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Multicart
In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase (such as ''Sega Smash Pack'') or were previously available individually (such as '' Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls''). For this reason, collections, anthologies, and compilations are considered multicarts. The desirability of the multicart to consumers is that it provides better value, greater convenience, and (in the case of portable games) more portability than the separate games would provide. The advantage to developers is that it allows two or more smaller games to be sold together for the price of one larger game, and provides an opportunity to repackage and sell older games one more time, often with little or no changes. Multicarts are distinct from minigame series such as ''Mario Party'', '' Game & Watch Gallery'', or ''WarioWare''. These games are made up of several minigames specifically created for the overall game e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vectrex
The Vectrex is a vector display-based home video game console–the only one ever designed and released for the home market, developed by Smith Engineering. It was first released for the North America market in November 1982 and then Europe and Japan in 1983. Originally manufactured by General Consumer Electronics, it was later licensed to Milton Bradley after they acquired the company. Bandai released the system in Japan. The Vectrex, in contrast to other video game systems at the time, does not need to be hooked up to a television set. It has an integrated monochrome CRT monitor. A detachable wired control pad can be folded into the lower base of the console. Games came with translucent color overlays to place over the screen. Peripherals include a pair of 3D goggles known as the "3D Imager" and a light pen for drawing directly on the screen. The ''Asteroids''-inspired ''Mine Storm'' is built into the system. The console was conceived by John Ross, of Smith Engineering, in la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ROM Cartridge
A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer, video game console or, to a lesser extent, electronic musical instruments. Read-Only Memory, ROM cartridges allow users to rapidly load and access programs and data alongside a floppy drive in a home computer; in a video game console, the cartridges are standalone. At the time around their release, ROM cartridges provided security against Software copyunauthorised copying of software. However, the manufacturing of ROM cartridges was more expensive than floppy disks, and the storage capacity was smaller. ROM cartridges and slots were also used for various hardware accessories and enhancements. The widespread usage of the ROM cartridge in video gaming applications has led it to be often colloquially called a game cartridge. History ROM cartridges were popularized by early home computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo DS
The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one being a touchscreen), a built-in microphone and support for wireless network, wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network. Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Its main competitor was Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation Portable during the seventh generation of video game consoles. Prior to its release, the Nintendo DS was marketed as an experimental "third pillar" in Nintendo's cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quattro Compilations
''Quattro'' is a series of video game compilations (each with four games) released in the 1990s. They consisted of games developed by Codemasters. The NES versions were released as multicarts and were published by Camerica without a license by Nintendo. ''Quattro Sports'' ''Quattro Sports'' (Super Sports Challenge in Europe) is a video game compilation made by Codemasters and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The NES version was not licensed by Nintendo. It features four sports games, ''Tennis Simulator'', ''BMX Simulator'', ''Soccer Simulator'', and ''Baseball Pros'' on the NES or ''BMX Simulator'', ''Grand Prix Simulator'', ''Professional Ski Simulator'' and ''Professional Snooker Simulator'' on the other systems. ''Quattro Arcade'' ''Quattro Arcade'' is a collection of four platform and action video games released for the NES and Commodore 64 in 1992. It is made up of: * '' CJ's Elephant Antics'', a platforme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Video Entertainment
American Video Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game company based in San Jose, California. The company developed unlicensed video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The company developed two games on its own, ''Dudes with Attitude'' and ''Trolls on Treasure Island'', and published 19 games altogether for the NES. Antitrust lawsuit In January 1991, American Video Entertainment filed an antitrust lawsuit against Nintendo of America and its parent company, Nintendo. Seeking US$105 million in damages and filed by antitrust lawyer Joseph Alioto Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976. Biography Alioto was born in San Francisco in 1916. His father, Giuseppe ..., the suit alleged that Nintendo's use of technology to prevent unlicensed games from running on their Nintendo Entertainment System console violated United States antitrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Color Dreams
Wisdom Tree, Inc. is an American developer of Christian video games. Originally founded in 1988 as Color Dreams, one of the first companies to work around Nintendo's lockout chip technology for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the company changed its focus to Christian games in 1990, changing its name to Wisdom Tree the following year. History The company was based in Brea, California, and was started by Daniel Lawton, a self-educated computer programmer and vocal opponent of Nintendo's licensing policy. Founded in 1988, Color Dreams was one of the largest producers of unlicensed games for the NES, but, due to pressure from Nintendo, Color Dreams faced many difficulties getting retailers to stock its games. Although Color Dreams violated no laws in opting out of the Nintendo licensing system with its workaround of Nintendo's lockout chip technology, Nintendo was displeased that it was receiving no revenues from Color Dreams games, and wanted to prevent other companies from fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxivision 15-in-1
American Video Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game company based in San Jose, California. The company developed unlicensed video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The company developed two games on its own, ''Dudes with Attitude'' and ''Trolls on Treasure Island'', and published 19 games altogether for the NES. Antitrust lawsuit In January 1991, American Video Entertainment filed an antitrust lawsuit against Nintendo of America and its parent company, Nintendo. Seeking US$105 million in damages and filed by antitrust lawyer Joseph Alioto Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976. Biography Alioto was born in San Francisco in 1916. His father, Giuseppe ..., the suit alleged that Nintendo's use of technology to prevent unlicensed games from running on their Nintendo Entertainment System console violated United States antitrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MaxPlay Classic Games Volume 1
Action Replay is the brand name of a cheating device (such as cheat cartridges) created by Datel. The Action Replay is available for many gaming systems including the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and the Xbox. Typical features Typical cheating options include: *Making the player character stronger, such as with infinite lives, invulnerability, permanent power-ups, no collision detection, walk through walls, one-hit kills, super-high jumps, infinite money, etc. *Warping directly to specific levels. *The ability to download, upload, import and export saved games from and to the Internet or a storage device. *Allowing the player to save the game state to disk, so that the game can be restarted from that point even if it does not support saving. *Region-free operation. *Loading of third-party or homebrew applications/games. *Display of internal game data which are not normally seen by the player. Action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltron 6-in-1
''Caltron 6 in 1'' is a multicart developed and published in 1992 for the NES in North America by Caltron Industries, Inc. (credited as Caltron Ind. Inc.), a Taiwan-based video game company which was either closely related to, or simply a pseudonym for, NTDEC. In Australia, it was published under the title ''Real Player‘s Pak'' by HES. Dynacom released the cartridge as ''Multi Ação 6-in-1'' for the Brazilian market. All the featured games, except Porter, were released as single game cartridges in Spain by Gluk Video. As its title suggests, ''6 in 1'' consists of six different games in various genres, which mostly are popular clones of the era. It is composed of: ''Cosmos Cop'', ''Adam & Eve'', ''Magic Carpet 1001'', ''Balloon Monster'', ''Porter'', and ''Bookyman''. These titles were all previously released as stand-alone Famicom format by NTDEC, often under their U.S. brand Mega Soft. The compilation has received poor reviews, with one reviewer claiming that all six games o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Active Enterprises
Active may refer to: Music * ''Active'' (album), a 1992 album by Casiopea * Active Records, a record label Ships * ''Active'' (ship), several commercial ships by that name * HMS ''Active'', the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy * USCS ''Active'', a US Coast Survey ship in commission from 1852 to 1861 * USCGC ''Active'', the name of various ships of the US Coast Guard * USRC ''Active'', the name of various ships of the US Revenue Cutter Service * USS ''Active'', the name of various ships of the US Navy Computers and electronics * Active Enterprises, a defunct video game developer * Sky Active, the brand name for interactive features on Sky Digital available in the UK and Ireland * Active (software), software used for open publishing by Indymedia; see Independent Media Center Sciences * Thermodynamic activity, measure of an effective concentration of a species in a mixture. * Activation, in chemistry the process whereby something is prepared for a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action 52
''Action 52'' is an unlicensed, multicart video game compilation developed by Active Enterprises for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and by FarSight Technologies for the Sega Genesis. The NES version was released in 1991, followed by the Genesis version in 1993. The multicart consists of 52 games in a variety of genres, mostly scrolling shooters and platformers. The "featured" game is '' The Cheetahmen'', which was part of Active's attempt to create a franchise similar to the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Active Enterprises was legally incorporated in the Bahamas, however, offices and development were located in Miami, Florida while the company's product warehousing was located in Orlando, Florida. The NES version of ''Action 52'' became infamous among gamers for the poor quality and functionality of its games; it is often considered to be one of the worst games of all time. The Genesis version is widely considered superior, though still of subpar quality. Many video game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkey Kong Land
''Donkey Kong Land'' is a 1995 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It condenses the side-scrolling gameplay of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game ''Donkey Kong Country'' (1994) for the handheld Game Boy. The player controls the gorilla Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong as they defeat enemies and collect items across 30 levels to recover their stolen banana hoard from the crocodile King K. Rool. Although the gameplay is similar to ''Country'', ''Land'' features original level design and boss fights. Development began in 1994, before ''Donkey Kong Country'' completion, and lasted a year. Rare's Game Boy programmer, Paul Machacek, developed ''Land'' as an original game rather than as a port of ''Country'' after convincing Rare co-founder Tim Stamper it would be a better use of resources. Like ''Country'', ''Land'' features pre-rendered graphics converted to sprites through a compression technique. Rare retooled ''Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
