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Konami GB Collection
''Konami GB Collection'' is a series of video game compilations composed of four volumes released by Konami in Japan for the Game Boy and re-released in Euro regions for the Game Boy Color. The compilations were originally released from 1997 to 1998 in Japan, and were later released in Europe in 2000. Lineup Despite sharing the same games, the Japan and European releases differ in their order of releases after Vol. 1. Vol. 1 Japanese release: September 25, 1997 European release: February 2000 * ''Gradius'' (originally released as '' Nemesis'') * ''Dracula Densetsu'' / '' Castlevania: The Adventure'' * ''Konami Racing'' (originally released as '' F1 Spirit'') * ''Contra'' / ''Probotector'' (released in North America as '' Operation C'') ** (the European version still features humans rather than robot characters, despite bearing the ''Probotector'' name) Vol. 2 Japanese release: December 11, 1997 European release: May 2000 (named ''Vol. 3'') * '' Twinbee Da!!'' / ''Pop n' Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konami
, commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, ''tokusatsu'', pachinko machines, slot machines, and List of Japanese arcade cabinets, arcade cabinets. It has casinos around the world, and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan. The company originated in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, who remains the company's chairman. 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'', ''Bloody Roar'', and ''Star Soldier''. Konami is the twentieth-largest Lists of video game companies, game company in the world by re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemesis II (Game Boy)
''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'', released as ''Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero'' in Europe, and in Japan, is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy. It is the second game in the ''Gradius'' series released for the console. The game was later ported to the ''Konami GB Collection'' series of Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color compilations; it can be found in the Japanese ''Vol. 3'' and the European ''Vol. 4''. Like ''Gradius'' before it, these versions were renamed ''Gradius II'' for the Japanese Vol. 3 and ''Gradius II: The Return of the Hero'' for the European Vol. 4. It was re-released on the Nintendo Classics service for the Nintendo Switch in May 2025. Gameplay ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'' retains the traditional horizontal scrolling gameplay from the ''Gradius'' series. Once again the player takes control of the Vic Viper and flies through five different stages destroying Bacterion's army. The ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy-only Games
A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or video games) or art (such as games involving an artistic layout such as mahjong, solitaire, or some video games). Games have a wide range of occasions, reflecting both the generality of its concept and the variety of its play. Games are sometimes played purely for enjoyment, sometimes for achievement or reward as well. They can be played alone, in teams, or online; by amateurs or by professionals. The players may have an audience of non-players, such as when people are entertained by watching a chess championship. On the other hand, players in a game may constitute their own audience as they take their turn to play. Often, part of the entertainment for children playing a game is deciding who is part of their audience and who participates as a player. A toy and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Games
The Game Boy portable system has a library of games, which were released in plastic ROM cartridges. The Game Boy first launched in Japan on April 21, 1989, with ''Super Mario Land'', ''Alleyway (video game), Alleyway'', ''Baseball (1983 video game), Baseball'', and ''Yakuman (video game), Yakuman''. For the North American launches, ''Tetris (Game Boy video game), Tetris'' and ''Tennis (1984 video game), Tennis'' were also featured, while ''Yakuman'' was never released outside of Japan. The last games to be published for the system were the Japan-only titles ''Shikakui Atama o Maruku Suru: Kanji no Tatsujin'' and ''Shikakui Atama o Maruku Suru: Keisan no Tatsujin'', both released on March 30, 2001. This list is initially organized alphabetically by their English titles, or, when Japan-exclusive, their ''rōmaji'' transliterations; however, it is also possible to sort each column individually by clicking the square icon at the top of each column. The Game Boy system is not Regional l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Video Games
1997 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as ''Final Fantasy VII'', ''Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'', ''GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game), GoldenEye 007'', ''Star Fox 64'', ''Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back'', ''Quake II'', ''Mega Man Legends (video game), Mega Man Legends'', ''Riven'', ''Tomb Raider II'', ''Dark Rift'', ''Tekken 3'' and ''Virtua Striker 2'', along with new games such as ''Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'', ''Gran Turismo (1997 video game), Gran Turismo'', ''Diablo (video game), Diablo'', ''Grand Theft Auto (video game), Grand Theft Auto'', ''Fallout (video game), Fallout'', and ''Postal (video game), Postal''. Sony's PlayStation (console), PlayStation was the year's best-selling video game console worldwide for the second year in a row, while also being the annual best-selling console in Japan for the first time (overtaking the Game Boy and Sega Saturn). The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Squaresoft's ''Final Fantasy VII'' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokimeki Memorial (video Game)
is a dating sim video game developed and published by Konami. The first game in the '' Tokimeki Memorial'' series, it was first released for the PC Engine's Super CD-ROM² System on May 27, 1994. It was directed by Yoshiaki Nagata, with Koji Igarashi working on scenario writing. It later received ports to the PlayStation in 1995, Sega Saturn and Super Famicom in 1996, Windows 95 in 1997, Game Boy Color in 1999, mobile phones in 2004, PlayStation Portable in 2006, and Nintendo Switch in 2025. The game is considered one of the major titles in the dating sim genre, and eschews the sexual content of other games in the genre. Gameplay ''Tokimeki Memorial'' is a dating sim game in which the player controls a male freshman from Kirameki High School. The game is particularly notable for its "bomb" feature, where neglected, infrequently-dated girls would eventually become angry and gossip to their friends, severely reducing love meters across the board. In the middle of the game, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Game Boy
The is a peripheral that allows Game Boy cartridges to be played on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System console. Released in June 1994, it retailed for in the United States and in the United Kingdom. In South Korea, it is called the Super Mini Comboy and was distributed by SK Hynix, Hyundai Electronics. A revised model, the Super Game Boy 2, was released in Japan in January 1998. Functionality The Super Game Boy is compatible with the same cartridges as the original Game Boy: original Game Boy cartridges, the Game Boy Camera, and dual-mode Game Boy Color cartridges (in Game Boy-mode). The unit could map the four shades of green to various colors on the screen. Later Game Boy games that were optimized to use the Super Game Boy had additional color information and could override the on-screen colors, display a graphical border around the screen, and display special background sprites, as seen in the ''Mario's Picross'' title screen. Those games would have printed a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frogger
is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and published by Sega. In North America, it was distributed by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct five frogs to their homes by dodging traffic on a busy road, then crossing a river by jumping on floating logs, turtles, and alligators. ''Frogger'' was positively received as one of the greatest video games ever made. It was followed by numerous clones and several home-only sequels in the '' Frogger'' series. The 1982 Atari 2600 version from Parker Brothers sold 4 million cartridges, making it one of the best-selling Atari 2600 games. By 2005, 20 million copies of its various home video game incarnations had been sold worldwide. Gameplay The objective of the game is to guide a frog to each of the empty homes at the top of the screen. The game starts with three, five, or seven frogs, depending on the machine's settings. Losing all frogs is game over. The player uses the four-direction joystick to hop the frog once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track & Field (video Game)
''Track & Field'', also known as in Japan and Europe, is an Olympic-themed sports video game developed by Konami and released as an arcade video game in 1983. The Japanese release featured an official license for the 1984 Summer Olympics. In Europe, the game was initially released under the Japanese title ''Hyper Olympic'' in 1983, before being re-released under the US title ''Track & Field'' in early 1984. Players compete in a series of events, most involving alternately pressing two buttons as quickly as possible to make the onscreen character run faster. The game uses a horizontal side-scrolling format, displaying one or two tracks at a time, a large scoreboard that shows world records and current attempts, and a packed audience in the background. The game was a worldwide commercial success in arcades, becoming one of the most successful arcade games of 1984. Konami and Centuri also organized a 1984 ''Track & Field'' video game competition that attracted more than a million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarth
, known as ''Block Hole'' outside Japan, is a hybrid Puzzle video game, puzzle/shoot 'em up game developed by Konami and released in 1989 as an arcade game. In addition to the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX, MSX2 (with a built-in SCC chip), Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom, and Game Boy; home releases used the ''Quarth'' name worldwide (with the exception of the Game Boy Color release in Europe of ''Konami GB Collection Vol. 2'', where the game was renamed to the generic title ''Block Game'' for unknown reasons). ''Quarth'' was released on the Konami Net i-mode service as ''Block Quarth'', with an updated ''Block Quarth DX'' in 2001. It was released without the "DX" suffix in 2005 and was made globally available through Konami Net licensing on many i-mode services offered by mobile operators. In Europe, for example, it was available from O2 (UK), O2 UK, O2 (Ireland), O2 Ireland, and Telefónica, Telefónica Spain. In 2005, Konami also included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parodius Da!
''Parodius! From Myth to Laughter'', released in Japan as and outside Japan as ''Parodius'' (from "Parody Gradius"), is a shoot 'em up arcade video game and the second title in the ''Parodius'' series produced by Konami. The European SNES, Sega Saturn and PlayStation versions are also known as ''Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy''. The gameplay is stylistically very similar to the ''Gradius'' series, but the graphics and music are intentionally absurd. As a result of its localised title, ''From Myth to Laughter'' is often mistaken as the original game of the series. The lesser known original game, '' Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth'', was released for the MSX computer in Japan. Story Gameplay As stated above, gameplay is very similar to the ''Gradius'' series with a few differences. ''Parodius'' retains the selectability of different weapons configurations but implements it via four different characters: Vic Viper (from ''Gradius''), Octopus, TwinBee, and Pentarou. The sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Adventure
is a video game developed by Konami in 1983 for the MSX, and later for video game consoles, such as the Family Computer and ColecoVision. The player takes the role of an Antarctic penguin, racing to various research stations owned by different countries in Antarctica (excluding the USSR). The gameplay is similar to Sega's ''Turbo'', but plays at a much slower pace, and features platform game elements. The penguin, later named Penta, must reach the next station before time runs out while avoiding sea lions and breaks in the ice. Throughout the levels, fish jump out of ice holes and can be caught for bonus points. The game, like many early video games, has no ending – when the player reaches the last station, the game starts from the first level again, but with increased difficulty. Legacy ''Antarctic Adventure'' was followed by a sequel for the MSX computer in 1986, entitled ''Penguin Adventure''. In addition, the penguin character Penta, and his son Pentarou became a masc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
