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Now Production
(Stylized as NOWPRO) is a Japanese video game developer headquartered in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Founded in 1986, it started developing various games for major Japanese companies including Namco, Hudson Soft, Capcom, Activision, Taito, Konami, Sega, and Nintendo. The company used to have a development department in East Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, but it is now closed. Now Production has also been developing and selling software applications for iPhone and iPod Touch since 2009. List of games Nintendo Entertainment System *''Metro-Cross'' (1986) *'' Taito Grand Prix: Eikou heno License'' (1987) *'' Spelunker II: Yūsha e no Chōsen'' (1987) *'' Jikuu Yuuden: Debias'' (1987) *''Yokai Dochuki'' (1988) *'' Wagan Land'' (1989) *'' Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti'' (1989) *'' Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu'' (1990) *''Yo! Noid'' (1990) (originally in Japan as ''Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru'') *'' Wagan Land 2'' (1990) *''Adventure Island II'' (1991) *''Adventure Island III'' (1992) *''Ms. Pac-Man' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Takahashi's Adventure Island IV
(Adventure Island IV for short) is a 1994 platform game released by Hudson Soft for the Family Computer; it was the final game released for the console in Japan. The game was never released outside of Japan. Summary Unlike previous entries in the '' Adventure Island'' series, ''Bōken Jima IV'' plays less like a linear platformer and more like an action/adventure platformer, similar to the later ''Wonder Boy The series, also known as the series, is a franchise of video games published by Sega and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment (formerly Escape). Beginning with the original '' Wonder Boy'' arcade game released in April 21, 1986, the game has ...'' games. ''Adventure Island IV'' also has a unique password system that the earlier games in the series did not have. It also features an egg item that allows the player character to teleport to the pedestal where the player puts it. There is a large variety of weapons to choose from which are unlocked by the player throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Island III
is a side-scrolling platform game published by Hudson Soft that was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It is the third game in the '' Adventure Island'' released for the NES, following '' Adventure Island II''. Unlike the first two games in the series, the NES version was never released in Europe. A portable version was also released for the Game Boy in 1993 titled ''Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima III'', renamed to ''Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise'' outside of Japan. Gameplay Higgins can crouch, an ability he did not have in the previous NES games, but he loses the ability to backtrack during a stage. Unlike the previous game, the boss does not move to a different stage when the player loses a life. The inventory system from the second NES game is still present, but this time he has eight items to choose from instead of just five. Higgins has a fifth dinosaur friend who can help him out: a triceratops (summoned by a star card) that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Island II
''Adventure Island II'' is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Now Production and published by Hudson Soft that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. It is the sequel to ''Adventure Island (video game), Adventure Island'' and the second game in the series for the NES. While the first game was an adaptation of Sega's ''Wonder Boy'' arcade game, ''Adventure Island II'' is an original work, as were most of the subsequent ''Adventure Island'' games. A portable version was also released for the Game Boy in 1992 in video gaming, 1992 titled ''Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima II'' or ''Adventure Island'' outside of Japan. Plot Master Higgins' girlfriend Tina, has just been kidnapped by the Evil Witch Doctor's persistent followers. Eight perilous islands are in control of the various monster minions, although four friendly dinosaurs will gladly ally themselves with those willing to brave the islands' dangers and defeat their common oppressors. Thinking of how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo! Noid
''Yo! Noid'', known in Japan as is a platform game, platform video game developed by Now Production and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was first released in Japan on March 16, 1990 and was localized in the United States to promote the Noid, the mascot of Domino's Pizza. The game is in Nintendo's PlayChoice-10 arcade series and was featured in the Japanese TV show ''GameCenter CX''. Plot In ''Yo! Noid'', wild creatures led by Mr. Green are running amok around New York City. As they cause havoc, the Mayor of New York decides to call upon the Noid to stop his evil duplicate, save everyone, and give him a massive pizza reward. Gameplay Both games use a modified engine of ''Wagan Land'' and share the same gameplay. The protagonist (Hanamaru or Noid) has no life meter, and loses a life by either making contact with an enemy or running out of time before completing a level. For offense, both characters use different weapons (a Hawk for Hanamaru an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
is an action platform video game developed by Now Production and published by Hudson Soft. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990 and for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991. Gameplay The player controls Jackie Chan, the well-known martial arts stunt master, and brawls against many enemies during his quest to save his sister. The game is played through five levels (each with a boss at the end). Throughout the game, the player would encounter frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...s that carry power-ups or rice bowls (which are items in the game that restore health), but the frogs would have to be hit in order for the item to be obtained. Power-ups can allow the player to do a special type of attack over a limited number of times (although the play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagan Land
is a 1989 platform video game developed and published for the Family Computer by Namco. A port for the Game Gear The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990, in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, ... was released in 1991. Gameplay The player character, Wagan, has the ability to temporarily stun his enemies with sound waves shaped like the noises and . Enemies cannot be destroyed with Wagan's sound waves, but the player can stand over one while it is stunned. When the player picks up a Waganizer, the sound effects shot by Wagan will become bigger with each increment, allowing the player to stun enemies for longer periods. When a four Waganizers are collected, Wagan will become invincible for a limited period, increasing his walking speed and allowing him to defeat enemies by touching them. However, Wagan will revert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokai Dochuki
is a 1987 platform arcade game developed and released by Namco in Japan and other parts of Asia. The player controls a young boy named Tarosuke as he must make his way through Jigoku, the Japanese concept of Hell, to reach Buddha, who will determine his fate. Tarosuke can fire small " ki" bullets at enemies to defeat them; he can also charge them to increase their power. Enemies will drop money when defeated, which can be used to purchase weapons and other items in stores. Two versions of the arcade original were released: a Japanese version and an English version which was released in other Asian countries outside Japan. The Arcade Archives release includes both versions. Gameplay In ''Yokai Dochuki'', the player controls Tarosuke, a boy who was banished to "jigoku" for causing mischief in the world of the living. Tarosuke must venture through the monster-infested world of jigoku to reach Yama, the Buddhist deity that judges the dead, who determines his final fate. The gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debias
Debiasing is the reduction of bias, particularly with respect to judgment and decision making. Biased judgment and decision making is that which systematically deviates from the prescriptions of objective standards such as facts, logic, and rational behavior or prescriptive norms. Biased judgment and decision making exists in consequential domains such as medicine, law, policy, and business, as well as in everyday life. Investors, for example, tend to hold onto falling stocks too long and sell rising stocks too quickly. Employers exhibit considerable discrimination in hiring and employment practices, and some parents continue to believe that vaccinations cause autism despite knowing that this link is based on falsified evidence. At an individual level, people who exhibit less decision bias have more intact social environments, reduced risk of alcohol and drug use, lower childhood delinquency rates, and superior planning and problem solving abilities. Debiasing can occur within th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūsha E No Chōsen
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Yusha may refer to: *Yusha (given name), Arabic form of Joshua ** Joshua in Islamic history *Yūsha, or Yuusha (Japanese: 勇者 "hero") **particularly Yūsha, robot toys and anime in the Brave series ** Yuusha, a character in the anime series ''Endro!'' *Yusha, ayurvedic lentil soup in Sattvic diet Sattvic diet is a diet based on foods that contain one of the three yogic qualities ( guna) known as sattva. In this system of dietary classification, foods that decrease the energy of the body are considered ''tamasic'', while those that increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |