This week we are investigating the difference in quality between early Japanese and early western games and consoles.

Here are some of the games and consoles I looked at.

Japanese Consoles

The Neo Geo was originally created in 1990 by SNK. It began as a rental-only, arcade-exact system (see AES) in Japan before its huge popularity prompted [...]

This week in our lecture we watched a documentary on video game violence called ‘First Person Shooter’. This documentary is quite old but is still applies today, maybe even more.
Here is a link to the video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2791133924012342287&q=first+person+shooter
Overview
The filmmaker’s son and friends became hooked on the game, playing into the night at parlors away from home. School [...]

Game Description
The year is 1899 and Jeremiah Covenant and his four younger siblings have unleashed true horror on the world by reading aloud a dark ritual at the island of the four stones. Now it is years later and as Patrick Galloway, you must unravel the undying curse of the Covenant family. From [...]

Released: 21.02.2001
Published By: Codemasters Software Company Limited, The
Developed By: Rebel Act Studios
Platform: Windows
Genre: Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)
Perspective: 3rd-Person Perspective
Non-Sport: Medieval / Fantasy

Here is a link of a review for the game.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=1287
Severance.doc
Severance List.doc

Released: 28.05.1998
Published By: Kadokawa Shoten
Developed By: Game Arts Co., Ltd.
Platform: PlayStation
Also for: Saturn
Genre: Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)
Perspective: 3rd-Person Perspective, Top-Down
Non-Sport: Anime / Manga

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is a retitled version of Lunar: Silver Star Story, which is a remake of Lunar: The Silver Star, a video game made by Game Arts. Lunar: Silver Star [...]