History of Video Games

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History of Video Games

• From Pong to Wii

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Introduction

• This presentation will cover the history of video
  games, from their modest origin to the present,
  covering the timeframe between 1947 to now.
• It will tell you about certain events that
  happened to the video gaming industry.
• It will also show you various consoles created
  during their times.

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The Early Years

• The first video game was believed to be made in
  1947.
• The game was a simulation of a missile being
  fired at a target.
• This game was inspired by radar screens used
  during World War II.

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The 1960s

• In 1961, a group of students at MIT programmed a
  game called Spacewar!
• Two human players played against each other and
  each controlled a space ship that fired missiles.
• This game was soon distributed with the new DEC
  computers. It was the first widely available
  videogame.

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The 70s Dawn of the Arcade Games

• In 1971, Nolan Bushnell created a coin operated
  version of Spacewar!
• The game was not a success because it was very
  difficult.
• So, in 1972, Bushnell founded his own company
  Atari.

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A little bit on Atari

• Atari was the pioneer for home video games.
• Their most popular game was PONG (based on table
  tennis).
• Other notable games Atari created include
  Asteroids, Millipede, and Missile Command.

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1978-1980 The Golden Age for the Arcade

• This was the era that Space Invaders, Asteroids,
  and Pac Man were created.
• Arcade games became more popular with the
  addition of color graphics.
• The Golden Age was capped off with arcades
  appearing in popular teen hang outs such as malls
  and convenience stores.

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The 1980s The 1st major setback for the Arcades.

• Overnight businesses began appearing to compete
  with honest businesses and performed operations
  that cheated the games developers.
• An example of this would be making games that
  were simple clones of already existing arcade
  games for relatively lower publishing costs.
• To battle this, the gaming industry decided to
  focus more on making personal computer games.

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Handheld Games

• Also appearing in the 1980s were the handheld
  games.
• These were very popular because they could be
  taken anywhere and were also cheaper.
• Such examples include Game Boy and Tiger
  Electronics.

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The 3rd Generation of Games

• Pong (1st) and Atari (2nd) had been the
  uncontested leaders of their generations
  respectively.
• With the 3rd generation, there was finally
  competition in the video game industry.
• The 3rd generation introduced consumers to
  Nintendo and Sega. These were also the 1st
  systems to use 8-bit graphics.

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3rd Generation Gaming Devices
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The Early 90s

• During the early 90s, the video game industry
  was starting to be operated like all of the other
  big businesses.
• This means that the bigger corporations were
  starting to crush or absorb the little guys to
  maximize profits and lower risks.
• The early 90s also brought in the 4th generation
  of games.

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Early 90s Games

• The 4th generation games improved from 8-bit to
  16-bit.
• This generation introduced us to the first person
  shooters and survival horror genres with
  Wolfenstein and Alone in the Dark, paving the way
  for classics like Doom and Resident Evil.
• Oh yeah, lets not forget Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Start of Video Game Controversy

• The 4th Generation of games brought something
  else to the 90s Violence and blood.
• In 1992, there was a Senate investigation into
  video game violence, with Joe Lieberman and
  Hillary Clinton speaking out against the games.
• This actually gave a few games, like Doom and
  Mortal Kombat, more commercial success with all
  of the free publicity they were receiving.

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The Peak of Handheld Games

• Handheld games also reached their highest point
  of popularity in the early 90s.
• Several Rivals to the Game Boy debuted during
  this time, including Sega Game Gear and Atari
  Lynx.
• The Game Boy remained 1 thanks to the help of
  the popular puzzle game Tetris.

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1995 Start of the 5th Generation

• In 1995, Sega introduced Sega Saturn, while Sony
  made its debut into the video gaming industry
  with the Playstation.
• Both consoles upgraded from 16 to 32-bit.
• During this time, Playstation made the role
  playing game (RPG) and stealth-based games
  popular with the classics Final Fantasy VII and
  Metal Gear Solid.

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Death of the Arcade

• With the consoles switching from 16-bit to
  32-bit, home video games began to approach the
  looks of arcade games.
• Most people would wait for the games to appear on
  their home consoles rather than going out.
• Also, by this time, arcades had earned a
  reputation for being unsafe places.
• Many arcades were forced to shut down.

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A year later

• After many delays, Nintendo released the first
  64-bit system, the Nintendo 64, in 1996.
• The decision to skip the 32-bit phase and jump
  right into 64-bit apparently paid off it sold
  more than 1.5 million copies in just 3 months.
• It was bundled with Super Mario 64, which became
  a defining title for 3D platform games.

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2000 2003 A few things that happened

• 2000 The Sims is released. It becomes the 1
  selling computer game of all time, passing Myst.
• 2001 Microsoft enters the video game industry
  with the release of Xbox.
• 2002 Sega becomes a 3rd party developer for
  Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft.
• 2003 Halo becomes the best selling Xbox game.

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Handheld Games Make a Strong Comeback

• In 2004, Nokia entered the handheld market with
  the N-Gage game-phone hybrid.
• Also in 2004, Nintendo released the Nintendo DS.
• In 2005, Sony released the Playstation Portable
  (PSP).

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Generations 5-7
Company Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7
Sega Saturn Dreamcast
Sony Playstation Playstation 2 Playstation 3
Nintendo Nintendo 64 GameCube Wii
Microsoft Xbox Xbox 360
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2006-???

• Earlier this month, Nintendo released their
  newest video game console, the Wii, which
  features a new remote-control shaped controller.
• The controller is based around direct motion
  control whatever you do with your hands affects
  what happens on the screen.
• Who will know what the future has in store for
  video games?
• I guess well just have to wait and see to find
  out

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Work Cited

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