The Video Game History Foundation is a nonprofit organization started by Frank Cifaldi. Its main goal is to collect, keep safe, and share historical materials related to video games.
The Classic Gaming Expo was a gaming convention focused on people, systems, and games from the past, with a focus on old video games. The Expo was started in 1999 by John Hardie, Sean Kelly, and Keita Iida. In 2000, Joe Santulli took over as a co-organizer of the event.
Motion capture, also called mocap or mo-cap, is a method used to record very detailed movements of objects or people and store them in a computer system. It is used in the military, entertainment, sports, medicine, and to help test computer vision and robots. In movies, TV shows, and video games, motion capture involves recording the actions of human actors and using that data to create animations for digital characters in 2D or 3D.
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console created by Sony Interactive Entertainment as the fifth version of their PlayStation brand. It was announced in April 2019 as the next version after the PlayStation 4. The PS5 was released on November 12, 2020, in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea, and became available worldwide the following week.
The Nintendo Switch is a video game console created by Nintendo. It was released worldwide on March 3, 2017. It was introduced during the eighth generation of home consoles and replaced the Wii U.
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console made by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was introduced in February 2013 as the next version of the PlayStation 3. The console was released on November 15, 2013, in North America; November 29, 2013, in Europe, South America, and Australia; and February 22, 2014, in Japan.
The Xbox 360 launch introduced the first important seventh-generation video game console. It was Microsoft’s second attempt at making a console, following their 2001 release of the original Xbox.
The Nintendo DS is a handheld game console made by Nintendo and released worldwide in 2004 and 2005. The name “DS” stands for “Dual Screen,” which describes the system’s main feature: two LCD screens that work together. The lower screen can be touched to control games.
Luigi’s Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure game created and released by Nintendo. It was one of the first games available for the GameCube and the first Mario game made for that console. The game was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002.
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console created and sold by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000, in North America on October 26, in Europe on November 24, in Australia on November 30, and in other regions later. It is the next version of the original PlayStation and the second console in the PlayStation series.