Original release dates:
JP June 25, 1993 (1993-06-25)
NA December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)
System release:
Super Nintendo, Mobile Phones
Notes:
The first game in the Lufia series made for the Super Famicom published in Japan in June 1993 (under the name Estpolis Denki) and later that year for the SNES in North America. It starts out with a "prologue" of a team of warriors that defeat the evil group of "super-beings" called the Sinistrals. Then, the story changes to the main story of the descendants of these heroes, and how the Sinistrals are trying to be reborn.
The game was ported to Japanese mobile phones in 2009.[2]
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Original release dates:
JP February 24, 1995 (1995-02-24)
NA August 1996 (1996-08)
EU 1995 (1995)
System release:
Super Nintendo
Notes:
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, released in Japan for the Super Famicom under the name Estpolis Denki II, is a prequel to Lufia & The Fortress of Doom that takes place a hundred years before the events of the first game occurred, and ends the same way the first game began. Notoriously, it ends with the events that begin the first Lufia, making the first game's introduction a great spoiler for the second. It was released in Europe as simply "Lufia" because Lufia & the Fortress of Doom was not released in Europe. This often causes a bit of confusion.
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Original release dates:
JP September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)
NA September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)
EU October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
System release:
Gameboy Color
Notes:
Released in Japan in 2000 as Estpolis Denki: Yomigaeru Densetsu, and in the following year in America, Lufia: The Legend Returns is the series' first handheld adventure on the Game Boy Color. Taking advantage of the Game Boy's new enhanced color palette, the game features sophisticated 8-bit graphics, a new battle system and randomized dungeons. In this game, the player acts as a descendant of Maxim in the fight against the Sinistrals.
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
Original release dates:
JP March 8, 2002 (2002-03-08)
NA May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)
System release:
Game Boy Advance
Notes:
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan in 2002 as Estpolis Gaiden: Chinmoku no Iseki and a year later in North America. It is a gaiden or "sidestory" game that deviates from the normal lore of the series. It was published by Taito in Japan and Atlus in America.
Estpolis Denki DX
Original release dates:
System release:
Mobile Phones
Notes:
Estpolis Denki DX or Estpolis Biography DX is a mobile phone game only downloadable in Japan. It consists of the "Ancient Cave" scenario from Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, featuring characters and enemies from the original game.
Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods
Original release dates:
JP February 25, 2010 (2010-02-25)
System release:
Nintendo DS
Notes:
Titled Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods, it was developed by the staff of the original Lufia and was announced in November 2009.[3] The game was released for the Nintendo DS on February 25 in Japan, priced at 5,890 Yen.[4]
[edit] Canceled titles
Lufia: Ruins Chaser
Original release dates:
System release:
PlayStation
Notes:
Lufia: Ruins Chaser was a game being developed by Japanese software company Nihon-Flex for the PlayStation until they went bankrupt. For a time, development of the title ceased, however, it was picked up and heavily remade in both story and graphics, being renamed Lufia: The Legend Returns.
Lufia: Beginning of a Legend
Original release dates:
System release:
Game Boy Color
Notes:
Lufia: Beginning of a Legend was in development for the Game Boy Color alongside Ruins Chaser for the PlayStation, and was to be a prequel to Lufia II as it told of Maxim's early days as an adventurer years before the Sinistrals strike.
這是在VGL看到的,覺得一定要在這里分享一下。
讓大家知道電玩的歷史:
1969年,電玩之父Mr. Ralph H. Baer示范第一架家用電玩PONG。
還有一些資料,懶得翻譯
A note by inventor Mr. Ralph H. Baer:
While the B&W movie of Bill Harrison and me was indeed taped in 1969, we played the first ping-pong games in December of 1967 in preparation for a January 1968 visit by Teleprompter execs whom we had invited and considered as possible licensees. We then thought that videogames would best fit the cable business. Teleprompter was one of the biggest cable networks in the 1960s. RHB.
After the demo you see some photos of the Brown Box Replica produced by Mr. Baer in 2003. Many thanks to Mr. Baer for providing this historic footage. You find his page at http://www.ralphbaer.com