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Rieko Kodama
, also known as Phoenix Rie, was a Japanese video game artist, director, and producer employed by Sega from 1984 until her death. She is primarily known for her work on role-playing games (RPGs) including the original ''Phantasy Star'' series, the '' 7th Dragon'' series, and ''Skies of Arcadia'' (2000). She is often recognized as one of the first successful women in the video game industry. Kodama began her career at Sega as a graphic designer on arcade games and Master System games, including ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' (1986) and ''Phantasy Star'' (1987). The success of ''Phantasy Star'' led her to continue with the series thereafter, including directing '' Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium'' (1993) for the Sega Genesis. She did artwork for other Genesis games, including ''Altered Beast'' (1988) and ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991). Later, as producer, she would oversee the development of several Sega video games, including the commercially and critically success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Developers Choice Awards
The Game Developers Choice Awards are awards annually presented at the Game Developers Conference for outstanding game developers and games. Introduced in 2001, the Game Developers Choice Awards were preceded by the Spotlight Awards, which were presented from 1997 to 1999. Since then, the ceremony for the Independent Games Festival is held just prior to the Choice Awards ceremony. Winner selection process Nominations for games are by made by International Choice Awards Network (ICAN), a group of leading game creators. Votes are then additionally made by editors of Game Developer. Any video game released in the preceding calendar year, regardless of medium, is eligible to be nominated, though upgrades, expansions, and mission packs are not eligible to be nominated. The top nominated games are assembled into the list of nominees, typically presented in December, are then voted on by final voting body, made up of ICANs, and editors of Game Developer. In this final stage of voting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city is host to United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Geography Yokosuka occupies most of Miura Peninsula, and is bordered by the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the east and Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean on the west. Surrounding municipalities * Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama * Miura * Hayama * Zushi History Pre-modern period Archaeologists have found stone tools and shell middens from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon and Kofun periods at numerous locations in the area. During the Heian period, local warlord Muraoka Tamemichi established Kinugasa Castle in 1063. He became the ancestor of the Miura clan, which subsequently dominated eastern Sagami Province for the next several hundred years. The Miura clan supported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altered Beast
''Altered Beast'' is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld, Neff. Through the use of power-ups, the player character can assume the form of different magical beasts (wolf, dragon, bear, tiger, and golden wolf). It was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers. It was the pack-in game for the Sega Genesis when that system launched in 1988. The game was developed by Makoto Uchida (game developer), Makoto Uchida, who developed the game as his first project as a lead developer. Uchida and his team used the List of Sega arcade system boards, System 16 arcade system board for its graphical capabilities with Sprite (computer graphics), sprites. ''Altered Beast'' was ported numerous times in addition to its Genesis conversion, including for the Master System by Sega and to several com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Onyx
is a 1984 role-playing video game released in Japan, developed by Bullet-Proof Software, with development led by Henk Rogers. It was originally released for the NEC PC-8801, and ported to several other platforms. The Famicom version featured completely redesigned gameplay, a new map, and was retitled ''Super Black Onyx'' (スーパーブラックオニキス). The Game Boy Color port was developed by Atelier Double and published by Taito. The Game Boy Color port added enhanced visuals and included an option to play through the game with the original game's visual style. Because of memory limitations, another part of the game was released separately on some platforms as (which added a magic system). Two other parts were announced, (which allowed the party to explore the wilderness), and (which allowed the party to take part in Arena battles). The SG-1000 version was one of the last releases for that console, succeeded by ''Portrait of Loretta''. Gameplay The player can crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SG-1000
The is a home video game console manufactured by Sega. It was Sega's first entry into the home video game hardware business. Developed in response to a downturn in arcades starting in 1982, the SG-1000 was created on the advice of Hayao Nakayama, president of Sega's Japanese arm, and was released on July 15, 1983, the same day that Nintendo released the Family Computer in Japan. It also saw limited release in Australia and New Zealand. The SG-1000 was released in several forms, including the SC-3000 computer and the redesigned SG-1000 II released in 1984. The SG-1000 and the SC-3000 both support a library of 76 ROM cartridge games and 29 Sega My Card games. A third iteration of the console, the Sega Mark III, was released in 1985. It provided an improved custom video display processor over previous iterations and served as the basis for the Master System in 1986, Sega's first internationally released console. All SG-1000 games are fully compatible with the Mark III and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Of The Dark Lord
''Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord'', known as in Japan, is a role-playing video game released initially on the Japanese PC-88 and then ported to various other systems, including a Sega Master System version which was released internationally. Gameplay Each screen of the game consists of four parts. In the lower left are all character statistics. It lists all characters in the party. Each character has a life bar and experience bar. A single character can gain experience by hitting enemies. Once the experiences is full, a new level is reached. The experience bar is emptied and both bars are extended, resulting in more maximum life for the character and more experience needed to gain a new level. On the lower right are statistics for the entire party (for example the amount of money). The upper right section varies from screen to screen. While traveling the world, a town or a maze, a map is shown where the player can navigate. If the player invokes the main menu, it will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tears Of Opa-Opa
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (video Game)
is a run-and-gun shooter video game released by Sega for arcades in 1986. ''Quartet'' allows one to four players to guide a set of characters through a base taken over by an army of robots. Players control either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue), or Edgar (green) across 32 unique side-scrolling levels. The object of the game is to advance through the level, fighting opponents that come out of portals in the walls, and eventually defeat a boss that carries the door key used to open the "exit door" for the level. The game was originally released for the arcades as a dedicated four-player cabinet similar to Atari Games' '' Gauntlet''. A 2-players version, titled ''Quartet 2'', was released by Sun Electronics, as a conversion kit. The game was ported to the Master System, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. Reception In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Quartet'' on their May 1, 1986 issue as being the second most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega Ninja
''Sega Ninja'', originally released as in Japan, is a run and gun shooter released in arcades by Sega in 1985. The game features Princess Kurumi (くるみ姫 ''Kurumi-Hime''), the titular female ninja, battling enemies using throwing knives and throwing stars. The game was originally released in arcades as ''Ninja Princess'' in Japan and ''Sega Ninja'' internationally. In contrast to most later games in the genre, ''Ninja Princess'' has a feudal Japan setting with a female ninja protagonist who throws shuriken and knives. A revised edition for the Sega Mark III console titled ''Ninja Princess 1 Mega Ban - Ninja'' (忍者プリンセス1メガ版 忍者) was released in 1986, replacing the female protagonist with a male ninja protagonist who has to rescue her. This version was subsequently released as ''The Ninja'' for the Master System internationally. Gameplay ''Ninja Princess'' is a run and gun game. The gameplay involves player shooting enemies and defeating bosses along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion Boxing
is a 1984 boxing sports video game developed and published by Sega for the SG-1000,Champion Boxing and later ported to the arcades, only in and . It was founder and leader 's debut creation, as well as that of |
Flicky
is a platform game developed by Sega and released in Arcade video game, arcades in May 1984. It was licensed to Bally Midway for distribution in the United States. In ''Flicky'', the player controls the eponymous blue bird and must gather all the small birds called Chirps in each round and bring them safely to the exit. There are cat and lizard enemies which can disperse the Chirps and kill the player, but Flicky can use items on the playing field to protect herself and the Chirps from danger. The idea for ''Flicky'' came from Sega senior leadership, who wanted to exceed the success of Namco's ''Mappy'' (1983). Yoji Ishii and Yoshiki Kawasaki developed ''Flicky'' at Sega over one year. Originally, the game simply had the player catch ambiguous dots in a maze. Taking inspiration from a popular song in a Japanese variety show, Kawasaki gave the game an urban theme and bird characters. The game was originally titled "Busty", then "Flippy", before finally settling on "Flicky". ''Fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptology
Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD. A practitioner of the discipline is an "Egyptologist". In Europe, particularly on the Continent, Egyptology is primarily regarded as being a philological discipline, while in North America it is often regarded as a branch of archaeology. History First explorers The earliest explorers of ancient Egypt were the ancient Egyptians themselves. Inspired by a dream he had, Thutmose IV led an excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza and inscribed a description of the dream on the Dream Stele The Dream Stele, also called the Sphinx Stele, is an epigraphic stele erected between the front paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose IV in the first year of the king's reign, 1401 BC, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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