The Mexican front-wheel drive Magnum was officially called " Dodge Magnum 400 " between 1983 and 1984, as it was a sporty Mexican variation of the American Dodge 400 of the early eighties ( without the vinyl roof of the US version and with high output 2. 2L engine ( available turbocharger from 1984 on ), heavy-duty suspension, sporty wheels, tires, dash, steering wheel, console, shifter and seats ).

All console ports featured a variation from the arcade version, that being the addition of stunt wings.

In addition, Atari's use of exclusive rights to many games made it virtually impossible for Emerson to get popular games to the console.

In anticipation of PlayStation's launch Sony Interactive Studios America had made the decision to focus primarily on console titles under the banner 989 Studios while spinning off its sole computer title, EverQuest, which was ready to launch, to a new computer game division named Redeye ( renamed Verant Interactive ).

In case of a console program, dedicating a separate thread for waiting on each source of events made it difficult to properly release all the input devices before starting other programs in the same " session ".

Seen as a game console, the CD-i format proved to be a commercial failure and several of its games are considered among the worst ever made.

Though its sales success as a non-Nintendo handheld has been surpassed by the PlayStation Portable ( PSP ), the Game Gear still stands as the longest supported handheld console not made by Nintendo.

With dimensions of 14 cm × 14 cm × 3. 8 cm ( 5. 5in × 5. 5in × 1. 5in ), the NEC PC Engine holds the record for the world's smallest game console ever made.

In telephony, a Switched loop is a circuit that automatically releases a connection from an attendant console or switchboard, once the connection has been made to the appropriate terminal.

One amplifier, the professional audio model DC300 made by Crown International beginning in the 1960s, did not have high-pass filtering at all, and could be used to amplify the DC signal of a common 9-volt battery at the input to supply 18 volts DC in an emergency for mixing console power.

In memory of the visit he made to Chenonceau on July 14, 1650, Louis XIV much later offered his uncle the duc de Vendôme his portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, with an extraordinary frame by Lepautre, made up of only four huge pieces of wood-as well as the furniture covered in Aubusson tapestries and a Boulle style console.

All significant console manufacturers since Nintendo with its NES ( 1985 ) have monopolized the manufacture of every game made for their console, and have required all publishers to pay a royalty for every game so manufactured.

This helped to reduce the cost of manufacturing the console since the cards were unpopular and few card-based games were made.

A train controller for a Taito bullet train sim has also been made for the Wii console.

In 2006, the town made national news after an individual was shot twice by masked robbers while waiting in a group overnight outside a local Wal-Mart for the release of the PlayStation 3 video game console.

The system's ability to be upgraded from a Videogame console to Personal computer along with its library of nearly 30 games in 1982 are some reasons that made it more versatile than its main competitors, and was listed by Jeff Rovin as one of the seven major video game suppliers.

The development of pneumatic and electro-pneumatic key actions in the late 19th century made it possible to locate the console independently of the pipes, greatly expanding the possibilities in organ design.

Development was led by Bob Flanagan who designed the game based on what he felt made Marble Madness a success in the home console market.

By providing these capabilities, the Supercharger made the Atari 2600 much more like the low end home computers of the era, aside from the alphanumeric keyboard the console lacked ( simple numeric keypads were available from Atari as add-ons, however ).

3-D Tic-Tac-Toe was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in August 2010.

An argument can be made that a console system remains largely untouched by modchips as long as their manufacturers provide a legitimate way of running unlicensed third-party software.

While living in North Carolina, Arthur made front page news by being arrested and jailed for trespassing on a neighbor's property to console a dog she felt was being mistreated.

Basic home theater made up of a home entertainment system consisting of large-screen LCD television and a DVD player ( and a Blu-ray Disc-capable PlayStation 3 game console ).

An inexpensive DIY-type home theatre setup in a bedroom consisting mostly of used and mismatched components ; note the console television, iPod nano with dock, Xbox 360 and speakers of different brands ( receiver is made by Sony and the subwoofer is made by Philips.

It had simple digital joysticks and was almost fully backward-compatible with the Atari 2600, the first console to have backward compatibility without the use of additional modules.

** Command-line interface, the typical use of the computer console

It has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge – based video game console, and the first console to use a microprocessor.

In return Atari was to get one-year exclusive use of the design as a video game console.

is a video game for the Nintendo Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points.

Dartmouth BASIC was the first language to be created with an IDE ( and was also the first to be designed for use while sitting in front of a console or terminal ).

A second version places a top-loading CD-ROM drive to the right of the console and is intended primarily for use with the redesigned Mega Drive II.

First-party developers may either use the name of the company itself ( like Nintendo ), have a specific division name ( like Sony's Polyphony Digital ), or have formerly been an independent studio before being acquired by the console manufacturer, such as Rare or Naughty Dog.

The term " video game console " is used to distinguish a machine designed for people to buy and use primarily for playing video games on a TV.

Worms World Party was originally designed for Dreamcast console to make use of its online capabilities, but was also released for the PlayStation and PC with new missions, a mission editor, and some extra customization.

On Intercom Systems that use a speaker in a room as both a speaker and a Mic will often use VOX on the main console to switch the audio direction when a conversation is going on.

Photo of the Hypertext Editing System ( HES ) console in use at Brown University, circa October 1969.

The concepts of such a control system remain in use on every major video game console produced today, even with fewer " cartridge-based " consoles on the market than in the 8 / 16-bit era.

Server computers may use a serial port as a control console for diagnostics.

Network equipment ( such as routers and switches ) often use serial console for configuration.

In 2004, Wario World, the first console Wario platforming title, was released for the Nintendo GameCube ; featuring three-dimensional graphics and gameplay, it did not use any major elements from previous platforming titles.

Also, Nintendo's Wii console, though debuting in the same generation as the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360, requires a smaller development budget, as innovation on the Wii is centered around the use of the Wii Remote and not around the graphics pipeline.

The first released console to use a touchscreen was the Tiger game. com in 1997.

Later other games for PlayStation console use also a similar controllers.

* An implementation of text Linux console that doesn't use hardware text mode ( useful when that mode is unavailable, or to overcome its restrictions on glyph size, number of code points etc .).

They intended to use it in most of their future arcade games, as well as a video game console they were working on which would later turn into the Astrocade.

An important innovation in Phantasy Star that would later become common in console role-playing games was the use of pre-defined player characters with their own backstories, in contrast to computer role-playing games such as the Wizardry and Gold Box games where the player's avatars ( such as knights, clerics, or thieves ) were simply blank slates.