The King of Fighters ’94

When discussing arcade fighting games, for many, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Tekken will be the staple for gaming of this genre in the 90s. However, The King of Fighters '94 gained notoriety in Latin America while remaining overshadowed in the United States. Games like Street Fighter II dominated the market in the United States …

Dungeons and Dragons

Blog Post: Dungeons & Dragons Though not a game based on a digital platform, Dungeons & Dragons is a game that sparked the rise and decades-long, continued popularity of fantasy role playing games. Dungeons & Dragons (affectionately known as D&D) was single-handedly responsible for creating a dominant culture in human sociality - playing communal games …

Dragon Quest I (1986) by Yixuan Jiang

About: Dragon Quest / Dragon Warrior Release Date: May 27th, 1986 Publisher(s): ENIX (Japan) & Nintendo (North Ameirca) Director(s) :  Koichi Nakamura Producer(s): Yukinobu Chida Designer(s):Yuji Horii Programmer(s): Koichi Nakamura Artist(s):  Akira Toriyama Composer(s): Koichi Sugiyama Platform(s): Nintendo Entertainment System Genre: RPG (Role-playing game) Mode: Single-player Game Interface GamePlay: The goal of the game is …

Grand Theft Auto II: Criminal Activity in the 2D Universe

Cover of Grand Theft Auto II 'Grand Theft Auto 2,' the second installment to the Grand Theft Auto game series, was released in 1999 on October 22nd, a Friday. The developers of the game, Rockstar North (also known as DMA), are a subordinate of the major game publisher company 'Rockstar Games.' The directors of the …

Mega Man X

Giovanni Carucci Megaman X was released in 1993 by Capcom for the Super Nintendo. The Megan Man series made the jump to the Super Nintendo later than other 8 bit titans such as Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. It would be well worth the wait because it allowed the developers to completely revolutionize …

Starcraft (1998) – Hyun Jun Yoo

Analysis Starcraft is a science-fiction game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Led by Chris Metzen and James Phinney, the Starcraft team from Blizzard began its development plan in 1995. The game's debut was at the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo, which exhibited a modified Warcraft II game engine. The first official release of the game was 2 …

Super Mario Bros. 3 – 1988

Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Cover In this blog post, we will discuss the home video game, Super Mario Bros. 3. Super Mario Bros. 3 was published in 1988. The game was developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development– A team consisting of a little over ten people. The game took two years to develop. …

Super Mario Bros.1–Mingyuan Pang

About: Super Mario Release Date: September 13, 1985 Publisher(s): Nintendo Director(s) : Shigeru Miyamoto Producer(s): Shigeru Miyamoto Designer(s): Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka Programmer(s): Toshihiko Nakago, Kazuaki Morita Artist(s): Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka Composer(s): Koji Kondo Platform(s): Nintendo Entertainment System, arcade Genre: Adventure games Mode: Single-player, multi-player Game Play Super Mario is a 2D platform game released on the Nintendo Entertainment …

Paperboy and the Decline of an Era

Paperboy is an action game developed by Atari Games in February of 1985. In the game, the player controls a paperboy who throws newspapers at the houses along a street in the suburbs while evading various obstacles along the route. The game was released as an arcade game with a bicycle handlebar as the controls, …