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Red Earth, released in Japan as Warzard (ウォーザード, Wōzādo), [1] is a fantasy-themed 2D fighting game released by Capcom as an arcade game in 1996. It was the first game for Capcom's CP System III hardware, [ 2 ] the same hardware which Street Fighter III and its derivatives ran on. [ 3 ]
Gauntlet is a 1985 fantasy -themed hack-and-slash arcade video game developed and released by Atari Games. [ 3] It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl arcade games. [ 8][ 9] The core design of Gauntlet comes from 1983 game Dandy for the Atari 8-bit computers, which resulted in a threat of legal action. [ 10]
The Nintendo VS. System[ a] is an arcade system that was developed and produced by Nintendo. It is based on most of the same hardware as the Family Computer (Famicom), later released as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). As Nintendo was planning to release the NES in North America, they were aware of the video game crash of 1983 and its ...
Red Baron is an arcade video game developed by Atari, Inc. and released in 1981. [ 1] A first-person flight simulator game, the player takes the role of a World War I ace in a biplane fighting on the side of the Allies. The game is named after the nickname of Manfred von Richthofen, German flying ace. The game uses the same monochrome vector ...
Out Run[ a] (also stylized as OutRun) is an arcade driving video game released by Sega in September 1986. It is known for its pioneering hardware and graphics, nonlinear gameplay, a selectable soundtrack with music composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and the hydraulic motion simulator deluxe arcade cabinet. The goal is to avoid traffic and reach one ...
Contra[ a] is a run and gun video game developed and published by Konami, originally developed as a coin-operated arcade video game in 1986 [ 5][ 6] and released on February 20, 1987. [ 7][ 8] A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, along with ports for various home computer formats, including the MSX2.
Funspot is ranked by Guinness World Records as the world's largest arcade. [1] [2] The majority of games at Funspot are part of the American Classic Arcade Museum's collection, a non-profit organization located on Funspot's second floor, [2] whose goal is to "promote and preserve the history of coin-operated arcade games."
The 1990s was the third decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of marked innovation in video gaming. [1] It was a decade of transition from sprite-based graphics to full-fledged 3D graphics [1] and it gave rise to several genres of video games including, but not limited to, the first-person shooter, real-time strategy, survival horror, and MMO. [1]