Nights into Dreams... is an action video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn in 1996. The story follows two teenagers, Claris and Elliot, who enter a dream world called Nightopia where all dreams take place. With the help of Nights, they begin a journey to stop the evil ruler Wizeman from destroying Nightopia and consequently the real world. Nights flies through Claris and Elliot's dreams, gathering energy to defeat Wizeman and save Nightopia. Development began soon after the release of Sonic & Knuckles in 1994, and was led by Sonic Team veterans Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Takashi Iizuka. Naka began the project with flight as a main theme, and Ohshima designed the character Nights to resemble an angel that could fly like a bird. An analogue controller, known as the Saturn 3D controller, was designed alongside the game. Nights into Dreams... received positive reviews upon release; critics praised the graphics, gameplay, soundtrack, and atmosphere. It has been included on multiple lists as the best Sega Saturn game of all time, as well as one of the best video games ever made.
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The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton was first published, describing his laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
1865:
Royal Assent was given to an Act of Parliament allowing the Talyllyn Railway to carry passengers by steam haulage – the first narrow gauge railway in Britain to do so from the start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talyllyn_Railway
1946:
Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introduced at a fashion show in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini
1977:
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrew Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a military coup d'état. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq
2006:
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven separate ballistic missiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_missile_test
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