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The Video Game Revolution: Greg Palmer: PBS: History of Video Games: Unknown: No before than February 2005: Discovery Asia: Game On!: The Unauthorized History of Videogames: Bob Waldman: 2006: CNBC: The story of the video games industry at the Wii and PlayStation 3 console launches I, VIDEOGAME: Unknown: 2007: Discovery: Rise of the Video Game ...
Rally-X (Japanese: ラリーX, Hepburn: Rarī-Ekkusu) is a maze chase arcade video game developed in Japan and Germany by Namco and released in 1980. In North America, it was distributed by Midway Manufacturing and in Europe by Karateco. Players drive a blue Formula One race car through a multidirectional scrolling maze to collect yellow flags ...
The racing sequences and Blomkamp's direction, especially during the climactic 24-hour race in France, were praised by most critics, who noted that, while transitioning from its video game origins to a standard race car film, Gran Turismo also serves as a cautionary example of adapting source material that may not align with a cohesive ...
Both are motorcycle racing games, and Out Run was Suzuki's chance to develop a car racing game. His original concept was to base the game on the American film The Cannonball Run, [10] of which he was a fan. [11] [12] He disliked racing games where cars exploded on impact, and wanted gamers to enjoy the experience of driving and to feel ...
Pac-Man (1980). The 1980s was the second decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of highs and lows for video games.The decade began amidst a boom in the arcade video game business with the golden age of arcade video games, the Atari 2600's dominance of the home console market during the second generation of video game consoles, and the rising influence of home computers.
Touring car Hong Kong film with Jackie Chan as a race-car mechanic. [2] Race the Sun: 1996 Family Solar car: Halle Berry as a teacher whose school competes in World Solar Challenge. La Passione: 1996 Drama Formula One Italian film about Ferrari racing. The Love Bug: 1997 Comedy Made-for-TV remake of original 1968 film of the same title. Super ...
The Last Chase is a 1981 Canadian-American dystopian science fiction film directed by Martyn Burke who was also the producer on the film, produced for Argosy Films. The film stars Lee Majors, Chris Makepeace and Burgess Meredith in a futuristic scenario about a former racing driver who reassembles his old Porsche car and drives to California in a world where cars and motor vehicles of all ...
New performance and trim packages for both models included the "kit car" and the "Super Coupe", which combined performance trim with the 360 cu in (5.9 L) V8, but the six-cylinder engine was standard. The Volaré or Aspen "kit car", made in honor of NASCAR legend Richard Petty, was supposed to look as much like a race car as possible. The ...