QuakeWorld ( abbreviated QW ) is an update to id Software's seminal multiplayer deathmatch game, Quake, that enhances the game's multiplayer features ( namely UDP support ) to allow people with dial-up modems to achieve greatly improved responsiveness when playing on Internet game servers.

The application of fogging was so well received as an atmospheric technique that it has appeared in each of the game's sequels, despite improved technology negating it as a graphical necessity.

The game's style and cel-shaded graphics remained faithful to the original, although somewhat improved to take advantage of the Xbox hardware.

Graphically the game is improved over previous installments by featuring a new graphics engine which adds various visual improvements such as ' Mountain effects ': special effects to the game's mountain, such as thunder.

The graphics also were improved significantly over the game's predecessor, and various match types made their debuts in Nintendo 64 wrestling games, including ladder matches and special referee matches.

GameSpot awarded 7. 2 out of 10, highlighting the improved interface, animations and sound, and the game's replay value.

Developers of the FIFA series made a complete overhaul of the game's engine for the 2006 installment of the game, asserting it has improved the control of play, having rewritten more than half the programming code for the game.

Soon after the game's initial release, Egosoft released a series of patches and an improved manual through their official website that addressed the issues.

Hiroyuki Takahashi summarized the development of the game with " Shining Force II was an experimental title where we improved the story and enhanced the game's ' RPG-ness '.

Several updates were released which improved the game's initial problems, but it remained prone to crashes.

The most heavily marketed ones were the game's improved graphics with an increased polygon count and the game's addition of voice overs in Season mode provided by actual WWE performers ( previous WWE games had used sampled wrestler voices sparingly ).

Although the game's playability improved over time, it still retained a large number of exploitable glitches.

The player controls a ship called the R-9C ( or R-9 Custom ), which is an improved version of its predecessor game's ship ; the R-9.

The main issue addressed was the game's unforgiving difficulty level with improved save game options, stronger player characters, and the inclusion of level select codes in the manual.

Bis ( French for ' improved ') features all of the game's tanks and missions, with additional tanks, ten scenarios ( including one set during Operation Olympic ), and a mission editor.

So, along with the advanced software 3D renderer, Unreal was built to take advantage of the 3Dfx Glide API, which emerged as the dominant interface towards the end of the game's development.

The game's interface is very dated by today's standards, resembling more of a generic Windows application than the colourful screens in later releases.

Via a point-and-click interface, the player guides protagonist Guybrush Threepwood through the game's world and interacts with the environment by selecting from twelve verb commands ( nine in newer versions ) such as " talk to " for communicating with characters and " pick up " for collecting items between commands and the world's objects in order to successfully solve puzzles and thus progress in the game.

" Justin Calvert of GameSpot noted that " the Special Edition looks much better and is the only way to play if you want to hear ... what characters are saying, whereas the original game's interface is less clunky.

The game's interface received positive remarks.

The primary factor given for votes was the game's faithfulness to the AD & D system as well as the game's graphics and easy-to-use user interface to activate commands.

The game's graphic interface was later adapted for the CD-ROM release of The Secret of Monkey Island.

The game's interface consists of construction and command buttons ( depending on the unit selected ), unit status information, resource information on the production of Energy and Metal, and a minimap which gives an overview of the game's battlespace — the visibility of which may be hindered by fog of war, necessitating the use of radar or scout units.

When flying, the game's perspective is a first-person view from within the cockpit, but the only visible interface is that of the head-up display ( HUD ).

The added a new CD-audio music soundtrack, and updated the game's graphical user interface.

Gameplay remained mostly unchanged from The Secret of Monkey Island, though the game's user interface was simplified to be more user-friendly.

A particularly large update was released on June 8, 2000, which introduced several new levels and game modes and a new GUI menu interface, and optimized the game's network code for smoother, faster play.

The game's interface had a strong influence on other Origin products such as the popular Ultima series.

Taking on a major role in the game's final chapters it was revealed both she and Neo were actually the cumulation of decades of Machine research into translating human DNA perfectly into Machine code, allowing them to interface directly with technology without the need for simulated interfaces.

An Adrenaline Vault review liked the game's originality and some tense moments, but disliked the critically bad flaws such as the slow treks, the lack of a real inventory system, the frustrating interface and there being too many guns lying around.

Most SCI1 games are completely mouse-driven, using an icon-based interface ; contrary to popular thought, it is up to the game's script code, not to the interpreter, to implement the user interface.

Reviewers were also impressed with the game's interface, calling it innovative and simple to use.

From the interface can be accessed the area and world maps ; the journal, which tracks important information, such as quests and the game's plot ; the inventory page, which is used to manage and equip items ; the record screen, which is used to view information about, as well as level up, characters in the party ; the mage book and priest scroll screens, where spells can be inspected and memorised ; and the options screen, where settings may be altered, saved-games loaded, or the game saved or quit.

Offering another insight, Meer opined the Marines ' slow response was integral to the game's atmosphere: made slow and cumbersome by the game's design and interface, the Marines ' battles against fast and deadly foes became nerve-wrecking affairs for the player.

Reviews of the game were generally not favorable, with many noting that the game's user interface and AI were both poor in comparison to the original Transport Tycoon.

Indeed, the Dolphins became the first team score a touchdown after receiving the game's opening kickoff.

The game's music, later re-used and arranged in games such as Super Smash Bros. Melee, was composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, who later became president of Creature Inc., a subsidiary of Nintendo that owns one-third of the copyright regarding the Pokémon franchise.

He led the league in rushing in his rookie season and became the game's highest-paid player.

As the game's development progressed, the characters became original and the storyline moved away from its Virtua Fighter roots.

Super Mario Land 2 is notable for its debut of Wario, who became the protagonist of the spin-off Wario series starting with the game's sequel, Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.

Survivors of these experiments became the game's four playable races, or Breeds, each designed by Omni-Tek to specialize in a type of work.

Due to poor AI implementation, the sidekicks, who were one of the game's selling points, became a focus of criticism.

In fact, the prevalence of camping became so strong in EverQuest that some of the game's playerbase and critics jokingly refer to the game as " EverCamp ".

The organizers of the Insight Bowl elected to move their game from Arizona Stadium in Tucson to Phoenix beginning in 2000, and Chase Field became the game's host.

After TSR was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, Cook became a Senior Designer, and was part of the team working on the D & D game's third edition.

Elite received very good reviews on its launch and sales of the BBC Micro version eventually reached 150, 000 sold copies. The game's popularity became a national phenomenon in the UK, with reports airing on Channel 4 and elsewhere.

Halo became an exclusive game for Microsoft's Xbox video game console, and Bungie Studios rewrote the game's engine, heavily altering its presentation and turning it into a first-person shooter.

A week before the game's release, it became known that an agreement to include EAX audio technology in Doom 3 reached by id Software and Creative Labs was heavily influenced by a software patent owned by the latter company.

The game's current full title is the Hyundai Sun Bowl, which became the name after Hyundai Motor Company's American subsidiary bought naming rights to the bowl from Helen of Troy Limited on June 24, 2010.

Outback Steakhouse became the game's title sponsor in 1996.

One of that game's designers became acquainted with Kojima and asked him to create a " real Metal Gear sequel ".

During the negotiations in Moscow, Rogers also became friends with the game's Russian author Alexey Pajitnov.

One of the game's characters, Kasumi Todoh, became a part of The King of Fighters cast.

It was also asserted that the site was careful about copyright concerns, so if a game available for download became once more available for purchase, or if a game's copyright holder so requested, the downloadable files were removed and replaced with a link to the site selling the game, if applicable.

Black Box Games was acquired by Electronic Arts shortly before the game's publication and the company was renamed Electronic Arts ( EA ) Black Box and became a subsidiary of EA Canada.

The game's background has Baali legends stating that there was a group of people called the " First Tribe " who discovered the existence of those old ones and became their acolytes.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Mach Rider became one of the game's many Stickers, while the remix medley from Super Smash Bros. Melee returned, only this time to the F-Zero-themed stage, " Port Town: Aero Dive ", rather than Big Blue.

The game's introduction text " Are you a bad enough dude " became an Internet meme and is often lampooned on the various websites.

From 1964 to mid-1969, he teamed with second baseman Bobby Knoop to form one of the game's top double play combinations ; with Knoop winning Gold Gloves from 1966 – 68, the two became only the third middle infield combination to win the honor in the same season ( 1967 ).