In 2001, Infogrames released Atari Anniversary Edition for the Sega Dreamcast and PC compatibles which included emulated versions of Asteroids and other classics.

In January 1986, the 7800 was again released and would compete that year with the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System.

In response to criticism over ergonomic issues in the 7800 ’ s Pro-Line controllers, Atari later released joypad controllers with European 7800s, which were similar in style to controllers found on Nintendo and Sega Systems.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

Sega converted Bubble Bobble for the Master System ( although this version was not released in North America ).

Doom became a " killer app " that all capable consoles and operating systems were expected to have, and versions of Doom have subsequently been released for the following systems: DOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Super NES, Sega 32X, Sony PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Symbian OS, RISC OS, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Tapwave Zodiac, 3DO, Xbox, and Xbox Live Arcade.

Duke Nukem 3D ( Sega Genesis ) was released in 1998 by Tec Toy.

Hexen was also released for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and Nintendo 64, all released by GT Interactive during the first half of 1997.

The earliest known electronic game joystick with a fire button was released by Sega as part of their 1969 arcade game Missile, a shooter simulation game that used it as part of an early dual-control scheme, where two directional buttons are used to move a motorized tank and a two-way joystick is used to shoot and steer the missile onto oncoming planes displayed on the screen ; when a plane is hit, an explosion is animated on screen along with an explosion sound.

Nights into Dreams ... ( trademarked NiGHTS into DREAMS ...), is a video game released by Sega in 1996 for the Sega Saturn video game system.

These include Ironclad, Crossed Swords 2, Oshidashi Zentrix, ADK World, Neo Geo CD Special, The King of Fighters ' 96 Neo Collection and Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidō Retsuden ( an RPG spin-off of the Samurai Shodown series that also released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn ).

In 1996, Sega-AM2 released the Sega Saturn version of its arcade fighting game Fighting Vipers.

By 1993 the 32-bit 3DO platform was released with much developer interest and Sega and Sony let it be known that the Sega Saturn and PlayStation would be ready for the Japanese marketplace in late 1994, and Bandai was also readying the release of their Playdia system.

Quake III Arena was released for the Dreamcast ( ported by Raster Productions and released by Sega ) in 2000 and featured 4 player online play versus Dreamcast and PC gamers.

Sonic Team oversaw the development of every major Sonic title released on the Sega Mega Drive.

Nights: Journey of Dreams, the sequel to Sega Saturn title Nights Into Dreams was released for the Wii in 2007.

They released three games for the Sega Dreamcast before they were merged with Sonic Team Japan in 2003.

In 1994, less than two years after the release of Super Mario Kart, Sega released Sonic Drift ; a kart racing game featuring characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

It was the final game branded by Sega of America under the Deep Water label, employed for games featuring adult content such as this and Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side.

Other Mystara video games are: Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun ( Sega Genesis, 1992 ), Fantasy Empires ( PC, 1993 ), and Order of the Griffon ( TurboGrafx 16, 1992 ).

Ramesses III ( written as Ramses III ) appears as a playable character in Eternal Champions: Challenge From The Dark Side for the Sega CD.

Eternal Champions is a 2D fighting game originally conceived by Scott Berfield, produced by Mike Latham for Sega of America and was developed by the Sega Interactive Development Division.

Two years later, the sequel Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side ( sometimes known as Eternal Champions CD or Eternal Champions 2 ) was released for the Mega-CD / Sega CD.

A Slurpee flavor entitled " Sega Eternal Champions Cherry " was once available in 7-11 stores throughout the United States.

Eternal Champions was adapted by the UK Sega Magazine Sonic the Comic in a stand-alone magazine Eternal Champions Special, which introduced the main characters and served as an adaptation to the game.

Eternal Champions was the only non-Sonic-related Sega property to receive a special issue of Sonic the Comic.

Eternal Champions ( cartridge ) was the second " packaged game " to be included with the Sega Activator, an elaborate infrared ring controller that players stood in and punched and kicked in order to make the characters perform different combat movements.

A handheld game by Tiger and a part of the Sega Tiger Electronic Pocket Arcade game series, it is basically a small and simple remake of Eternal Champions.

Though Eternal Champions saw strong sales and was at one point a popular enough property to warrant a sequel, a remake, two spin-offs, and various multimedia tie-ins, after the planned third game in the core fighting series was cancelled Sega hasn't produced any new product for the franchise.

A third and a final title Eternal Champions: The Final Chapter was advertised for the Sega Saturn, but the game was cancelled shortly after beginning production, in order to push the Virtua Fighter series in the United States.

Sega of Japan felt that Eternal Champions was keeping Virtua Fighter from being more successful in the US and that it would be better if the company focused on only one franchise .. .. and as Sega is a Japanese company, the Japan side won.

Coswell from the Sega Genesis video game, Eternal Champions is from the year 2345.

The original releases of The Silver Star and Eternal Blue, were published for Mega-CD in Japan and Sega CD in North America.

Originally released for the Sega Saturn in July 1998 in Japan ( still under the original title, Lunar: Eternal Blue ), as well as a PlayStation port in Japan in the summer of 1999 and America in December 2000, Eternal Blue had its graphics, sound, and animation revamped.

The original two games, and their remakes, have reviewed very well, with the remakes averaging between 82 % and 85 % and with Eternal Blue generally agreed to be the highest-reviewed Sega CD title in the history of the platform.

The site's name comes from Lunar Eternal Blue on Sega CD, Saturn and PlayStation.

Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side ( also known as Eternal Champions 2 or Eternal Champions CD ) is a fighting video game for the Mega-CD / Sega CD.

The game was a semi-sequel to the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis game Eternal Champions and was part two of a proposed trilogy of games by Sega that would have cumuluated in a third and final game on the Sega Saturn.

Unlike the NES or Sega Master System, there were few add-on peripherals for the 7800, though its backwards compatibility feature allowed it to be compatible with most Atari 2600 peripherals.

Direct3D ( the 3D graphics API within DirectX ) is widely used in the development of video games for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360 and some Sega Dreamcast games.

This version uses the Sega NetLink for online gaming, and has built-in support for the Saturn's analog pad.

Sega also made video games based on Garfield for the Genesis ( Garfield Caught in the Act ) and Windows 3. 1 computers, as well as other companies made games, such as A Tale of Two Kitties for the DS, published by Game Factory, Garfield's Nightmare for DS, Garfield's Funfest for DS, and Garfield Labyrinth for Game Boy.

* Heavy Metal: Geomatrix, a 2001 arcade game for Sega NAOMI and Dreamcast by Capcom

Joysticks were commonly used as controllers in first and second generation game consoles, but they gave way to the familiar game pad with the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System during the mid-1980s, though joysticks — especially arcade-style one — were and are popular after-market add-ons for any console.

Commercial players have come down in price, though, and some unexpected devices ( including the Sega Saturn video game console and XBMC Media Center on the Xbox 1 ) can decode the graphics ; in fact, karaoke machines, including video and sometimes recording capability, are often popular electronics items for sale in toy stores and electronics stores.

* Project Mercury, a codename for handheld game console Sega Game Gear

It also was used as a sound controller in the Sega Saturn game console, and as a controller for the HP JetDirect Ethernet controller boards for the mid-90s LaserJet printers.

His role in the game series continued until Gauntlet 4 for the Sega Genesis.