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| Champions Online | Atari (Cryptic Studios) | 2009 | Earth's first and best line of defense is its heroes. For generations, brave men and women have answered the call to protect the world from the villains who threaten its safety and security. Today, organizations such as VIPER, ARGENT and PSI use both superpowers and super technology in their dastardly plots to control the world. Creatures from outer space and other dimensions seek to enslave humanity. Super scientist Teleios is creating an army of clones and superpowered constructs to do his bidding. The greatest threat of all is Doctor Destroyer. A superhuman genius driven to conquer, Destroyer will not stop until all of humanity bends knee to his greatness. In 1992, Destroyer obliterated the city of Detroit and killed thousands. With years to prepare, his next attack is sure to put the entire planet in peril. Led by The Champions, protectors of Millennium City, the world's heroes have launched a crusade for peace, security and justice. But they need allies. Defender is calling for a new generation of superheroes to fight in a war against evil that spans the globe - and beyond. Save the world. Be a Champion.***2009-09-01 on Steam, by Atari (lang: eng) | Windows | labelimagesubject |
| E.T. | Sinclair Use (Sinclair User) | 1983 | Someone actually though it was a good idea to clone the supposed 'worst game of all-time'. Pits and all! | ZX Spectrum | labelminimizeminimize |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Atari;CCE (Atari) | 1982 | [125]***If you ignore the expectation created by the success of the movie. If you consider this as an unfinished game (it is [i]barely[/i] finished). If you read the instruction book in detail. If you compare this to Atari 2600 games from 1977. If you consider it is not a sequel of another game and did not spawn a mediocre or bad series of sequels. If you consider that any game based on a movie will have a very hard time being decent on Atari 2600 hardware and only four directions and 1 button. If you consider most movie games suck. If you consider all the other carp games that 1982-83 threw at us. IT STILL SUCKS! But, it doesn't suck quite as bad as it's reputation. There are worse games for the 2600. Learn to avoid some of the glitch-like aspects of the game, take all the advice previously listed in this article, and your left with not all that terrible of a game. So it doesn't deserve a ½ star. I certainly do not dismiss Howard Scott Warshaw's achievement of realizing such a complex game on the 2600 in just 5 weeks. The game essentially has 6 levels, 20 hidden areas, 3 polychromatic characters (E.T. of the 4 characters of the game is monochromatic), 5 polychromatic items, a space craft, and an easter egg with an additional 3 polychromatic items. Much more of everything compared to the average 2600 game. Makes me wonder what the game could have been if he'd had 6 months instead. But, that didn't happen. The game was released as-is in 5 weeks. I think what speaks most about the quality of the game was the fact that no previous Atari game experienced customer returns in numbers Atari bother to note.*** [48]*** [48]***One of the biggest commercial failures in the history of video games. A botanist collecting plant samples from Earth is left behind when his ship must depart unexpectedly to avoid being captured by Earth scientists. He is called "E.T." by an Earth child who takes him in. E.T.'s uses a lot of energy to do most anything here on Earth. Gather 3 Reese's Pieces to restore E.T.'s energy. Collect 9 and call Elliot who will bring a piece of technology E.T. can use to make his communication device (to phone home). Unused Reese's Pieces result in bonus points when (if) E.T. departs Earth. There are 3 parts needed to make the phone home device which can also be found in wells (the pits). Earth scientists will try to capture E.T. and confine him for study. Earth's F.B.I. will try to confiscate E.T. communication device parts. The communication device will not work just anywhere. But, once activated in a suitable area, E.T. will have a limited amount of time to reach the landing site (in the forest) and rejoin his team in their space craft. Dennis Debro created source code for the game through reverse engineering in 2006. In 2013 Neocomputer.org released a bug-fixed version and instructions on how owners can modify the ROM of the game to achieve the same result. Fixes include: E.T.'s color is corrected. Walk, Run, Hover, controls are not as difficult. The edges of wells are more forgiving so falling in is not as easy. Entering a screen over a well does not result in an instant fall. E.T.'s Space craft can no longer crush Elliott (oops!) The scoring now matches what the manual says. The Easter Egg works more correctly The Scientist-Only game variant is restored. Feature addition: Switch to Color for fixes, switch to B&W for original version. Tags: There is a persistent, widely know, widely believed rumor that, on the night of September 28-29, 1983, Atari (for tax purposes) smuggled millions of unsold ET cartridges to an undisclosed location in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico using a fleet of semi-trailer dumpers. Once their, the Extra Terrestrials, were crushed, encased in cement and buried. This is supposedly one of Atari's drastic actions taken as a result of the 1984 market crash. Its just too silly to believe, A big cooperation covering up aliens in a secret location near Roswell for financial gain. No doubt whatsoever it is a humorous fabrication. OR... Maybe that's exactly what Atari wanted the IRS to believe ;) On September 29, 1983, the Alamogordo Daily News of Alamogordo, New Mexico began publishing a whole series of articles describing a fleet of trucks that came late in the night from an Atari distribution center in El Paso, Texas. Eye witnesses accounts vary but report the destruction and burial of cartridges, systems, and/or controllers. It gets better, turns out the area where the supposed burials took place is a landfill protected by high security! When questioned as to why anyone would encase garbage in cement then bury it, an employee of the landfill, who wished to remain anonymous, told the reporter that they didn't want any kids or scavengers to dig up the creatures they'd buried! The surrounding populations centers could have cared less about Atari's finances, and what exactly they'd buried in the desert. They resented the fact that some big out of state corperation was coming to their corner of the united states to dump as many as 20 loads of trash. Local commissioner Guy Gallaway stated, "We don't want to be an industrial waste dump for El Paso." Local manager Jack Keating officially bolcked Atari from doing anything like this again in their area. Locals passed two laws, the Emergency Management Act, and the Emergency Management Task Force, against outside interests. Mayor Henry Pacelli commented that, "We do not want to see something like this happen again." So, maybe, maybe not. EDIT: It's all true! An archaeological dig in cooperation with the city of Alamogordo uncovered bran new games under cement at the bottom of the old land fill. However, only 10% of the approximately 728,000 cartridges in the land fill were ET cartridges. Many different unsold and [i]and returned[/i] games were found. 5 million ET carts were made, 1.5 million units were sold, but many were returned. 3.5 million were unsold. That means the ultimate fate of most of the world's ET carts are still unconfirmed. Oh, the carts were not initially buried under cement. This action was taken after some local children took some for themselves. But, after playing the game, they gave many away and put the rest back ("game sucked ... you couldn't finish it", reported one of them). It is notable, that these kids only found ET carts. [Zerothis] | Atari 2600 | labelimagesubject |
| Extreme Assault | Blue Byte | 1997 | You're at the controls of a powerful 21st century attack helicopter. Cruising just above the tree tops, you see a military convoy down below. Maneuvering into position, you start blasting away with your laser cannon. Suddenly the aircraft is rocked by hostile fire from a lethal enemy helicopter! Jamming the throttle forward you make a quick 180 and get your butt out of there. He gives chase, but with a few hot moves you shake him. You pull a 6g turn and go after him for some major pay-back. Firing one of the radar guided missiles, you blow the wimp into a thousand pieces! You then spot an entrance into a mountain cave and charge right in. Flying through a network of underground tunnels, you fight-off swarms of vicious attackers. Landing at an industrial complex, you jump into your state of the art, heavily armed tank and start pulverizing everything in sight. Your destructive efforts are cut short when rounds start slamming into your vehicle. Spinning around, you pound the offending tanks until they're history. Out of the corner of your eye, you catch a glimpse of a large strange vehicle just before it disappears into the darkness. Your heart racing, your hands sweating, you start down the corridor not knowing who or what waits around the next corner! If you are looking for a good adrenaline rush, then you're sure to enjoy this intense action game from Blue Byte. Aliens have secretly set up operations on Earth and it's up to you to put a stop to their sinister plans. Blow `em away with your Sioux AH-23, a high tech attack helicopter, and the T1, the next generation battle tank. Almost 20 different types of tenacious and cunning opponents will be gunning for you from the air and the ground. Increase your killing power and strengthen your defenses with bonuses found in secret passages and hidden rooms. Experience awesome real time 3-D graphics as you journey through mountain ravines, subterranean caves, Inca ruins and underground alien complexes. This breathtaking, lifelike world will unfold before you smoothly and quickly, thanks to a highly advanced 3-D graphics engine that does not require any accelerator cards. Aggressive game play and quick reflexes are required for the short, fast-paced missions. Simple controls means there's no time wasted learning complicated systems. Right from the start you'll be immersed in an intense, heart-pounding, action packed world of deadly beauty!***The game was among the first to take benefit of MMX CPU instructions, and for a DOS game it had unusually impressive 3D graphics. | MS-DOS | labelimagesubject |
| G-Police | Psygnosis Limited | 1997 | Prowl the skylines in your weapons-loaded DASA-Kamov gunship as a member of the G-police. You'll wreak helicopter havoc as you take on the hardcore criminal element terrorizing the gritty cities of the 21st century.*** [29]*** [32]*** [27]***The vehicle the player controls has a helicopter-like shape but is propelled purely by jets or similar, making it just a helicopter-[i]shaped[/i] VTOL aircraft like a harrier but with severe speed limitations.***Comes on 2 discs. | PS | labelimagesubject |
| G-Police | Psygnosis Limited | 1997 | Unlike the PS version, this came on single CD. | Windows | labelminimizeminimize |
| G-Police | SCEE (Psygnosis Limited) | 2007 | PS3 | labelimageminimize | |
| G-Police: Weapons of Justice | Psygnosis Limited | 1999 | A special elite force has been assembled to maintain law and order. Under your command, they just might stand a chance as they race to outgun their enemies on the ground and in the skies. Armed with different weapons, including hypervelocity missiles, rapid-fire plasma cannons and cluster bombs as your must battle your way through more than 30 action-packed, multi-tiered missions. G Police includes incredible cinematics to immerse you completely into the dark, desperate G Police world. Feel the tension as you explore a full 3D environment, from dangerous underground caverns to vast outerspace and everything in between. This is a world of Maximum Firepower--Zero Tolerance. [R2D2-A] | PS | labelimagesubject |
| Robotech: Battlecry | TDK Mediactive (Vicious Cycle) | 2002 | A mission-driven action title, Robotech: Battlecry embodies the classic mech-filled mayhem of the animated series. Featuring all-encompassing destruction on a giant scale, the game is a high-octane arcade shooter that captures the TV show’s spectacular visuals and epic storyline. As an intrepid fighter pilot, the player must protect cities of Earth from roving bands of a giant alien race, the Zentraedi. The player pilots the versatile Veritech fighter, a giant transformable mechanized robot that can convert into a high-flying jet fighter, a 40-foot-tall humanoid robot, and a combination of both. Each transformation mode offers new movement options, special abilities, or weapons. To succeed in battle, players must use more than one mode to complete their assigned objectives. In keeping with the Robotech identity, the environments, mecha, characters, and overall appearance are modeled directly from the stylized look of the highly regarded animated series.*** [32] | Xbox | labelimagesubject |
| Robotech: Battlecry | TDK Mediactive (Vicious Cycle) | 2002 | This limited edition of Robotech: Battlecry differs from the game-only version by featuring a number of collectibles produced specifically for the compilation. In addition to the game, players will find a separate soundtrack CD, five pieces of full-color artwork, a T-shirt featuring an image of Skull One, a lenticular motion card highlighting the Veritech Fighter's transformation process, and a numbered dog tag. All of the bonus materials are packaged along with the game inside a silver keepsake box.***A mission-driven action title, Robotech: Battlecry embodies the classic mech-filled mayhem of the animated series. Featuring all-encompassing destruction on a giant scale, the game is a high-octane arcade shooter that captures the TV show’s spectacular visuals and epic storyline. As an intrepid fighter pilot, the player must protect cities of Earth from roving bands of a giant alien race, the Zentraedi. The player pilots the versatile Veritech fighter, a giant transformable mechanized robot that can convert into a high-flying jet fighter, a 40-foot-tall humanoid robot, and a combination of both. Each transformation mode offers new movement options, special abilities, or weapons. To succeed in battle, players must use more than one mode to complete their assigned objectives. In keeping with the Robotech identity, the environments, mecha, characters, and overall appearance are modeled directly from the stylized look of the highly regarded animated series. | PS2 | labelimagesubject |
| Saints Row: The Third -Remastered- | Deep Silver (Sperasoft) | 2020 | Windows | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Saints Row: The Third | THQ (Volition) | 2011 | Uno de los sandbox más divertidos y absurdos que existen. Además de un multijugador para morirse de risa. Gangsta en estado puro. 8 de 10***Years after taking Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat bobble head dolls all available at a store near you. The Saints are kings of Stilwater, but their celebrity status has not gone unnoticed. The Syndicate, a legendary criminal fraternity with pawns in play all over the globe, has turned its eye on the Saints and demands tribute. Refusing to kneel to the Syndicate, you take the fight to Steelport, a once-proud metropolis reduced to a struggling city of sin under Syndicate control. Take a tank skydiving, call in a satellite-targeted airstrike on a Mexican wrestling gang, and defend yourself against a highly-trained military force using only a sex toy in the most out- landish gameplay scenarios ever seen, igniting a city-wide war that will set Steelport on fire. Strap it on. | Windows | labelimagesubject |
| Saints Row: The Third | THQ (Volition) | 2011 | X360 | labelimageminimize | |
| Saints Row: The Third | THQ (Volition) | 2011 | PS3 | labelimageminimize | |
| Saints Row: The Third | THQ (Volition) | 2011 | Linux | labelminimizeminimize | |
| The I of the Dragon | Strategy First;Akella;TopWare Interactive (Primal Software) | 2002 | 2002-01-12 – Original Russian release 2004-03-10 – English release? by TopWare***[b]About widescreen support:[/b] The game unfortunately fails to start after you set a wide resolution, but you can get past this by deleting (or renaming) the Intro.avi in Data/Video/English/ folder or similar path in case of other languages.***The I of the Dragon is the unique Action-RPG where you control not just a puny magician or a stupid barbarian, but a dragon, a huge, powerful magical beast. It starts young and relatively weak, but it grows and learns as the game progresses. 12 huge levels (tens of square kilometers each) hold huge hordes of enemies - more than 40 kinds of evil monsters. You'll help humans to cleanse their land and restore peace, and they'll help you back with new magic spells and their fighting abilities. Advanced graphics engine created by Primal Software for this game allows us to show huge battles with tens of enemies and humans. Even beautiful special effects are not just eye candy - they drive the gameplay (for example, our terramorphing can change the landscape, raise mountains and fiery volcanoes or create huge ravines that monsters can not cross), change it (day and night cycle changes your fighting tactics), etc. Highlights: * A mystical land filled with magical creatures is your playground. And this time you are a not some puny magician, or a stupid barbarian. You are a Dragon! A power to be reckoned with... Fly with the wind. Protect the people, fight the monsters, set fire to forests, level entire mountain ranges! * Huge levels: each one has tens of square kilometers full of rolling hills, mountains, dense highly-polygonal forests, stones, buildings and other objects * Real-time terramorphing lets you level down whole mountain ranges and raise new ones instead. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Craters - you call the shots * Time of the day with smooth real-time lightmap blending - watch magnificent sunsets and don't forget to look up at five thousands of stars visible during the night. Try to find some familiar constellations * Three dragons available, each with its own inherent abilities (fire, acid and ice based) and different set of stats which greatly increase replayability value. Make a "fighter"-type dragon, a "mage" or a "sniper" to suit your tastes - possibilities are endless * Of course, some different kinds of magic are there, so you won't be limited to throwing flame at monsters. Freeze them, tamper with their minds, summon familiars, heal friendly monsters that citizens tamed, learn to locate important objects or teleport to them directly - there are more than sixty spells with breathtaking special effects for each one [Primal Software] | Windows | labelimagesubject |
| Zone of the Enders | Konami | 2001 | "A colony hijack!? You're our last hope!" - A dramatic action adventure game in which you feel and experience the spectacular story while fighting the enemy in space with Jehuty -- a gigantic humanoid weapon "orbital frame". Can you save the space colony from the terrorist hijackers? | PS2 | labelimagesubject |
| Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner | Konami | 2003 | PS2 | labelimageminimize |
