Digimon of the franchise, a device marketed in June 1997 with the name Digimon, a short for "Digital Monster". Aiming at the male audience and created by Akiyoshi Hongo (a pseudonym that refers to the creators of "Tamagotchi"), this device shows to players a virtual pet composed entirely of data and designed to play and fight. In February 1998, the "DigiMon" fighting game, compatible with Windows 95 and developed by Rapture Technologies, Inc., was announced. The one-shot manga "C'mon Digimon", designed by Tenya Yabuno, was published in the Japanese magazine V-Jump by Shueisha in 1997. A second generation of "virtual pets"
Unused Pokémon in the 1997 Pokémon Gold and Silver demo Unused Pokémon in the 1997 Pokémon Gold and Silver demo The "Pokémon Gold" and "Silver" demo is a prototype version of the 1999 video games "Pokémon Gold" and "Silver", that was presented at Nintendo Space World in 1997. The demo features 251 Pokémon species, around 40 of which did not appear in the final games and at least 29 of which are significantly different from their final designs. Because the demo was not officially translated, all of the unused Pokémon species are only known by their Japanese name. Seven of the game's nine "starter Pokémon" have different designs and names