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Gihren No Yabou
, is a series of turn-based strategy video games produced by Bandai, based on the ''Gundam'' franchise. It takes its gameplay style from the SD Gundam series and adds political and military management to the One Year War. The Japanese title, ''Giren no Yabō'', is derived from that of ''Nobunaga's Ambition'', although the English title uses a different translation for the word ''yabō''. ''Gihren's Greed'' Released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn, the game follows the path of either the Federation or Principality of Zeon throughout the One Year War. The player has 150 turns to defeat the opposing side with either a scenario victory or a complete victory. Alterations can be made to the timeline, preventing deaths and disasters which in turn alter other timeline events. ''Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Greed'' *Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabou - Sega Saturn - 1998 *Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabou ppend Disc- Sega Saturn - 1998 *Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gihren no Yabou Special - B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn-based Strategy
A turn-based strategy (TBS) game is a Strategy video game, strategy game (usually some type of wargaming, wargame, especially a wargaming#Unit or map scale, strategic-level wargame) where players take Time-keeping systems in games, turns when playing. This is distinguished from Real-time strategy, real-time strategy (RTS), in which all players play simultaneously. Examples Board games Many board games are turn based, such as chess, Reversi, Draughts, checkers, Hare games, and Go (game), Go, as well as many modern board games. Turn-based tactics Turn-based tactical game-play is characterized by the expectation of players to complete their tasks by using the combat forces provided to them, and usually by the provision of a realistic (or at least believable) representation of military tactics and operations. Tactical role-playing games are a part of this genre. Examples include ''Fire Emblem'', ''The Battle for Wesnoth'', ''Poxnora'', ''Silent Storm'', ''Steel Panthers, Steel Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS IGLOO
is a Japanese mini-series of nine CGI short films and OVAs based on the Gundam anime franchise, released from 2004 to 2009 in three chapters each comprising three episodes. Directed by Takashi Imanishi (who previously directed ''Gundam 0083'') and with Yutaka Izubuchi as production supervisor, the series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the original Universal Century timeline. The first two chapters and , released in 2004 and 2006 respectively, are shown from the Principality of Zeon's point of view; while the third chapter , released from 2008 to 2009, explores the Earth-based phase of the One Year War from the Earth Federation's point of view. Overview ''Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO'' Taking place at roughly the same time as the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', ''MS IGLOO'' follows the exploits of the Principality of Zeon's 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit, a special crew of weapons development researchers. Stationed aboard the former civilian cargo sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation (console) Games
is a video game, video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two Handheld game console, handhelds, a Home theater PC, media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a division of Sony; the PlayStation (console), first PlayStation console was released in Japan in December 1994, and worldwide the following year. The original console in the series was the first console of any type to ship over 100 million units, doing so in under a decade. Its successor, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 is the List of million-selling game consoles, best-selling home console to date, having reached over 155 million units sold by the end of 2012. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006, selling over 87.4 million units by March 2017. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling a million units within a day, bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundam Video Games
is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', a TV series that defined the "real robot" mecha anime genre by featuring giant robots called mobile suits (including the original titular mecha) in a militaristic setting. The popularity of the series and its merchandise spawned a franchise that includes 50 TV series, films and OVAs as well as manga, novels and video games, along with a whole industry of plastic model kits known as Gunpla which makes up 90 percent of the Japanese character plastic-model market. Academics in Japan have viewed the series as inspiration; in 2008, the virtual Gundam Academy was planned as the first academic institution based on an animated TV series. As of March 2020, the franchise is fully owned by Bandai Namco Holdings through subsidiaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamcast Games
The is a home video game console developed and sold by Sega. The first of the sixth generation of video game consoles, it was released in Japan on November 27, 1998, in North America on September 9, 1999, and in Europe on October 14, 1999. The fifth and final home console produced by Sega, the Dreamcast is the successor to the Sega Saturn, whose commercial failure prompted the company to release it only four years after its predecessor's initial release. All licensed games for the Dreamcast were released on the GD-ROM format, a proprietary CD-based optical disc format jointly developed by Sega and Yamaha Corporation that was capable of storing up to 1 GB of data. The Dreamcast itself features regional lockout, only playing games released within its predetermined region; however, the lockout is circumventable via modchip installation, boot discs, or cheat discs such as Datel's Action Replay. However, the aforementioned circumventions will only work on a MIL-CD compatible conso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandai Games
is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond, London. Bandai is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings and is the parent company's core toy production division. From 1981 until 2001, Bandai produced video game consoles. Bandai was founded by World War II veteran Naoharu Yamashina as Bandai-Ya on July 5, 1950 as the corporate spin-off of a textile wholesaler. The company began as a distributor of metallic toys and rubber swimming rings, before moving to metal cars and aircraft models. It was renamed Bandai Co., Ltd. in 1961 and achieved considerable success with its action figures based on the anime ''Astro Boy''. History Origins and success with toys (1947–1968) In 1947, Naoharu Yamashina began working for a Kanazawa-based textile wholesaler. The eldest son to a rice retailer, Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Video Games
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameFAQs
GameFAQs is a website that hosts FAQs and walkthroughs for video games. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff Veasey and was bought by CNET Networks in May 2003. It is currently owned by Fandom, Inc. since October 2022. The site has a database of video game information, cheat codes, reviews, game saves, box art images, and screenshots, almost all of which are submitted by volunteer contributors. The systems covered include the 8-bit Atari platform through modern consoles, as well as computer games and mobile games. Submissions made to the site are reviewed by the site's current editor, Allen "SBAllen" Tyner. GameFAQs hosts an active message board community, which has a separate discussion board for each game in the site's database, along with a variety of other boards. From 2004 to 2012, most of the game-specific boards were shared between GameFAQs and GameSpot, another CBS Interactive website. However, on March 23, 2012, it was announced the sites will once again start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO
is a Japanese mini-series of nine CGI short films and OVAs based on the Gundam anime franchise, released from 2004 to 2009 in three chapters each comprising three episodes. Directed by Takashi Imanishi (who previously directed ''Gundam 0083'') and with Yutaka Izubuchi as production supervisor, the series' storyline takes place during the One Year War of the original Universal Century timeline. The first two chapters and , released in 2004 and 2006 respectively, are shown from the Principality of Zeon's point of view; while the third chapter , released from 2008 to 2009, explores the Earth-based phase of the One Year War from the Earth Federation's point of view. Overview ''Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO'' Taking place at roughly the same time as the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', ''MS IGLOO'' follows the exploits of the Principality of Zeon's 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit, a special crew of weapons development researchers. Stationed aboard the former civilian cargo sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norihiko Ushimura
Norihiko (written: , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese video game composer and saxophonist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese volleyball player {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
