Gaming Target is a website covering video games and gaming culture that was founded by Matt Swider on February 17, 1999. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings: in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)—many popular and technical texts will use the term URL when referring to URI; in strict technical usage, it is a subset... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Gaming Target is updated several times daily and features news, reviews, previews, interviews, cheats, screenshots, trivia and game information. The site provides coverage for 11 "current" systems (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PSP and N-Gage) and 12 classic systems (Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, SNES, Saturn, PSone, N64 and Dreamcast) in their Retro Channel.

History

When it launched in 1999, Gaming Target focused solely on the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. The site began using the GamingTarget.com domain and opened a Dreamcast section on September 9, 1999, the same day as the DC's North American launch. The Nintendo 64 ) is Nintendos third home video game console for the international market. ... The Game Boy Color (also referred to as GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States. ... Sega Dreamcast The Sega Dreamcast (Japanese: ドリームキャスト; code-named Katana during development) was Segas last video game console. ...

Various redesigns and servers outages would plague the site in 2000 and in early 2001 it went offline to undergo a complete revamp. The new Gaming Target went live on May 15, 2001 and the site has been in continuous operation ever since. In addition to the new design, sections were added for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and GameCube. A section devoted to the Xbox would open in October during the run-up to that console's November launch. The PlayStation 2 (PS2) ) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... GBA redirects here. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft. ...

In September 2002, Gaming Target was redesigned again and became an affiliate of UGO. This deal allowed UGO to syndicate articles from Gaming Target on UGO's Games channel. {{disambig}] Are you looking for: Ugo Province, Japan UGO ...

In late 2004, the site underwent another redesign, which it still currently uses, and opened sections covering the Nintendo DS and Playstation Portable. In May 2005, just before E3, Gaming Target added sections for the PC, N-Gage and the next-generation Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Finally, in June 2006, the Retro channel was opened, providing coverage of "retired" console, handheld and PC games. The Nintendo DS, sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS, is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, and first released in 2004. ... The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged... The Sony PlayStation 3 (colloquially known as the PS3) will be the new video game console in Sonys PlayStation series. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is Nintendos seventh-generation video game console. ...

In its seven years of operation, Gaming Target has created a database of over 1500 reviews. It is currently ranked as the 27th largest review archive by Gamerankings [1].

Gaming Target has won acclaim for its "Video Game Librarian" series of articles. The series details how video games and gaming-related media can be used to enhance libraries. Gaming Target also publishes a series of articles that delve into the history of games and gaming. Some of the more popular articles include a history of the Contra series, a history of the Tomb Raider series, an overview of Star Wars games, a history of Sonic the Hedgehog titles and a look at wrestling games. Look up contra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Tomb Raider is a video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. ... This article is about the series. ... The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega starring their mascot character Sonic the Hedgehog. ... Professional wrestling is a form of performance art in which the performers act out a scripted wrestling match. ...

Notoriety

Gaming Target has gained some notoriety among the video game community on two separate occasions. First, it tried to decode the release date of the Wii from a Nintendo press release. Nintendo's fourth quarter release calendar

Second, in October 2006, the site published a humor article showcasing how to use the Kreate a Fighter option in the newest Mortal Kombat game, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon [2]. This article included instructions on how to insert noted anti-video game attorney Jack Thompson into the game. This caused Thompson to send a letter to Midway Games, demanding they cease and desist selling Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, claiming that the game was illegally profiting on his likeness. Midway chose not to respond to Thompson's allegation. October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... For other persons of the same name, see Jack Thompson. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. ... Cease-and-desist is a legal term meaning essentially stop: It is used in demands for a person or organization to stop doing something (to cease and desist from doing it). ...

External links

• Gaming Target Home Page