History of Computer Gaming

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History of Computer Gaming

• Matt Ormrod
• Mike Fleece
• Vin Kacerguis

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The Beginning

• 1947- Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann.
  
  
• Cathode Ray Tube Computer
• System used 8 vacuum tubes
• Game was not named (patent 2 455 992)
• The game simulated a missile being fired at a
  certain target.
  

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1950s

• William Higinbotham created tennis for two
• Controllers made of wood with a button and dial
  mounted on it
  
• Player would use the button
• to hit the ball and use the
• dial to adjust the
• angle of the ball.

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1960s

• Most Games were programmed at Universities.
• MIT
• University of Cambridge
• OXO by A.S Douglas
• MIT produced Spacewar!
• 1966, Ralph Baer produced
• Chase.

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1970s

• A.K.A- The Golden Age
• Ralph Baer produced first prototype that
  connected to a television.
  
• Magnavox Odyssey
• 1972- Nolan Bushnell
• created Atari, which is
• renown for the game Pong.
• Pong was released Xmas 1975

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70s continued

• 71- Don Daglow wrote the first computer baseball
  game. Also Star Trek was created (Mike
  Mayfield).
  
• 72 Greg Yob created Hunt the Wumpus
• 75 Daglow developed Dungeon, (version of
  Dungeon and Dragon)
  
• Two largest type of systems at the time were
  PLATO system, and DECUS software.
  
• This is were most, if not all, games were
  programmed to.

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Computer Gaming in the 80s

• And 90s

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Games in the 80s

• Defender
• 3D Monster Maze
• SimCity
• Tetris
• Zork

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3D Monster Maze

• Developed by Malcolm Evans in 1981
• It was the first 3D game for a home computer
• It had block graphics and low resolution
• Fast paced and uses a first person view
• The point of the game is to get through mazes
  while a T-rex chases you
  

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3D Monster Maze Specs.

• Had a graphical view, and was animated six frames
  per second
  
• Only had the color capacities of black, white,
  and grey
  
• Used box drawing graphics to make the maze look
  3D
  
• Used Z80 Machine code and Edge 2006 assembler to
  create random mazes

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Technology in the 80s

• In the beginning of the eighties, vector and
  raster graphics were used
  
• Compared to now the technology was primitive

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Games in the 90s

• Alone in the Dark
• Castle Wolfenstein
• Dune II
• Duke Nukem
• Doom
• StarCraft

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Doom

• Developed in 1993 by id Software
• Popular 1st-person shooting game
• Five versions of Doom was released in the 90s
• In the game you are a space marine that fights
  demons
  
• It had 3D graphics, stereo sound, and the program
  could be altered

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Doom Specs.

• Doom was distributed as shareware
• This allowed people to make their own
  customizations
  
• It used network multiplayer gaming
• 3D graphics, WADs, and planes

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Technology in the 80s and 90s

• The Apple II
• The Commodore 64
• Amiga
• Sound Cards
• MOS Technology
• CD-ROMs
• 3D Graphics
• Web browsers plug-ins

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21st Century Gaming
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Current Consoles
Sega Dreamcast 1998-present Japan 1999-2002 U.S
., Europe
Sony Play station 2 2000-present Japan, U.S., Eu
rope
Xbox 360 (Microsoft) November 22, 2005-Present
Atari Flashback 2 August 2005
Microsoft Xbox 2001-present U.S., 2002-present
Europe, Japan
Nintendo Game cube 2001-present Japan, U.S., Eur
ope
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Future Consoles
Mattel HyperScan October 2006-Present
Nintendo Wii November 19th 2006 (U.S. and Canada)
, December 2nd 2006 (Japan), December
7th/8th(Aus, Europe), December 9th (Spain)
Evo Phase 1 (Envisions Computer Entertainment)
October 20, 2006
Sony Play station 3 November 17, 2006 (U.S.) 200
7(Australia,Europe)
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Handheld Game Consoles
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Handheld Game Consoles
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Handheld Game Consoles
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Handheld Game Consoles