded in 1988 as "New Frontier", initially programming games for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX computer systems. The company at first met with only modest success. In 1992, the company changed its name to Bit Managers and began to make games for Nintendo consoles (especially for Game Boy). It focused on creating innovative games based on Franco-Belgian comics such as ''Asterix'', ''The Smurfs'' or ''The Adventures of Tintin'' for a client company, Infogrames. In 1997, Bit Managers was chosen by Acclaim Entertainment to develop some game of the ''Turok'' series for Game Boy. In 1998, the year of the launch of Game Boy Color, Bit Managers was the first third-party developer to finish two Game Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang! (arcade Game)
''Bit Managers'', formerly known as New Frontier, was a video game developer based in Barcelona (Spain). It was co-founded by Alberto Jose González, who composed the music for all of their games (except "''Bang!''"—a coin-operated arcade machine). History Founding The company was founded in 1988 as "New Frontier", initially programming games for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX computer systems. The company at first met with only modest success. In 1992, the company changed its name to Bit Managers and began to make games for Nintendo consoles (especially for Game Boy). It focused on creating innovative games based on Franco-Belgian comics such as ''Asterix'', ''The Smurfs'' or ''The Adventures of Tintin'' for a client company, Infogrames. In 1997, Bit Managers was chosen by Acclaim Entertainment to develop some game of the ''Turok'' series for Game Boy. In 1998, the year of the launch of Game Boy Color, Bit Managers was the first third-party developer to finish two Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biomechanical Toy
Biomechanical Toy is a scrolling run-and-gun shooter released as an arcade video game by Gaelco in 1995. Gameplay The player takes the role of Inguz who has to traverse toyland and shoot evil toys, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance levels. Plot A criminal called Scrubby has escaped. He was imprisoned for trying to steal the Magic Pendulum - which brings toys to life. Relik, a cuckoo clock, guards the pendulum. Scrubby appears suddenly and steals the pendulum. A hero called Inguz, are called on to recover the pendulum before the toys' magical world disappears. Release ''Biomechanical Toy'' is planned to be included as part of the ''Gaelco Arcade 1'' compilation for Evercade The Evercade is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by UK company Blaze Entertainment. It focuses on retrogaming with ROM cartridges that each contain a number of emulated games. Development began in 2018, and the console was relea ..., marking its first console debut. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari Games
Atari Games Corporation, known as Midway Games West Inc. after 1999, was an American producer of Arcade game, arcade Video game, games. It was formed in 1985 when the coin-operated Arcade game, arcade game division of Atari, Inc. was transfered by Warner Communications to a joint venture with Namco. It was one of several successor companies to use the name Atari. The company developed and published games for arcades and across consumer gaming consoles such as the Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and other platforms using the Tengen (company), Tengen label. Some of the games Atari had developed include ''Tetris (Atari), Tetris, Road Runner (video game), Road Runner, RoadBlasters'' and ''Primal Rage.'' After Time Warner reassumed full ownership in 1994, the company was sold to WMS Industries in 1996, and became part of Midway Games when that company was spun-off by WMS in 1998. It ceased operations in 2003 and its former assets were sold bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PC Fútbol
''PC Fútbol'' was a series of football management simulation games developed by Spanish developers Dinamic Multimedia. It was one of the big successes in the Spanish PC market, spawning several titles from 1992 until the studio's closure in 2001. The series was later revived in 2004 by developers Gaelco and there were two more releases before the series final demise. History ''PC Fútbol'' was a significant hit in Spain; ''Marca''s Marcos Anton wrote that it "became an absolute legend of the genre". Its first installment sold 7,000 copies in Spain, while ''PC Fútbol 7'' reached domestic sales of 360,000 copies. The games were always sold at a budget price, usually in kiosks, and were always fiercely championed by the local press. Unlike most other football sims at the time, the game (since 2.0) allowed to take both player (dubbed ''arcade'') and managerial approach to the game, a formula that was not used in mainstream games until ''Total Club Manager 2004'' allowed FIFA 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evercade
The Evercade is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by UK company Blaze Entertainment. It focuses on retrogaming with ROM cartridges that each contain a number of emulated games. Development began in 2018, and the console was released in May 2020, after a few delays. Upon its launch, the console offered 10 game cartridges with a combined total of 122 games. Arc System Works, Atari, G-Mode, Interplay Entertainment, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Piko Interactive have released emulated versions of their games for the Evercade. Pre-existing homebrew games have also been re-released for the console by Mega Cat Studios. The Evercade is capable of playing games originally released for the Atari 2600, the Atari 7800, the Atari Lynx, the Intellivision, the NES, the SNES, the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and the Sony PlayStation as well as arcade games. On 31 May 2022, Blaze Entertainment announced that the console would be discontinued, with the improved Evercade EXP set to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global VR
Global VR is company based in San Jose, California, that makes arcade games. The company once manufactured virtual reality stands as well. It has also developed electronic kiosks and offers development services for mobile platforms. History The company was founded in 1998 starting in a garage with four employees. The company used to operate virtual reality stands that it purchased from Ferris Productions in 2003, usually located inside of theme parks, such as Six Flags. Global VR closed these stands in 2004. The company's chief business is in the development of arcade games. Many of the company's games are PC games adapted for arcades. Global VR has licensing rights from Electronic Arts, and has developed arcade games based on ''Madden NFL'', ''Need For Speed'', and '' Tiger Woods PGA Tour''. Other Global VR titles are based on popular licenses, such as '' Aliens: Extermination'' and '' Justice League: Heroes United''. Its mobile application development division provides dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |