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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. In 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clock ... [...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 releas ... [...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 unlock ... [...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 Game ... [...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), t ... [...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 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Software
Ocean Software Ltd was a British software development company that became one of the biggest European video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s. The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Oric 1, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, IBM PC, BBC Micro and video game consoles, such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Master System and Sega Mega Drive. History Early titles Jon Woods and David Ward created Spectrum Games as a mail-order business in 1983 after being inspired by the success of Liverpool-based software houses Imagine Software, Bug-Byte and Software Projects. Their initial catalogue was based around clones of arcade games like ''Frogger'' and ''Missile Command'' for various home computers including the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and VIC-20. While trying to sell the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Video Gaming
1996 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as '' Super Mario 64'', '' Duke Nukem 3D'', '' Street Fighter Alpha 2'', '' Super Mario RPG'', '' Virtua Fighter 3'', and '' Tekken 3'', along with new titles such as ''Blazing Heroes'', '' NiGHTS into Dreams...'', '' Crash Bandicoot'', '' Pokémon Red/Green/Blue'', ''Resident Evil'', ''Dead or Alive'', '' Quake'' and ''Tomb Raider''. The year's best-selling video game console worldwide was the PlayStation, while the best-selling consoles in Japan were the Game Boy and Sega Saturn. The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was ''Super Mario 64'', while highest-grossing arcade games in Japan were ''Street Fighter Zero 2'' (''Street Fighter Alpha 2'') and '' Virtua Fighter 2''. Events *March – Swedish video game magazine "Super Power" changes name to Super Play. *15 July – Tom Kalinske announces he will leave his position as president for Sega of America on 1 October. *May 16–18 – The second annual E3 is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Smurfs Video Games
This is a list of ''The Smurfs'' video games that have been published by developers such as Coleco, Infogrames, and Capcom. The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live in a village in the woods. They were designed by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958 and were featured in the Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. They are widely known through the 1980s Hanna-Barbera animated television series of the same name. BBC web site As a franchise, the Smurfs appeared in many s throughout the 1980s and 1990s on many consoles. They have been released for the |
Atari SA
Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris. Its subsidiaries include Atari Interactive#Infogrames subsidiary, Atari Interactive and Atari, Inc. (1993–present), Atari, Inc. It is the current owner of the Atari brand through Atari Interactive. Because of continuing pressures upon the company and difficulty finding investors, it sought bankruptcy protection under French law in January 2013; its subsidiaries in the United States have sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as well. All three subsidiaries have since exited bankruptcy. History Early history (1983–1996) The founders wanted to christen the company ''Zboub Système'' (which can be approximately translated to ''Dick System'' in English), but were dissuaded by their legal counsel. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix & Obelix XXL
''Asterix & Obelix XXL'' is an action-adventure video game first released in 2003.Asterix & Obelix XXL (GCN) at http://cube.gamespy.com . Retrieved 26 June 2008. It is based on the comic book series '' Asterix'' about the Gaulish warrior Asterix in the year 50 BC, as he and his best friend Obelix battle the Romans. It was released in the United States (for |
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2001, and in mainland China as iQue Game Boy Advance on June 8, 2004. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles. The original model does not have an illuminated screen; Nintendo addressed that with the release of a redesigned model with a frontlight, frontlit screen, the Game Boy Advance SP, in 2003. Game Boy Advance SP#Backlit model (AGS-101), A newer revision of the redesign was released in 2005, with a backlight, backlit screen. Around the same time, the final redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005. As of June 2010, 81.51 million units of the Game Boy Advance series have been sold worldwide. Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004 and is backward compatible with Game B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
