History Of Computer Games

By hann

  • History

    The origin of video games lies in early cathode ray tube-based missile defense systems in the late 1940s. These programs were later adapted into other simple games during the 1950s. By the late 1950s and through the 1960s, more computer games were developed (mostly on mainframe computers), gradually increasing in sophistication and complexity

  • The Magnavox Odyssey

    It was not until 1972 that Magnavox released the first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, invented by Ralph H. Baer.

  • Elimination - Arcade Game

    Elimination and its Quadrapong counterpart were the first cocktail cabinet arcade video games. Elimination is a four-player version of Pong by Atari Inc. It was later released as Quadrapong under the Atari label.

  • Shark Jaws

    Shark Jaws is a 1 player arcade game by Atari Inc. under the name of Horror Games, originally released in 1975. An unlicensed tie-in to the movie Jaws. Atari head Nolan Bushnell originally tried to license the Jaws name for the game, but was unable to secure a license from Universal Pictures. The game is housed in a custom cabinet that includes a single joystick and start button

  • Starship 1 - Arcade

    The object of Starship 1 is to destroy alien spacecraft while maneuvering through star and asteroid fields. The game uses a first person perspective on a black-and white monitor. The player's ship is controlled with a control yoke that is connected to two potentiometers. There is also a lever that controls whether the ship is moving "fast" or "slow"

  • History

    The computer gaming industry experienced its first major growing pains in the early 1980s as publishing houses appeared, with many honest businesses occasionally surviving at least 20 years, such as Electronic Arts alongside fly-by-night operations that cheated the games' developers. While some early '80s games were simple clones.

  • Mario

    Mario first appeared in the legendary coin game Donkey Kong as a character called Jumpman. As Donkey Kong progressed and became more popular, Mario (Jumpman) was made as an original character in Mario Bro's made in 1983 Mario was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto for nintendo.

  • G.I Joe (Commodore64)

    G. I. Joe was developed and published by Epyx 1985 for the Commodore 64, Milton Bradley also holds the copyright to the game.

  • The Gameboy

    The Gameboy is the first handheld console in the Gameboy line, and is an 8bit device. Created by Gunpei Yokoi.

  • History

    The 1990s were a decade of marked innovation in video gaming. It was a decade of transition from pixels to full fledged 3D graphics and gave rise to several genres of video games including the first-person shooter, the real-time strategy, and the MMO. Handheld gaming began to become more popular throughout the decade, thanks in part to the release of the Game Boy. Arcade games, although still relatively popular in the early 1990s, begin a decline as home consoles become more common.

  • Final Fantasy Legend II

    in 1990 originally released in Japan as Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu​, Final Fantasy II was bought out to play on The Nintendo Gameboy.

  • The Playstation -PS1

    Is a 32-bit fifth generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994. The Playstation has various games, games we still play on today.

  • Tom Raider

    Since the release of the original Tomb Raider in 1996, the series developed into a lucrative franchise of related media, and Lara went on to become a major icon of the video game industry. The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised Lara Croft as the most successful human videogame heroine in 2006. Six games in the series were developed by Core Design, and the latest three by Crystal Dynamics.

  • The Nintendo 64 - N64

    Is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan.

  • Grand Theft Auto - GTA

    Is a video game series created by Dave Jones, later by Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke and primarily developed by Rockstar North. The series began in 1997 and currently has nine stand-alone games with two expansion packs for the original and two expansion packs being released for the latest console instalment, Grand Theft Auto IV.

  • Playstation 2 - PS2

    is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The PS2 console is the sequel to the original PlayStation console. The PS2 is the best-selling console to date, having reached over 145 million units sold as of August 18, 2009.

  • The Gamecube

    The Gamecube is the fisrt Nintendo console to use optical disks as its primary storage medium. The first console was released oin Japan on the 14th of september 2001.

  • Playstation portable - PSP

    is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004.

  • Wii Fit

    Is a video game developed by Nintendo for the Wii console.[5] It is an exercise game consisting of activities using the Wii Balance Board peripheral. A little over one year after its release, Wii Fit became the third best selling videogame in history.

  • The Wii

    Is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a seventh generation console. The Wii competes with the xBox 360 and the Playstation 3. The Wii was bought out on December 31, 2008.