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JAMPACK
''Jampack'' was a demo series from Sony under its ''PlayStation Underground'' brand. It was used to advertise and preview upcoming and released PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games through demos and featurettes. It often included imported game demos, behind-the-scenes videos on developers and games, as well as cheat codes and saved games. ''Jampack'' often served as a preview for the ''PlayStation Underground'' online magazine. The series previewed many popular games from the PS2's lifespan, ranging from ''SSX Tricky'' and ''Final Fantasy X'' to ''Need for Speed Underground'' and ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3'' is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the ''Tony Hawk's (series), Tony Hawk's'' series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label in 2001 for th ...''. Many of the later PS2 ''Jampack'' volumes were issued with the option of a counterpart that removed or replaced any demos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products, the largest video game console company and the largest video game publisher. Through Sony Entertainment Inc, it is one of the largest music companies (largest music publisher and second largest record label) and the third largest film studio, making it one of the most comprehensive media companies. It is the largest technology and media conglomerate in Japan. It is also recognized as the most cash-rich Japanese company, with net cash reserves of ¥2 trillion. Sony, with its 55 percent market share in the image sensor market, is the largest manufacturer of image sensors, the second largest camera manufacturer, and is among the semiconductor sales leaders. It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Hunter
Machine Hunter is a top-down shooter game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software, published by MGM Interactive and distributed in Europe by Eidos Interactive. It was developed and released simultaneously in 1997 for Windows 95 and PlayStation console. It has been described as a clone of the 1995 game '' Loaded'', in that it uses an overhead perspective, extensive lighting effects, and over-the-top bloodshed. Plot In a bleak future, a virus is turning robots into killing machines. The carrier of the virus must be tracked down and destroyed if humanity has any chance of survival. Gameplay The game is presented in a top-down overhead perspective, with the option of a fixed or rotating camera. Players must guide the character through 17 unique stages whilst battling alien, mutant, and mechanical enemies. The primary focus is the rescuing of hostages and occasionally obtaining an item such as a key card, defusing or planting bombs, or completing an objective under a time limit. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligent Qube
, also known as ''Intelligent Qube'' in North America and ''Kurushi'' in Europe, is a puzzle video game for the PlayStation. In the game, the player controls a character who must run around a platform made of cubes, clearing certain cubes as they approach. Cubes are "cleared" by marking a spot on the stage, waiting for the cube to roll on top of it, and then deactivating the marked spot. The game was well received by critics. The game performed well commercially in Japan and even won the Excellence Award for Interactive Art at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival. Game mechanics Overview At the beginning of each level the player is put on a stage that has 23-30 rows. (Though the game has a two-player mode, the two players simply take turns.) Then 12-16 rows of the stage are raised. Anywhere between 1 and 4 sets of rows comes at the user at one time. On the first stage, 3 rows of length 4 (12 blocks) come at the user at one time. On the last stage, 14 rows of length 7 (98 blocks) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Force
''Fighting Force'' is a 1997 3D computer graphics, 3D beat 'em up developed by Core Design and published by Square Enix Europe, Eidos. It was released for PlayStation (console), PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo 64 on Halloween, October 31, 1997. Announced shortly after Core became a star developer through the critical and commercial success of ''Tomb Raider (1996 video game), Tomb Raider'', ''Fighting Force'' was highly anticipated but met with mixed reviews. Gameplay Players control one of four characters as they move through urban and science fiction environments, battling waves of oncoming enemies with weapons including soda cans, knives, cars, and guns. The player can make some choices as to which territory to travel through. Story The four characters have various reasons for taking on Dr. Dex Zeng, a criminal mastermind with an army at his command who predicted that the world would end in the year 2000. After New Year's Eve 1999, Dr. Zeng believed that there was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool Boarders 2
''Cool Boarders 2'' is a snowboarding video game developed by UEP Systems for the PlayStation. The game builds upon its predecessor's features with the addition of trick competitions, computer-controlled competitors, and support for the PlayStation Link Cable, allowing two-player, non-split screen multiplayer. The main aim remains to complete courses in the shortest time (aided this time around by shortcuts), to perform the best-scoring tricks and to rack up huge total scores. There are more unlockables and also the option to customize the snowboard's graphics. The game offers 7 snowboarders, 18 snowboards and 10 courses to compete on. An original advertisement for the game features Seth Romatelli of the comedy podcast Uhh Yeah Dude. The PAL version of the game was one of the 20 games pre-loaded on the PlayStation Classic (excluding Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong), which was released on December 3, 2018. Background The game's predecessor, ''Cool Boarders'', was released for the Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Wars
''Colony Wars'' is a space combat simulator video game for the PlayStation developed and released by Psygnosis in 1997. Players complete space combat missions using preselected starfighters equipped with various weapons. The game features multiple paths of missions and outcomes, depending on the player's performance. It was followed by '' Colony Wars: Vengeance'' in 1998, and '' Colony Wars: Red Sun'' in 2000. Gameplay Players fight in numerous space combat missions using one of seven pre-selected League of Free Worlds starfighters (although in one mission, the player gets to use one captured Navy fighter). The selection is due to the League High Command's decisions for efficiency in every given mission. Each starfighter carries a certain combination of energy weapons, missiles or torpedoes, and a number of units are equipped with nonlethal EMP cannons. The player can also use countermeasures to shake off inbound enemy missiles and/or use a grapple gun to capture targets of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravo Air Race
''Bravo Air Race'' (known as ''Reciproheat 5000'' in Japan and ''Air Race'' in Europe) is an aircraft racing video game for PlayStation developed by Xing Entertainment and published by THQ in 1997. Aircraft ''Bravo Air Race'' features prominent aircraft from different time periods. Using exploits it's possible to unlock jet planes and alternate racing colors. Players can select the following aircraft: * Gee Bee Racer * Pitts Special *P-51 Mustang *P-47 Thunderbolt * F4U Corsair *P-38 Lightning *Spitfire * Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" * JW7 Shinden *Messerschmitt Bf 109 * F16 Falcon * F117 Night Hawk The intro of the game features aircraft that are seen in the footage from the 1997 Reno Air Races (such as the T-6 Texan and the T-28 Trojan) which don't appear in the game. Gameplay ''Bravo Air Race'' is strictly a racing game, with no available weapons for players or AI opponents to destroy each other with. Aircraft, despite obvious differences in real life, are equally balanced. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Truck Rally
''Thunder Truck Rally'' (''Monster Trucks'' in Europe) is a monster truck racing video game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis where players select a monster truck or otherwise 4X4 vehicle equipped with monster truck tires and have the option of either racing or crushing cars in an arena. Gameplay In car crushing mode, players are awarded style points for how well they crush other vehicles. Development During development of the game, project leader Martin Edmondson stated, "No code is shared between '' DD2'' and ''Monster Trucks'' (with the exception of surrounding code such as sound and sprite routines). ''Monster Trucks'' started development about three quarters through '' DD1'' and is a game based on those famous car-crushing, monster pick-up trucks with the oversized wheels." Reception The PlayStation version received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Glenn Rubenstein of ''GameSpot'' described it as "A fairly average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic Park (console Game)
''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of De-extinction#Cloning, cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment bought the rights to Michael Crichton's novel ''Jurassic Park (novel), Jurassic Park'' before it was published. The book was successful, as was Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (film), 1993 film adaptation. The film received a theatrical 3D re-release in 2013, and was selected in 2018 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A 1995 sequel novel, ''The Lost World (Crichton novel), The Lost World'', was followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park, a film adaptation in 1997. Subsequent films in the series, including ''Jurassic Park III'' (2001), are not based on the novels. In 2015, a second t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
