Finnish Video Games
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9962-5 (ISBN)
Juho Kuorikoski is a Finnish journalist and a contributor at Pelit magazine, the biggest video game magazine in Scandinavia. Kuorikoski is writing his dissertation on narrative of video games at the University of Vaasa. He lives in Finland. He was awarded the Power Player of the Year 2014 award at the Finnish Game Awards for the original Finnish version of Finnish Video Games.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Primordial Ooze and Commodore 64, 1979–1989
The Original Gangsters
The Man Behind Uuno Turhapuro
Entertainment from Across the Pond
The Birth of Game Journalism
The Games
Raharuhtinas (1984) 21 • Tsapp! and Tsapp! 16 (1984) 23 • 10…Knock Out (1985) 24 • Joe the Whizz Kid (1985) 26 • Space Satellite (1985) 26 • Yleisurheilu (1985) 28 • Miner Machine (1986) 28 • Painterboy (1986) 28 • Sanxion (1986) 30 • Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle (1986) 31 • Delta (1987) 32 • Octapolis (1987) 33 • Quedex (1987) 33 • Sceptre of Baghdad (1987) 34 • Netherworld (1988) 35 • Zamzara (1988) 35
Born in the Basement, 1990–1999
The Demo Scene Brings Players Together
The Great Old Ones Are Born
The Angry Bird of Its Time
The New Face of Finnish Games Journalism
The Games
Slicks’n Slide (1990) 54 • Moonfall (1991) 55 • Turboraketti (1992) 57 • UnReal World (1992 [2013]) 57 • Stardust (1993) 58 • Elfmania (1994) 59 • Super Stardust (1994) 61 • Alien Incident (1996) 62 • Damage: The Sadistic Butchering of Humanity (1996) 64 • Death Rally (1996) 65 • Rally-Sport (1996) 67 • Ski Jump International 2 (1996) 67 • Triplane Turmoil (1996) 68 • Legal Crime (1997) 68 • The Reap (1997) 69 • Maagi (1998) 69 • The Blobjob (1998) 70 • BoaBite 3D (1999) 71 • Drop Mania (1999) 72 • Supreme Snowboarding (1999) 72 • Thrust, Twist’n Turn (1999) 74
WAP, Max and Conquering the Globe, 2000–2004
Max the Action Man
Drifting Around Corners
The Domestic Console Development Kicks into Gear
Game Journalism Expands Its Horizons
The Blue-and-White Game Console
The Lynx Lurking in the Communicator
The Mobile Studios Strike Back
Technology Does Not a Mobile Game Make
The Grand Opening of an Online Hotel
Straighten the Ranks
The Games
Puzzle Station (2000) 100 • Ski Jump International 3 (2000) 100 • Deluxe Ski Jump (2001) 101 • Max Payne (2001) 101 • Rally Trophy (2001) 103 • Rampage Puzzle Attack (2001) 105 • Bones: The First Adventure (2002) 105 • Porrasturvat—Stair Dismount (2002) 106 • Racing Fever (2002) 106 • Transworld Snowboarding (2002) 106 • Crimsonland (2003) 108 • Flo Boarding (2003) 108 • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) 109 • Space Station Manager (2003) 110 • Tough Trucks: Modified Monsters (2003) 111 • Zoy’s Rescue Mission and Zoy’s Rescue Mission 2 (2003) 112 • Deluxe Ski Jump 3 (2004) 113 • FlatOut (2004) 113 • Johnny Crash (2004) 115 • Jumbo Rumble (2004) 115 • Mafia Wars (2004) 116 • Mole Wars (2004) 116 • Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Glacier and Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Jungle (2004) 117 • Racing Fever 2 (2004) 117 • Santa’s Rush Hour (2004) 118 • Street Soccer (2004) 118 • Sumea Ski Jump (2004) 119 • Sumo Smash! (2004) 119 • Turbo Camels (2004) 119 • Turbo Sliders (2004) 121
Industrial Revolution, 2005–2007
A Frozen Byte Vaporized
Stardust Takes Over the World
Recoil versus Remedy
Life in a Hotel
2007: An Economic Growth Odyssey
Mobile Games Are Off to See the World
The Curse of the License
Optimization Is Business
Education of the Third Degree
The Games
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005) 136 • Glimmerati (2005) 137 • High Seize (2005) 138 • Metal Smash Pinball (2005) 138 • Pathway to Glory and Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands (2005) 139 • Shadowgrounds (2005) 140 • ShortHike (2005) 141 • Super Drop Mania (2005) 142 • Tower Bloxx (2005) 142 • Bounce Out (2006) 143 • Bowling Evolution (2006) 143 • Cyber Blood (2006) 143 • Darkest Fear (2006) 144 • Desert Sniper/U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper/Marine Sniper (2006) 145 • FlatOut 2 (2006) 146 • Paid to Kill (2006) 147 • Pile Up! (2006) 148 • Playman Beach Volley 3D (2006) 148 • Playman World Soccer (2006) 149 • SiL—The Silhouette Game (2006) 149 • Triplane Turmoil 2 (2006) 150 • Turbo Camels Circus Extreme (2006) 150 • War Diary: Burma, War Diary: Crusader and War Diary: Torpedo (2006) 151 • Wolfmoon (2006) 152 • Burnout (2007) 152 • Darkest Fear 2: Grim Oak and Darkest Fear 3: Nightmare (2007) 153 • FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (2007) 153 • Magic Inlay (2007) 154 • Patron Angel (2007) 155 • Puzzle Scape (2007) 155 • Sega Rally Revo (2007) 156 • Shadowgrounds Survivor (2007) 158 • Sparkle (2007) 158 • Star Marine (2007) 159 • Super Stardust HD (2007) 159 • Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (2007) 160
The Apple, 2008–2011
Bird Flu Spreading
Down Comes the Axe
From Gaming Phones to Services
Touch Me, Alan
The Rumbling Digital Distribution Wonder
Recoil Hits the Downturn
The Games
Bounce Boing Voyage (2008) 181 • De Blob (2008) 181 • Formula GP Racing (2008) 182 • Golf: Tee It Up! (2008) 183 • Monster Trucks Nitro (2008) 184 • Playman Summer Games 3 (2008) 184 • Reset Generation (2008) 185 • Smash Kart Racing (2008) 185 • South Park Imaginationland (2008) 187 • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) 187 • Super Stardust Portable (2008) 188 • The Tales of Bingwood—Chapter I: To Save a Princess (2008) 189 • Talvisota: Icy Hell (2008) 190 • Tiki Towers (2008) 192 • Totomi (2008) 193 • Trials 2 and Trials 2: Second Edition (2008) 193 • Wacky Races: Crash and Dash (2008) 195 • Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II (2009) 196 • Angry Birds (2009) 196 • Azkend (2009) 198 • Bounce Tales (2009) 198 • Collapse! (2009) 199 • Crayon Physics Deluxe (2009) 199 • DrawRace (2009) 201 • East India Company (2009) 202 • Monster Trucks: Nitro II (2009) 202 • Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies (2009) 203 • Shattered Horizon (2009) 204 • Super Collapse (2009) 205 • Treasure Grab (2009) 205 • Trine (2009) 206 • Trials HD (2009) 208 • Zen Bound (2009) 209 • Alan Wake (2010) 209 • Beat City (2010) 211 • Commander: Conquest of the Americas (2010) 213 • Dead Nation (2010) 214 • Floorball League (2010) 215 • Kung-Fu Live (2010) 216 • Lead the Meerkats (2010) 216 • Lucid (2010) 217 • Marble Mixer (2010) 218 • Vancouver 2010 (2010) 218 • Zen Bound 2 (2010) 219 • 1000 Heroz (2011) 219 • Bad Air Day (2011) 220 • Bike Baron (2011) 221 • Cabals: The Card Game (2011) 224 • Cities in Motion (2011) 225 • DrawRace 2 (2011) 226 • Jack Claw (2011) 226 • Kung Fu High Impact (2011) 227 • MotoHeroz (2011) 228 • Outland (2011) 229 • Pirates of Black Cove (2011) 230 • Rochard (2011) 231 • Tiki Towers 2 (2011) 232 • Twilight Series (2011) 232 • Trine 2 (2011) 233
Free Is the New Black, 2012–2013
Free-to-Lunch
The Indie Scene Rises
We Are the Investors
The Great Old Ones Strike Back
Crowd-Powered
New from Old
Down Comes the Axe Again
The Games
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (2012) 260 • Amazing Alex (2012) 261 • Angry Birds Space (2012) 262 • Angry Birds Star Wars (2012) 263 • Bad Piggies (2012) 265 • Clash of Clans (2012) 267 • Deluxe Ski Jump 4 (2012) 269 • Hay Day (2012) 269 • Hill Climb Racing (2012) 271 • Legend of Grimrock (2012) 272 • Lucius (2012) 273 • Ridge Racer Unbounded (2012) 275 • Shardlands (2012) 277 • Starcrossed (2012) 278 • Super Stardust Delta (2012) 278 • Swordigo (2012) 279 • Tiny Troopers (2012) 280 • Trials Evolution (2012) 281 • Angry Birds Go (2013) 282 • Angry Birds Star Wars II (2013) 283 • Badland (2013) 285 • Benji Bananas (2013) 286 • Cities in Motion 2 (2013) 286 • Driftmoon (2013) 288 • Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold (2013) 289 • Kinghunt (2013) 290 • Noble Nutlings (2013) 291 • Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (2013) 292 • Resogun (2013) 294 • Supernauts (2013) 295 • The Swapper (2013) 297 • Tiny Troopers 2: Special Ops (2013) 298 • Trials Frontier (2013) 299
To Infinity and Beyond!
Bibliography
Index
| Zusatzinfo | 68 photographs |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 620 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby |
| Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9962-1 / 0786499621 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9962-5 / 9780786499625 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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