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251 relations: Acclaim Entertainment, Action-adventure game, Androgyny, Arcade game, Artificial intelligence, Ascential, Assembly language, Atari Jaguar, Attach rate, Audio bit depth, Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, B. Dalton, Battle Arena Toshinden, Bernie Stolar, Best Buy, Brandon Sheffield, Bug!, Burning Rangers, Bus (computing), Business Wire, C (programming language), Capcom, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, CD+G, CD-ROM, Central processing unit, Chicago Tribune, Cinema of China, Clockwork Knight, CNET, Code name, CPU cache, Cult following, Darkstalkers 3, Data buffer, David Rosen (businessman), Daytona USA, Dead or Alive (video game), Demand, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Die Hard (film series), Die Hard Arcade, Digital signal processor, Display resolution, Dragon Force, Dreamcast, Duke Nukem 3D, E3, EB Games, Ebook, ... Expand index (201 more) »
- CD-ROM-based consoles
- Fifth-generation video game consoles
- Products and services discontinued in 1998
- Products and services discontinued in 2000
- Products introduced in 1995
- SuperH-based game consoles
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game publisher based in Glen Cove, New York.
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Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres.
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Androgyny
Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics.
Arcade game
An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.
See Sega Saturn and Arcade game
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
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Ascential
Ascential plc (formerly EMAP) is a British business-to-business media company specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services.
Assembly language
In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.
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Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and released in North America in November 1993. Sega Saturn and Atari Jaguar are 1990s toys, Discontinued video game consoles, fifth-generation video game consoles and home video game consoles.
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Attach rate
The attach rate is a concept used broadly in business, especially in marketing, to represent the number of units of a secondary product/service sold as a direct or implied consequence of the sale of a primary product/service.
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Audio bit depth
In digital audio using pulse-code modulation (PCM), bit depth is the number of bits of information in each sample, and it directly corresponds to the resolution of each sample.
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Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (born 26 September 1962), also known as Olaf Olafsson, is an Icelandic businessman and writer.
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B. Dalton
B.
Battle Arena Toshinden
is a fighting video game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara for the PlayStation.
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Bernie Stolar
Bernard Stolar (October 9, 1946 – June 22, 2022) was an American businessman and a prominent figure in the video game industry for many years.
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Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.
Brandon Sheffield
Brandon Sheffield is a video game director and webcomic writer.
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Bug!
Bug! is a platform game developed by Realtime Associates and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
Burning Rangers
is a 1998 action game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
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Bus (computing)
In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.
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Business Wire
Business Wire is an American company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.
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C (programming language)
C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language.
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Capcom
is a Japanese video game company.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a 1997 action role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
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CD+G
CD+G (also known as CD-G, CD+Graphics and TV-Graphics) is an extension of the compact disc standard that can present low-resolution graphics alongside the audio data on the disc when played on a compatible device.
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read—but not write or erase—CD-ROMs.
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Cinema of China
The cinema of China is the filmmaking and film industry of the Chinese mainland under the People's Republic of China, one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan.
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Clockwork Knight
Clockwork Knight is a side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
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CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
Code name
A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person.
CPU cache
A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.
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Darkstalkers 3
Darkstalkers 3 is a fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades in 1997.
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Data buffer
In computer science, a data buffer (or just buffer) is a region of memory used to store data temporarily while it is being moved from one place to another.
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David Rosen (businessman)
David M. Rosen (born January 22, 1930) is an American businessman and the co-founder of the Japanese video game company Sega.
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Daytona USA
is an arcade racing game developed by Sega AM2 and released by Sega in March of 1994.
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Dead or Alive (video game)
is a 1996 fighting game by Tecmo and the first entry in Team Ninja's long-running Dead or Alive series.
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Demand
In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time.
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Atlus.
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Die Hard (film series)
Die Hard is an American action film series that originated with Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever.
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Die Hard Arcade
Die Hard Arcade, known as in Japan, is an arcade beat 'em up video game released by Sega.
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Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor chip, with its architecture optimized for the operational needs of digital signal processing.
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Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
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Dragon Force
Dragon Force is a real-time strategy and role-playing video game from Sega created for the Sega Saturn.
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Dreamcast
The is the final home video game console manufactured by Sega. Sega Saturn and Dreamcast are 1990s toys, Discontinued video game consoles, home video game consoles and superH-based game consoles.
Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms.
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E3
E3 (short for Electronic Entertainment Expo) was an annual trade event for the video game industry organized and presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
EB Games
EB Games (formerly known as Electronics Boutique and EB World) is an American computer and video games retailer.
Ebook
An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices.
Edge (magazine)
Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc.
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Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
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Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) is a monthly American video game magazine.
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Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving messages using electronic devices.
Enemy Zero
is a 1996 horror-themed adventure video game for the Sega Saturn, developed by Warp and directed by Kenji Eno.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.
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Eternal Champions
Eternal Champions is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis.
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Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
Famitsu
, formerly, is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa.
Fifth generation of video game consoles
The fifth generation era (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era, or the 3D era) refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming consoles dating from approximately October 4, 1993, to March 23, 2006. Sega Saturn and fifth generation of video game consoles are 1990s toys and fifth-generation video game consoles.
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Fighters Megamix
is a 1996 fighting game developed by Sega AM2 for the Sega Saturn.
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Fighting game
A fighting game is a genre of video game that involves combat between two or more characters.
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Fighting Vipers
Fighting Vipers (ファイティングバイパーズ Faitingu Vaipāzu) is a 3D fighting video game developed by Sega AM2.
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Final Fantasy VII
is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation console and the seventh main installment in the Final Fantasy series.
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Firefighter
A firefighter (or fire fighter) is a first responder trained in firefighting, primarily to control and extinguish fires that threaten life and property, as well as to rescue persons from confinement or dangerous situations.
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Fisheye lens
A fisheye lens is an ultra wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image.
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Frame rate
Frame rate, most commonly expressed in or FPS, is typically the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) are captured or displayed.
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Frequency modulation synthesis
Frequency modulation synthesis (or FM synthesis) is a form of sound synthesis whereby the frequency of a waveform is changed by modulating its frequency with a modulator.
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Future plc
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.
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Future US
Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.
Game Developer (website)
Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development.
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Game engine
A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games and generally includes relevant libraries and support programs such as a level editor.
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Game Informer
Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.
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Gamepad
A gamepad is a type of video game controller held in two hands, where the fingers (especially thumbs) are used to provide input.
GamePro
GamePro was an American multiplatform video game magazine media company that published online and print content covering the video game industry, video game hardware and video game software.
GameRankings
GameRankings was a video gaming review aggregator that was founded in 1999 and owned by CBS Interactive.
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GameSpot
GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews.
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GameStop
GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer.
Geometric primitive
In vector computer graphics, CAD systems, and geographic information systems, geometric primitive (or prim) is the simplest (i.e. 'atomic' or irreducible) geometric shape that the system can handle (draw, store).
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Glossary of video game terms
This is a non-comprehensive list that includes terms used in video games and the video game industry, as well as slang used by players.
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Golden Axe: The Duel
is a fantasy-themed fighting game produced by Sega based on their Golden Axe series.
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Grandia (video game)
Grandia is a role-playing video game, developed by Game Arts and published by Entertainment Software Publishing for the Sega Saturn console as the first game in their Grandia series.
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Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
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Guardian Heroes
Guardian Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Treasure and released by Sega in 1996 for the Sega Saturn video game console.
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
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Hayao Nakayama
is a Japanese businessman and was the former President and CEO of Sega Enterprises, Ltd from 1983 to 1999.
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Hiroshi Fujioka
, better known by his stage name, is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider, and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro (jokingly revealed to be Takeshi Hongo himself).
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Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Home video game console
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. Sega Saturn and home video game console are home video game consoles.
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Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and battery-powered equipment, founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda and headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
IGN
IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.
Imp
An imp is a European mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition.
Indie game
An indie game, short for independent video game, is a video game created by individuals or smaller development teams without the financial and technical support of a large game publisher, in contrast to most "AAA" (triple-A) games.
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Instructions per second
Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed.
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International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry.
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Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan.
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Jon Burton
Jon Burton is a British video game designer, director, and programmer.
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JVC
JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood.
KB Toys
K·B Toys (also known as Kay Bee Toys) was an American chain of mall-based retail toy stores.
Kenji Eno
was a Japanese musician and video game designer.
Killer application
A killer application (often shortened to killer app) is any software that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology, such as its host computer hardware, video game console, software platform, or operating system.
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Kilobit
The kilobit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage.
Last Bronx
is a 3D fighting video game developed by Sega AM3 on the Sega Model 2 mainboard.
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Lead time
A lead time is the latency between the initiation and completion of a process.
Library (computing)
In computer science, a library is a collection of read-only resources that is leveraged during software development to implement a computer program.
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Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games, typically shaped to resemble a pistol.
Light-gun shooter
Light-gun shooter, also called light-gun game or simply gun game, is a shooter video game genre in which the primary design element is to simulate a shooting gallery by having the player aiming and discharging a gun-shaped controller at a screen.
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List of color palettes
This article is a list of the color palettes for notable computer graphics, terminals and video game console hardware.
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List of commercial failures in video games
As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments.
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List of Sega arcade system boards
Sega is a video game developer, publisher, and hardware development company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with multiple offices around the world.
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List of Syfy TV channels
Syfy (in some countries named Sci Fi) is a family of pay television channels that broadcast programming owned or licensed by entertainment NBCUniversal around the world using the Syfy brand which is focused on science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and paranormal programming.
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Lobotomy Software
Lobotomy Software, Inc. was an American video game developer founded in 1993 and based in Redmond, Washington.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, originally released in Japan as simply is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and Japan Art Media as a remake of 1992's Lunar: The Silver Star.
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Magic Knight Rayearth (video game)
is a Japanese video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn in 1995.
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Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
is a crossover fighting video game developed and published by Capcom.
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Megabit
The megabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information.
Mini CD
Mini CDs, or pocket CDs, are CDs with a smaller diameter and one-third the storage capacity of a standard 120 mm disc.
Modem
A modulator-demodulator or most commonly referred to as modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio.
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 3 is a 1995 arcade fighting game developed by Midway Games.
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Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector.
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Namco
was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company, headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo.
Namco System 11
The is a 32-bit arcade system board developed jointly by Namco and Sony Computer Entertainment.
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NEC V60
The NEC V60 is a CISC microprocessor manufactured by NEC starting in 1986.
Next Generation (magazine)
Next Generation was a US video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future US).
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Nights into Dreams
is a 1996 action game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
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Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64 are 1990s toys, Discontinued video game consoles, fifth-generation video game consoles and home video game consoles.
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Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power was a former video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America.
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Non-player character
A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player.
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Nvidia
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
Online chat
Online chat is any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver.
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Optical disc drive
In computing, an optical disc drive is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs.
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Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon is a series of video games developed and published by Sega.
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Panzer Dragoon (video game)
Panzer Dragoon is a 1995 rail shooter game for the Sega Saturn, developed and published by Sega.
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Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei is a 1996 rail shooter game for the Sega Saturn, developed and published by Sega.
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Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoon Saga, known in Japan as Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG, is a 1998 role-playing video game (RPG) developed by Team Andromeda and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
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Paramount Streaming
Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.
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Photo CD
Photo CD is a system designed by Kodak for digitizing and saving photos onto a CD.
Pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in a dot matrix display device.
Playboy
Playboy (stylized in all caps) is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.
PlayStation (console)
The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Sega Saturn and PlayStation (console) are 1990s toys, cD-ROM-based consoles, Discontinued video game consoles, fifth-generation video game consoles, home video game consoles and products introduced in 1994.
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Polygon (computer graphics)
Polygons are used in computer graphics to compose images that are three-dimensional in appearance.
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Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics (often abbreviated as PM or PopMech) is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics.
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Porting
In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g., different CPU, operating system, or third party library).
Pound sterling
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.
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PowerSlave
PowerSlave, known as Exhumed in Europe and in Japan, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Lobotomy Software and published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment in North America, and BMG Interactive in Europe and Japan.
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Price war
A price war is a form of market competition in which companies within an industry engage in aggressive pricing strategies, “characterized by the repeated cutting of prices below those of competitors”.
Prima Games
Prima Games is a publishing company of video game strategy guides in the United States.
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Primal Rage
Primal Rage is a fighting game developed and released by Atari Games for arcades in 1994.
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Programming tool
A programming tool or software development tool is a computer program that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications.
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Pulse-code modulation
Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals.
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Quadrilateral
In geometry a quadrilateral is a four-sided polygon, having four edges (sides) and four corners (vertices).
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Quake (video game)
Quake is a first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive.
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Radiant Silvergun
is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Treasure.
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Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
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RCA connector
The RCA connector is a type of electrical connector commonly used to carry audio and video signals.
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Red Entertainment
is a video game developer and publisher based in Japan.
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Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks.
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Redwood City, California
Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose.
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Research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.
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Resident Evil (1996 video game)
Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation.
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Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 is a 1998 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation.
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Retro Gamer
Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games.
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RhythmOne
RhythmOne, previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company which owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel.
Ridge Racer (1993 video game)
is a 1993 racing video game developed and published by Namco.
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.
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Sakura Wars
is a Japanese steampunk media franchise created by Oji Hiroi and owned by Sega.
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Saturn Bomberman
is an action video game by Hudson Soft for the Sega Saturn as the name implies.
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Saved game
A saved game (also called a game save, savegame, savefile, save point, or simply save) is a piece of digitally stored information about the progress of a player in a video game.
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Score (game)
In games, score refers to an abstract quantity associated with a player or team.
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Sega
is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
Sega AM1
is a development department within Japanese toy and amusement game company Sega Fave that also previously existed as Wow Entertainment and AM1 spent most of its early existence under the leadership of Rikiya Nakagawa and developed a number of arcade games for Sega.
Sega AM2
previously known as is a video game development team within the Japanese multinational video game developer Sega.
Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Sega Saturn and Sega Genesis are 1990s toys and home video game consoles.
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Sega Net Link
Sega Net Link (also called Sega Saturn Net Link) is an attachment for the Sega Saturn game console to provide Saturn users with internet access and access to email through their console.
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Sega Rally Championship
Sega Rally Championship is a 1994 racing game developed and published by Sega.
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Sega Saturn Magazine
Sega Saturn Magazine was a monthly magazine from England covering the Sega Saturn, a home video game console.
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Sega Sports R&D
, or Sega Sports R&D, was a development division of the Japanese video game company Sega.
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Sega Technical Institute
Sega Technical Institute (STI) was an American video game developer owned by Sega.
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Sega Worldwide Soccer
Sega Worldwide Soccer is a series of soccer games by Sega.
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Segata Sanshiro
is a character created by Sega to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan between 1997 and 1998.
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Seiichi Ishii
Seiichi Ishii (石井 精一 Ishii Seiichi, born 18 August 1967) is a Japanese game designer.
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Sell-through
Sell-through refers to the percentage of a product that is sold by a retailer after being shipped by its supplier, typically expressed as a percentage.
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Shenmue (video game)
Shenmue is a 1999 action-adventure game developed by AM2 of CRI and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
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Shining Force III
Shining Force III is a tactical role-playing game released for the Sega Saturn.
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Shining the Holy Ark
is a first person role-playing video game released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn.
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Shoichiro Irimajiri
and raised in Kobe is a Japanese engineer and businessman.
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Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (stylized as SiliconGraphics before 1999, later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.
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Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic 3D Blast, known in Europe and Japan as is a 1996 platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series for the Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn.
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Sonic Adventure
is a 1998 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
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Sonic Jam
Sonic Jam is a video game compilation developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
Sonic R
is a 1997 racing game developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn.
Sonic Team
is a video game developer owned by the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No.
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Sonic the Hedgehog
is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega.
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Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
is a fictional character created by the Japanese game developers Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima.
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Sonic X-treme
Sonic X-treme was a platform game developed by Sega Technical Institute from 1994 until its cancellation in 1996.
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Sony
, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a Japanese-American multinational video game and digital entertainment company of Sony.
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Sound chip
A sound chip is an integrated circuit (chip) designed to produce audio signals through digital, analog or mixed-mode electronics.
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Steven L. Kent
Steven L. Kent (born August 28, 1960) is an American writer, known for both video game journalism and military science fiction novels.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
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Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter Alpha 3, released as in Japan, Asia, South America, and Oceania, is a 2D fighting game originally released by Capcom for the arcade in 1998.
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
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SuperH
SuperH (or SH) is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi and currently produced by Renesas.
Tekken (video game)
is a fighting game developed and published by Namco.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The House of the Dead (video game)
is a 1997 horror-themed light gun shooter arcade game developed by Sega AM1 and released by Sega.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Ultimate History of Video Games
The Ultimate History of Video Games is a 2001 non-fiction book by Steven L. Kent.
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The Verge
The Verge is an American technology news website headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media.
Time Warner Interactive
Time Warner Interactive (Group) (TWI) was a video game publishing division within Time Warner.
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Toby Gard
Toby Gard (born 8 June 1972) is an English video game character designer and consultant.
Tokyo Stock Exchange
The, abbreviated as Tosho (東証) or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tom Kalinske
Thomas Kalinske (born July 17, 1944) is an American businessman who has worked for Mattel (1972–1990), Sega of America (1990–1996) and LeapFrog (1997–2006).
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Tomonobu Itagaki
(born April 1, 1967) is a Japanese video game designer best known for creating the Dead or Alive series and also reviving the Ninja Gaiden franchise in 2004.
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Toys "R" Us
Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others.
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Transparency (graphic)
Transparency in computer graphics is possible in a number of file formats.
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Traveller's Tales
Traveller's Tales is a British video game developer and a subsidiary of TT Games.
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Treasure (company)
is a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo known for its action, platform, and shoot 'em up games.
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Video CD
Video CD (abbreviated as VCD, and also known as Compact Disc Digital Video) is a home video format and the first format for distributing films on standard optical discs.
Video game console emulator
A video game console emulator is a type of emulator that allows a computing device to emulate a video game console's hardware and play its games on the emulating platform.
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Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.
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Video random-access memory
Video random-access memory (VRAM) is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor.
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Virtua Cop
(known as Virtua Squad for the North American Windows version) is a 1994 light gun shooter game developed by Sega AM2 and designed by Yu Suzuki.
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Virtua Fighter
is a series of fighting games created by Sega AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki.
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Virtua Fighter (video game)
is a fighting game created for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group within Sega, headed by Yu Suzuki.
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Virtua Fighter 2
is a 1994 fighting video game developed by Sega.
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Virtua Fighter 3
is the sequel to 1994's Virtua Fighter 2 and the third fighting game in the Virtua Fighter series, developed and published by Sega in 1996.
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Virtua Fighter Kids
is an installment in the Sega AM2 Virtua Fighter fighting game series.
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Virtua Racing
Virtua Racing or V.R. for short, is a Formula One racing video game developed by Sega AM2 and released for arcades in 1992.
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Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
is a 1996 video game developed and published by Sega.
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Walmart
Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Warp (company)
Warp Inc., now known as From Yellow To Orange Ltd., is a Japanese video game developer.
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Web navigation
Web navigation refers to the process of navigating a network of information resources in the World Wide Web, which is organized as hypertext or hypermedia.
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Wipeout 2097
Wipeout 2097 (released as Wipeout XL in North America and Japan) is a racing video game developed and published by Psygnosis.
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Wired (magazine)
Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
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Working Designs
Working Designs was an American video game publisher that specialized in the localization of Japanese role-playing video games, strategy video games and top-down shooters for various platforms.
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World Series Baseball
World Series Baseball may refer to.
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Yamaha YMF292
The YMF292, aka SCSP (Saturn Custom Sound Processor) is a multi-function sound chip developed by Yamaha for the Sega Saturn, and was also used in Sega's arcade version of the Saturn, the ST-V, along with the Model 2 and Model 3.
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Yu Suzuki
is a Japanese game designer, producer, programmer, and engineer, who headed Sega's AM2 team for 18 years.
Yuji Naka
, credited in some games as YU2, is a former Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer.
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company.
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1Up Network
1Up.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.
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32X
The 32X is an add-on for the Sega Genesis video game console. Sega Saturn and 32X are 1990s toys, fifth-generation video game consoles, products introduced in 1994, products introduced in 1995 and superH-based game consoles.
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images.
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44,100 Hz
In digital audio, 44,100 Hz (alternately represented as 44.1 kHz) is a common sampling frequency.
See also
CD-ROM-based consoles
- 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- Amiga CD32
- Atari Jaguar CD
- CD-i
- CDTV
- FM Towns Marty
- HyperScan
- LaserActive
- Neo Geo CD
- PC-FX
- Panasonic M2
- PlayStation (console)
- Playdia
- Sega CD
- Sega Saturn
- Super NES CD-ROM
- Tandy Video Information System
- TurboDuo
- TurboGrafx-16
- V.Flash
Fifth-generation video game consoles
- 32X
- 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- 64DD
- Amiga CD32
- Apple Pippin
- Atari Jaguar
- Atari Jaguar CD
- Casio Loopy
- Design Master Denshi Mangajuku
- Fifth generation of video game consoles
- Game Boy Color
- Game.com
- Genesis Nomad
- IQue Player
- Neo Geo Pocket
- Nintendo 64
- PC-FX
- PlayStation (console)
- Playdia
- PocketStation
- R-Zone
- Sega Saturn
- Virtual Boy
Products and services discontinued in 1998
- Apple Newton
- Blackwing 602
- CD-i
- GTE mainStreet
- IBM WebExplorer
- Lego Aquazone
- Sega Pico
- Sega Saturn
- UMAX SuperMac
Products and services discontinued in 2000
- Arch Deluxe
- EPods
- Erector Set
- IBM Advanced/36
- Lego Ninja
- Lego Rock Raiders
- Pizzarias
- RelayOne
- Rocket eBook
- Sega Saturn
- Windows NT 3.1
Products introduced in 1995
- 32X
- Akai SG01v
- Arden's Garden
- Atari CoJag
- Big Hardee
- Blenders Pride
- Blue Moon (beer)
- Caramel Apple Pops
- Casio Loopy
- Caterpillar 3126
- DiGiorno
- Elliptical trainer
- Frappuccino
- Gene Marshall
- Genesis Nomad
- Hooper's Hooch
- Josta
- Le Male
- Lego Aquazone
- Lego Baby
- MSN Groups
- McFlurry
- Navy (perfume)
- Proactiv
- Qee
- R-Zone
- Royal Stag
- Satellaview
- Sega Saturn
- Semtex (drink)
- Sentricon
- Super A'Can
- TI-80
- TI-92 series
- Techron
- Telepac
- Uncle Ray's
- VFX1 Headgear
- Virtual Boy
- Windows 95
SuperH-based game consoles
- 32X
- Casio Loopy
- Dreamcast
- Sega Saturn
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