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History of Video Games

By: Hctor Muoz-Avila

Sources:Gamespot.cominvestor.about.comemuunlim.comdesignboom.comWikipediamy own

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Introduction

Some ideas in the 1948

First video game: Tennis game in an Oscilloscope

Space game on DEC-1

Current videogames: Half Life 2

In between:

Space Invaders: http://www.spaceinvaders.de/

http://www.spaceinvaders.de/http://www.spaceinvaders.de/

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Origins of Some Companies

1889company create card game:

1932 COLECO (short for Connecticut Leather Company

1947 Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company:

1954 David Rosen makes machines for GIs in Japan

Sony

Nintendo (leave luck to heaven)

(Service Games) SEGA

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Other Origins

1951 Ralph Baer (@Loral) suggest adding game

to TV

May be considered the inventor of video

games

Only until 1967 he realized his dream of an

intereactive television

1952 A.S.Douglas (@Cambridge): Interactive Tic

Tac Toe

1958 Willy Higinbotham (@brookhaven national

laboratory): Oscilloscope

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Other Origins (II)

1961 Steve Russell (@MIT) creates space war

If I hadn't done it, someone would've

done something equally exciting if not

better in the next six months. I justhappened to get there first.

- Steve Russell

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Space War Legacy

1971 Bill Pitts andHugh Tuck formedComputer Recreations

Galaxy GameCost: $20KPlay cost: 10 centBuilt: dozens

1972 Noland Bushnelland Ted Dabney(@Nutting Associates)

Galaxy Game

Built: 1.5K 1972

PONG

Built: 10KBreaks down

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Early Games

Pong (http://www.apn.gr/pong.html)

1972 Magnavox builds Odyssey

http://www.apn.gr/pong.htmlhttp://www.apn.gr/pong.html

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Early Stages 1977-78

Nintendo releases Othello (http://www.mattelothello.com/)

Taito creates Space Invaders!

Midway bought license

Apple and Atari release PCs

But Atari is seen as a gaming company

http://www.mattelothello.com/http://www.mattelothello.com/

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The Great Crash 1982-1984

The Commodore 64 PC is released

Coleco releases the Adam PC

Too many competitors small and large saturate the market

1982 Warner Corp. stock fell 32% after Atariannounces les-that-expected sells of consoles

Atari sold to Jack Tramiel (owner of Commodore)

New company: Atari Corp. pulls from Console market

Bright spot: Nintendo releases famicon does well in Japan

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The Return of the Video Games 1985-1988

Nintendo releases NES

Met with skepticism by market observers

Turns out to be an instant hit

Legend of Zelda http://www.nintendoland.com/zelda/home.htm

Apple releases the Mac, Atari releases 520ST

Who won?

Tetris is released! http://www.miniclip.com/tetris.htm

Coleco files for bankruptcy

1985 MS releases

Windows

PC as a gaming

platform

http://www.miniclip.com/tetris.htmhttp://www.miniclip.com/tetris.htm

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The Story Continues

1989 Nintendo releases Gameboy, Sega releasesGenesis

1991 Nintendo releases SNES, Sega releases Sonic

1993 32-bit consoles

Nintendo releases Mortal Combat!

1999-2001 Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox

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Whats Left?

PC Games

We will cover these in coming classes but byGenre:

FPS

RTS

RPG (including MMO)