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The first in my new series of video game console mosaics - say hello to the Sega Master System II.
"The Master System II was released in 1990 and was popular in Europe and Brazil. It is smaller and sleeker than the original Master System, but in order to keep production costs low, it lacks the reset button, composite video and card slot.
All consoles included a game that plays when no cartridge is inserted. The built-in game was originally Alex Kidd in Miracle World, which was switched to Sonic the Hedgehog on later PAL consoles.
Sega marketed the Master System II heavily; nevertheless, the unit sold poorly in North America. By 1992, the Master System's sales were virtually nonexistent in North America and eventually ceased.
It is generally considered a success in Europe where it competed and managed to rival the NES." - Wikipedia
Ah yes, you pretty much had either a Master System II or a NES back in 1990, and Sega fans Vs Nintendo fans began a West Side Story style battle in schools across the land. Back then I was a Nintendo fan. Part of the joy of growing up and earning more that £5 a week means that you don't have to limit yourself to one console, and I now own both (along with many others.)
BTW, is anyone going to Game City in Nottingham at the end of October? gamecity.org/
A shot of all the PlayStation Controllers so far. Top Row (L-R): PS1's Controller, PS1's Analog Controller, PS1's Dual Shock Analog Controller, and the PS2's Dual Shock 2. Bottom Row (L-R): PS3 Sixaxis, PS3 Dual Shock 3, and the PS4 Dual Shock 4.
At the rear, we can see the shoulder buttons, with the L2 and R2 the only buttons retaining pressure sensitivity. At the middle is a light bar which is used to determine which controller number the player is holding, enhanced feedback depending on what's happening in-game, and can also detect motion when used with the PS Camera.
Golden Axe - 2 Players Playthrough [Game was played with my son, who had never played the game] Golden Axe Plot: The game takes place in the fictional land of Yuria, a Conan the Barbarian-style high fantasy medieval world. An evil entity known as Death Adder has captured the King and his daughter, and holds them captive in their castle. He also finds the Golden Axe, the magical emblem of Yuria, and threatens to destroy both the axe and the royal family unless the people of Yuria accept him as their ruler. If you like the game, you can vote for it: bit.ly/2Dw3apS Three warriors set out on a quest to rescue Yuria and avenge their losses at the hands of Death Adder. The first is a battle axe-wielding dwarf, Gilius Thunderhead, from the mines of Wolud, whose twin brother was killed by the soldiers of Death Adder. Another is a male barbarian, Ax Battler, wielding a two-handed broadsword, looking for revenge for the murder of his mother. The last is a longsword-wielding amazon, Tyris Flare, whose parents were both killed by Death Adder. The warriors rescue the inhabitants of the ransacked Turtle Village, which turns out to be situated on the shell of a giant turtle. The turtle takes the characters across the sea, and they then fly to the castle itself on the back of a giant eagle. Once at the castle they defeat Death Adder, who is wielding the Golden Axe, and save the land. After the final battle, the warriors receive a magical golden axe that imbues the player with immortality. Golden Axe Gameplay Players are able to attack using their weapon, jump and cast spells that hurt all enemies on the screen. The force of this magic depends on the number of "bars" of magic power currently available. The bars are filled by collecting blue "magic potions" attained by kicking little sprites who then drop the potions. These sprites appear during regular levels and during bonus stages in between levels. The male warrior Ax is able to cast earth spells. The dwarf Gilius casts lightning spells and the female warrior Tyris casts fire magic. Each character has a different number of maximum magic bars and varying ranges of attack. If you like the game, you can vote for it: bit.ly/2Dw3apS Various steeds known as bizarrians are found in the game. These can be ridden when the enemy rider is knocked off, or if one is found dormant. The least powerful steed is known as the Cockatrice (which also appeared in Altered Beast), which can be used to knock down enemies with a swipe of its tail. The more powerful dragon, which can either shoot fireballs or breathe fire depending on its color scheme, is found later in the game. Hope you enjoy this video :) Please like and subscribe! youtu.be/VQwaJwFSz90
Video Games 1984 The fifth Arcade Awards are held, for games released during 1982-1983. Pole Position wins Coin-Op Game of the Year, Ms. Pac-Man wins console Videogame of the Year, Lode Runner wins Computer Game of the Year, and Q*bert wins dedicated Stand-Alone Game of the Year. For the second Golden Joystick Awards (held in 1985), Knight Lore takes Game of the Year. New Hardware in 1984 Apple Inc. announces the original, 128K, floppy disc-only, Macintosh. IBM releases the IBM PCjr in an attempt to enter the home computer market. It has improved sound and graphics over the original, business-oriented IBM PC, but is commercial failure. Atari announces the Atari 7800, a next-gen console that’s compatible with Atari 2600 cartridges. It is then shelved until 1986 due to the sale of the company and legal issues. Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Games featured in this video: Excitebike Famicom Duck Hunt Famicom Hogan’s Alley Famicom Circus Charlie Arcade Return of the Jedi Arcade Tower of Druaga Arcade Ghostbusters c64 Montezuma’s Revenge Home Computer Boulder Dash Home Computer F1 Race Famicom Ice Climber Famicom Golf Famicom Tennis Famicom Dragon Buster Arcade Super Xevious Arcade Super Bagman Arcade Vulgus Arcade Star Force Arcade Antarctic Adventure Colecovision Lupin III Super Cassette Vision Pitfall II Atari 2600 HERO Atari 5200 & 8-bit HERO Commodore 64 Rescue on Fractalus Atari 8-bit Lode Runner Famicom Donkey Kong 3 Famicom Pinball Famicom Nuts and Milk Famicom Karateka Apple II Dragon Slayer PC-88 Ancient Art of War MS-DOS Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Home Computers Console Games 1984 Nintendo releases a conversion of their own Donkey Kong 3 for the Famicom/NES. Nintendo releases Ice Climber and Balloon Fight for the Famicom/NES. Activision releases Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, one of the last major titles for the Atari 2600. Each cartridge contains a custom chip allowing 4-voice sound. Computer Games 1984 Computer Video Games 1984: Alexei Pajitnov creates Tetris for the Electronika 60 in the Soviet Union. Elite, an influential wireframe 3D space trading game offering full six degrees of freedom and a then-unique open-ended design was released. Nihon Falcom releases Dragon Slayer, which lays the foundations for the action role-playing game genre. T&E Soft releases Hydlide, an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic. Knight Lore by Ultimate Play the Game is released for the ZX Spectrum. It is the third title in the Sabreman series, but the first to use the isometric Filmation engine. Bullet-Proof Software releases The Black Onyx, which helps popularize turn-based role-playing games in Japan. Brøderbund releases The Ancient Art of War. It is a real-time tactics game and a precursor to the real-time strategy genre. Brøderbund also releases Karateka for the Apple II. Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Arcade Games 1984 Arcade Video Games 1984: Namco releases Gaplus, the sequel to Galaga. Also, Namco releases the Tower of Druaga arcade game, a precursor to the action role-playing game genre. Data East releases Technōs Japan’s Karate Champ, laying the foundations for the one-one-one fighting game genre. Namco releases Pac-Land and lays the foundations for horizontally-scrolling platform games. Namco releases Grobda, a spin-off from Xevious. In addition, Namco releases Super Xevious and Dragon Buster, the latter of which is one of the first games to feature a life bar. Capcom releases 1942. Irem releases Kung-Fu Master and lays the foundations for the beat ’em up genre. Atari Games releases Marble Madness, their first game written in the C programming language and to use a 68000-family microprocessor. Gaming innovations 1984 Dragon Slayer lays the foundations for the action role-playing game genre Hydlide was an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic Kung-Fu Master / Spartan X lays the foundations for the beat ’em up genre Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Music featured in this video: Tower of Druaga Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr1YwmZ8jW0 Pitfall II Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kgc7_yopM Star Force Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZEbvpgDJyQ Marble Madness www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAYJdLXgZo I do not own any rights for the music in this video! All rights for the music belong to the authors! youtu.be/svpecEkRy44
Video Games 1983: Events The fourth Arcade Awards are held, for games released during 1981-1982, with Tron winning best arcade game, Demon Attack best console game, David’s Midnight Magic best computer game, and Galaxian best standalone game. At the first Golden Joystick Awards ceremony (held in 1984), Jetpac takes Game of the Year. Video Game Crash of 1983 A major shakeout of the North American video game industry (“the crash of 1983”) begins. By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$3.2 billion to US$0.1 billion. These are some of the best video games released in 1983! Video Games Featured in this Video: Mario Bros Arcade Congo Bongo Arcade Track and Field Arcade Lode Runner Home Computer Spelunker Atari 8-bit Bomberman MSX Digger IBM PC Battlezone Atari 2600 Phoenix Atari 2600 Enduro Atari 2600 Hunchback Arcade Vastar Arcade Keystone Kapers Atari 2600 Laser Gates Atari 2600 Krull Atari 2600 Space Ace Arcade Dragon’s Lair Arcade Punch-Out Arcade Baseball Famicom Popeye Famicom Donkey Kong Famicom Donkey Kong Jr. Famicom Donkey Kong 3 Arcade Frostbite Atari 2600 Texas Chainsaw Massacre Atari 2600 Dracula Intellivision Congo Bongo Sega SG 1000 Guzzler Sega SG 1000 I, Robot Arcade Major Havoc Arcade Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1983: ift.tt/2Zj5Dw4 Home Computers in 1983 Apple Computer releases the Apple IIe, which becomes their most popular 8-bit machine. Microsoft Japan releases MSX, an early standardized home computer architecture. Sega releases the SC-3000, a personal computer version of the SG-1000 console, in Japan. Consoles in 1983 SG-1000 console by Sega and Famicom console by Nintendo were released in Japan, on the same day! Shortly after Famicom's release, complaints begin to surface about rampant system instability, prompting Nintendo to issue a product recall and to rerelease the machine with a new motherboard. Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1983: ift.tt/2Zj5Dw4 Gaming innovations: 1.First arcade laserdisc game: Sega’s Astron Belt 2.Third generation of home consoles started with releases of 3.Nintendo Famicom and Sega SG-1000 consoles (released on the same day) 4.Ultima III: Exodus by Richard Garriott, one of the first role-playing video games to use tactical, turn-based combat 5.Koei releases Nobunaga’s Ambition and sets a standard for the historical simulation and strategy RPG genres Console Games in 1983 Mattel Electronics publishes World Series Baseball for the Intellivision, one of the first video games to use multiple camera angles. Activision’s final big year of Atari 2600 releases includes Enduro, Keystone Kapers and Robot Tank. Computer Video Games 1983 Infocom releases Planetfall, which becomes one of their top sellers. Origin Systems publishes Ultima III: Exodus, one of the first role-playing video games to use tactical, turn-based combat. ASCII releases Bokosuka Wars for the Sharp X1 in Japan, precursor to the tactical role-playing game and real-time strategy genres. Koei releases Nobunaga’s Ambition for Japanese computers Electronic Arts publishes its first titles: Hard Hat Mack, Pinball Construction Set, Archon, M.U.L.E. and more. Also, Bug-Byte releases Matthew Smith’s Manic Miner, a platform game, for the ZX Spectrum. Rare, releases its first video games, Jetpac and Atic Atac. Hudson Soft releases Bomberman. Psion releases Chequered Flag, the first driving game published for the ZX Spectrum, one of the first computer car simulators, and the first driving game with selectable cars. Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1983: ift.tt/2Zj5Dw4 Arcade Games in 1983 Namco releases Mappy. Atari releases Star Wars, a color vector graphics game based on the popular film franchise. Sega releases Astron Belt. It was the first laserdisc game in Europe, second in Japan. It uses pre-rendered, computer-animated film footage as backdrops, overlaid with sprite graphics. Nintendo releases Mario Bros., which features the first appearance of Mario’s brother, Luigi. Cinematronics releases Advanced Microcomputer Systems’s Dragon’s Lair, the third laserdisc video game, and the first in the American market. Other Arcade Video Games 1983 Namco releases Pac & Pal exclusively in Japan. Bally/Midway releases Spy Hunter. They also release Jr. Pac-Man and quiz game Professor Pac-Man without Namco’s authorization, and the latter is an immediate flop. Nintendo releases Punch-Out!! in Japan. Williams releases Blaster, which was originally programmed on an Atari 8-bit computer. Thank for watching the video! Please like this video and subscribe to the channel :) Music used in this video: 1.Punchout CPS2 Remix 2.Donkey Kong Arcade Main Theme Remix 3.Mappy Theme Song (Trap Remix) 4.C64 Longplay - Frantic Freddie (HQ) All rights for the music belong to the authors I do not own any rights for the music youtu.be/EveSpi6q0aY
The touchpad can also be pressed for other options, depending on how the game developer assigned it to be. The start and select buttons are no longer here, as they were replaced by the share and options button. A small speaker can be found below the touchpad.
The DualShock 4 was designed for use with the PlayStation 4. A lot of changes can be seen here, like the touchpad ad the middle, a speaker, headphone jack, and the removal of the select and start buttons, but the inclusion of the option and share buttons.
Video Games 1982 Electronic Games holds the third Arcade Awards, for games released during 1980-1981. Pac-Man wins the best arcade game award, Asteroids (Atari VCS) wins the best console game award, and Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit family) wins the best computer game award. Video Games presented in this video: Donkey Kong Jr. (Arcade By Nintendo) Dig Dug (Arcade By Namco / Atari) Time Pilot (Arcade By Konami) Pole Position (Arcade By Namco / Atari) Pitfall! (Atari 2600 By Activision) Moon Patrol (Arcade By Irem / Williams) Q*Bert (Arcade By Gottlieb) Joust (Arcade By Williams) Zaxxon (Arcade By Sega) Popeye (Arcade By Nintendo) Super Pac-Man (Arcade By Namco) Tron (Arcade By Bally Midway) River Raid (Atari 2600 By Activision) Mr. Do! (Arcade By Universal) Xevious (Arcade By Namco / Atari) Carnival (Colecovision) Jungle Hunt (Arcade By Taito) Robotron 2084 (Arcade By Williams) Bagman (Arcade By Valadon Automation) Berzerk (Vectrex) Wizardry II (Computer Game By Sir-Tech) Ultima II (Computer Game By Sierra On-Line) Frogs and Flies (Atari 2600 By Mattel) Night Stalker (Intellivision) Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom (Arcade By Sega) Millipede (Arcade By Atari) Pengo (Arcade By Sega) Swords & Serpents (Intellivision By Imagic) Oink! (Atari 2600 By Activision) Smurfs: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (Colecovision) Spider-Man (Atari 2600 By Parker Brothers) Venture (Colecovision) Tron: Deadly Discs (Intellivision) Tron: Maze-A-Tron (Intellivision) Necromancer (Atari 8-Bit By Synapse Software) Shamus (Atari 8-Bit By Synapse Software) Incredible Wizard (Bally Astrocade) Dragonfire (Atari 2600 By Imagic) Demon Attack (Atari 2600 By Imagic) Shark! Shark! (Intellivision) Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1982: bit.ly/2vry4LL Computer Games 1982 Richard Garriott and Sierra On-Line released Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress. However, controversy with Sierra over royalties led the series creator Richard Garriott to start his own company, Origin Systems. Sir-Tech Software, Inc. releases Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds, the second scenario in the Wizardry series. Koei releases Night Life, the first erotic computer game. Pony Canyon releases Spy Daisakusen, another early Japanese RPG. Synapse releases Necromancer and Shamus for the Atari 8-bit family. Hiroyuki Imabayashi’s Sokoban is released for the NEC PC-8801 and becomes an oft-cloned puzzle game concept. Console Video Games 1982 Atari releases the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. 12 million cartridges are produced, 7 million sold; it’s believed to be one of the causes of the North American video game crash of 1983. Activision releases Pitfall!, which goes on to sell 4 million copies. Atari releases Yars’ Revenge. Overlooked arcade games are revitalized as ColecoVision launch titles, including Cosmic Avenger, Mouse Trap, Lady Bug, and Venture. Atari releases E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Written in five and a half weeks, it’s one of the games that sparks the crash of 1983. Activision releases River Raid, Megamania, Barnstorming, Chopper Command, and Starmaster for the Atari 2600. River Raid becomes one of the all-time bestselling games for the system. Parker Brothers releases Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600, which is the first Star Wars video game. Imagic releases Demon Attack, Atlantis, and Dragonfire for the 2600. Even though, Atlantis sells over a million copies, Demon Attack doubles that. Arcade Games 1982 Sega releases Zaxxon, which introduces isometric graphics, and looks far more 3D than any other raster game at the time. Midway releases Ms. Pac-Man, which is the sequel to Pac-Man, but was created without Namco’s authorization. They also release Baby Pac-Man and Pac-Man Plus without Namco’s authorization later in the year. Namco releases Dig Dug, manufactured by Atari in North America. Nintendo releases Donkey Kong Jr., the sequel to Donkey Kong. Taito releases parallax scroller Jungle Hunt. Namco releases Pole Position, one of the first games with stereophonic and quadraphonic sound. Featuring a pseudo-3D, third-person, rear-view perspective, it becomes the most popular racing game of its time. Other Arcade Video Games 1982 Sega releases maze game Pengo, starring a cute penguin. Namco releases Super Pac-Man, the third title in the Pac-Man series. Konami releases Time Pilot, Namco releases Xevious which sets the style for scrolling shooters to come. Gottlieb releases Q*bert. Bally/Midway releases the Tron arcade game before the movie. Williams Electronics releases Joust, Robotron: 2084, Sinistar, and the second game of the year with parallax scrolling, Irem’s Moon Patrol. Robotron popularizes the twin-stick control scheme for fast action games. Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1982: bit.ly/2vry4LL Thanks for watching the video and reading this description! Please Like and Subscribe! youtu.be/J5PNYMUjLcE
Joining the console in this shot is its controller, a VMU or Visual Memory Unit, and one game, Shenmue.