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PlayStation (console)
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The PlayStation is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The console was released on 3 December 1994 in Japan,9 September 1995 in North America,29 September 1995 in Europe, the console was the first of the PlayStation lineup of home video game consoles. It primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn as part of the generation of video game consoles. The PlayStation is the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units, in 2000, a redesigned, slim version called the PSone was released, replacing the original grey console and named appropriately to avoid confusion with its successor, the PlayStation 2. In 1999, Sony announced the successor to the PlayStation, the PlayStation 2, which is compatible with the PlayStations DualShock controller and games. The last PSone units were sold in winter 2004 before it was discontinued in March 2005. The inception of what would become the released PlayStation dates back to 1986 with a joint venture between Nintendo and Sony, Nintendo approached Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on, tentatively titled the Play Station or SNES-CD. A contract was signed, and work began, Kutaragi was nearly fired by Sony because he was originally working with Nintendo on the side without Sonys knowledge. It was then-CEO, Norio Ohga, who recognized the potential in Kutaragis chip, Ohga kept Kutaragi on at Sony, and it was not until Nintendo cancelled the project that Sony decided to develop its own console. This was also to be the used in SNES-CDs, giving a large degree of control to Sony despite Nintendos leading position in the video gaming market. The product, dubbed the Play Station was to be announced at the May 1991 Consumer Electronics Show, yamauchi decided that the contract was totally unacceptable and he secretly cancelled all plans for the joint Nintendo-Sony SNES CD attachment. After the collapse of the project, Sony briefly considered allying itself with Sega to produce a stand-alone console. The Sega CEO at the time, Tom Kalinske, took the proposal to Segas Board of Directors in Tokyo, Kalinske, in a 2013 interview recalled them saying that’s a stupid idea, Sony doesnt know how to make hardware. They don’t know how to make software either, why would we want to do this. The federal judge presiding over the case denied the injunction and, in October 1991, however, it is theorized that only 200 or so of these machines were ever produced. However, Sony decided in early 1993 to begin reworking the Play Station concept to target a new generation of hardware and software. As part of process the SNES cartridge port was dropped. Early advertising prior to the launch in North America referenced PSX
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PlayStation models
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A number of models of Sonys PlayStation video game console were produced. The PlayStation went through a number of variants during its production run, from an external perspective, the most notable change was the gradual reduction in the number of external connectors from the back of the unit. This started very early on with the original Japanese launch units, the SCPH-1000, released on December 3,1994, was the model that had an S-Video port. Also, the first models had problems with function and developers had to use another function instead. The CD player also included reverberation effects unique to those systems until the release of the PS one in 2000 and this model was followed by the SCPH-550x and exclusive PAL SCPH-5552 units, released in April 1997. Starting with the SCPH-550x series, PAL variants had the power, originally, the PlayStation was supposed to have provision on Video CD support, but this feature was only included on the Asian exclusive SCPH-5903 model. New to the SCPH-700x series was the introduction of the Sound Scope - light show music visualizations and these were accessible by pressing the Select button while playing any normal audio CD in the systems CD player. While watching these visualizations, players could add various effects like color cycling or motion blur. These were seen on the SCPH-700x, 750x, 900x, the final revision to the original PlayStation was the SCPH-900x series, released in May 1999. These had the hardware as the SCPH-750x models, except the parallel port was removed. It also incorporated a modified version of the menu design previously used only on PAL consoles. The later revision was functionally identical, but reduced manufacturing cost by moving to more highly integrated chips. There were also debugging consoles - these were generally in blue or green cases, although there were some special production units that were grey. The debug units were designed to be as close as possible to retail consoles, the reason for the two different case colors was a hardware change that Sony had made fairly early in the PlayStation production cycle - the original machines were built using Rev. They also used VRAM to store the video data - the later models used Rev, C silicon and SGRAM - although the two chipsets had very similar performance, they were not identical - the Rev. Because this made the two machine types quite significantly different from other, you had to test your title on both of them before submitting it. The blue debugs had the old silicon and the green ones had the new silicon, in 1997, Sony released a version of the PlayStation called the Net Yaroze. Naturally, the Net Yaroze lacked many of the features the full developer suite provided, programmers were also limited by the 2 MB of total game space that Net Yaroze allowed
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PlayStation 2
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The PlayStation 2 is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to the PlayStation, and is the installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles. It was released on March 4,2000 in Japan, October 26,2000 in North America, November 24,2000 in Europe and it competed with Segas Dreamcast, Microsofts Xbox, and Nintendos GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles. Announced in 1999, the PlayStation 2 was the first PlayStation console to offer backwards compatibility for its predecessors DualShock controller, the PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of all time, selling over 155 million units, with 150 million confirmed by Sony in 2011. More than 3,874 game titles have been released for the PS2 since launch, Sony later manufactured several smaller, lighter revisions of the console known as Slimline models in 2004 and well on, and in 2006, announced and launched its successor, the PlayStation 3. Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4 console the following month on February 20,2013, Sony announced the PlayStation 2 on March 1,1999. The Dreamcast itself launched very successfully in North America later that year, soon after the Dreamcasts North American launch, Sony unveiled the PlayStation 2 at the Tokyo Game Show on September 20,1999. Sony showed fully playable demos of upcoming PlayStation 2 games including Gran Turismo 2000 and Tekken Tag Tournament – which showed the consoles graphic abilities, the PS2 was launched in March 2000 in Japan, October in North America and November in Europe. Sales of the console, games and accessories pulled in $250 million on the first day, directly after its release, it was difficult to find PS2 units on retailer shelves due to manufacturing delays. Another option was purchasing the console online through websites such as eBay. This allowed the PS2 to tap the large install base established by the PlayStation – another major selling point over the competition, later, Sony added new development kits for game developers and more PS2 units for consumers. The PS2s built-in functionality also expanded its audience beyond the gamer and this made the console a low cost entry into the home theater market. The PS2 remained as the only active sixth generation console for over 6 months, before it would face competition from rivals, Nintendos GameCube and Microsofts Xbox. While the PlayStation 2 theoretically had the weakest specification of the three, it had a start due to its installed base plus strong developer commitment. Sony also countered the Xbox by temporarily securing PlayStation 2 exclusives for highly anticipated games such as the Grand Theft Auto series and Metal Gear Solid 2, Sons of Liberty. Sony cut the price of the console in May 2002 from US$299 to $199 in North America, making it the price as the GameCube. It also planned to cut the price in Japan around that time and it cut the price twice in Japan in 2003. In 2006, Sony cut the cost of the console in anticipation of the release of the PlayStation 3, Sony, unlike Sega with its Dreamcast, originally placed little emphasis on online gaming during its first few years, although that changed upon the launch of the online-capable Xbox
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Capcom Generations
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Capcom Generations is a series of five video game compilations produced by Capcom for PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Each volume contains three or four games from a series or game genre and were ported directly from their original arcade versions. Each disc also contains a collection mode featuring history, tips, artwork, character profiles, arranged music, the PlayStation versions of the games also featured support for the DualShock controller. In Japan, the series was released individually with 5 discs, the 16 games in the series were later collected in the Capcom Classics Collection based on their Capcom Generations versions. Capcom Generations, Wings of Destiny features the first three games in Capcoms 1940s series of Shoot em up,19421943, The Battle of Midway 1943 Kai, Midway Kaisen Capcom Generations, Chronicles of Arthur features the first three titles of the Ghostsn Goblins series. Ghostsn Goblins Ghoulsn Ghosts Super Ghoulsn Ghosts Capcom Generations, First Generation features four of Capcoms first five titles, vulgus SonSon Pirate Ship Higemaru Exed Exes Capcom Generations, Blazing Guns features three run and gun-style Shoot em up games. In the German version, this disc was removed completely and it contains the first three versions of the original Street Fighter II. A Collection mode is featured where the player can view strategies, character profiles. Each game features an Arcade, Versus and Training mode, upon completing a games single-player mode, an option is unlocked to give the player a choice between the original CPS soundtracks and an arranged version. After completing the mode of each game at least once. The Super Vs. Mode allows two players to compete against each other by selecting between characters from any three versions of Street Fighter II in the compilation, if the player completes a games single-player mode without using continues, a CPU Battle mode is unlocked. CPU Battle allows the player to battle any CPU opponent at the games highest difficulty, if the player manages to defeat the CPU opponent, the games staff roll will instantly play
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Mercs
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Mercs, originally released as Senjō no Ōkami II, is a 1990 top-down run and gun arcade game developed and published by Capcom for the arcades. It is a followup to the 1985 Commando and it was followed by Wolf of the Battlefield, Commando 3 in 2008, a downloadable game. The arcade version of the game had up to three players available for play, the players are members of a covert mercenary team known as the Wolf Force. The team is composed of Joseph Gibson, Howard Powell, and their objective is to rescue a former President from rebels in the fictional African country of Zutula, which is administered by an apartheid government. The game has six levels, plus the level where the objective is to rescue the president from the Hercules Transport. The controls consist of a joystick and two buttons, a Normal Attack and the Megacrush Attack. The player can upgrade their default gun into an Assault Rifle, a Shotgun, the Megacrush button will detonate a bomb that kills all on-screen enemies. However, the Megacrush Attack has limited uses which the player can replenish by picking more Megacrush bombs. In certain stages, the player can pilot enemy vehicles, a Mega Drive version of Mercs was produced by Sega, which was first released in Japan on September 27,1991, with subsequent releases in North America and Europe. Unlike the arcade version, the Mega Drive version of Mercs only allows for a single player, home computer ports of Mercs were also released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1991 by U. S. Gold. These conversions of the game were handled by Tiertex, Tiertex also developed the Sega-published Master System version that was released in Europe and Brazil. The original arcade version of Mercs, along with Commando and Gun. Smoke, are included in the volume of the Capcom Generations compilations released for the PlayStation. The Genesis version was released by Capcom for the Wii Virtual Console in North America on February 9,2009 and this re-release is listed under the title of Mercs, Wolf of the Battlefield, to tie in with the earlier Wolf of the Battlefield, Commando 3. The Genesis version is on the Retrobit Generations Plug and Play along other Capcom, Irem, Jaleco, Mercs at MobyGames Mercs at SpectrumComputing. co. uk Mercs @ Game Kommander
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Captain Commando
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Captain Commando is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat em up game originally developed and published by Capcom as a coin-operated video game, and later ported to several other platforms. It was the seventeenth title produced for the companys CP System hardware, the game stars the titular superhero who was originally conceived as a fictional spokesman used by Capcom USA in the companys console games during the late 1980s. Captain Commando He is the leader of the Commando Team, besides his powerful mind and strong body, he also uses his Energy Gloves, whicn can shoot mighty bolts of fire and electricity. His killer technique is the Captain Collider, striking the ground with his Energy Gloves causes an electric shock which kills everyone around him. Captain Commandos dash attacks are Captain Cannon which torches the enemy with a blast of flame, Captain Commando also can grab his opponent and kick their stomach or throw their whole body. Mack the Knife The Mummy Commando is an alien from outer space. As weapons he uses sub-sonic knives that melt any enemy he hits and his killer technique is the Spinning Attack. Spinning round like a top, his bandages lash his enemies like whips, macks dash attacks are Double Trouble which sticks his enemy with both knives and Sky Assault which is an airborne version of Double Trouble. Mack also can grab his enemy and either stick or throw them, macks name comes from the Bertolt Brecht song of the same title. Ginzu the Ninja The Ninja Commando is a trained ninja and successor to Bushin-ryu Ninpo. His razor-sharp sword is capable of cutting an opponent in two and his killer technique is his Smoke Bomb. After creating a screen around his body, the smoke explodes. Ginzus dash attacks are Iaizuki which pierces several enemies at once, Ginzu can grab his opponents and either kick their stomach or do a shoulder throw or overhead throw. He is the character who is able to throw shurikens to his opponents. Baby Head The Baby Commando is a super genius infant who fights using a robot of his own design and his robot is both strong and quick. His killer technique is his Knee Rocket which launches a missile from the knee which are constantly manufactured within the robot. Captain Commando follows the same gameplay established in Capcoms previous beat-em-up Final Fight, the arcade version allows up to two, three, or even four players simultaneously depending on the games settings. The player can select any of the four commandos as their character, with each player controlling a different character
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Rampage Through Time
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Rampage Through Time is the fourth game in the Rampage series, released in 2000. Its predecessor is Rampage 2, Universal Tour, and it is followed by Rampage, in the game, seven previous Scumlabs monsters and one new one use a time machine to rampage through time. The world is again rebuilding after the events of Universal Tour, to clean up the mess quicker, Scumlabs invent a time machine to send people back in time to fix the mess without having to do it in the present. Unfortunately, the monsters, who have made it back to Earth, appear. They begin terrorizing the past, present, and future, messing up the time stream, later, a UFO-like craft is created to stop the monsters but it fails. Eventually, the monsters are finally stopped for good, in Campaign Mode, each timezone consists of four stages. The first three consists of traditional Rampage gameplay, in that you must destroy all the buildings in each city while avoiding attacks from enemy forces, Campaign Mode is only playable with one player, but the CPU will randomly select two other monsters to oppose you in that timezone. After each city is destroyed, all three monsters are awarded stars for inflicting the most damage on buildings, people, and each other, the fourth stage is a multiplayer minigame that varies with each timezone, usually as a parody of games such as Asteroids or Breakout. In Campaign Mode, the player must win these minigames in order to continue with the main game, the stars earned in the Rampage stages are also translated into extra points for the minigames, making it important to earn as many as possible to increase the chances of winning. The game received unfavorable reviews according to the aggregation website GameRankings
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Rampage 2: Universal Tour
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Rampage 2, Universal Tour is the third game in the Rampage series. It is a sequel to Rampage, World Tour. George, Lizzie, and Ralph have been captured, returned to their normal size, George is held captive in New York City, Lizzie is imprisoned in Tokyo, and Ralph the Wolf is stored in London. However, Scumlabs, who has just rebuilt their facilities in Salt Lake City, players choose one of the three original monsters to rescue. The player then uses the characters in the part of the world where the rescuee is held and they work as a collective to break buildings, eat people, and destroy cars and this creates competition among players. When a player frees George, Lizzie, or Ralph, then become playable characters. Once all the monsters are rescued, aliens begin to invade the Earth leaving the monsters the only ones who can save the planet that they just helped partially destroy, a news channel covers all the destruction caused by the monsters. At the end of the game, it is revealed that the aliens have a news program, each level in Rampage 2, Universal Tour consists of buildings which the player is able to destroy. When the player has dealt enough damage to a building, it will collapse in on itself, sometimes, miscellaneous objects and power-ups are revealed in the buildings upon being damaged, and can assist the player if used. When every building in a city has been destroyed, the game will advance to the next level. Around every five or so levels, a mini-game is available for the player to play, some of the cities that are featured in each level include landmarks from their real-world counterparts. For example, London, UK, features the Tower of London, in Washington, D. C. the White House, and the U. S. Many of the alien planets are named after real-life Earth cities. The Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64 versions received mixed reviews, while the PlayStation version received unfavorable reviews, craig Harris of IGN criticized the PlayStation version as being dull and repetitive, although stating that it was better than its predecessor, Rampage World Tour. Rampage 2, Universal Tour at MobyGames
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Mario Andretti Racing
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Mario Andretti Racing is a video game that was released in 1994 on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It was a title in the newly created EA Sports line. The game was produced by famed sports game developer Scott Orr as part of his collaboration with Richard Hilleman in the creation of EA Sports. Race driver Mario Andretti personally guided the development of the AI used by the drivers in stock cars, Indy style open wheel racing. The games greatest innovation was the presence of different physics and AI for three kinds of racing in one cartridge, another game starring Andretti, called Andretti Racing, was released for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation in 1996, and for PC in 1997. In 1996 EA Sports released a game called Andretti Racing, the game was released to good review including PSExtreme Magazine calling Andretti Racing is the most realistic and exciting racing game on the PlayStation. The game was released on the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC
