Game over screenshot from Mu-cade, a free,
shooter game.
Photograph:
Evan Amos
The
Genesis Nomad is a
handheld game console by
Sega released in North America in October 1995. A portable variation of Sega's home console, the
Sega Genesis, Nomad served to succeed the
Game Gear and was the last handheld console released by Sega. In addition to functioning as a portable device, it was designed to be used with a
television set via a video port. Released late in the Genesis era, the Nomad had a short lifespan and was sold exclusively in North America.
Eve Online booth and representative at
Gen Con Indy 2007.
Ballistics Arcade on demonstration at the November 2002 IAAPA Convention.
Distribution map of
video game content rating systems used around the world.
The
WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne and the FILMharmonic Choir performing
Symphonic Shades, part of a series of annual German
video game music concerts.
The
Game Gear is a handheld game console by
Sega, released in various countries between 1990 and 1992. The Game Gear shares much of its hardware with the
Master System, and can play Master System games through an adapter. Containing a full-color backlit screen with a
landscape format, Sega positioned the Game Gear as a technologically superior handheld to the rival
Game Boy but due to issues with its short battery life, lack of original titles, and weak support from Sega, the Game Gear was unable to beat the Game Boy. The Game Gear was succeeded by the
Genesis Nomad in 1995 and discontinued in 1997. It sold approximately 11 million units.
Screenshot from
Mystery House, a text-based
adventure game.
Japanese musician
Nobuo Uematsu is well known for his contributions to the
music of the Final Fantasy series.
American journalist
Brian Crecente is the former editor-in-chief of
Kotaku, a video games focused
blog, and founding editor of
Polygon.
Three different
multitaps released for the Sega's
Mega Drive console. A multitap is a console peripheral that increases the number of
game controller ports available.
Frank Klepacki, from his album Morphscape.
The
Famicom Disk System, a peripheral available only for the Japanese
Famicom.
Photograph:
Evan Amos
The
Mega Drive (top), known as the Sega Genesis (bottom) in North America, is a
16-bit
home video game console developed and sold by
Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Using hardware adapted from Sega's
System 16 arcade board, it was first released in 1988 and supported
a library of more than 900 games. Though sales were poor in Japan, the system achieved considerable success in North America, Brazil, and Europe. The release of the
Super Nintendo Entertainment System two years after the Genesis resulted in a fierce battle for market share in the United States and Europe that has often been termed as a "console war" by journalists and historians.
Collection of
Nintendo video game systems.
Collection of
Sony
PlayStation video game systems.
Exterior of the
Los Angeles Convention Center displaying the
Atari logo at the 2005
Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Dance Dance Revolution machine.
Large
piñata of Horstacio, constructed in
Six Flags México by
Microsoft to promote the
Xbox 360 game
Viva Piñata.
Outside the
San Jose Convention Center at the 2004
Game Developers Conference.
Players using the dance pad to play
Dance Dance Revolution at the 2008 Festival du Jeu Vidéo in
Paris, France.
Exterior of the
Retro Studios offices in
Austin, Texas.
The
SG-1000 is a
cartridge-based
home video game console manufactured by
Sega. Introduced in 1983, it was developed in response to a downturn in arcades in 1982. Its game library comprises 68 standard cartridge releases and 29 Sega Card releases. The SG-1000 made little impact in the video game industry, but provided the basis for the more successful
Master System in 1985.
Screenshot from
The Splatters, a physics based puzzle game.
Staff of
Telltale Games at the 2007
San Diego Comic-Con International.
A
Commodore 64 computer.
"Final Fantasy XII Potions", a drink produced in
Japan by
Suntory Ltd. to promote the release of
Final Fantasy XII.
Different
shading techniques, such as plastic-shaded (left) and
cel-shaded (right), are used in the creation of
3D computer graphics in video games.
Holden Commodore Ute that toured Australia to promote
Halo 2.
Carlos Borrego, winner of the
Pac-Man World Championship in 2007.
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Entrance to the 2008
Tokyo Game Show at the
Makuhari Messe center.
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Video game designer
Robin Hunicke.
Atari VCS
video game console with cartridge games.
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Jerry Holkins and
Mike Krahulik, authors of the
Penny Arcade
webcomic, founded the
Child's Play charity and
Penny Arcade Expo.
Screenshot from
Laser Squad, a
turn-based tactics game.
Shigeru Miyamoto at the 2007
Game Developers Conference.
Will Wright at the 2007
South by Southwest.
Ralph H. Baer receiving the
National Medal of Technology from
United States President
George W. Bush in 2006.
Televised
StarCraft video game competition.
Sony's
PlayStation and
PlayStation 2 consoles use
memory cards to store game data. The PlayStation cards (left) can store 128 KB of data, while the PlayStation 2 cards (right) can store 8MB.
Screenshot from
Abuse, a
run and gun game.
PlayStation 2 guitar controllers for
Guitar Hero.
The video game
Portal features platforming puzzles that must be solved by teleporting.
Circle strafing, a technique used in
video games, particularly
first-person shooters, to move around a target in a circle while facing it.
See also: animation
See also: animation
Square Enix's
Lara Croft character has been portrayed by models (current model
Alison Carroll pictured) for publicity events and promotions.
Production staff of
Metal Gear Solid 4: Kenichiro Imaizumi, Yumi Kikuchi, and
Hideo Kojima.
American
game designer
Chris Metzen is well known for his work on
Blizzard Entertainment's three major media franchises:
Warcraft,
Diablo, and
StarCraft.
German film director
Uwe Boll has produced many film adaptions of video games.
1998 employees of
Neversoft.
Johnathan Wendel (
Fatal1ty) at the 2007
COMPUTEX Taipei.
The original
Xbox controller (left) and the Controller S version (right).
Mattel's
Intellivision video game console was released in 1979.
Ralph H. Baer's prototype for the
Magnavox Odyssey, also known as the "Brown Box", at the
Museum of Science and Industry in
Chicago,
Illinois.
The
Nintendo GameCube is capable of connecting with
Game Boy hardware:
Game Boy Player,
Game Boy Advance, and
Game Boy Advance SP.
NEC's PC Engine video game console, originally released in Japan in 1987, was released in the United States as the
TurboGrafx-16 in 1989.