In video gaming parlance, a conversion is the production of a game on one computer or console that was originally written for another system. Over the...
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Video game modding (short for "modification") is the process of alteration by players or fans of one or more aspects of a video game, such as how it looks...
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An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic...
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Porting (redirect from Video game port)
differences. From the beginning of video games through to the 1990s, "ports", at the time often known as "conversions", were often not true ports, but rather...
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Paperboy is an action game developed and published by Atari Games and released as an arcade video game in 1985. The player takes the role of a paperboy...
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Magnavox Odyssey, and the first arcade video games were Computer Space and Pong. After its home console conversions, numerous companies sprang up to capture...
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A video game, also known as a computer game or just a game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such...
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Shinobi (忍) is a side-scrolling hack and slash video game produced by Sega, originally released for arcades on the Sega System 16 board in 1987. The player...
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Marvel Super Heroes (マーヴル・スーパーヒーローズ, Māvuru Sūpā Hīrōzu) is a fighting video game developed by Capcom. Originally released in the arcade in 1995 on the...
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As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments. In the early 21st century...
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a strong enough conversion for non-PC gamers to enjoy the Quake experience. Next Generation reviewed the arcade version of the game, rating it three...
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A video game remake is a video game closely adapted from an earlier title, usually for the purpose of modernizing a game with updated graphics for newer...
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Contra is a run and gun video game developed and published by Konami, originally developed as a coin-operated arcade video game in 1986 and released on...
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Athena (アテナ, Atena) is a 1986 platform arcade video game developed and published by SNK. Conversions were later released for the NES console and ZX Spectrum...
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role-playing video game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment in January 1997, and is the first installment in the video game series...
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Gauntlet is a 1985 fantasy-themed hack-and-slash arcade video game developed and released by Atari Games. It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl...
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by Capcom that was released as an arcade video game in 1984. Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, it was the first game in the 194X series, and was followed by...
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video game originally developed by TAD Corporation and published in Japan by Taito, in North America by Fabtek and in Europe by Capcom. In the game,...
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Space Crusade is a 1992 video game based on the Space Crusade board game. It is the first video game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Gremlin Graphics...
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officially known outside of Japan as EarthBound Beginnings, is a role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. and Nintendo and published by Nintendo for the Family...
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The Atari video game burial was a mass burial of unsold video game cartridges, consoles, and computers in a New Mexico landfill site undertaken by the...
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Tekken (鉄拳) is a fighting video game developed and published by Namco. It was originally released on arcades in December 1994, then ported to the PlayStation...
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System and Game Gear video game consoles by Sega, and to the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers by Activision. The game is also known...
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while becoming the highest-grossing arcade game of 1990 in Japan and the year's highest-grossing arcade conversion kit in the United States. The Super NES...
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basketball video game developed and published by Midway for arcades in 1993. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series. The project leader for this game was...
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first-person shooter video game developed and published by Bungie, and released in December 1994 for the Apple Macintosh. The game takes place several...
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five highest-grossing arcade conversion kits of 1994. It won several Game of the Year awards from Gamest, Electronic Gaming Monthly and the European Computer...
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Donkey Kong is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo. As Mario, the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend...
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Star Wars total conversion mods, as well as DeHackEd, a patch editor first released in 1994 by Greg Lewis that allowed editing of the game engine. Soon after...
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"PlayStation Conversions Are Go!". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 21. Emap International Limited. July 1997. p. 6. "Resident Evil: The Director's Cut". GamePro. No...
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