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1st Computer games
In the arcade and on home consoles, fast-paced action and real-time game play were the norm in genres like racing and target shooting. While at home the games didn't meet that standard. -
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1st Arcade Games
The was when the first arcade games were made; games such as pong. These was the kick start to the whole games industry, as arcade games were the first big step into computer games that we know today. -
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Home Consoles
Consoles such as Odyssey 100 and Odyssey 200. This is when the first purpose made consoles, for the sole purpose of playing video games at home; this impacted the industry a lot as it meant that you didn't need to go out to the local arcade anymore to play games. -
Odyssey 100
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2nd Generation Consoles
These were the first consoles that used ROM-based cartridges. Consoles such as Atari. This meant that it had a wider range of games and also meant that the consoles could have a wide range of games, and as they were cartridges it meant that the games could be more complex as the storage for the games were there. It also made it easier to be able to switch between different games -
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Golden age of Arcade
There were many more arcade games released at this point; game such as, Space Invaders and Pac-Man. This is when the arcades were at their most popular, this is when it was a huge part of society at the time. -
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3rd Generation Consoles
The Nintendo Entertainment System or NES, was one of the first 8-bit consoles on the market. These games started to have better controllers to play the games on, as they were 8-bit they got better looking and better running games than previous before. -
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4th Generation Consoles
NEC brought the first fourth-generation console to market with their PC Engine (or TurboGrafx16) when Hudson Soft approached them with an advanced graphics chip. Hudson had previously approached Nintendo, only to be rebuffed by a company still raking in the profits of the NES. The TurboGrafx used the unusual HuCard format to store games. The small size of these proprietary cards allowed NEC to re-release the console as a handheld game console. These consoles in this generation were 16-bit. -
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5th Generation Consoles
This is the generation where play station was first made, these consoles were the first consoles that used discs for games. This generation was the first generation to introduce using disc for the games, and then using memory cards to save progress on the games. -
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Mobile Phone Games
The first game for mobiles was snake which is one of the most played games of all time. As mobiles have become better, so have the games that they can play, such as now you are able to games taht have great detail and have lots of features in the game -
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6th Generation Consoles
These are the first generation of the main consoles of the modern day consoles, such as the Xbox games cube. The sixth generation witnessed a shift towards using DVDs for video game media. This brought games that were both longer and more visually appealing. Adding furthermore features with online console gaming and implementing both flash and hard drive storage for game data. -
Steam
This is one of the software on PC that allows gamer's to have there games in one place. -
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7th Generation Consoles
These are where playing games on your consoles was really big, this generation included the Xbox 360, PS3 and the most initiative console at the time the Nintendo Wii. The Wii was a huge leap forward, as the controller for the console was a motion controller with one of a kind on the market at the time. -
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Cloud Computing
This is the first time could computing was integrated into gaming, this allowed players to be able to save their game data on the cloud rather than only on the consoles. This was a huge step forward meaning that people could have more games on there console and have all the game data saved. Allows the games to be more detailed as some of the information isn't stored on the console; means that you don't only have 5/6 games installed on your console at any given time. -
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8th Generation Consoles
This is the most modern consoles, these consoles are more powerful and able to run the best graphics consoles could ever run at present. These consoles big innovation is probably the VR aspect of some of them, bringing the virtual reality to life. These are done with most consoles and PC. Allowing players to experience games in a new and different way that hasn't been possible before. -
Xbox One
Microsoft's next generation console.
