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many similarities in the colors they use due to the necessity of color palettes as channels for game design. Similar games such as Super Mario World, Braid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and The Binding of Isaac use the same colors to create different worlds that still communicate the important needs of the technical and user based aspects of video games. Super Mario World may be one of the most iconic games of all time, hailing from Japan in 1990. It takes shape in the form of pixelized

Are you ever amazed by the special effects movie makers have been able to come up with? What is the standard? How much would be budgeted? Computer-Generated Imagery or CGI has not always been where it is today. Ever wonder where it all began and how far it has taken us? I am sure we have all watched a few older science fiction movies in our lifetimes, but one film that advanced past the rest for its CGI at the time was TRON. As a young man watching this film, I fell in love with the idea

Final fantasy was released in 1987 by the company square (which would later merge with a company called Enix and become the company that is well known now Square Enix). However it didn’t hit the US markets until 1990. It came out on the Nintendo entertainment system (NES for short). I chose this game because this game franchise is the reason I and expect many people love RPG’s. Also this game is also regarded as the most successful and influential RPG to be played on the NES. This game is the reason

A Legend Still Continues A brief history of the Legend of Zelda series and how it still makes waves If the Mario series is Nintendo's best-known series, the Zelda series isn't be far behind in terms of popularity and critical acclaim. From the NES to the Wii, The Legend of Zelda and its many sequels have rivaled the Mario series in terms of fan love. The original Legend of Zelda was released in Japan in 1986, and a year later in the U.S. Immediately the title generated confusion among people who

variety of experiences” (Jayanth, 2014). Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of Entertainment Software Association which conducts consumer research and analysis said, “Video games are the future. From education and business, to art and entertainment, our industry brings together the most innovative and creative minds to create the most engaging, immersive and breathtaking experiences we’ve ever seen” (Entertainment Software Association, 2016). We as teachers seek to engage our students. If video

criticisms despite selling over 4.3 million copies worldwide. However, by 1992 The Legend of Zelda series was back on it's feet and stronger than ever with the release of it's third game, "Link to the Past". It was released for the Super Nintindo Entertainment System (SNES). The SNES was able to handle better graphics and the cartridge could hold more data, one megabyte, in the case of Link to the Past. The extra data allowed for a bigger world and a more extensive

version of Pong was sold only at Sears, and even had the Sears logo. Pong was a phenomenal success, paving the road to the future of home video games. Introduced in 1977 the Atari 2600, Atari Video Computer System used removable cartridges, allowing people to play many games on a single system. Systems like the Atari 2600, its descendant, the 5200, helped to generate interest in home video games for a few years. But interest in video games started to decline because the quality of the home product. The

Legend of Zelda(NES) is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Takashi Tezuka and Shigeru Miyamoto. It was developed and published by Nintendo. The main platforms associated with this game include: Game boy, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Wii, and the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Legend of Zelda plots centers on a boy named Link whose goal is to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to rescue Princess Zelda from the enemy, Ganon

Coleco releases the Colecovision in 1982. Nintendo, not doing well in the arcade market, licenses Donkey Kong among other games to Coleco. Colecovision's main appeal was an adapter to play Atari 2600 games. To compete with Colecovision, Atari releases its Atari 5200. It does poorly mainly because it took years to have the Atari 2600 adapter that Colecovision had all along. The very next year the Commodore 64 comes out. It is the best video game system yet and acted more like a computer. Because

the games that are played today. The attribution of the first videogame ever created goes to the American government physician William Higinbotham (also developer of the first nuclear bomb). In 1958 he created the first video game made just for entertainment and it was called Tennis for Two. The earliest known computer games actually