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Video gaming in Japan is a major industry. Japanese game development is often
identified with the golden age of video games, including Nintendo under Shigeru
Miyamoto and Hiroshi Yamauchi, Sega during the same time period, Sony Computer
Entertainment when it was based in Tokyo, and other companies such as Taito,
Namco, Capcom, Square Enix, Konami, NEC, and SNK, among others.

 1. It would be something of a misnomer to attribute the creation and
    development of video games to any singular moment or event. Rather, the
    process can be best described as an ongoing evolution, a long and winding
    journey of advancements with numerous inventors all playing pivotal roles.
 2. How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with
    cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video
    games, even action-packed shooter games, can.

 * 1History


HISTORY[EDIT]


BACKGROUND[EDIT]

In 1966, Sega introduced an electro-mechanical game called Periscope[1] - a
submarine simulator[2] which used lights and plastic waves to simulate sinking
ships from a submarine.[3] It became an instant success in Japan, Europe, and
North America,[4] where it was the first arcade game to cost a quarter per
play,[1] which would remain the standard price for arcade games for many years
to come.[4]

Sega later produced gun games that used rearimage projection in a manner similar
to the ancient zoetrope to produce moving animations on a screen.[5] The first
of these, the light-gun game Duck Hunt,[6] appeared in 1969;[7] it featured
animated moving targets on a screen, printed out the player's score on a ticket,
and had volume-controllable sound-effects.[6] Another Sega 1969 release,
Missile, a shooter, featured electronic sound and a moving film strip to
represent the targets on a projection screen.[8]


1970S–EARLY 1980S[EDIT]

Use of color graphics and individualized antagonists were considered 'strong
evolutionary concepts' among space ship games.[9] The Namco Galaxianarcade
system board also introduced multi-colored animated sprites.[10] That same year
saw the release of SNK's debut shoot 'em up Ozma Wars, notable for being the
first action game to feature a supply of energy, resembling a life bar, a
mechanic that has now become common in the majority of modern action games.[11]
It also featured vertically scrolling backgrounds and enemies.[12]

Epoch's TV Tennis Electrotennis, Japan's first home video game console.
The Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi.

Japan's first home video game console was Epoch's TV Tennis Electrotennis, a
licensed version of the ping-pong game from the Magnavox Odyssey. It was
followed by the first successful Japanese console, Nintendo's Color TV Game, in
1977.

Sega's black and white boxing game Heavyweight Champ was released in 1976 as the
first video game to feature fist fighting.[13] The first stealth games were
Hiroshi Suzuki's Manbiki Shounen (1979)[14][15][16] and Manbiki Shoujo (1980),
Taito's Lupin III (1980),[17] and Sega's 005 (1981).[18][19][20]

Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of the shooter gameSpace Invaders.

Eventually, the 1978 arcade release of Space Invaders would mark the first major
mainstream breakthrough for video games in Japan.[21] Created by Nishikado at
Japan's Taito Corporation, Space Invaders pitted the player against multiple
enemies descending from the top of the screen at a constantly increasing rate of
speed.[22][23]Space Invaders pitted the player against multiple enemies
descending from the top of the screen at a constantly increasing rate of
speed.[23] The game used alien creatures inspired by The War of the Worlds (by
H. G. Wells) because the developers were unable to render the movement of
aircraft; in turn, the aliens replaced human enemies because of moral concerns
(regarding the portrayal of killing humans) on the part of Taito Corporation. As
with subsequent shoot 'em ups of the time, the game was set in space as the
available technology only permitted a black background. The game also introduced
the idea of giving the player a number of 'lives'. It popularised a more
interactive style of gameplay with the enemies responding to the
player-controlled cannon's movement,[24] and it was the first video game to
popularise the concept of achieving a high score,[25][26][27] being the first to
save the player's score.[25] The aliens of Space Invaders return fire at the
protagonist, making them the first arcade game targets to do so.[28] It set the
template for the shoot 'em up genre,[29] and has influenced most shooting games
released since then.[22]

Donkey Kongarcade cabinet

Taito's Space Invaders, in 1978, proved to be the first blockbuster arcade video
game.[30] Its success marked the beginning of the golden age of arcade video
games. Video game arcades sprang up in shopping malls, and small 'corner
arcades' appeared in restaurants, grocery stores, bars and movie theaters all
over Japan and other countries during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Space
Invaders (1978), Galaxian (1979), Pac-Man (1980) and Bosconian (1981) were
especially popular. By 1981, the arcade video game industry was worth $8
billion[31] ($22 billion in 2018). Some games of this era were so popular that
they entered popular culture. The first to do so was Space Invaders. The game
was so popular upon its release in 1978 that an urban legend blamed it for a
national shortage of 100 yen coins in Japan, leading to a production increase of
coins to meet demand for the game[32][33] (although 100 yen coin production was
lower in 1978 and 1979 than in previous or subsequent years,[34][35] and the
claim does not withstand logical scrutiny: arcade operators would have emptied
out their machines and taken the money to the bank, thus keeping the coins in
circulation).[35] Japanese arcade games during the golden age also had hardware
unit sales at least in the tens of thousands, including Ms. Pac-Man with over
115,000 units,[36]Donkey Kong with over 60,000,[37]Galaxian with
40,000,[38]Donkey Kong Junior with 35,000,[37]Mr. Do! with 30,000,[39]


1980S–EARLY 2000S[EDIT]

The Family Computer (commonly known by the Japanese-English term Famicom)

From 1980 to 1991, Nintendo produced a line of handheld electronic games called
Game & Watch. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, each Game & Watch features
a single game to be played on an LCD screen. It was the earliest Nintendo
product to gain major success.[40]

Konami's Scramble, released in 1981, is a side-scrolling shooter with forced
scrolling. It was the first scrolling shooter to offer multiple, distinct
levels.[41][42] Vertical scrolling shooters emerged around the same time.
Namco's Xevious, released in 1982, is frequently cited as the first vertical
scrolling shooter and, although it was in fact preceded by several other games
of that type, it is considered one of the most influential.[41]

The first platform game to use scrolling graphics was Jump Bug (1981), a simple
platform-shooter game developed by Alpha Denshi.[43]

The survival horrorvideo game genre began with Capcom's Resident Evil (1996),
which coined the term 'survival horror' and defined the genre.[44][45] The game
was inspired by Capcom's Sweet Home (1989), retroactively described as survival
horror.[46]

After the video game crash, analysts doubted the long-term viability of the
video game industry,[47] but following the release of the Nintendo Entertainment
System, the industry began recovering, with annual sales exceeding $2.3 billion
by 1988, with 70% of the market dominated by Nintendo.[48] In 1986 Nintendo
president Hiroshi Yamauchi noted that 'Atari collapsed because they gave too
much freedom to third-party developers and the market was swamped with rubbish
games'. In response, Nintendo limited the number of titles that third-party
developers could release for their system each year, and promoted its 'Seal of
Quality', which it allowed to be used on games and peripherals by publishers
that met Nintendo's quality standards.[49]

Following a series of arcade game successes in the early 1980s, Nintendo made
plans to create a cartridge-based console called the Famicom, which is short for
Family Computer. Masayuki Uemura designed the system.[50][51] The console was
released on July 15, 1983 as the Family Computer (or Famicom for short)
alongside three ports of Nintendo's successful arcade games Donkey Kong, Donkey
Kong Jr. and Popeye. The Famicom was slow to gather momentum; a bad chip set
caused the initial release of the system to crash. Following a product recall
and a reissue with a new motherboard, the Famicom's popularity soared, becoming
the best-selling game console in Japan by the end of 1984.[52] By 1988, industry
observers stated that the NES's popularity had grown so quickly that the market
for Nintendo cartridges was larger than that for all home computer
software.[53][54] By mid-1986, 19% (6.5 million) of Japanese households owned a
Famicom;[55] one third by mid-1988.[56] In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice
president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of
Japan's households.[57] By the end of its run, over 60 million NES units had
been sold throughout the world.[58] In 1990 Nintendo surpassed Toyota as Japan's
most successful corporation.[59][60]

Because the NES was released after the 'video game crash' of the early 1980s,
many retailers and adults regarded electronic games as a passing fad,[61] so
many believed at first that the NES would soon fade.[62] Before the NES/Famicom,
Nintendo was known as a moderately successful Japanese toy and playing card
manufacturer, but the popularity of the NES/Famicom helped the company grow into
an internationally recognized name almost synonymous with video games as Atari
had been,[63] and set the stage for Japanese dominance of the video game
industry.[64] With the NES, Nintendo also changed the relationship between
console manufacturers and third-party software developers by restricting
developers from publishing and distributing software without licensed approval.
This led to higher quality software titles, which helped change the attitude of
a public that had grown weary from poorly produced titles for earlier game
systems.[65] The system's hardware limitations led to design principles that
still influence the development of modern video games. Many prominent game
franchises originated on the NES, including Nintendo's own Super Mario
Bros.,[66]The Legend of Zelda[67] and Metroid,[68]Capcom's Mega Man[69]
franchise, Konami's Castlevania[70] franchise, Square's Final Fantasy,[71] and
Enix's Dragon Quest franchises.[72]

Japan's first personal computers for gaming soon appeared, the Sord M200 in 1977
and Sharp MZ-80K in 1978.[21] In Japan, both consoles and computers became major
industries, with the console market dominated by Nintendo and the computer
market dominated by NEC's PC-88 (1981) and PC-98 (1982). A key difference
between Western and Japanese computers at the time was the display resolution,
with Japanese systems using a higher resolution of 640x400 to accommodate
Japanese text which in turn affected video game design and allowed more detailed
graphics. Japanese computers were also using Yamaha's FM synthsound boards from
the early 1980s.[73] During the 16-bit era, the PC-98, Sharp X68000 and FM Towns
became popular in Japan. The X68000 and FM Towns were capable of producing near
arcade-quality hardware sprite graphics and sound quality when they first
released in the mid-to-late 1980s.[73]

The Wizardry series (translated by ASCII Entertainment) became popular and
influential in Japan, even more so than at home.[74] Japanese developers created
the action RPG subgenre in the early 1980s, combining RPG elements with
arcade-style action and action-adventure elements.[75][76] The trend of
combining role-playing elements with arcade-style action mechanics was
popularized by The Tower of Druaga,[76] an arcade game released by Namco in June
1984. While the RPG elements in Druaga were very subtle, its success in Japan
inspired the near-simultaneous development of three early action role-playing
games, combining Druaga's real-time hack-and-slash gameplay with stronger RPG
mechanics, all released in late 1984: Dragon Slayer, Courageous Perseus, and
Hydlide. A rivalry developed between the three games, with Dragon Slayer and
Hydlide continuing their rivalry through subsequent sequels.[77]The Tower of
Druaga, Dragon Slayer and Hydlide were influential in Japan, where they laid the
foundations for the action RPG genre, influencing titles such as Ys and The
Legend of Zelda.[78][79]

The action role-playing gameHydlide (1984) was an early open world game,[80][81]
rewarding exploration in an open world environment.[82]Hylide influenced The
Legend of Zelda (1986),[83] an influential open world game.[84][85]Zelda had an
expansive, coherent open world design, inspiring many games to adopt a similar
open world design.[86]

Bokosuka Wars (1983) is considered an early prototype real-time strategy
game.[87]TechnoSoft's Herzog (1988) is regarded as a precursor to the real-time
strategy genre, being the predecessor to Herzog Zwei and somewhat similar in
nature.[88]Herzog Zwei, released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesishome console in
1989, is the earliest example of a game with a feature set that falls under the
contemporary definition of modern real-time strategy.[89][90]

Data East's Karate Champ from 1984 is credited with establishing and
popularizing the one-on-one fighting game genre, and went on to influence
Konami's Yie Ar Kung-Fu from 1985.[91]Capcom's Street Fighter (1987) introduced
the use of special moves that could only be discovered by experimenting with the
game controls. Street Fighter II (1991) established the conventions of the
fighting game genre and allowed players to play against each other.[92]

In 1985, Sega AM2's Hang-On, designed by Yu Suzuki and running on the Sega Space
Harrier hardware, was the first of Sega's 'Super Scaler' arcade system boards
that allowed pseudo-3Dsprite-scaling at high frame rates.[93] The pseudo-3D
sprite/tile scaling was handled in a similar manner to textures in later
texture-mappedpolygonal 3D games of the 1990s.[94] Designed by Sega AM2's Yu
Suzuki, he stated that his 'designs were always 3D from the beginning. All the
calculations in the system were 3D, even from Hang-On. I calculated the
position, scale, and zoom rate in 3D and converted it backwards to 2D. So I was
always thinking in 3D.'[95] It was controlled using a video game arcade cabinet
resembling a motorbike, which the player moves with their body. This began the
'Taikan' trend, the use of motion-controlled hydraulic arcade cabinets in many
arcade games of the late 1980s, two decades before motion controls became
popular on video game consoles.[96]

Sega's Space Harrier, a rail shooter released in 1985, broke new ground
graphically and its wide variety of settings across multiple levels gave players
more to aim for than high scores.[97][98] 1985 also saw the release of Konami's
Gradius, which gave the player greater control over the choice of weaponry, thus
introducing another element of strategy.[41] The game also introduced the need
for the player to memorise levels in order to achieve any measure of
success.[99]Gradius, with its iconic protagonist, defined the side-scrolling
shoot 'em up and spawned a series spanning several sequels.[100] The following
year saw the emergence of one of Sega's forefront series with its game Fantasy
Zone. The game received acclaim for its surreal graphics and setting and the
protagonist, Opa-Opa, was for a time considered Sega's mascot.[101] The game
borrowed Defender's device of allowing the player to control the direction of
flight and along with the earlier TwinBee (1985), is an early archetype of the
'cute 'em up' subgenre.[41][102]

Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness in 1985 featured an early morality meter, where
the player can be aligned with justice, normal, or evil, which is affected by
whether the player kills evil monsters, good monsters, or humans, and in turn
affects the reactions of the townsfolk towards the player.[103] In the same
year, Yuji Horii and his team at Chunsoft began production on Dragon Quest
(Dragon Warrior).[104] After Enix published the game in early 1986, it became
the template for future console RPGs.[105] Horii's intention behind Dragon Quest
was to create a RPG that appeals to a wider audience unfamiliar with the genre
or video games in general. This required the creation of a new kind of RPG, that
didn't rely on previous D&D experience, didn't require hundreds of hours of rote
fighting, and that could appeal to any kind of gamer.[104] The streamlined
gameplay of Dragon Quest thus made the game more accessible to a wider audience
than previous computer RPGs.[106] The game also placed a greater emphasis on
storytelling and emotional involvement,[107] building on Horii's previous work
Portopia Serial Murder Case, but this time introducing a coming of age tale for
Dragon Quest that audiences could relate to, making use of the RPG
level-building gameplay as a way to represent this.[108] It also featured
elements still found in most console RPGs, like major quests interwoven with
minor subquests, an incremental spell system,[109] the damsel-in-distress
storyline that many RPGs follow,[110] and a romance element that remains a
staple of the genre,[111] alongside anime-style art by Akira Toriyama and a
classical score by Koichi Sugiyama that was considered revolutionary for console
video game music.[104] With Dragon Quest becoming widely popular in Japan, such
that local municipalities were forced to place restrictions on where and when
the game could be sold,[109] the Dragon Quest series is still considered a
bellwether for the Japanese video game market.[112]

Shoot 'em ups featuring characters on foot, rather than spacecraft, became
popular in the mid-1980s in the wake of action movies such as Rambo: First Blood
Part II.[12] The origins of this type go back to Sheriff by Nintendo, released
in 1979. Taito's Front Line (1982) established the upwards-scrolling formula
later popularized by Capcom's Commando, in 1985, and SNK's Ikari Warriors
(1986).[113]Commando also drew comparisons to Rambo[114] and indeed contemporary
critics considered military themes and protagonists similar to Rambo or
Schwarzenegger prerequisites for a shoot 'em up, as opposed to an
action-adventure game.[113] In 1986, Arsys Software released WiBArm, a shooter
that switched between a 2D side-scrolling view in outdoor areas to a fully 3D
polygonal third-person perspective inside buildings, while bosses were fought in
an arena-style 2D battle, with the game featuring a variety of weapons and
equipment.[115]

The late 1980s to early 1990s is considered the golden age of Japanese computer
gaming, which would flourish until its decline around the mid-1990s, as consoles
eventually dominated the Japanese market.[116] A notable Japanese computer RPG
from around this time was WiBArm, the earliest known RPG to feature 3D polygonal
graphics. It was a 1986 role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the
PC-88 in Japan and ported to MS-DOS for Western release by Brøderbund. In
WiBArm, the player controls a transformable mecha robot, switching between a
2Dside-scrolling view during outdoor exploration to a fully 3D polygonal
third-person perspective inside buildings, while bosses are fought in an
arena-style 2D shoot 'em up battle. The game featured a variety of weapons and
equipment as well as an automap, and the player could upgrade equipment and earn
experience to raise stats.[117][118] Unlike first-person RPGs at the time that
were restricted to 90-degree movements, WiBArm's use of 3D polygons allowed full
360-degree movement.[118]

The PC Engine, released in 1987.

On October 30, 1987, the PC Engine made its debut in the Japanese market and it
was a tremendous success. The console had an elegant, 'eye-catching' design, and
it was very small compared to its rivals.[119] The PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16,
known as TurboGrafx-16 in the rest of the world, was a collaborative effort
between Hudson Soft, who created video game software, and NEC, a major company
which was dominant in the Japanese personal computer market with their PC-88 and
PC-98 platforms.[120]

R-Type, an acclaimed side-scrolling shoot 'em up, was released in 1987 by Irem,
employing slower paced scrolling than usual, with difficult levels calling for
methodical strategies.[121][122] 1990's Raiden was the beginning of another
acclaimed and enduring series to emerge from this period.[123][124] In 1987,
Square's 3-D WorldRunner was an early stereoscopic 3-D shooter played from a
third-person perspective,[125] followed later that year by its sequel JJ,[126]
and the following year by Space Harrier 3-D which used the SegaScope 3-D shutter
glasses.[127] Also in 1987, Konami created Contra as a coin-op arcade game that
was particularly acclaimed for its multi-directional aiming and two player
cooperative gameplay.

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei by Atlus for the Nintendo Famicom abandoned
the common medieval fantasy setting and sword and sorcery theme in favour of a
modern science-fiction setting and horror theme. It also introduced the
monster-catching mechanic with its demon-summoning system, which allowed the
player to recruit enemies into their party, through a conversation system that
gives the player a choice of whether to kill or spare an enemy and allows them
to engage any opponent in conversation.[128]Sega's original Phantasy Star for
the Master System combined sci-fi & fantasy setting that set it apart from the
D&D staple.[129] It was also one of the first games to feature a female
protagonist and animated monster encounters,[129] and allowed inter-planetary
travel between three planets.[130] Another 1987 title Miracle Warriors: Seal of
the Dark Lord was a third-person RPG that featured a wide open world and a
mini-map on the corner of the screen.[131]

According to Wizardry developer Roe R. Adams, early action-adventure games 'were
basically arcade games done in a fantasy setting,' citing Castlevania (1986) and
Trojan (1986) as examples.[132]IGN UK argues that The Legend of Zelda (1986)
'helped to establish a new subgenre of action-adventure', becoming a success due
to how it combined elements from different genres to create a compelling hybrid,
including exploration, adventure-style inventory puzzles, an action component, a
monetary system, and simplified RPG-style level building without the experience
points.[133]The Legend of Zelda was the most prolific action-adventure game
series through to the 2000s.[134]


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The first Nintendo Space World show was held on July 28, 1989.[135] It was a
video game trade show that was hosted by Nintendo until 2001. At the same year,
Phantasy Star II for the Genesis established many conventions of the RPG genre,
including an epic, dramatic, character-driven storyline dealing with serious
themes and subject matter, and a strategy-based battle system.[129][136] The
game's science fiction story was also unique, reversing the common alien
invasion scenario by instead presenting Earthlings as the invading antagonists
rather than the defending protagonists.[129][136]Capcom's Sweet Home for the NES
introduced a modern Japanese horror theme and laid the foundations for the
survival horror genre, later serving as the main inspiration for Resident Evil
(1996).[137][138]Tengai Makyo: Ziria released for the PC Engine CD that same
year was the first RPG released on CD-ROM and the first in the genre to feature
animated cut scenes and voice acting. The game's plot was also unusual for its
feudal Japan setting and its emphasis on humour; the plot and characters were
inspired by the Japanese folk tale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari. The music for the
game was also composed by noted musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.[139]

The ‘golden age’ of console RPGs is often dated in the 1990s.[140][141] Console
RPGs distinguished themselves from computer RPGs to a greater degree in the
early 1990s. As console RPGs became more heavily story-based than their computer
counterparts, one of the major differences that emerged during this time was in
the portrayal of the characters, with most American computer RPGs at the time
having characters devoid of personality or background as their purpose was to
represent avatars which the player uses to interact with the world, in contrast
to Japanese console RPGs which depicted pre-defined characters who had
distinctive personalities, traits, and relationships, such as Final Fantasy and
Lufia, with players assuming the roles of people who cared about each other,
fell in love or even had families. Romance in particular was a theme that was
common in most console RPGs but alien to most computer RPGs at the time.[142]
Japanese console RPGs were also generally more faster-paced and
action-adventure-oriented than their American computer counterparts.[143][144]
During the 1990s, console RPGs had become increasingly dominant.[145]

In 1990, Dragon Quest IV introduced a new method of storytelling: segmenting the
plot into segregated chapters.[146][147] The game also introduced an AI system
called 'Tactics' which allowed the player to modify the strategies used by the
allied party members while maintaining full control of the hero.[148]Final
Fantasy III introduced the classic 'job system', a character progression engine
allowing the player to change the character classes, as well as acquire new and
advanced classes and combine class abilities, during the course of the
game.[149][150] That same year also saw the release of Nintendo's Fire Emblem:
Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi, a game that set the template for the tactical
role-playing game genre and was the first entry in the Fire Emblem series.[151]
Another notable strategy RPG that year was Koei's Bandit Kings of Ancient China,
which was successful in combining the strategy RPG and management simulation
genres, building on its own Nobunaga's Ambition series that began in 1983.[146]
Several early RPGs set in a post-apocalyptic future were also released that
year, including Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II,[152][153] and
Crystalis,[154] which was inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of
the Wind. Crystalis also made advances to the action role-playing game subgenre,
being a true action RPG that combined the real-time action-adventure combat and
open world of The Legend of Zelda with the level-building and spell-casting of
traditional RPGs like Final Fantasy.[155] That year also saw the release of
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom, which featured an innovative and
original branching storyline, which spans three generations of characters and
can be altered depending on which character the protagonist of each generation
marries,[156] leading to four possible endings.[129]

In 1991, Final Fantasy IV was one of the first role-playing games to feature a
complex, involving plot,[157] placing a much greater emphasis on character
development, personal relationships, and dramatic storytelling.[158] It also
introduced a new battle system: the 'Active Time Battle' system, developed by
Hiroyuki Ito,[159] where the time-keeping system does not stop.[160] The fact
that enemies can attack or be attacked at any time is credited with injecting
urgency and excitement into the combat system.[160] The ATB combat system was
considered revolutionary for being a hybrid between turn-based and real-time
combat, with its requirement of faster reactions from players appealing to those
who were more used to action games.[161]

The Super Famicom, released on November 21, 1990.

Nintendo executives were initially reluctant to design a new system, but as the
market transitioned to the newer hardware, Nintendo saw the erosion of the
commanding market share it had built up with the Nintendo Entertainment
System.[162] Nintendo's fourth-generation console, the Super Famicom, was
released in Japan on November 21, 1990; Nintendo's initial shipment of 300,000
units sold out within hours.[163] Despite stiff competition from the Mega
Drive/Genesis console, the Super NES eventually took the top selling position,
selling 49.10 million units worldwide,[164] and would remain popular well into
the fifth generation of consoles.[165] Nintendo's market position was defined by
their machine's increased video and sound capabilities,[166] as well as
exclusive first-party franchise titles such as Super Mario World, The Legend of
Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Metroid.

In the early 1990s, the arcades experienced a major resurgence with the 1991
release of Capcom's Street Fighter II,[167] which popularized competitive
fighting games and revived the arcade industry to a level of popularity not seen
since the days of Pac-Man,[168] setting off a renaissance for the arcade game
industry in the early 1990s.[169] Its success led to a wave of other popular
games which mostly were in the fighting genre, such as Fatal Fury: King of
Fighters (1992) by SNK, Virtua Fighter (1993) by SEGA, and The King of Fighters
(1994–2005) by SNK. In 1993, Electronic Games noted that when 'historians look
back at the world of coin-op during the early 1990s, one of the defining
highlights of the video game art form will undoubtedly focus on fighting/martial
arts themes' which it described as 'the backbone of the industry' at the
time.[170]

A new type of shoot 'em up emerged in the early 1990s: variously termed 'bullet
hell', 'manic shooters', 'maniac shooters' and danmaku (弾幕, 'barrage'), these
games required the player to dodge overwhelming numbers of enemy projectiles and
called for still more consistent reactions from players.[41][171] Bullet hell
games arose from the need for 2D shoot 'em up developers to compete with the
emerging popularity of 3D games: huge numbers of missiles on screen were
intended to impress players.[171]Toaplan's Batsugun (1993) provided the
prototypical template for this new breed,[172][173] with Cave (formed by former
employees of Toaplan, including Batsugun's main creator Tsuneki Ikeda, after the
latter company collapsed) inventing the type proper with 1995's DonPachi.[174]
Bullet hell games marked another point where the shoot 'em up genre began to
cater to more dedicated players.[41][171] Games such as Gradius had been more
difficult than Space Invaders or Xevious,[99] but bullet hell games were yet
more inward-looking and aimed at dedicated fans of the genre looking for greater
challenges.[41][175] While shooter games featuring protagonists on foot largely
moved to 3D-based genres, popular, long-running series such as Contra and Metal
Slug continued to receive new sequels.[176][177][178] Rail shooters have rarely
been released in the new millennium, with only Rez and Panzer Dragoon Orta
achieving cult recognition.[179][98][180]

1992 saw the release of Dragon Quest V, a game that has been praised for its
involving, emotional family-themed narrative divided by different periods of
time, something that has appeared in very few video games before or
since.[181][182] It has also been credited as the first known video game to
feature a playable pregnancy, a concept that has since appeared in later games
such as Story of Seasons.[183]Dragon Quest V's monster-collecting mechanic,
where monsters can be defeated, captured, added to the party, and gain their own
experience levels, also influenced many later franchises such as Pokémon,
Digimon and Dokapon. In turn, the concept of collecting everything in a game, in
the form of achievements or similar rewards, has since become a common trend in
video games.[184]Shin Megami Tensei, released in 1992 for the SNES, introduced
an early moral alignment system that influences the direction and outcome of the
storyline, leading to different possible paths and multiple endings. This has
since become a hallmark of the Megami Tensei series.[185] Another non-linear RPG
released that year was Romancing Saga, an open-world RPG by Square that offered
many choices and allowed players to complete quests in any order, with the
decision of whether or not to participate in any particular quest affecting the
outcome of the storyline. The game also allowed players to choose from eight
different characters, each with their own stories that start in different places
and offer different outcomes.[186]Data East's Heracles no Eikō III, written by
Kazushige Nojima, introduced the plot element of a nameless immortal suffering
from amnesia, and Nojima would later revisit the amnesia theme in Final Fantasy
VII and Glory of Heracles.[187] The TurboGrafx-CD port of Dragon Knight II
released that year was also notable for introducing eroticadult content to
consoles,[188][citation needed] though such content had often appeared in
Japanese computer RPGs since the early 1980s.[116] That same year, Game Arts
began the Lunar series on the Sega CD with Lunar: The Silver Star, one of the
first successful CD-ROM RPGs, featuring both voice and text, and considered one
of the best RPGs in its time.[189] The game was praised for its soundtrack,
emotionally engaging storyline, and strong characterization.[190] It also
introduced an early form of level-scaling where the bosses would get stronger
depending on the protagonist's level,[191] a mechanic that was later used in
Enix's The 7th Saga[192] and extended to normal enemies in Square's Romancing
Saga 3 and later Final Fantasy VIII.[193]

3D polygon graphics were popularized by the Sega Model 1 games Virtua Racing
(1992) and Virtua Fighter (1993),[194] followed by racing games[168] like the
Namco System 22 title Ridge Racer (1993) and Sega Model 2 title Daytona USA, and
light gun shooters like Sega's Virtua Cop (1994),[195] gaining considerable
popularity in the arcades.[168]


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In 1993, Square's Secret of Mana, the second in the Mana series, further
advanced the action RPG subgenre with its introduction of cooperative
multiplayer into the genre. The game was created by a team previously
responsible for the first three Final Fantasy titles: Nasir Gebelli, Koichi
Ishii, and Hiromichi Tanaka.[196] The game received considerable acclaim,[197]
for its innovative pausable real-time battle system,[198][199] the 'Ring
Command' menu system,[199] its innovative cooperative multiplayer gameplay,[197]
where the second or third players could drop in and out of the game at any time
rather than players having to join the game at the same time,[200] and the
customizable AI settings for computer-controlled allies.[201] The game has
influenced a number of later action RPGs.[200][202] That same year also saw the
release of Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium, which introduced the use
of pre-programmable combat manoeuvers called 'macros', a means of setting up the
player's party AI to deliver custom attack combos.[129] That year also saw the
release of Romancing Saga 2, which further expanded the non-linear gameplay of
its predecessor. While in the original Romancing Saga, scenarios were changed
according to dialogue choices during conversations, Romancing Saga 2 further
expanded on this by having unique storylines for each character that can change
depending on the player's actions, including who is chosen, what is said in
conversation, what events have occurred, and who is present in the
party.[203]PCGamesN credits Romancing SaGa 2 for having laid the foundations for
modern Japanese RPGs with its progressive, non-linear, open world design and
subversive themes.[204]

In 1994, Final Fantasy VI moved away from the medieval setting of its
predecessors, instead being set in a steampunk environment,.[205] The game
received considerable acclaim, and is seen as one of the greatest RPGs of all
time,[206] for improvements such as its broadened thematic scope,[207]
plotlines, characters, multiple-choice scenarios,[208] and variation of
play.[209]Final Fantasy VI dealt with mature themes such as suicide, war crimes,
child abandonment, teen pregnancy, and coping with the deaths of loved
ones.[210] Square's Live A Live, released for the Super Famicom in Japan,
featured eight different characters and stories, with the first seven unfolding
in any order the player chooses, as well as four different endings.[211] The
game's ninja chapter in particular was an early example of stealth game elements
in an RPG, requiring the player to infiltrate a castle, rewarding the player if
the entire chapter can be completed without engaging in combat.[211] Other
chapters had similar innovations, such as Akira's chapter where the character
uses telepathic powers to discover information.[211]Robotrek by Quintet and
Ancient was a predecessor to Pokémon in the sense that the protagonist does not
himself fight, but sends out his robots to do so. Like Pokémon, Robotrek was
designed to appeal to a younger audience, allowed team customization, and each
robot was kept in a ball.[212]

FromSoftware released their first video game, titled King's Field, as a launch
title for the PlayStation in 1994.[213] The game was later called the brainchild
of company CEO Naotoshi Jin, who was later considered a key creative figure in
the series.[214] The eventual success of the first King's Field prompted the
development of sequels, establishing the King's Field series.[215][216] The
design of King's Field would influence later titles by FromSoftware including
Shadow Tower, which used similar mechanics to King's Field;[215] and Demon's
Souls, described by its staff as a spiritual successor to King's Field, and
inspired multiple follow-up titles which form part of the Souls series and
propelled FromSoftware to international fame.[215][214][217]

In 1995, Square's Romancing Saga 3 featured a storyline that could be told
differently from the perspectives of up to eight different characters and
introduced a level-scaling system where the enemies get stronger as the
characters do,[193] a mechanic that was later used in a number of later RPGs,
including Final Fantasy VIII.[218] Sega's Sakura Wars for the Saturn combined
tactical RPG combat with dating sim and visual novel elements, introducing a
real-timebranching choice system where, during an event or conversation, the
player must choose an action or dialogue choice within a time limit, or not to
respond at all within that time; the player's choice, or lack thereof, affects
the player character's relationship with other characters and in turn the
characters' performance in battle, the direction of the storyline, and the
ending. Later games in the series added several variations, including an action
gauge that can be raised up or down depending on the situation, and a gauge that
the player can manipulate using the analog stick depending on the
situation.[219] The success of Sakura Wars led to a wave of games that combine
the RPG and dating sim genres, including Thousand Arms in 1998, Riviera: The
Promised Land in 2002, and Luminous Arc in 2007.[220]

The first Tokyo Game Show was held in 1996.[221] From 1996 to 2002, the show was
held twice a year: once in the Spring and once in Autumn (in the Tokyo Big
Sight).[222] Since 2002, the show has been held once a year. It attracts more
visitors every year. 2011's show hosted over 200,000 attendees and the 2012 show
bringing in 223,753. The busiest TGS was in 2016 with 271,224 people in
attendance and 614 companies had exhibits.[223] The event has been held annually
since 1996 and was never canceled. The 20th anniversary of TGS was celebrated in
2016.[224]

The FujitsuFM Towns Marty is considered the world's first 32-bit console
(predating the Amiga CD32 and 3DO), being released only released in Japan on
February 20, 1993 by Fujitsu. However, it failed to make an impact in the
marketplace due to its expense relative to other consoles and inability to
compete with home computers.[225][226] Around the mid-1990s, the
fifth-generation home consoles, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64, began
offering true 3D graphics, improved sound, and better 2D graphics, than the
previous generation. By 1995, personal computers followed, with 3D accelerator
cards. While arcade systems such as the Sega Model 3 remained considerably more
advanced than home systems in the late 1990s.[227][228]

The next major revolution came in the mid-to-late 1990s, which saw the rise of
3D computer graphics and optical discs in fifth generation consoles. The
implications for RPGs were enormous—longer, more involved quests, better audio,
and full-motion video. This was clearly demonstrated in 1997 by the phenomenal
success of Final Fantasy VII, which is considered one of the most influential
games of all time,[229][230] akin to that of Star Wars in the movie industry.
With a record-breaking production budget of around $45 million,[229] the
ambitious scope of Final Fantasy VII raised the possibilities for the genre,
with its more expansive world to explore,[231] much longer quest, more numerous
sidequests,[229]dozens of minigames, and much higher production values. The
latter includes innovations such as the use of 3D characters on pre-rendered
backgrounds,[232] battles viewed from multiple different angles rather than a
single angle, and for the first time full-motion CGI video seamlessly blended
into the gameplay,[230] effectively integrated throughout the game.[229]
Gameplay innovations included the materia system, which allowed a considerable
amount of customization and flexibility through materia that can be combined in
many different ways and exchanged between characters at any time, and the limit
breaks, special attacks that can be performed after a character's limit meter
fills up by taking hits from opponents.[230]Final Fantasy VII continues to be
listed among the best games of all time, for its highly polished gameplay, high
playability, lavish production, well-developed characters, intricate
storyline,[232] and an emotionally engaging narrative that is much darker and
sophisticated than most other RPGs.[233] The game's storytelling and character
development was considered a major narrative jump forward for video games and
was often compared to films and novels at the time.[234]

One of the earliest Japanese RPGs, Koei's The Dragon and Princess (1982),[235]
featured a tactical turn-based combat system.[236][237] Koji Sumii's Bokosuka
Wars, originally released for the Sharp X1 computer in 1983[238] and later
ported to the NES in 1985,[239] is credited for laying the foundations for the
tactical RPG genre, or 'simulation RPG' genre as it is known in Japan, with its
blend of basic RPG and strategy game elements.[240] The genre became with the
game that set the template for tactical RPGs, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari
no Tsurugi (1990).[241]

Treasure's shoot 'em up, Radiant Silvergun (1998), introduced an element of
narrative to the genre. It was critically acclaimed for its refined design,
though it was not released outside Japan and remains a much sought after
collector's item.[121][41][242][243] Its successor Ikaruga (2001) featured
improved graphics and was again acclaimed as one of the best games in the genre.
Both Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga were later released on Xbox Live
Arcade.[121][41][244] The Touhou Project series spans 22 years and 27 games as
of 2018 and was listed in the Guinness World Records in October 2010 for being
the 'most prolific fan-made shooter series'.[245] The genre has undergone
something of a resurgence with the release of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and
Wii online services,[244] while in Japan arcade shoot 'em ups retain a
deep-rooted niche popularity.[246]Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was released on
Xbox Live Arcade in 2005 and in particular stood out from the various
re-releases and casual games available on the service.[247] The PC has also seen
its share of dōjin shoot 'em ups like Crimzon Clover, Jamestown: Legend of the
Lost Colony, Xenoslaive Overdrive, and the eXceed series. However, despite the
genre's continued appeal to an enthusiastic niche of players, shoot 'em up
developers are increasingly embattled financially by the power of home consoles
and their attendant genres.[246][248]


2005 - 2015[EDIT]

A man playing a drumming arcade game (Drummania) in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 2005.
Girls playing The House of the Dead III in an amusement arcade in Japan, 2005.
PlayStation 3 at Tokyo Game Show 2006

In 2002, the Japanese video game industry made up about 50% of the global
market; that share has since shrunk to around 10% by 2010.[249] The shrinkage in
market share has been attributed to a difference of taste between Japanese and
Western audiences,[249][250] and the country's economic recession.[251]

In 2009, FromSoftware released Demon's Souls for the PlayStation 3, which
brought them international exposure. Its spiritual successor, Dark Souls, was
released in 2011. In March 2014, Dark Souls II, was released, while Dark Souls
III was released in 2016.[252] A title inspired by the Souls series, Bloodborne,
was released in March 2015. The Souls series, along with Bloodborne, received
widespread critical acclaim, as well as strong sales domestically and
internationally.[253][254][255] They have also received a number of awards,
primarily those for the role-playing genre, including multiple 'RPG of the Year'
and Game of the Year awards.[256][257][258][259] Since release, Dark Souls and
Bloodborne have been cited by many publications to be among the greatest games
of all time.[260][261][262]

The decline of the Japanese gaming industry during this period was partially
attributed to the traditional development process. Japanese companies were
criticized for long development times and slow release dates on home video game
consoles, their lack of third-party game engines, and for being too insular to
appeal to a global market.[263]Yoichi Wada stated in the Financial Times on
April 27, 2009 that the Japanese gaming industry has become a 'closed
environment' and 'almost xenophobic.'[264] He also stated: 'The lag with the US
is very clear. The US games industry was not good in the past but it has now
attracted people from the computer industry and from Hollywood, which has led to
strong growth.'[264][265] At the 2010 Tokyo Game Show, Keiji Inafune stated that
'Everyone's making awful games - Japan is at least five years behind', and that
'Japan is isolated in the gaming world. If something doesn't change, we're
doomed.', stressing the need for Japanese developers to bring in Western
approaches to game development to make a comeback.[249]

Related to the isolationism, games developed in Western countries did not
perform well in Japan, whereas Japanese games were readily played by Western
market consumers.[266][267][268][269] Foreign games often sell more poorly in
Japanese markets due to differences in what consumers expect for escapism
between these cultures.[270] Microsoft had attempted to push both the Xbox and
Xbox 360 consoles in Japan with poor success, at they struggled to compete
against Sony and Nintendo there.[271]

However, as detailed above, Japanese console games became less successful, even
in their own country, as of 2013.[272][273][274]

In the Japanese gaming industry, arcades have remained popular through to the
present day. As of 2009, out of Japan's $20 billion gaming market, $6 billion of
that amount is generated from arcades, which represent the largest sector of the
Japanese video game market, followed by home console games and mobile games at
$3.5 billion and $2 billion, respectively.[275] In 2005, arcade ownership and
operation accounted for a majority of Namco's for example.[276] With
considerable withdrawal from the arcade market from companies such as Capcom,
Sega became the strongest player in the arcade market with 60% marketshare in
2006.[277] Despite the global decline of arcades, Japanese companies hit record
revenue for three consecutive years during this period.[278] However, due to the
country's economic recession, the Japanese arcade industry has also been
steadily declining, from ¥702.9 billion (US$8.7 billion) in 2007 to ¥504.3
billion ($6.2 billion) in 2010.[251] In 2013, estimation of revenue is ¥470
billion.[251]

In the 2010s, Japanese RPGs have been experiencing a resurgence on PC, with a
significant increase in the number of Japanese RPGs releasing for the Steam
platform. This began with the 2010 release of doujin/indie game Recettear (2007)
for Steam,[279] selling over 500,000 units on the platform.[280] This led to
many Japanese doujin/indie games releasing on Steam in subsequent years.[279]


HOW VIDEO GAMES STARTED

Beyond doujin/indie titles, 2012 was a breakthrough year, with the debut of
Nihon Falcom's Ys series on Steam and then the Steam release of From Software's
Dark Souls, which sold millions on the platform. Other Japanese RPGs were
subsequently ported to Steam, such as the previously niche Valkyria Chronicles
which became a million-seller on the platform, and other titles that sold
hundreds of thousands on Steam, such as the 2014 localization of The Legend of
Heroes: Trails in the Sky (2014) and ports of numerous Final Fantasy titles.
Japanese developers have been increasingly considering Steam as a viable
platform for the genre, with many Japanese RPGs available on the platform.[279]


EMUPARADISE

By 2015, Japan had become the world's fourth largest PC game market, behind only
China, the United States, and South Korea.[281] The Japanese game development
engine RPG Maker has also gained significant popularity on Steam, including
hundreds of commercial games. Every year, hundreds of games released on Steam
are created using RPG Maker, as of 2017.[282]

In the present day, Japan is the world's largest market for mobile games.[283]
The Japanese market today is becoming increasingly dominated by mobile games,
which generated $5.1 billion in 2013, more than traditional console games in the
country.[284]

Former rivals in the Japanese arcade industry, Konami, Taito, Bandai Namco
Entertainment and Sega, are now working together to keep the arcade industry
vibrant. This is evidenced in the sharing of arcade networks, and venues having
games from all major companies rather than only games from their own
company.[285]


2016 - PRESENT[EDIT]

Japanese players at a shoot 'em up arcade in Akihabara, Tokyo. (2017)

Since 2016, Japanese video games have been experiencing a
resurgence,[286][287][288] as part of a renaissance for the Japanese video game
industry.[289][290] In 2017, Japanese video games gained further commercial
success and greater critical acclaim.[286][289] In 2016, the global success of
Pokémon Go helped Pokémon Sun and Moon set sales records around the
world.[287]Final Fantasy XV was also a major success, selling millions. There
were also other Japanese RPGs that earned commercial success and/or critical
acclaim that year, including Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past,
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, Bravely Second, Fire Emblem Fates, Dragon
Quest Builders, World of Final Fantasy, Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
and I Am Setsuna.[288]

In 2017, Japanese RPGs gained further commercial success and greater critical
acclaim.[286][289] The year started strong with Gravity Rush 2,[289] followed by
Yakuza 0, which some critics consider the best in the Yakuza series, Nioh which
is considered to have one of the eighth-generation's best RPG combat systems,
and then Nier Automata which has gameplay and storytelling thought to be some of
the best in recent years.[286]Persona 5 won the Best Role Playing Game award at
The Game Awards 2017.[291] Some Japanese RPGs that were previously considered
niche became mainstream million-sellers in 2017, including Persona 5, Nier:
Automata,[289]Nioh,[292] and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the Nintendo Switch.[293]
2017 was considered a strong year for Japanese RPGs, with other notable releases
including Dragon Quest VIII on the Nintendo 3DS, Tales of Berseria, Valkyria
Revolution, Ever Oasis, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Ys VIII, Etrian
Odyssey V, Dragon Quest Heroes II, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the
3rd, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, and
Tokyo Xanadu.[294] In 2018, Monster Hunter: World sold over 10million
units,[295] becoming Capcom's best-selling single software title,[296] and
Square Enix's Octopath Traveler sold over 1million units.[297]


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