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Jampack
''Jampack'' was a demo series from Sony under its '' PlayStation Underground'' brand. It was used to advertise and preview upcoming and released PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games through demos and featurettes. It often included imported game demos, behind-the-scenes videos on developers and games, as well as cheat codes and saved games. ''Jampack'' often served as a preview for the ''PlayStation Underground'' online magazine. The series previewed many popular games from the PS2's lifespan, ranging from ''SSX Tricky'' and '' Final Fantasy X'' to '' Need for Speed Underground'' and ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3'' is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the ''Tony Hawk's'' series. It was published by Activision under the Activision O2 label in 2001 for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color and ...''. Many of the later PS2 ''Jampack'' volumes were issued with the option of a counterpart that removed or replaced any de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Arms (video Game)
is a role-playing video game developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game was released in Japan in 1996, in North America in 1997, and in Europe in 1998. It utilizes 2D computer graphics for navigating the world and setting, while battle sequences are rendered in 3D. ''Wild Arms'' takes place in the world of Filgaia, a setting which blends both fantasy and Western genres. In Filgaia, bands of miscreants and adventurers called Dream Chasers scour the world in search of excitement and fortune. The player assumes control of a party of three such adventurers. Rudy can operate powerful weapons called Ancient Relic Machines (ARMs), forbidden remnants of a lost age that resemble firearms, Jack is a wandering swordsman struggling with a past failure, and Cecilia is a princess with the power to communicate with Guardians, powerful spirits of Filgaia. The group must use their respective skills to navigate through the wasteland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is an American video game and digital entertainment company that is a major subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It primarily operates the PlayStation brand of video game consoles and products. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments. In 1993, Sony and Sony Music Entertainment Japan jointly established Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) in Tokyo, which released the video game console PlayStation (console), PlayStation in Japan the following year and subsequently in the United States and Europe the year after. In 2010, Sony underwent a corporate split and established Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI) in California, which provided gaming-related services through the PlayStation Network as well as other media through Sony Entertainment Network, including the sale of game titles and content on the PlayStation Store, as well as offering Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Hunter
Machine Hunter is a top-down shooter game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software, published by MGM Interactive and distributed in Europe by Eidos Interactive. It was developed and released simultaneously in 1997 for Windows 95 and PlayStation console. It has been described as a clone of the 1995 game '' Loaded'', in that it uses an overhead perspective, extensive lighting effects, and over-the-top bloodshed. Plot In a bleak future, a virus is turning robots into killing machines. The carrier of the virus must be tracked down and destroyed if humanity has any chance of survival. Gameplay The game is presented in a top-down overhead perspective, with the option of a fixed or rotating camera. Players must guide the character through 17 unique stages whilst battling alien, mutant, and mechanical enemies. The primary focus is the rescuing of hostages and occasionally obtaining an item such as a key card, defusing or planting bombs, or completing an objective under a time lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Wars
''Colony Wars'' is a 1997 space combat simulation video game developed and released by Psygnosis for the PlayStation. Players complete space combat missions using preselected starfighters equipped with various weapons. The game features multiple paths of missions and outcomes, depending on the player's performance. It was followed by '' Colony Wars: Vengeance'' in 1998, and '' Colony Wars: Red Sun'' in 2000. Gameplay Players fight in numerous space combat missions using one of seven pre-selected League of Free Worlds starfighters (although in one mission, the player gets to use one captured Navy fighter). The selection is due to the League High Command's decisions for efficiency in every given mission. Each starfighter carries a certain combination of energy weapons, missiles or torpedoes, and a number of units are equipped with nonlethal EMP cannons. The player can also use countermeasures to shake off inbound enemy missiles and/or use a grapple gun to capture targets of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravo Air Race
''Bravo Air Race'' (known as ''Reciproheat 5000'' in Japan and ''Air Race'' in Europe) is an aircraft racing video game for PlayStation developed by Xing Entertainment and published by THQ in 1997. Aircraft ''Bravo Air Race'' features prominent aircraft from different time periods. Using exploits it's possible to unlock jet planes and alternate racing colors. Players can select the following aircraft: * Gee Bee Racer *Pitts Special *P-51 Mustang *P-47 Thunderbolt *F4U Corsair *P-38 Lightning *Spitfire * Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" * JW7 Shinden *Messerschmitt Bf 109 * F16 Falcon * F117 Night Hawk The intro of the game features aircraft that are seen in the footage from the 1997 Reno Air Races (such as the T-6 Texan and the T-28 Trojan) which don't appear in the game. Gameplay ''Bravo Air Race'' is strictly a racing game, with no available weapons for players or AI opponents to destroy each other with. Aircraft, despite obvious differences in real life, are equally balanced. There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Reign
''Steel Reign'' is a vehicular combat video game developed by Chantemar Creations and Sony Interactive Studios America and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was the only game to be developed by Chantemad Creations, which was absorbed by Verant Interactive, now Daybreak Game Company. Reception ''Steel Reign'' received mixed to negative reviews. ''Electronic Gaming Monthly''s Steve Harris liked the game, opining that it offers a good balance of realism and arcade fun which is enhanced by the selection of vehicles and weapons, but his three co-reviewers all said that it looks and plays like a generic first generation PlayStation game, with mostly non-interactive environments, rough and pixelation textures, and lack of color. One of them, Ken "Sushi-X" Williams, also argued that the selection of vehicles is meaningless since one tank is obviously superior to the others, and even with the weakest tank the game is boringly easy. Like ''EGM'', '' Next G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The March Of The Black Queen
''Queen II'' is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 8 March 1974 by EMI Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the US. It was recorded at Trident Studios and Langham 1 Studios, London, in August 1973 with co-producers Roy Thomas Baker and Robin Geoffrey Cable, and engineered by Mike Stone. It is significant for being the first album to contain elements of the band's signature sound of multi-layered overdubs, vocal harmonies, and varied musical styles. Described as "arguably the heaviest Queen album", ''Queen II'' marked the end of the first phase of the band's career. The album combines a heavy rock sound with art rock and progressive rock elements, and has been called "a pillar of grandiose, assaultive hard rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ''Queen II'' is a concept album set in the same medieval faery-realm as their first album, following a royal line's magical battle against forces of darkness. The two sides of the original LP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Truck Rally
''Thunder Truck Rally'' (''Monster Trucks'' in Europe) is a monster truck racing video game developed by Reflections Interactive, Reflections and published by Psygnosis where players select a monster truck or otherwise 4X4 vehicle equipped with monster truck tires and have the option of either racing or crushing cars in an arena. Gameplay In car crushing mode, players are awarded style points for how well they crush other vehicles. Development During development of the game, project leader Martin Edmondson stated, "No code is shared between ''Destruction Derby 2, DD2'' and ''Monster Trucks'' (with the exception of surrounding code such as sound and sprite routines). ''Monster Trucks'' started development about three quarters through ''Destruction Derby, DD1'' and is a game based on those famous car-crushing, monster pick-up trucks with the oversized wheels." Reception The PlayStation version received mixed reviews according to the Review aggregator, review aggregation websit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic Park (console Game)
''Jurassic Park'', later referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton, centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of De-extinction#Cloning, cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment bought the rights to Crichton's novel ''Jurassic Park (novel), Jurassic Park'' before it was published. The book was successful, as was Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (film), 1993 film adaptation. The film received a theatrical 3D film, 3D re-release in 2013, and was selected in 2018 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Crichton's 1995 sequel novel, ''The Lost World (Crichton novel), The Lost World'', was followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park, a 1997 film adaptation, also directed by Spielberg. Crichton did not write any further sequels in the series, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
