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Thrill Drive (Video Game)
The following is a list of games either developed, published or licensed by Konami. Arcade 1977–1989 ; 1977 :*''Block Yard'' (released by Leijac) ; 1978 :*''Block Invader'' (released by Leijac) :*''Destroyer'' (released by Leijac) :*''Super Destroyer'' (released by Leijac) :*''Breaker'' (released by Leijac) ; 1979 :*''Car Chase'' (''Head On (video game), Head On'' clone, released by Leijac) :*''Astro Invader'' (''Kamikaze'' in Japan, released by Leijac (JP) and Stern (game company), Stern (NA)) :*''Space King'' (''Space Invaders'' clone, released by Leijac) :*''Space King 2'' (''Space Invaders Part II'' clone, released by Leijac) :*''Rich Man'' (''Gee Bee (video game), Gee Bee'' clone, released by Leijac) :*''Space Ship'' (''Star Fire'' clone, released by Leijac) :*''Space War'' (''Intruder'' in North America, ''Space Laser'' in Europe, released by Leijac (JP), Game Plan (company), Game Plan (NA), and Taito (EU)) ; 1980 :*''Maze'' (released by Leijac) ; 1981 :*''Barian'' (re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konami
, is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and List of Japanese arcade cabinets, arcade cabinets. Konami has casinos around the world and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan. Konami's video game franchises include ''Metal Gear'', ''Silent Hill'', ''Castlevania'', ''Contra (series), Contra'', ''Frogger'', ''Tokimeki Memorial'', ''Parodius'', ''Gradius'', ''List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games, Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Suikoden'', and ''Pro Evolution Soccer''. Additionally Konami owns Bemani, known for ''Dance Dance Revolution'' and ''Beatmania'', as well as the assets of former game developer Hudson Soft, known for ''Bomberman'', ''Adventure Island (video game), Adventure Island'', ''Bonk (series), Bonk'' and ''Star Soldier''. Konami is the nineteenth-largest L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Cobra
''Super Cobra'' is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade video game in 1981. It was published by Konami in Japan in March 1981 and manufactured and distributed by Stern in North America on June 22. It is the spiritual sequel to 1981's ''Scramble'' arcade game. The game was a commercial success, selling 12,337 arcade cabinets in the United States within four months, becoming Stern's third best-selling arcade game. ''Super Cobra'' was widely ported by Parker Brothers, and there are Adventure Vision and standalone versions from Entex. Gameplay The player controls a helicopter through tight caverns, and the slightest misstep will result in the loss of a life. However, unlike ''Scramble'', the game can be continued where the player left off by adding more credits and pressing FIRE (but he/she loses all points upon continuing). The joystick accelerates, decelerates, moves up, and moves down. The helicopter uses a laser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roc 'N Rope
(written as ''Roc 'N Rope'' on the American flyer and in ''Konami Arcade Classics'') is a platform game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1983 by Konami, Kosuka, and Interlogic. It was designed by Tokuro Fujiwara. The player controls a flashlight and harpoon-gun equipped archaeologist who must ascend a series of rocky platforms to reach a Phoenix bird. Coleco released versions of ''Roc'n Rope'' for the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision in 1984. Gameplay The player has to avoid ferocious man-sized dinosaurs and red-haired cavemen against which there aren't any direct means of offense. The only ways to defeat the opponents are to either daze them with the flashlight, or wait for them to be suspended on a harpoon rope and cause them fall down, an element which adds a certain amount of trickiness to the game. Bonus items to collect include fallen phoenix feathers and phoenix eggs, which grant the player invulnerability from the prehistoric denizens for a short period of time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Zone (video Game)
''Mega Zone'' is an overhead vertically scrolling shooter released as an arcade video game by Konami in 1983. ''Mega Zone'' is similar to ''Xevious is a vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades in 1982. It was released in Japan and Europe by Namco and in North America by Atari, Inc. Controlling the Solvalou starship, the player attacks Xevious for ...'', where the player flies over a landscape of rivers and trees and futuristic enemy emplacements. There are both aerial and ground targets, but unlike ''Xevious'' both can be destroyed with the same weapon. At certain points the player can choose either the left or right fork of a branching path. World record Yashiro Oda holds the official record for this game with 2,228,650 points. References External links * 1983 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Konami games Vertically-oriented video games Vertically scrolling shooters Konami arcade games Video game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlieb
Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. History The main office and plant was located at 1140-50 N. Kostner Avenue until the early 1970s when a new modern plant and office was located at 165 W. Lake Street in Northlake, IL. A subassembly plant was located in Fargo, ND. The company was established by David Gottlieb in 1927, initially producing pinball machines while later expanding into various other games including pitch-and-bats, bowling games, and eventually video arcade games (notably ''Reactor (video game), Reactor'' and ''Q*bert ''and, leading to the demise of Mylstar, M*A*C*H*3.) Like other manufacturers, Gottlieb first made machine, mechanical pinball machines, including the first successful coin-operated pinball machine ''Baffle Ball'' in 1931. Electromechanical machines were produced starting in 1935. The 1947 development of player-actuated, solenoid-driven 2-inch bats called "flippers" revolutionized the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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