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Third generation of video game consoles

Index Third generation of video game consoles

In the history of computer and video games, the third generation (sometimes referred to as the 8-bit era) began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of both the Family Computer (referred to in Japan in the abbreviated form "Famicom", and later known as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, in the rest of the world) and SG-1000. [1]

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Action Max

Action Max is a home video game console using VHS tapes for games.

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Amiga support and maintenance software

Amiga support and maintenance software performs service functions such as formatting media for a specific filesystem, diagnosing failures that occur on formatted media, data recovery after media failure, and installation of new software for the Amiga family of personal computers—as opposed to application software, which performs business, education, and recreation functions.

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Amstrad GX4000

The GX4000 is a video game console that was manufactured by Amstrad.

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Angel F

Angel_F is a fictional child artificial intelligence that has been used in worldwide art performances focused on the issues of digital liberties, intellectual property and on the evolution of language and behaviour in information society.

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Atari 7800

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by the Atari Corporation in 1986.

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Atari Flashback

The Atari Flashback is a series of dedicated consoles marketed by Atari, Inc. from 2004 to 2011.

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Atari XEGS

The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is a home video game console released by Atari Corporation in 1987.

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Bayonetta

Bayonetta is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega.

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BBC Bridge Companion

The BBC Bridge Companion is an 8-bit video game console for teaching bridge.

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Bit Boy!!

Bit Boy!! is a video game developed by Bplus for Nintendo's WiiWare service.

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Bitpop

Bitpop is a type of electronic music and subgenre of chiptune music, where at least part of the music is made using the sound chips of old 8-bit (or 16-bit) computers and video game consoles.

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Brian Clevinger

Brian Clevinger (born May 7, 1978) is an American writer best known as the author of the webcomic 8-Bit Theater and the Eisner-nominated print comic Atomic Robo.

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Chiptune

Chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music, is synthesized electronic music which is made for programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips used in vintage computers, consoles, and arcade machines.

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Cobra Triangle

Cobra Triangle is a 1989 racing, vehicular combat video game developed by Rare and released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Code Monkeys

Code Monkeys is an American animated television program by Adam de la Peña.

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Codemasters

The Codemasters Software Company Limited (formerly Electric Games Company Limited), doing business as Codemasters, is a British video game developer and publisher founded by David Darling and his brother Richard in 1986.

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Coleco Sonic

The Coleco Sonic is a handheld game console released in 2006 by Coleco Holdings, also marketed as PlayPal in Canada and the United Kingdom and Pocket Gear in Europe.

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Commodore 64 Games System

The Commodore 64 Games System (often abbreviated C64GS) is the cartridge-based home video game console version of the popular Commodore 64 home computer.

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Contact (video game)

is a role-playing video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Nintendo DS handheld game console.

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Dark Queen (Battletoads)

The Dark Queen is the main antagonist of the Battletoads video game series by Rare introduced in the original Battletoads in 1991.

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Digital 3D

Digital 3D is a non-specific 3D standard in which films, television shows, and video games are presented and shot in digital 3D technology or later processed in digital post-production to add a 3D effect.

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Digital Estate Planning

"Digital Estate Planning" is the 20th episode of the third season of the U.S. television series ''Community''.

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Dina (video game console)

The Dina, also known in Taiwan as the Chuang Zao Zhe 50, is a video game console originally manufactured by Bit Corporation, later sold in the United States by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade.

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DragonForce

DragonForce are a British power metal band based in London, England.

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Dust: An Elysian Tail

Dust: An Elysian Tail is an action role-playing video game developed by independent designer Dean Dodrill, published by Microsoft Studios.

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EarthBound

EarthBound, also known as Mother 2 in Japan, is a 1994 Japanese role-playing video game co-developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.

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Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard is a third-person shooter video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles.

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Ending-Man Terminator

Terminator 2 (real console name Super Design Ending-Man BS-500 AS) was a video game console sold in Poland, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, India, Kenya and Hungary.

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Epics (company)

is a Japanese video game software developer located in Tokyo, Japan.

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Famicom 3D System

The Famicom 3D System is a Japan-exclusive accessory for the Family Computer releasedPlunkett, Luke.

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Family Computer Disk System

The, sometimes shortened as the or simply the, and abbreviated as the FDS or FCD, is a peripheral for Nintendo's Family Computer home video game console, released only in Japan on February 21, 1986.

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Family Computer Network System

The, also known as the Famicom Net System or Famicom Modem, is a video game peripheral for Nintendo's Family Computer, released in September 1988 only in Japan.

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Fez (video game)

Fez (stylized as FEZ) is an indie puzzle-platform video game developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor.

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Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's (often abbreviated to FNaF) is a media franchise based around an indie video game series created, designed, developed, and published by Scott Cawthon for Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Android.

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Fourth generation of video game consoles

In the history of computer and video games, the fourth generation (more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era) of games consoles began on October 30, 1987 with the Japanese release of NEC Home Electronics' PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America).

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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is a point-and-click business simulation survival horror video game created by Scott Cawthon.

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Gamepad

A gamepad, joypad, or simply controller is a type of game controller held in two hands, where the fingers (especially thumbs) are used to provide input.

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Glossary of video game terms

This is a glossary of video game terms which lists the general terms as commonly used in Wikipedia articles related to video games and its industry.

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Golden age of arcade video games

The golden age of arcade video games was the era when arcade video games entered pop culture and became a dominant cultural force.

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Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google LLC.

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Guardians of Sunshine

"Guardians of Sunshine" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series Adventure Time.

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Halcyon (console)

The Halcyon is a home video game console by RDI Video Systems.

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Hirokazu Tanaka

, also known as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, sound designer, and executive who pioneered chiptune music.

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History of games

The history of games dates to the ancient human past.

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History of the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo's 8-bit video game console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), known in Japan as the or, was introduced after the video game crash of 1983, and was instrumental in revitalizing the industry.

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Home video game console

A home video game console, or simply home console, is a video game device that is primarily used for home gamers, as opposed to in arcades or some other commercial establishment.

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Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter is a 2D action role-playing game developed by Heart Machine.

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Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart

is a 2014 tactical role-playing game developed by Sting.

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I Wanna Be the Guy

I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game (IWBTG) is a 2D platform indie freeware video game, created by Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2.

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Index of gaming articles

Articles pertaining to games and gaming include.

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1988 video game)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is an action game released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Isometric graphics in video games and pixel art

In video games and pixel art, "isometric" refers to some form of axonometric projection (commonly, the form of dimetric projection with a 2:1 pixel ratio) where the viewpoint is angled to reveal other facets of the game environment than are typically visible from a purely top-down perspective or side view, thereby producing a three-dimensional effect.

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Jeff Minter

Jeff Minter (born in 22 April 1962 in Reading) is an independent English video game designer and programmer who often goes by the name Yak.

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Jet Force Gemini

Jet Force Gemini is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console.

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JumpJet Rex

JumpJet Rex is a 2D platform game developed and published by TreeFortress Games.

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Kart Fighter

Kart Fighter ("Mario Fighter") is an unlicensed 2D fighting game produced for the Nintendo Famicom.

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Keyboard Cat

Keyboard Cat is an Internet meme.

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Kirby's Dream Land

Kirby's Dream Land is a video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.

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Konami Code

The Konami Code (コナミコマンド, Konami komando, "Konami command") is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, although the code also appears in some non-Konami games.

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Ladyhawke (musician)

Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown (born 13 July 1979), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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List of Game of the Year awards

Game of the Year (abbreviated GotY) is a title awarded by various gaming publications to a deserving game.

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List of Google Easter eggs

The technology giant Google "prides itself on being a playful company" and has added Easter eggs and April Fools' Day jokes and hoaxes into many of its products and services, such as Google Search, YouTube, and Android since at least 2000.

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List of handheld game consoles

This is a list of handheld game consoles, portable video game consoles with a built-in screen and game controls and separate games.

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List of Sega video game consoles

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 The Amazing World of Gumball characters

The animated comedy television series The Amazing World of Gumball features a wide array of primary and supporting characters, all of whom reside in the fictional American city of Elmore.

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List of video game crowdfunding projects

The following is a list of notable video game projects (in hardware, software, and related media) that have embarked upon crowdfunding campaigns.

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List of video games in the Museum of Modern Art

A number of video games were selected by the Museum of Modern Art, located in New York City, as part of its permanent collection.

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List of X-Play characters

The video-game review television program X-Play has had numerous recurring sketch characters that have appeared throughout the show's history; during a preview for the game WWE Day of Reckoning 2, co-hosts Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb were left pondering, "Just how many random-ass supporting characters do we have on this show?".

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LJN Video Art

The LJN Video Art is an educational home video game console that was developed and manufactured by LJN.

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Lords of Time

Lords of Time is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Sue Gazzard and released by Level 9 Computing in 1983.

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M.U.L.E. Returns

M.U.L.E. Returns is a strategy mobile game by Toronto-based developer Comma 8 Studios.

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Manos: The Hands of Fate (video game)

Manos: The Hands of Fate is a video game developed and published by FreakZone Games, based on the cult film of the same name.

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Master System

The is a third-generation home video game console that was manufactured by Sega.

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Mega Man (video game)

Mega Man, known as in Japan, is a 1987 action-platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

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Mega Man 10

Mega Man 10, known in Japan as, is an action-platform video game developed by Inti Creates and Capcom.

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Mega Man 7

Mega Man 7 is a platform video game by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Mega Man 8

Mega Man 8, known in Japan as Rockman 8: Metal Heroes, is a action-platform video game developed and released by Capcom in.

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Mega Man 9

Mega Man 9, known in Japan as, is an action-platform video game developed by Capcom and Inti Creates.

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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is an overhead action-adventure stealth video game, with the tagline "Tactical Espionage Game", that was originally released by Konami in for the MSX2 computer platform.

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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament is a 1994 racing video game developed by Supersonic Software and published by Codemasters for the Sega Mega Drive.

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Mother (video game)

, released outside Japan as EarthBound Beginnings, is a role-playing video game developed by Ape and published by Nintendo for the Famicom.

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Mutant Mudds

Mutant Mudds is a platform video game developed by Renegade Kid.

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My Vision

The is a home video game console developed by Nichibutsu and released in Japan on 1983.

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N-Joypad

The N-Joypad is a Famicom clone manufactured by the Hong Kong-based company ABL, which is different from other clones because it does not use cartridges, instead relying on plastic "compact discs" of different size.

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Naiyaandi

Naiyaandi (English: Mockery) is a 2013 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Sarkunam.

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Nanashi no Game

is a first-person survival horror video game developed by Epics and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS.

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NES Advantage

The NES Advantage is an arcade style controller released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987.

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NES Four Score

The NES Four Score is a multitap accessory created by Nintendo in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo.

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Nintendo Entertainment System (Model NES-101)

The NES-101 model of the Nintendo Entertainment System (informally known as the NES 2, the top-loading model, or simply the Top Loader) is a compact, top-loading redesign of the original Nintendo Entertainment System video game console released by Nintendo in 1993.

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Outline of video games

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to video games: Video game – an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.

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Parallax scrolling

Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics where background images move past the camera more slowly than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene and adding to the sense of immersion in the virtual experience.

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Parallel importing in video games

Import gamers are a subset of the video game player community that take part in the practice of playing video games from another region, usually from Japan where the majority of games for certain systems originate.

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PC game

PC games, also known as computer games or personal computer games, are video games played on a personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine.

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Phil Fish

Philippe Poisson (born 1984), better known as Phil Fish, is a French-Canadian former indie game designer best known for his work on the 2012 platform game Fez published by his company, Polytron Corporation.

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Platform game

A platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre and subgenre of action game.

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Playtronic

Playtronic Industrial Ltda. was a Brazilian video game and toy manufacturer based in Manaus, Brazil, and was a joint venture between companies Gradiente Industrial S.A. (consumer electronics company) and Manufatura de Brinquedos Estrela S.A. (toy manufacturer).

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Pole's Big Adventure

is a retro-styled platforming video game by Sega for WiiWare.

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Power Glove

The Power Glove is a controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Power Player Super Joy III

Power Player Super Joy III (also known as Power Joy, Power Games, and XA-76-1E) is a line of handheld Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom video game console clones.

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PV-1000

The is a home video game console manufactured by Casio and released in Japan in 1983.

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Ratchet & Clank (2016 video game)

Ratchet & Clank is a three-dimensional platform-shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Robot Unicorn Attack

Robot Unicorn Attack is an online "endless running" video game featured on the Adult Swim and Flashline Games website.

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Sabre Wulf

Sabre Wulf is an action-adventure game by Ultimate Play the Game, initially released for the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1984.

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Second generation of video game consoles

The second generation of computer and video games began in 1976 with the release of the Fairchild Channel F. It coincided with and was partly fuelled by the golden age of arcade video games, a peak era of popularity and innovation for the medium.

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SG-1000

The also known as the Sega Computer Video Game SG-1000, is a home video game console manufactured by Sega and released in Japan, Australia, and other regions.

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Shield Knight

Shield Knight is a secondary character in the 2014 indie platform video game Shovel Knight.

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Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight is a 2D side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Yacht Club Games.

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Side-scrolling video game

A side-scrolling game, side-scroller or 2D is a video game in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters can generally only move to the left or right.

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Sonic Chaos

Sonic Chaos is a platform game developed by Aspect and published by Sega.

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Spitting Image (video game)

Spitting Image is a video game released in 1989 featuring characters from the Spitting Image puppet show.

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Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

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Strong Bad

Strong Bad is a fictional character from the Homestar Runner series of animated Flash web cartoons, inspired by "The Strong Bads" from the video game Tag Team Wrestling.

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Super Cassette Vision

The is a home video game console made by Epoch Co. and released in Japan on July 17, 1984, and in Europe, specifically France, later in 1984.

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Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo.

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Super Mario World

Super Mario World is a 1990 side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

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Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy is an independent video game designed by Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes and developed by Team Meat.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (officially abbreviated the Super NES or SNES, and colloquially shortened to Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America.

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Tactical role-playing game

Tactical role-playing games (abbreviated as TRPG) are a genre of video game which incorporates elements of traditional role-playing video games with that of tactical games, emphasizing tactics rather than high-level strategy.

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The Barn (film)

The Barn is a 2016 American horror film written and directed by Justin M. Seaman.

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The Disney Afternoon Collection

The Disney Afternoon Collection is a compilation video game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Capcom.

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.

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The Incident (video game)

The Incident is a platform game developed and published by Big Bucket Software.

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The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd is a British sitcom produced by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry.

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The Oregon Trail (card game)

The Oregon Trail is a card game based on the video game of the same name.

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The Simpsons Game

The Simpsons Game is an action platformer video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons and loosely on The Simpsons Movie, made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

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Third generation

Third generation may refer to.

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Tile-based video game

A tile-based video game is a type of video or video game where the playing area consists of small square (or, much less often, rectangular, parallelogram, or hexagonal) graphic images referred to as tiles laid out in a grid.

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Tim Follin

Timothy John Follin (born 19 December 1970) is an English former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System, Mega Drive, Super NES, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.

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Twin Famicom

The is a video game console system that was produced by Sharp Corporation in 1986 and was only released in Japan.

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Velikiy Drakon

Velikiy Drakon (Великий Дракон, lit. "Great Dragon", also G.Dragon) is a defunct Russian video game magazine initially launched as Video-Ace Dendy (Видео-Асс Dendy) in 1993.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Video game culture

Video game culture is a worldwide new media subculture formed by video games.

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Video game development

Video game development is the process of creating a video game.

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Video game monetization

Video game monetization is the process by which a video game product returns money for those involved in its creation or copyright ownership.

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Video game music

Video game music is the soundtrack that accompanies video games.

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Video game packaging

Video game packaging refers to the physical storage of the contents of a PC or console game, both for safekeeping and shop display.

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Video gaming in Japan

Video gaming in Japan is a major industry.

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Video gaming in the Netherlands

The Netherlands' mainstream video games market, not taking into consideration the serious and casual games, is the sixth largest in Europe.

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VTech Socrates

The VTech Socrates is an educational video game console released in 1988 by VTech.

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World 1-1

"World 1-1" is the first level of Nintendo's 1985 platform game Super Mario Bros..

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Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals).

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Zemmix

Zemmix, trade mark and brand name of South Korean electronics company Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., is an MSX-based video game console brand.

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1980s

The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", commonly shortened as the "'80s", pronounced "eighties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.

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1980s in video gaming

The second decade in the industry's history was decade of highs and lows for video games.

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1990s in video gaming

The 1990s were a decade of marked innovation in video gaming.

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3D Dot Game Heroes

is an action role-playing video game developed by Silicon Studio for the PlayStation 3.

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8-bit

8-bit is also a generation of microcomputers in which 8-bit microprocessors were the norm.

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8-bit (disambiguation)

8-bit is a computer architecture.

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8-Bit Theater

8-Bit Theater is a completed sprite comic created by Brian Clevinger, and published in 1,225 episodes from March 2, 2001 to June 1, 2010.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_generation_of_video_game_consoles

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