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The ___MASK48___ ( commonly abbreviated as NES ) is an 8 - bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo . The best - selling gaming console of its time , the NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983 . With the NES , Nintendo introduced a now - standard business model of licensing third - party developers , authorizing them to produce and distribute titles for Nintendo ' s platform . A ROM image , or ROM file , is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read - only memory chip , often from a video game cartridge , a computer ' s firmware , or from an arcade game ' s main board . The term is frequently used in the context of emulation , whereby older games or computer firmware are copied to ROM files on modern computers and can , using a piece of software known as an emulator , be run on a computer . The , referred to as GBC , is a ___MASK3___ game console manufactured by Nintendo , which was released on October 21 , 1998 in Japan and was released in November of the same year in international markets . It is the successor of the ___MASK9___ . Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill is an unreleased platform video game developed by Realtime Associates for the Super Nintendo . The game stars Socks , the real - life pet cat of former U . S . president Bill Clinton . Socks must make his way past spies , politicians , and the news media to warn the Clinton family of a stolen nuclear missile launch device . The game makes heavy use of political satire , including bosses designed as caricatures of former U . S . presidents and other political figures . Socks the Cat was originally scheduled for release in the fall of 1993 , but was delayed until development was finished the following year . Review copies were distributed to video game publications , from which it received mediocre reviews but praise for its political satire . Nintendo reportedly liked the game despite their censorship policies during the era which condemned games with political content . Socks the Cat was canceled following the closure of Kaneko ' s US division in the summer of 1994 , shortly before its scheduled release . A prototype cartridge featuring the full game has entered the hands of private collectors , but the ROM image has not been released to the public . The is an 8 - bit ___MASK3___ video game device with interchangeable cartridges developed and manufactured by Nintendo , which was first released in Japan on , in North America on and in Europe on . It is the first ___MASK3___ console in the ___MASK82___ and was created by Satoru Okada and Nintendo Research & Development 1 . This same team , led by Gunpei Yokoi at the time , is credited with designing the Game & Watch series as well as several popular games for the ___MASK48___ . Redesigned versions were released in 1996 and 1998 in the form of Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Light ( Japan only ), respectively . The is a 32 - bit fifth - generation home ___MASK87___ that was developed by Sega and released on November 22 , 1994 in Japan , May 11 , 1995 in North America , and July 8 , 1995 in Europe as the successor to the successful Sega Genesis . The Saturn has a dual - CPU architecture and eight processors . Its games are in CD - ROM format , and its game library contains several arcade ports as well as original titles . A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer . As with book publishers or publishers of ___MASK62___ movies , video game publishers are responsible for their product ' s manufacturing and marketing , including market research and all aspects of advertising . The ___MASK20___ ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with Sega ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s ___MASK89___ , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles . An arcade game or coin - op is a coin - operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants , bars and amusement arcades . Most arcade games are video games , pinball machines , electro - mechanical games , redemption games or merchandisers . While exact dates are debated , the golden age of arcade video games is usually defined as a period beginning sometime in the late 1970s and ending sometime in the mid - 1980s . Excluding a brief resurgence in the early 1990s , the arcade industry subsequently declined in the Western hemisphere as competing home - based video game consoles such as ___MASK33___ and ___MASK89___ increased in their graphics and game - play capability and decreased in cost . The Macintosh (; ( branded as Mac since 1998 ) is a series of personal computers ( PCs ) designed , developed , and marketed by ___MASK37___ Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer on January 10 , 1984 . This was the company ' s first mass - market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse . This first model was later renamed to " Macintosh 128k " for uniqueness amongst a populous family of subsequently updated models which are also based on Apple ' s same proprietary architecture . Since 1998 , Apple has largely phased out the Macintosh name in favor of " Mac ", and the product family has been nicknamed " Mac " or " the Mac " since the development of the first model . The ___MASK79___ is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979 . Development of the console began in 1978 , less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor , the ___MASK12___ 2600 . The name " intellivision " is a portmanteau of " intelligent television ". Over 3 million ___MASK79___ units were sold and a total of 125 games were released for the console . Air Buster is a horizontally scrolling shoot ' em up video game produced by Kaneko and co - distributed by Namco for the arcades in 1990 . It was subsequently ported to the ___MASK5___ Engine / TurboGrafx - 16 ( under the title Aero Blasters ) and for the Mega Drive / Genesis in 1991 . The TurboGrafx - 16 Entertainment SuperSystem , known in Japan and France as the , is a home ___MASK87___ jointly developed by Hudson Soft and NEC Home Electronics , released in Japan on October 30 , 1987 , in the United States on August 29 , 1989 , and in France on November 22 , 1989 . It was the first console released in the 16 - bit era , albeit still utilizing an 8 - bit CPU . Originally intended to compete with the ___MASK48___ ( NES ), it ended up competing with the Sega Genesis , and later on the ___MASK57___ ( SNES ). , also referred to as , was a Japanese video game publisher founded in Suginami , Tokyo , Japan by Hiroshi Kaneko . It published a number of games both under its brand and other companies , such as " Air Buster ", " Nexzr ", " Shogun Warriors ", " DJ Boy ", " Guts ' n ", and the " Gals Panic " series . Although most of the games that Kaneko produced were standard arcade fare , they also earned a degree of for both " DJ Boy " ( for its reputedly racist plot and negative stereotyping ) and the " Gals Panic " series ( the games often bordering on softcore pornography ). The is an 8 - bit ___MASK3___ game console released by Sega on October 6 , 1990 in Japan , in North America and Europe , and Australia in 1992 . The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo ' s ___MASK9___ , the ___MASK16___ and NEC ' s TurboExpress . The ___MASK3___ shares much of its hardware with the Master System and is able to play its own titles as well as those of the Master System , the latter being made possible by the use of an adapter . Containing a full - color backlit screen with a landscape format , Sega positioned the Game Gear as a technologically superior ___MASK3___ to the ___MASK9___ . The , stylized as NINTENDO and often referred to as N64 , is Nintendo ' s third home ___MASK87___ for the international market . Named for its 64 - bit central processing unit , it was released in June 1996 in Japan , September 1996 in North America , March 1997 in Europe and Australia , September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil . It is the industry ' s last major successive home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format , as all succeeding home consoles up until the Nintendo Switch used an optical format . In addition , current handheld systems ( such as the ___MASK41___ and Nintendo 3DS ) also use cartridges . While the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by Nintendo ' s MiniDVD - based GameCube in November 2001 , the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003 . Realtime Associates is an American video game developer and publisher . The company was founded in 1986 by David Warhol and a group of ex - Mattel Electronics employees originally to create games for the ___MASK79___ system . Since then , the company has developed and published over 90 games for various systems , including ; the ___MASK20___ , ___MASK89___ , Nintendo GameCube , Sega Saturn , PlayStation , Nintendo 64 , Super NES , Genesis , Pico , ___MASK48___ , TurboGrafx - 16 , Game Boy , Game Gear , Game Boy Color , and PC and Macintosh platforms .