A Brief History Of Computer Games 1970-2000s
The first computers games were derived from post world war mainframes, Machines that serve the primary purpose of code braking and the mathematics's of war, 'Tennis for two' made by the creater William Higinbitham in 1958.
Tennis for two was released long before any of the first video game commercials and even long before pong was release
This two player game tennis game was incredibly simple and enjoyable, It's core feature was it's replicated ball physic.
ARCADE! ARCADE!
The penny dropping miracle begins, The concept was you put a coin in and blam you play the game! This revolutionary concept change the lives of millions! One of the earliest arcade games ever produced, pong, otherwise marketed as 'PONG' was one of the most popularized mainstream arcade games of the time. Made by Atari games and invented by Nolan Bushnell PONG, Even though at the time players of that generation were accustomed to 64-bit graphics processing generally more powerful processors the games simplistic pleasure proved more then effective in making happy players and by the end of 1973 8,000 to 10,000 PONG machines were sold!
Maze wars was arguable the first, first person shooter made steve cooley in 1974, Maze war found you navigating a large maze as seen on it's HUD to shoot the other player, This multiplayer FPS was linked up to two computers via the first few Ethernet!
Bomber vs. killer! (Lecture Reference)
As we move a little bit down the timeline we hit the major CRASH!!! that could have potentially destroyed an entire industry, The great video game crash of 1983. and as one side of the earth struggled and panicked it was up to the sneaky Japanese Nintendo to come into the light for what would be the most successful spike of all of gaming history,
Dudum-dum-duda-dum-dum.. Mario Bros!
In 1893 Nintendo corporation released Mario Bros. In the turtle tipping game that changed the company forever Mario Bros! became the most iconic gaming franchise that is still alive and kicking with us today, I'm not usually a fan of the mario games but theres something about mario that brings out the game fanatic in everyone.
1990's!
The end of the Era marked the new era of sprite graphics, and Parralax scrolling backdrops leading the player to feel depth and distance in the scene, this is still a technique that is used in modern sprite based 2D platforms Shadow of the beast was one of the first to make the most of these new graphic capabilities making good use of art techniques in character sprites!
Reflections Studio 1989.
Nearing the end of the millennium we can see the in 1995, We have Wipeout!
We start entering the realm of my era and the beginning of mine, i can remember playing a later version of this game on the PlayStation (being born in 1994 i was only 1 when this came out). Wipe out made great use of the PlayStation system
and made hugely competitive game in it's time slot, Wipe out was a technical achievement in itself moving from the popular Wolfinstein 3D just two years before it!
REF!
http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Bros._(game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7chDIySXK2Q
http://www.pong-story.com/atpong1.htm
http://videogamehistory.wikia.com/wiki/Tennis_for_Two
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