1983 in home video

1983 in home video - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: 1983 in home video

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Mon 1 Dec 08)

Crimson Tide

Tommy Tuberville

Bill Clinton

Wayne Rooney

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Wake Forest

Grand Slam

Oklahoma State

Adelaide Oval

Civil War

	Duran Duran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Finally, Duran Duran was among the first bands to have their videos shot with a professional movie camera on 35mm film, rather than on videotape with cheaper video cameras.
		Duran Duran returned to songwriting at a chateau in France in May 1983, before flying to Montserrat and then Sydney to record and mix their third album.
		Duran Duran is a pop music band, notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer -driven hit singles and vivid music videos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duran_Duran

	1984 in video gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Notable events of 1984 in computer and video games.
		See also history of computer and video games.
		The Lords of Midnight, a groundbreaking strategy adventure game by Mike Singleton is released.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_in_video_gaming (214 words)

	History of Computing: Videogames Index
		Since a video game is a sensory experience, the sound, the visual elements, and the interface that the player uses to interact witht the game cannot be divorced from the programmed logic and instruction set that provides the experience.
		Though the history of video games is a subsection of the history of computing, it is important to recognize how integrated this entertainment medium is to the evolution of computing hardware and software.
		However, in order to document a history pertaining to the evolution of video games, it is important to recognize the myriad influences that have the most significant relevance to the continued growth of this entertainment medium.
	www.thocp.net /software/games/games.htm (439 words)

	Duran Duran (album)
		Duran Duran was re-released worldwide on 25 April 1983, after the wild success of their second album Rio in America gave the band another chance to market their first album there.
		Duran Duran is an album by Duran Duran, originally released worldwide in 1981 (see 1981 in music), and reissued to greater success in 1983, (see 1983 in music).
		That video (featuring topless women mud wrestling and other not-very-stylised depictions of sexual fetish es), was made with directors Godley & Creme, and was filmed in August just two weeks after MTV was launched in the United States, before anyone knew what an impact the music channel would have on the industry.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Duran-Duran-(album).htm (439 words)

	Mario Clash - Reader Review - GameFAQs
		Since 1983, the video gaming industry has made leaps and bounds, so if someone were to pitch the idea ''Let's remake Mario Bros.'' one would logically assume that there would be massive increases in the gameplay itself.
		Games like Super Mario 64, Tekken Tag Tournament, and U.N. Squadron all showed off the capabilities of the system without being solely a tool for showing off these abilities - each game were great in their own right, yet fully displayed the systems they were made for.
		I would have no complaints if the game were to use the 3D aspect to create new, interesting ways of playing the game, but when they are used pretty much only has an addition to the usual game, it looks and feels like a poor adaptation.
	www.gamefaqs.com /portable/vboy/review/R34692.html (1318 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1983
		1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
		August 18 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
		Atari releases the game E.T. for the Atari 2600.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/1983 (2078 words)

	Levels of Sound
		Cutscenes represent video games (and their music) at their least interactive, where the player is watching passively as he would a film, and therefore the potential emotional effect of the music on the player is just as great as it would be for a film score.
		The video game industry is generally not the place for aural experimentation, since an unsuccessful game means an unsuccessful game company, yet it is only within the confines of that industry that a game designer/composer with artistic aspirations can find the technology and funding necessary for such experimentation.
		The game focuses on a girl named Terra and her mysterious connection to a group of magical beings called Espers; the player is drawn into the struggle to reveal Terra's shadowy past while battling an evil mastermind bent on destroying the world.
	www.vgmusic.com /information/vgpaper2.html (13661 words)

	1983 december high scores
		The original company Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and personal computers, and its dominance in those areas made it the major force in the computer entertainment industry in the early to mid 1980s.
		Video games were still seen as just another pastime which would probably soon diminish as some new leisure activity caught the mainstream's interest.
		It is estimated that fully 25% of the approximate 10,000 video game arcades in business by the end of 1982 will pull the plugs and close the doors on their equipment by 1986.
	www.spyhunter007.com /1983_dec_high_scores.htm (2871 words)

	Spring 2004
		Video gaming machines were added in the early 1990s and video slot machines were installed in October 2000 to coincide with the opening of a two-story addition that created a 265,000 square foot gaming and entertainment venue for the enterprise.
		The casino operation began as a card room in 1980 before adding bingo in 1983.
		The international gaming technology vendor began corporate life in 1953 as a gaming hardware supplier, evolving into a gaming technology group that places high value on software and content.
	www.pacifica-capital.com /newsletter/newsletterSum04.htm (847 words)

	Duran Duran: Greatest (1999)
		Duran Duran helped pioneer music videos back in the Eighties, and Greatest provides a solid collection of their work.
		While Duran prep a new album, we got a reminder of their glory days with Greatest — The DVD, a two-disc collection of 21 music videos.
		Some videos showed dense and dull blacks, but these appeared solid for the most part, and shadows also were occasionally problematic but generally well rendered.
	www.dvdmg.com /durandurangreatest.shtml (847 words)

	Rock On The Net: Duran Duran
		Success for Duran Duran began in the UK with the release of the singles "Girls On Film," "Planet Earth" and "Careless Memories," their visionary music videos, and touring throughout the year.
		Duran Duran were honored at the Brit Awards with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award.
		It was reported that the original lineup of Duran Duran (LeBon, Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, and John Taylor) would begin recording a new LP together this year.
	www.rockonthenet.com /artists-d/duranduran.htm (847 words)

	VH1.com : Duran Duran : Biography
		While Duran Duran was recording the follow-up to Thank You in 1996, John Taylor left the band to pursue a solo career, leaving the group a trio of LeBon, Rhodes, and Cuccurullo.
		Duran Duran mania was in full swing across America, with "Is There Something I Should Know" reaching the Top Ten -- it became the group's first English number one that summer -- and the group's first album climbing its way to number ten.
		Duran 's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion-model looks and glamorous sense of style.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/duran_duran/bio.jhtml (847 words)

	Video game crash of 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The video game crash of 1983 was the sudden crash of the video game business and the bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983 and early 1984.
		Widely considered one of the worst video games ever released, E.T. is often cited as one of the precipitating causes of the 1983 crash.
		The crash was followed by a gap of three years, during which there was a much smaller market in games for home computers in North America, and no significant development for video game consoles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983 (2523 words)

	WNUR Sports: Sports Business Beat: The Evolution of Sports Video Gaming 1/22/00
		The video game companies of today are trying to give their buyers as much power as they can handle.
		At the time, numerous video game operations were competing hard against each other, hoping to become as much of a household staple as television.
		Intellivision was also the first video game system to utilize an endorsement, as the face of sportswriter George Plimpton graced the magazine ads for Intellivision's games.
	www.wnur.org /sports/business/sbbt012200.html (943 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Scarface [1983]: Video
		When it was originally released in 1983 it was received in similar fashion to that of "The Exorcist", utter disgust and fascination.
		It set the standard for the rest to follow, and is a must for every video collection.
		Scarface is a wretched, fascinating car wreck of a movie, starring Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who rises to the top of Miami's cocaine-driven underworld, only to fall hard into his own deadly trap of addiction and inevitable assassination.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R6BC (928 words)

	Bumm 13's Classic Video Gaming Page
		And the pack-in game with the NES, "Super Mario Brothers", moved the emphasis of video gaming from high scores to multi-level gaming (as well as "beating", or completing, a game with a definite ending) more or less for good.
		The 7800 had actually been developed around 1983 but was shelved due to internal shakeups at Atari and because of the Crash of '84.
		The Nintendo Entertainment System appeared in late 1985, the first video game system made by a Japanese corporation.
	landru.i-link-2.net /jtrees/history3.htm (742 words)

	November 1982, Ottumwa, Iowa contest page @ Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)
		The January 1983 issue was the special "Year in Pictures" issue for 1982, and featured the classic 'gamers in the street' photo, taken early in the morning on Sunday, November 7, 1982 (Walter Day's 1998 record book erroneously indicates the date as the 9th).
		Video Game V.I.P. It has become a $5.7 billion industry, and Ottumwa, Iowa (pop.
		A score must be verified by a "letter of proof" from the manager of the arcade where the game was played, and new stars can be born at any moment.
	cag.alpiger.com /contests/Nov1982 (1036 words)

	Bally Astrocade
		Besides being the first imported video game, it had the distinction of being the first video game to use a microprocessor.
		Rather than just build a simple microprocessor based console that could only play games such as the Fairchild console or the soon to be released Atari VCS, it was decided to design the console more in line as a microcomputer that could play games, forshadowing Atari's entry in to the microcomputer field several years later.
		Jay Fenton (who later much of the Bally system in his design of the Gorf coinop for Midway, and is now transexual spokesperson Jamie Fenton) lead the design team that created the operating system for the console, and is also credited for creating the Bally Basic basic programming language interpreter.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/bally.html (1418 words)

	The Dot Eaters - Player4 Stage4 - Classic Video Game History
		The game is a first for celebrity endorsements, as well as practically establishing the professional sports category of games.
		For their first EA game, the team is inspired by that greatest of all strategic games: Chess.
		Hawkins begins developing the 3D0 gaming hardware project inside EA at the beginning of the '90s, and he leaves the company he founded to guide this new hardware licensing venture (which I'll cover in later entries).
	www.emuunlim.com /doteaters/play4sta4.htm (2945 words)

	Gadgetopia Video Gaming
		The video game crash of 1983 refers to the sudden bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983.
		Video game fans and historians note this game as the biggest flop in home computer game history.
		Xbox uses Halo 2 to herd players online: I’m not a big video game player, but this could make me start.
	www.gadgetopia.com /category/26?p=3 (2541 words)

	Fairchild Channel F
		Atari released theirs in October of 1977, and decided to call it the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed to the 2600 with the introduction of the 5200 console in 1982) to latch on to the "video system" tag already in the consumers psyche from the Fairchild console.
		The games were selected by 4 selected buttons, which also doubled as option setters for single game cartridges.
		They released 5 new games (some unreleased Fairchild games) and the System II through the early 1980's before finally succumbing to the 2nd crash of '83-'84.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/channelf.html (1244 words)

	Blue's News - All the carnage that's fit to post!
		Game developers chat about Seed in an IRC forum is a QandA format chat log recapping a recent session with the folks behind Runestone's upcoming MMORPG: "But you will definitely be able to get involved in a story, even if you just log in for five minutes.
		Lighthouse Interactive and Third Wave Games announce that War World: Tactical Combat is gold, and that the mecha combat game is due to start shipping in Europe on February 17.
		I made up the characters and the general idea of what the inside of their head would be like, and then I worked with the artists and designers as they came up with the specific visuals and gameplay structure.
	www.bluesnews.com (3139 words)

	Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Named No. 1 on Inc. 500 List
		Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Named No. 1 on Inc. 500 List
		VGT is fast becoming one of the gaming industry's leading suppliers, growing from only 200 games distributed in 2001 to the more than 8,500 games currently distributed throughout the United States, as it continues to expand into new and existing gaming markets.
		We believe that our technological innovation and in-depth knowledge of gaming markets allows us to develop products that are appealing to consumers and profitable for our customers.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-19-2005/0004173106&EDATE= (701 words)

	Duran Duran Rarities
		duran duran - working for the skin trade uk video (duran duran) (1988)
		duran duran - video album uk video (duran duran)
		thank you uk vinyl covers album (duran duran) (1995)
	www.leninimports.com /duran_duran.html (701 words)

	The Duran Duran Timeline
		In the UK Duran Duran sit at #43 on their top 100 all time singles artists.
		According to Billboard Duran Duran sit at #45 on their top 100 all time singles artists in the US.
		--"Duran Duran" (the first album) hits U.K. #3 during a 118-week stay on the chart.
	www.lizardkingduran.com /timeline.htm (701 words)

	1983: The Duran Duran Timeline
		At a video signing at the Video Shack in Times Square in New York City, the band is mobbed; twelve mounted police are called in to break up the crowd and the guys have to be smuggled out the back
		Duran Duran re-issues its first album, the self-titled 'Duran Duran', along with the newly-recorded hit single 'Is There Something I Should Know'.
		Duran does an interview in Sydney for the 'Peter Powell Down Under' special on Radio 1 ['Union' was #8 on the Australian charts at the time]
	durantimeline.20m.com /years/1983.html (701 words)

	1984: The Duran Duran Timeline
		Duran is awarded two Grammies for 'Best Short Video' (for the 'Girls on Film'/'Hungry Like The Wolf' Video 45) and 'Best Video Album' (for the 'Duran Duran' video album); the band, performing in Pittsburgh, is not present to accept
		Duran Duran plays arenas and stadiums in Japan, Canada and the US on the 'Sing Blue Silver' tour; a documentary and a concert film are shot along the way.
		Duran Duran holds a large press conference at the Magic Castle club in Hollywood, California, with about 150 journalists in attendance; snippets of this conference were shown in the 1984 Duran documentary 'Sing Blue Silver'
	www.durandurantimeline.com /years/1984.html (701 words)

	Video Gaming and Pinball Books
		This is a list of pinball and video gaming related books.
		Player's Strategy Guide to ATARI VCS Home Video Games, The, Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, 223 pp.
		Video Game Bible 1985-2002, Andy Slaven (editor), 383 pp.
	my.execpc.com /~krieg/VGBooks.htm (944 words)

	UGO's Future of Gaming - From Russia with Love
		The first James Bond game debuted on the Atari 2600 in 1983.
		For the first time in a Bond game, a new, RPG element will be introduced, allowing you to train in specific weapons to gain damage and accuracy.
		Though we don't envision From Russia with Love reaching GoldenEye proportions (it is a third-person game, after all!), the promise of donning the white tux before taking to the skies in Bond's trusty jetpack has us tickled.
	www.ugo.com /channels/games/features/futureofgaming/?id=1612&listMode=alpha&module=content (477 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: 1983 in home video

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Mon 1 Dec 08)