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VD-dev
VD-dev (formerly Velez & Dubail Dev. Team) is a French video game development studio founded in 1990. The studio worked on several Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games for Infogrames and Atari. History The studio was founded by the programmer Fernando Velez and the graphic designer Guillaume Dubail, working together in game design.Interview de Guillaume Dubail - V-Rally 3', Puissance-Nintendo. After abandoning a ''shoot 'em up'' concept in 1989, they developed ''Jim Power in Mutant Planet ''under the name Digital Concept. They parted ways between 1992 and 1996 due to each one's being drafted on military conscription (Guillaume Dubail ''worked on Jim Power'''s graphics after Fernando Velez programmed '' Mr. Nutz'' and '' Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues'' for Game Boy).They signed their names on the games credits from 1996, as Velez & Dubail Dev. Team from 2002 (''V-Rally 3'') and eventually as VD-dev from 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-Rally (video Game)
''V-Rally'' is a racing video game developed by Infogrames Multimedia and released for the PlayStation console in 1997. The first game in the ''V-Rally'' series, it is based on the 1997 and 1998 World Rally Championship seasons, and features officially licensed cars and tracks inspired by real locations of rally events. Players drive rally cars through a series of stages spread over eight different locations, ranging from European countries like England, Spain or Sweden, to island countries such as Indonesia and New Zealand. As a simulation game, ''V-Rally'' places a strong emphasis on replicating the behavior physics of real cars and generally requires more practice than arcade-style racers. The game was developed over the course of nearly two years by a team that would later be known as Eden Studios. Former rally world champion Ari Vatanen worked on the game as a technical consultant, giving the developers insight on how the cars should handle collisions and drifts. Upon rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-Rally 3
''V-Rally 3'' is a racing video game developed by Eden Studios and published by Infogrames Europe. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance platforms in 2002, and ported to the Xbox, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows in 2003. Gameplay The game focuses on the unique career mode, where the player races against bots in various rallies across an endless number of seasons, ultimately trying to become the champion. Alternatively, the game offers a quick race mode, where the player can play time attacks on the stages provided by the game or compete in one of the five different challenges it offers. The game features 24 tracks and 20 official vehicles from the 2000 to 2002 World Rally Championship and the 2001-2002 Super 1600 Junior World Rally Championship, including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC 01', the Subaru Impreza WRC 01', Toyota Corolla WRC, and (the game's "flagship" car) 2000 Peugeot 206 WRC. There are four unlockable vehicles, which can be unlocked on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuntman (video Game)
''Stuntman'' is the name of two action-adventure racing video games; one was developed by Reflections Interactive for the PlayStation 2, and the other by Velez & Dubail for the Game Boy Advance, with both being published by Infogrames under the Atari brand name. The games focus around the career of a motion-picture stuntman. It takes the player through various movies in which they perform dangerous stunts as called by the game. Critical reaction to ''Stuntman'' varied. The game was hailed for its innovative gameplay and physics, but was criticised for being linear and its difficulty level requiring too many retries of levels. The game was followed up with a sequel titled '' Stuntman: Ignition'', in 2007. Gameplay ''Stuntman'' has three single-player modes: Stuntman Career, Stunt Construction and Driving Games. In Stuntman Career, the player must attempt a series of car chase stunt scenes. Each track has several stunts, which are indicated with visual cues and in voice. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driver 3
''Driver 3'' (stylized as ''DRIV3R'') is a 2004 action-adventure game, the third installment in the ''Driver'' series. It was developed by Reflections Interactive, published by Atari, and released on PlayStation 2, Xbox and mobile phones in June 2004, Microsoft Windows in March 2005, and Game Boy Advance in October 2005. The game's story focuses on players assuming the role of John Tanner, an undercover FBI agent, as he investigates a car-smuggling ring across three countries, in order to identify and arrest its boss and learn who they are planning to sell a cache of stolen cars to. The game expanded upon its predecessors with on-foot sections, gun combat, and drive-by shooting, with virtual recreations of three major cities - Miami, Nice, and Istanbul - free-roam game mode, and an improvement to the series' film-making "director mode". The game received mixed reviews upon release, except for the PC edition which received negative feedback from critics. Further ports for GameCub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacky Races (2000 Video Game)
''Wacky Races'' is a racing video game developed by Appaloosa Interactive for PC and PlayStation and by Velez & Dubail for the Game Boy Color. It was published by Infogrames in 2000. An enhanced version of the game, called '' Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley'', was released for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 in the same year. The games use the story and characters from the American series Wacky Races created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The eleven racing cars compete against each other across circuits inspired by the cartoon characters. Gameplay The game features eight ready-to-play vehicles and an additional three boss vehicles that must be unlocked. The eight regular vehicles (and their drivers) are the Buzz Wagon (Rufus Ruffcut and Saw Tooth), the Boulder-Mobile (the Slag Brothers), the Arkansas Chugga-Bug (Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear), the Compact Pussycat (Penelope Pitstop), the Bullet Proof Bomb (the Ant Hill Mob), the Turbo Terrific (Peter Perfect), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Mans 24 Hours (video Game)
''Le Mans 24 Hours'' is a video game released for the PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows (in two versions of the latter, one developed by Eutechnyx, like with the PlayStation version and the second version being a port of the Melbourne House version ported by Torus Games). The Dreamcast version was ported and published by Sega in Japan on 15 March 2001, while the PlayStation 2 version was ported and published by the same company on 13 June. Based on the famous 24 hours of Le Mans race in France, the player is invited to race the entire 24-hour endurance course or take part in a simpler arcade mode. The game also featured tracks such as Bugatti Circuit, Brno Circuit, Road Atlanta, Suzuka Circuit, Donington Park and Circuit de Catalunya, as well as a weather and night system. Reception The Dreamcast version received "universal acclaim", and the PlayStation 2 version received "generally favourable reviews", while the PC version of ''Le Mans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
