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Arch Rivals
''Arch Rivals'' is a basketball video game released by Midway for arcades in 1989. Billed by Midway as "A Basket Brawl", the game features two-on-two full court basketball games in which players are encouraged to punch opposing players and steal the ball from them. ''Arch Rivals'' was the second basketball video game released by Midway, sixteen years after ''TV Basketball'' (1974). Home versions of the game were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis/Mega Drive, and Game Gear. ''Arch Rivals'' allows players to select from a variety of fictional teams (although arcade operators can change the team names to reflect real ones) and players. One playable character, "Tyrone" was also featured in the animated ''The Power Team'' segments of the television series '' Video Power''. In turn, the game has been considered a forerunner to Midway's popular arcade basketball game, ''NBA Jam''. Emulated versions of the game are included in the compilations ''Midway Arca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Games
Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (series), Rampage'', ''Spy Hunter'', ''NBA Jam (series), NBA Jam'', ''Cruis'n (series), Cruis'n'', and ''NFL Blitz''. Midway also acquired the rights to video games that were originally developed by WMS Industries, Williams Electronics and Atari Games, such as ''Defender (video game), Defender'', ''Joust (video game), Joust'', ''Robotron 2084'', ''Gauntlet (series), Gauntlet'', and the ''Rush (video game series), Rush'' series. The company was founded as Midway Manufacturing in 1958, as an amusement game manufacturer. The company was then purchased by Bally Manufacturing in 1969, and used the Bally Midway name in the 1980s. In 1973, Midway moved into the interactive entertainment industry, Video game developer, developing and video game publisher, publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royal
Battle royal (; also royale) traditionally refers to a fight involving many combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing, usually conducted under either boxing or wrestling rules. In recent times, the term has been used in a more general sense to refer to any fight involving large numbers of people who are not organized into factions. Within combat sports and professional wrestling, the term has a specific meaning, depending on the sports being discussed. Outside sports, the term battle royale has taken on a new meaning in the 21st century, redefined by Koushun Takami's 1999 Japanese dystopian novel '' Battle Royale'' and its 2000 film adaptation of the same name. This new meaning of "battle royale" refers to a fictional narrative genre and/or mode of entertainment inspired by the film, also known as death games and killing games, where a select group of people are instructed to kill one another until there is a triumphant survivor. Sports Historical uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Arcade Origins
''Midway Arcade Origins'' is an arcade compilation released on November 6, 2012, in North America and in Australia. It is the successor to the ''Midway Arcade Treasures'' series, and includes a selection of games that were included in those compilations, with the sole exception of Vindicators Part II which will be included in Midway Arcade Origins. On January 19, 2017, Midway Arcade Origins was added to the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program. Games Thirty-one games are included: *''720°'' *'' APB'' *''Arch Rivals'' *'' Bubbles'' *''Championship Sprint'' *'' Defender'' *'' Defender II'' *'' Gauntlet'' *'' Gauntlet II'' *''Joust'' *'' Joust 2'' *''Marble Madness'' *''Pit-Fighter'' *'' Rampage'' *''Rampart'' *'' Robotron: 2084'' *''Root Beer Tapper'' *'' Satan's Hollow'' *''Sinistar'' *''Smash TV'' *''Spy Hunter'' *'' Spy Hunter II'' *'' Super Off Road'' *''Super Sprint'' *''Toobin''' *'' Total Carnage'' *'' Tournament Cyberball 2072'' *'' Vindicators Part II'' *''Wiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition
''Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition'' is an arcade compilation released exclusively for Microsoft Windows on February 15, 2006 in North America, and on March 17, 2006 in PAL regions. It is a compilation of ''Midway Arcade Treasures 2'' and ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'', which had both been previously released on consoles only. Unlike the previous two volumes, it includes the original ''Mortal Kombat''. In the two months after its release, two official patches were released for the collection, one to fix missing music for half of the games that was accidentally left out of the shipped version, and a second one to correct a button function oversight that prevented Random Select and Smoke battle easter eggs in ''Mortal Kombat II'' (these were bugs that plagued the console versions of ''Midway Arcade Treasures 2''). A few pieces of additional artwork for ''Wizard of Wor'' and ''Primal Rage'' were made available as supplements on the Midway website. Like the previous release, the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midway Arcade Treasures 2
''Midway Arcade Treasures 2'' is the second collection of classic arcade games published by Midway Games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox (not compatible with Xbox 360), and GameCube. This compilation includes 20 games that were not in the 2003 release of ''Midway Arcade Treasures''. Unlike the previous game, it was rated M for Mature instead of T for Teen by the ESRB. The game plays similar on all three consoles, though the Xbox version has the exclusive ability to upload scores to an online scoreboard. However, the Xbox version is not compatible with the Xbox 360. The special features on each version of the game are the same. These include game histories, developer interviews, and other documents. Games The collection consists of the following 20 arcade games: This collection is the only arcade classics compilation title on sixth-generation consoles to be rated M by the ESRB, largely because of ''Mortal Kombat II'' and ''3'', and ''NARC''. With all the other games, the compilation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emulator
In computing, an emulator is Computer hardware, hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables the host system to run software or use peripheral devices designed for the guest system. Emulation refers to the ability of a computer program in an electronic device to emulate (or imitate) another program or device. Many Printer (computing), printers, for example, are designed to emulate Hewlett-Packard, HP LaserJet printers because so much software is written for HP printers. If a non-HP printer emulates an HP printer, any software written for a real HP printer will also run in the non-HP printer emulation and produce equivalent printing. Since at least the 1990s, many video game enthusiasts and hobbyists have used emulators to play classic arcade games from the 1980s using the games' original 1980s machine code and data, which is interpreted by a current-era s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA Jam (1993 Video Game)
''NBA Jam'' is a basketball video game developed and published by Midway for arcades in 1993. It is the first entry in the ''NBA Jam'' series. The project leader for this game was Mark Turmell. ''NBA Jam'' was the third basketball video game released by Midway, after ''TV Basketball'' (1974) and ''Arch Rivals'' (1989). The gameplay of ''NBA Jam'' is based on ''Arch Rivals'', which was also a 2-on-2 basketball game. However, it was the release of ''NBA Jam'' that brought mainstream success to the genre. The release of ''NBA Jam'' popularized a subgenre of basketball games which were based around fast, action-packed gameplay and exaggerated realism, a formula which Midway would also later apply to the sports of hockey (''NHL Open Ice'' and later '' NHL Hitz''), American football (''NFL Blitz''), and baseball (''MLB Slugfest''). Gameplay ''NBA Jam'', which features two-on-two basketball, is one of the first real playable basketball arcade games and is also one of the first sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Power
''Video Power'' is an American television series that aired in two different formats from 1990 to 1992 in syndication. Both formats revolved around video games, and actor Stivi Paskoski presided over both series playing video game master Johnny Arcade. Allen J. Bohbot (CEO and Founder of Bohbot Entertainment) was the co creator and co executive producer of ''Video Power'' with Saban Entertainment's founder as well ''Video Power'' creator and executive producer himself Haim Saban, along with Shuki Levy and Winston Richard. The series was taped in New York City at Kaufman Astoria Studios. First format (Season 1) The first format of ''Video Power'' consisted of both live-action segments and cartoon segments from the Acclaim Entertainment-produced series, ''The Power Team''. The cartoon was an adventure featuring Johnny Arcade and a team of heroes from different NES games and a Game Boy game published by Acclaim: Max Force, a policeman from '' NARC''; Kuros, the knight from ''Wizards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Team (TV Series)
''The Power Team'' is an animated series that aired as a segment of the video game reviewing show ''Video Power'' during the show's first season. While there were 33 episodes in the first season of ''Video Power'', only 26 episodes of ''The Power Team'' were produced. As a result, some episodes of ''The Power Team'' would be aired more than once. ''The Power Team'' segments were re-edited and repackaged as a stand-alone show after ''Video Power'' underwent a format change for its second season. ''The Power Team'' was directed by Steven Martiniere and Jack Olesker was the developer and story editor. The cartoon series was produced by Bohbot Entertainment. Overview The cartoon show featured characters from five different console video games published by Acclaim Entertainment. They included Max Force from ''NARC (video game), NARC'' (originally an arcade game by WMS Industries, Williams, ported to the NES by Rare (company), Rare), Kuros from the ''Wizards and Warriors'' series (orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe, Ozisoft in Australasia, and Tec Toy in Brazil. In South Korea, it was distributed by Samsung as the Super Gam*Boy and later the Super Aladdin Boy. Designed by an Research and development, R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa, the Genesis was adapted from Sega's Sega System 16, System 16 arcade board, centered on a Motorola 68000 processor as the central processing unit, CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware Sprite (computer graphics), sprites, Tile-based video game, tiles, and scrolling. It plays a List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
