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In the 1970’s, the video game Pong was introduced to the public, and quickly became a success. Pong opened the door for arcade type video games, and advancement was swift in the 1980’s when computers were added to the mix. The Commodore 64 was one of the first

When video games were first being introduced to the general public, they weren’t all that exciting. Most gaming took place in arcades and most arcades didn’t have many game cabinets due to their being very few games to begin with. However, all of this changed when the Atari 2600 was released. At the time, Atari was known for their home computers and their hit arcade game “Pong”. Though the Atari 2600 might not have been the first video game system, it was definitely the most successful at that time and a great success for Atari’s first attempt at a home video game console. Thanks to the success of the 2600, video games began to take off and arcades started popping up all over the world with hits like “Pac-Man” and “Donkey Kong”. These would be the

A man named Ralph Baer, would be the first man in the world to create his very own video game in 1966 (“video Games” World). Baer would help to jump start video games by introducing his very own game, Paddle-Ball. After a while Baer and two other collies, would help him to create their second video game, hockey (“Video Games” World). Years later after Baer’s game came out, more and more game making pioneers would

and game console; also computer networks, in fact the embryo of Internet was established then.

Things start off when the first interactive computer game---- SpaceWars (made in 1961) ---- is visited by the eventual founders of Atari--------- Nolan Bushnell & Ted Dabney------ attempt to make an arcade version of the game in 1970. In 1971 they succeed, but the public finds it too hard to play. In 1972, a console

The first real “video game” was developed in 1958, by a physicist named William Higginbotham. It was a table tennis game and is played on an oscilloscope, a device used for visual displays. While some big name games, companies, and events had, yet, to happen, it sparked the video game industry. These paragraphs will guide you through the many years of games. As Mario would say, “Lets‘a go!!”

Atari pioneered the video game industry in 1971 with a title called Pong, which was sold as an arcade game for $1,200 each. The console market did not take off until 1977, when Atari 2600 was launched (Lipson, 2009) and this became the first generation of consoles. In the videogame industry, consoles are primarily stationary “boxes”, which require a monitor or television set for use. Known as consoles or platforms, these devices are standardized computers tailored for gaming and produced by a single firm. The term “generations” is meant to define “chapters” in the industry denoted by a series of console launches with significant technology improvement compared to the previous launches (Exhibit 1).

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game means any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. The electronic systems used to play video games are called platforms; examples of these are video game consoles and personal computers. Platforms can range from small handheld devices to large computers. Some video games can become popular and over a few year decrease in use. Video games have gone on to become an art form and an industry. Video games can also have many positive and negative effects on children, both mentally and physically.

Over the last 45 years gaming has changed immensely but where will that take us? In 1975the first game was invented called PONG. “Pong was the first game developed by Atari Inc., by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.” (History, 2017) So with PONG being the first game invented and Call of Duty being the most popular game now a days I thought it was good to see how gaming has changed from 1972 to 2017. With how the whole aspect has changed from a simple tennis sport simulator to a well detail high programed game. Within a year of Pong being out Atari launched a console version which could be streamed on to your TV, “Atari with a steady source of income; the company sold the machines at three times the cost of production. By 1973, the company had

In 1972 Pong, one of the first successful video game, was released (“A Brief” para. 4). Another success for the gaming industry in 1972, was the Atari 2600 which became the role model for other consoles (“A Brief” para. 4). little did Atari know, they would turn to practices that would lead to one the most infamous times in video game history: The Video Game Crash of 1983 (“A Brief” para. 4). On September 23, 1889, a company known as Nintendo was founded as playing card makers (“A Brief para. 9). Nintendo stayed that way until 1963, but in 1977 Nintendo hired a student, Shigeru Miyamoto (“A Brief” para. 10). Little did he

Video games have been around for over 60 years and are still evolving over time. But just how did these video games advance over these 60 plus years? According to our research, video games started out in the 1950’s-1960’s with basic technology such as low quality graphics, basic controls, and third person play. But from the 2000’s on, video games evolved from basic technology to more advanced technology such as high quality graphics, more advanced controls, and first person play.

The predecessors for most, if not all, video games and consoles are the tabletop roleplaying games and trading card games. For example, Nintendo, one of the largest video game companies in the world, started out as a small company printing simple Hanafuda playing cards in 1889 (Erbland, 2014). In 1967, the “Brown Box” was invented by Ralph H. Baer, who is now known as the “Father of Video Games.” This Brown Box was a large, rectangular wooden box with two controllers attached. He created it to work with ordinary TV sets at the time, and it came with six simple games installed; ping-pong, tennis, handball, volleyball, chase games and a light-gun game (Poh, 2011). The user could switch between the games using various combinations of the switches located on the front of the console. Baer licensed his

Herman et all (2002) points out that history of video games begins from 1971 year, when Nutting association released 1500 machines with Spacewar video game. At the beginning it was too difficult to control the game process and playing machines had huge dimensions. But by the time with new technologies they become more compact and easier to play. According to the information given by Herman et all (2002), the period between the years of 1978-1981 is called ‘golden age’ of video game industry. In this period the arcade games ‘Football’ and ‘Space Invaders’ were released. All previously known sale records were broken by these two games with nearly equal wages. In this time interval great breakthroughs in the field of graphics were achieved,

The history of video games goes all the way back to the 1930’s when the first coin operated entertainment was invented. The first pinball machines were invented during this time and are still around with us today in arcades and bars around the world. Video games around that time were actually called Electromechanical games. Electromechanical gaming graphics were only as good as artists could draw them. However, Electromechanical games were very limited. There was hard labor in assembling the games because of their use of motors, coins, and mechanical brackets. Also, the cost of these components were on the rise. Luckily, in the early 1960’s, Steve Russell programmed a PDP-1 to play a game called

Development in technology brings many things that people don't have many years back. One of these things is online gaming that is provided by the internet.