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^Two new colours for the Archlord CDKey PSP! (In French). Kingplayer. Retrieved on 2006-11-04.
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Sony came under scrutiny online in December 2006 for a guerrilla marketing campaign hoping to go viral, for the DDO Game Card console, with advertisers masquerading as young bloggers who desperately wanted a PSP. the Lineage Adena site was registered to and created by youth marketing company Zipatoni on behalf of Sony before it was taken down. A mirror of the Boards blog can be found here.[29][30][31][32]
^http://rinkya.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-red-psp-color-released-in-japan.html
On September 20, 2007, SCEI launched the Tabula Rasa Credits PlayStation Store (PC) for the DAOC CD Keys PSP, an online shopping service similar to the Cheap Tabula Rasa Credits PlayStation Store for the Twelve Sky Gold Playstation 3. the Rappelz Rupees service was first only available in Japan. It was later launched in Taiwan and Hong Kong on November 21, 2007, and in Europe on November 22, 2007.
In 2006, Sony ran a poster campaign in England. One of the MxO Info poster designs with the Buy EQ Gold slogan “Take a running jump here” was removed from a Manchester Piccadilly station tram platform due to concerns that it might encourage suicide.[27]
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^PSP (PlayStation Portable) Worldwide Hardware Unit Sales. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Retrieved on 2007-10-15.
^http://pspupdates.qj.net/index.php?pg=49&aid=100579
Sega handhelds
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^ Mark Hachman. Sony Details PlayStation Portable Chip Specs. Extreme Tech. Retrieved on 2006-03-18.
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^PSP (PlayStation Portable) Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
^PS Meeting 2005: PSP 2.00 Details. IGN.
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List of handhelds with Wi-Fi connectivity
Sony handhelds
^ Brandon Boyer (2008-01-18). NPD: 2007 U.S. Game Industry Growth Up 43% To $17.9 Billion. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
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^ “Online-enabled PlayStation Portable to hit Korea in May”, Gamespot, 28 March 2005.
^ Blake Snow. “Sony marketers are horrible liars, pretend to run fansite”, Joystiq, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
Sony admitted in late 2005 to hiring graffiti artists to spray paint advertisements for the SWG Credits PSP in seven major U.S. cities including New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. the PotBS CD Keys mayor of Philadelphia has filed a cease and desist order and may file a criminal complaint. According to Sony, it is paying businesses and building owners for the KAL Geons right to graffiti their walls.[26]
^ [http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2006/08/31 /sony-psp-gps-officially-launched-in-japan/ Sony PSP GPS officially launched in Japan]. Retrieved on March 11, 2007.
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^ Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (2007-08-22). “[http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4416&NewsAreaID=2 Travel has never been easier or more fun than with PSPâ„¢ (PlayStation®Portable)’s new Go!Explore]“. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-08-23.
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^ Brendan Sinclair. “PSP hype site draws backlash”, Gamespot, 2006-12-13. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
Early units
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^ “Sony releases anti-piracy PSP update”, the Cabal Alz Inquirer, 3 October 2005.
^Champagne Gold(Japanese). Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
^ Chris Roper. “PS Biz Brief 06: New PlayStation Portable Package, Pricing, More: US and Europe to see reduced-cost packages; more white PlayStation Portables in Japan”, IGN, 14 March 2006.
^Untold Legends: the SWG Credits Warrior\’s Code. Sony. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ Owen Thomas and Oliver Ryan. “Sony PSP ads spark cries of racism”, CNN, 2006-07-05. Retrieved on 2006-07-31.
^Platinum Titles. Capcom (2007-09-30). Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
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References
^ Andrew McMaster. “PSP X-Mas Blog Spoof Video Appears”, Retrothinking, 2006-12-12. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
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News spread on in July 2006 of a billboard advertisement released in the Lineage 2 CDKey Netherlands which depicted a literally white colored woman holding a similarly literally black colored woman by the EVE Online ISK jaw, saying “PlayStation Portable White is coming.” Some found this to be racially charged due to the City of Heroes CD Key portrayal of a white woman subjugating a black woman. Two other similar advertisements also existed, one had the RO Gold two women facing each other on equal footing in fighting stances, while the coldfusion outsourcing China other had the Hero Gold black woman in a dominant position on top of the WOW Gold white woman. the Buy AO Credits stated purpose of the Matrix Information advertisements was to contrast the Hellgate Palladium white and black versions of its game console available for sale. These ads were never released in the Buy LOTRO Gold rest of the Buy LOTRO Gold world, and were pulled from the EverQuest Gold Netherlands after the Buy Dofus Kamas controversy was raised.[28]
^ Michael McWhertor (2008-01-18). Who\’s Winning the WOW EU Gold Console War In the Shaiya Coin US?. Kotaku. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
^SCEA announces that PSP Greatest Hits are available for purchase. SCEA. Retrieved on 2006-08-04.
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^ Clarissa Satchell. “No play station, say Metro bosses”, Manchester Evening News, 2006-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
Handheld game consoles
^ James Brightman (2008-01-17). NPD: U.S. Video Game Industry Totals $17.94 Billion, Halo 3 Tops All. GameDaily. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
^ Jeff Haynes. “PlayStation Portable Price Lowered to $200:New basic bundle for Sony hand held due later this month”, IGN, 15 March 2006.
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^ Nix. Hard Charging: PSP Battery Life. IGN. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
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^Holkins, Jerry. “The Inevitable Next Step”, Penny Arcade, 2006-12-13. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
^Sony Draws Ire With PSP Graffiti
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- Utilities, modifications and conversions This section does not cite any references or sources. Please improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (February 2008) Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness was an unusual game for the time because a large number of third-party utilities were written for it. Among the first things, Daniel Lemberg reverse-engineered the Warcraft II map file (*.pud) format and created the first third-party map editor, War2xEd, which could do numerous things the bundled map editor could not do, such as editing unit attributes. Although Lemberg did not make the source code for War2xEd public, he did publish the complete Warcraft II map file format, which led to a wealth of new tools, including a Macintosh version of the tool called PudMaster. 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In addition, there is a bonus 13th track called “I’m a Medieval Man” which features remixed sound bites from the first game. the track is also available in-game by typing “disco” as a cheat. this however gives you the status cheater when you finish that mission. “Medieval Man” is also a cheat code in StarCraft to obtain all unit upgrades for free or in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness to play the song as background music. Also, in StarCraft, if one clicks on an observer while playing as the Protoss, a clip of the song will be played. the song is also a reference to the Command & Conquer song “Mechanical Man”.[citation needed] the script that was used in the book positioned in the background screen while the player was informed about mission objectives is Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, but the language in which it is written is English. the text contains a small section of a game story text, mentioning how the Orcish hordes entered the forests of Lordaeron. Warcraft II’s soundtrack has been released in MP3 format by Blizzard[2] [edit]Online play Screen shot of game play.Although the Battle.net Edition wasn’t released until 1999, online play was widespread from the game’s release using IPX Emulators such as Kali. Warcraft II (along with Command & Conquer) was one of the first Real-time strategy games to be played widely online, and spawned several leagues, including the International Warcraft League (IWL) and singles and teams ladders on Case’s Ladder. the Mac release allowed multiplayer games over TCP/IP. the IRC channel MacWarCraft served as a gathering place for online play, before Battle.net was created. There was also a popular league created by the Macintosh community, that provided a ranking system and helped players find opponents, called MaG League (short for Macintosh Gaming League). When the Battle.net edition was released, a new meter of play speeds was added, including a turbo-like speed called “Fastest” that became popular with some players, while traditional players gamed on “Even Faster” speed. Despite the old age of the game, play continues on Battle.net today, along with a significant community on server.war2.ru servers. For LAN (home) multi play, tools such as DOSBox can be used to emulate IPX or direct serial connections over TCP/IP. [edit]Ports Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal were released together for Sega Saturn and PlayStation under the title Warcraft II: the Dark Saga in 1997 by Electronic Arts. There was also a reverse engineered free software game engine called Freecraft, which allowed users to import the actual game data from Warcraft II and play the game on different platforms and with additional features like queuing unit production, finding idle workers, an improved AI and network connectivity for up to 16 players. 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