Video Arcade Age 1979 84 Galaga 1981 Star Wars 1983 Dragons Lair 1983 Paperboy 1984 Zaxxon 1982 The Rise of the Console Atari 2600 1977 Intellivision 1978 ColecoVision ID: 805358
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Slide1
History of Video Games
Slide2Spacewar
!
Slide3Video Arcade Age: 1979 - 84
Galaga
- 1981
Star Wars - 1983
Dragon's Lair - 1983
Paperboy - 1984
Zaxxon
- 1982
Slide4The Rise of the Console
Atari 2600 – 1977
Intellivision
- 1978
ColecoVision
– 1982
PCs
Commodore 64 – 1982
Apple
IIe
- 1983
Slide5Console Wars
8-bit Gaming Standard '83 - '88
Exclusivity contracts
Price Drops make consoles affordable
Slide6Console Wars – Round. 2
16-bit Gaming Standard – '88 to '95
“Sonic” and Console Branding
Game Franchise Creation
Consequences of the original console wars
Remember
TurboGrafx
and
NeoGeo
?
Slide7Waiting for the next big thing ...
Sega CD – 1991
Atari Jaguar – 1994
Sega Saturn – 1995
ESRB Video Game ratings – 1993
Slide8The
Slaystation
Overwhelming dominance of market
Adult demographic / Heavy Marketing
Switch from cartridge to CD
Computer-like graphics quality
Slide9The 90’s Computer Renaissance
Creation of almost all the current genres
Doom(FPS), SimCity(Simulation), Alone in the Dark(Survival Horror),
Warcraft
(RTS),
Myst
/Kings Quest (Adventure)
Stand-alone 3D cards (True 3D Games - Quake)
Online Multiplayer
Slide10Action - Twitch and Tweek
Platformers
First Person Shooters
Third Person Shooters
Racing
Fighting
Slide11Adventure
You are in a room …
Slide12Casino
Zero Sum Games are Fun!
Slide13Puzzle
Slide14RPGs
Slide15Simulations
Vehicle
Process
Slide16Sports
Slide17Strategy
Turn based
Real Time (RTS)
Slide18MMOGs and PSWs
Slide19Social