Saturday, October 28, 2006

Magazine articles featuring Bandai solar games!

Here is an extract from Bandai Toy Fair catalog (1982) featuring Invaders of the Mummy's Tomb and Escape from the Devil's Doom:



Front and back cover of a Japanese magazine called Electronic Game magazine (25th of October 1982) featuring Gekisen U-Boat and Kyofu No Mujintou:



And pages from that same magazine featuring Nazo No Chinbotsusen, Daidassou, Kyofu No Mujintou, Gekisen U-Boat, and Tengoku & Jigoku:



Gekisen U-Boat:



Tengoku & Jigoku, Nazo No Pyramid, Kyofu No Mujintou and Gekisen U-Boat:



Daidassou and Nazo No Chinbotsusen:



Gekisen U-Boat:



Gekisen U-Boat:



Another Japanese magazine called Electronic Game(1983) featuring Gekisen U-Boat:



From French magazine Tilt (March-April 1983) featuring La grande évasion and U-Boat:



And here is another extract from Electronic Games magazine (July 1983) featuring Mr. Franken, Airport Panic, Hikyo Amazon and Akuryo No Yakata:



From Tilt (July-August 1983) featuring S.O.S.:



S.O.S.:



From Tilt (September-October 1983) featuring Airport Panic, S.O.S. and Amazone:



From Tilt (November-December 1983) featuring Hikyo Amazon, Airport Panic and Daidassou:



Amazone:



Hikyo Amazon:



And an article from Game Watch! (1999) featuring Gekisen U-Boat, Kyofu No Mujintou, Nazo No Chinbotsusen and Daidassou:

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Monday, October 23, 2006

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Interactive zone

Halo 2 multiplayer game on Microsoft Xbox:



Super Smash Bros Melee multiplayer game on Nintendo Game Cube:



Saturn Bomberman multiplayer game on Sega Saturn:

Sound from the Video Games

Electronic soundtrack:



The sound zone:



Beatmania (1998 Sony PlayStation):



Rez (2002 Sony PlayStation 2):



Chillingham (2004 PC):

Developer corner

Creating a game:



A developer kit:

The magazines

Various video game magazines:

Games from the East

Influence from the East:



Patchinko game:



Japan mania:



Tokimeki Memorial game intro:



Sailor Moon S - Kondowa Puzzle de Oshioikiyo (1994 Super Famicom):



Densha de Go! Shinkansen (2001 Sony PlayStation 2):



Steel Battalion (2002 Microsoft Xbox):

Games from the West

Europe and the US:



Arcade games in East Germany:



Poly Play (1985):



Amanda The Witch's Apprentice (2002 Sega Dreamcast):



Metroid Prime (2002 Nintendo Game Cube):



Madden NFL 06 (2005 Microsoft Xbox):

Cult series

Making games:



Monkey Island artwork (part 1):



Monkey Island artwork (part 2):



Pokemon poster:



Pokemon products:



Pokemon artwork:



The Sims:



Tomb Raider:



Grand Theft Auto: