What role-playing game centers on the conventions of mecha anime and science fiction and was authored by Mike Pondsmith?
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Mike Pondsmith Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954 ), typically credited as Mike Pondsmith, is an American roleplaying, board, and video game designer. He is best known for his work for the publisher R. Talsorian Games, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines since the company's founding in 1982. Pondsmith is credited as an author of several RPG lines, including "Mekton" (1984), "Cyberpunk" (1988) and "Castle Falkenstein" (1994). He also contributed to the Forgotten Realms and Oriental Adventures lines of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, worked in various capacities on video games, and authored or co-created several board games. Pondsmith also worked as an instructor at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.
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Mekton Mekton is a role-playing game which centers on the conventions of mecha anime and science fiction (although it can easily enough be adapted to other genres like police drama or high fantasy). It has seen several editions since its introduction in 1984, the most recent, "Mekton Zeta" (メクトン Z; a reference to the seminal mecha anime series "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam") being first published in 1994.
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Shadowrun Returns Shadowrun Returns is a science fantasy turn based tactical role-playing game developed and published by Harebrained Schemes. It takes place in the setting of the "Shadowrun" tabletop role-playing game. The game was successfully crowd funded through Kickstarter, and was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, and Android in 2013.
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Earth Seeker Earth Seeker (アースシーカー ) is a role-playing video game developed by Crafts & Meister and Kadokawa Shoten and published exclusively in Japan by Enterbrain in 2011 for the Wii console.
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Super Robot Wars GC Super Robot Wars GC (スーパーロボット大戦GC , Sūpā Robotto Taisen Jīshī ) is the first and only Nintendo GameCube Super Robot Wars title. The basic premise of the game is that the plot, settings, characters, and other mechanics consist of essentially mixing and combining the like of "Gundam", "Mazinger", "Getter Robo", "Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh", and many other mecha-based anime and manga series into one universe. The Super Robot Wars series has existed for a fairly long time, dating back to the Nintendo Game Boy, and has had many releases since then, across possibly all of the mainstream platforms since then, including the SNES, PS, PS2, GameCube, Game Boy and later iterations, among other platforms. It was ported to the Xbox 360 under the title Super Robot Wars XO (スーパーロボット大戦XO , Sūpā Robotto Taisen Ekkusu Ō ) , which had an online mode called Super Robot Competition (スーパーロボット対戦 , Sūpā Robotto Taisen ) .
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Shadowrun Shadowrun is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in a near-future fictional universe in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspiracy, horror and detective fiction. From its inception in 1989, "Shadowrun" has remained among the most popular role-playing games. It has spawned a vast franchise that includes a series of novels, a collectible card game, two miniature-based tabletop wargames, and multiple video games.
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Eclipse Phase Eclipse Phase is a science fiction horror role-playing game with transhumanist themes. Futurist Anders Sandberg noted its differences from GURPS "Transhuman Space" included its emphasis on posthuman (rather than transhuman) characters and cosmic horror. Originally published by Catalyst Game Labs, "Eclipse Phase" is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios, and is released under a Creative Commons license. In 2010, it won the 36th Annual Origins award for Best Roleplaying Game. It also won three 2010 ENnie awards: Gold for Best Writing, Silver for Best Cover Art, and Silver for Product of the Year.
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MegaMek MegaMek is an open source, turn-based strategy computer game that simulates the "Classic BattleTech" board game. "MegaMek" is not licensed by or affiliated with Topps or Catalyst Game Labs, the owners and publishers of the "BattleTech" line, but is nonetheless a faithful simulation of the game. Exceptions are a few trademarked items changed by the developers (e.g., changing "'Mech" to "Mek").
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Tech Romancer Tech Romancer (Japanese: 超鋼戦紀キカイオー , Hepburn: Chōkō Senki Kikaiōh , "Chronicle of Super Steel Warrior Kikaioh") is a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various subgenres of mecha anime. It has been ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat. Studio Nue (the animation studio responsible for the mechanical designs for the mecha anime series "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross") designed the robots in this game.
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Metal Gear Metal Gear (Japanese: メタルギア , Hepburn: Metaru Gia ) is a series of action-adventure stealth video games, created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The first game, "Metal Gear", was released in 1987 for the MSX home computer architecture. The player takes control of a special forces operative (usually either Solid Snake or Big Boss), who is assigned to find the titular superweapon "Metal Gear", a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game's plot adding characters opposing and supporting Snake, while there have also been a few prequels exploring the origins of the Metal Gear and recurring characters.
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Forgotten Realms Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. Several years later, Greenwood brought the setting to the "D&D" game as a series of magazine articles, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, as have various licensed products including sword and sorcery novels, role-playing video game adaptations (including the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to use graphics), and comic books. The Forgotten Realms is one of the most popular "D&D" settings, largely due to the success of novels by authors such as R. A. Salvatore and numerous role-playing video games, including "Pool of Radiance" (1988), "Eye of the Beholder" (1991), "Baldur's Gate" (1998), "Icewind Dale" (2000) and "Neverwinter Nights" (2002).
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Spacemaster Space Master is a science fiction role-playing game produced by Iron Crown Enterprises, written by Kevin Barrett, developed by Kevin Barrett and Terry K. Amthor.
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Battlepug Battlepug is a webcomic written and illustrated by Mike Norton and colored by Allen Passalaqua.
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MS Saga: A New Dawn MS Saga: A New Dawn ("Gundam True Odyssey" 失われしGの伝説 , Ushinawareshi G no Densetsu , "The Legend of the Lost G") , is a role-playing game for the PlayStation 2 console based on the "Gundam" franchise. The game was designed to be accessible to a general audience unfamiliar with "Gundam". The "MS" in the title refers to the iconic Mobile Suit that features in the series.
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List of mecha anime The following is a list of mecha anime. The list is organized by franchise.
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Realmz Realmz is a fantasy adventure and role-playing video game first developed and published by Fantasoft in 1994 for the Apple Macintosh as shareware. Fantasoft released a Microsoft Windows-compatible version in 1999, and a science fiction role-playing game based on the "Realmz" engine, titled "New Centurions", in 2001. "Realmz" was originally written by Tim Phillips on a Macintosh IIsi; he also wrote four game scenarios, including the introductory scenario "City of Bywater". Other original scenario contributors were Jim Foley (who wrote two scenarios, namely "Castle in the Clouds" and "White Dragon") and Sean Sayrs (who wrote three, including "Prelude to Pestilence" and "Griloch's Revenge").
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Armored Core 4 Armored Core 4 is a vehicular combat mecha-based video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. It is the 12th installment of the "Armored Core" series, and was a reboot of the series after "Armored Core 3". The game is set in the future where a great war has left the nations of Earth devastated and their respective governments taken over by corporations. The game features a system for personalized customization of the player's mech and an online mode where players can battle each other.
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Space Demons Space Demons is a book by Australian author Gillian Rubinstein. First released in 1985, the young adult science fiction novel is the first of the 'Space Demons' trilogy. The book was awarded the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers in 1987. The book is often studied in Australian high schools as a text, and was used by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority as a reference text for VCE Drama. The book is centered on a group of four school children who enter a video game world through a Japanese prototype video game cartridge. The two subsequent books in the trilogy are "Skymaze" and "Shinkei".
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List of Bleach video games There are several video games based on Tite Kubo's manga and anime series "Bleach". The titles consist mostly of side-scrolling fighters, but also include other genres such as strategy role-playing games and action role-playing games. Most of the games retell the plot of the manga, following Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends. Some games, however, have veered from the source material and incorporated original stories and characters. The games have been released on a variety of home and handheld consoles.
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PortConMaine PortConMaine is an annual anime and gaming convention held in the summer in Portland and South Portland, Maine. Founded by Julie York, it has been held every year since 2002 and hosts many anime and gaming events such as anime screenings, an anime music video contest, a masquerade, guest panels, workshops, game tournaments, a dealers' room, an auction, and PortConMaine's signature "Extreme Geek" event. In 2008, the convention expanded from three days to four with the first day, Thursday, only open to pre-registered attendees.
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Crossout Crossout is a post-apocalyptic MMO-action game for PC and consoles. Described as a crafting and combat MMO, the game allows players to construct their own post-apocalyptic vehicles to be used in PvP engagements with real players and PvE missions involving AI-participants.
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Battle Circuit Battle Circuit (Japanese: バトルサーキット , Hepburn: Batoru Saakitto ) is an action "beat 'em up" game developed and published by Capcom for the CPS-2 arcade hardware for Japan and Europe in 1997. Taking place in an alternate future earth, the game revolves around a group of bounty hunters who must capture the mad scientist Dr. Saturn and secure a sophisticated computer disc carrying a program known as the "Shiva System". The game contains comic-like characters in a futuristic science fiction setting.