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Video Games
By: Kathy Fergus & Yen
Dang
Computer & Video Game
History
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1952 A.S. Douglas
created first graphic
computer game of tictac-toe
William Higinbotham
created the first video
game ever in 1958
“Tennis for Two”
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1962 Steve Russell
invented “Space War!”
intended for computer
use
1967 Ralph Baer
created “Chase” the
first video game to be
played on TV
In1980 Atari’s
Asteroids and Lunar
Lander were the first
copyrighted video
games
Computer & Video Game
History
1952 A.S. Douglas
created first
graphic computer
game of tic-tac-toe
 William
Higinbotham
created the first
video game ever in
1958 “Tennis for
Two”
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1962 Steve Russell
invented “Space War!”
intended for computer
use
1967 Ralph Baer
created “Chase” the
first video game to be
played on TV
In1980 Atari’s
Asteroids and Lunar
Lander were the first
copyrighted video
games
The Atari Video Game Crash of
1983
 Sudden
crash of the video game
business and the bankruptcy of a
number of companies
 End to what is considered the second
generation of console video gaming.
 The crash lasted for 3 yrs & ended
with the introduction of Nintendo
Entertainment System (NES), 1985
Crash Factors
 Parents
turned to buying computers
instead of games to prepare them for
school
 Lack of creativity for titles
 Perception at the time was that video
games were a trend and people
would be looking for new avenues of
home entertainment
Types of Video Games
– Quick Repetitive
Games requires
basic hand eye
coordination
 Mario
 Tetris
Brothers

Imaginative
Immersion
– Role playing games
 Dungeon
& Dragons
– Adventure games
 Arthur’s
Knights
•First-person games: incorporate both repetitive
& imaginative game skills
•shooting games
•fighting games
•sports games
Games That Can Be Played On
The Computer
Action
 Arcade
 Card & Casino
 Classic
 Fighting
 Puzzle
 Sports
 Strategy
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Links
 http://mostfungames.co
m/arcade-games.htm
 http://www.addictingga
mes.com/
 http://www.freeonlinega
mes.com/
Computer & Video Games
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A computer game is a computer
controlled game
A Video game is where computer display
such as:
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Monitor
Television
Some sort:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Input device
Keyboard
Mouse/trackball
Combination(PC)Game
System Requirement
Windows
 98/ME/2000/XP
 350MHz or faster
Processor
 64MB RAM
 16-bit Graphics &
Sound
Mac
 Mac OS or 10.2
better
Gaming Platforms (hardware)
 Video
game console
 Online game
 Mobiles game
 Personal computer game
Online Features
 Communication/Community:
– Voice/Video room
– Messaging
– Lobby/Matchmaking
– Score/ Ranking
– Friends list/ Avatar
– Game data upload *Downloading
Game Recreational Activity
 Some
rules that determines
 Involving 1 or 2 players
 A goal that a player tries to reach
 Creation & mood control
 Entertainment or enjoyable
Worldwide Business
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The 4 largest markets for computer
video are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
United States
Japan
Australia
United Kingdom
Future of Console Gaming
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2006 will see the continuation of the
next generation of console gaming.
In form of two new consoles
1. Sony Playstation 3
2. Nintendo Revolution
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This innovation is possible to increasing
ubiquity
1. Broadband internet access
2. Larger storage mediums on the consoles
How video games are addicting
 Dopamine,
a neurotransmitter
associated with uncontrollable
compulsion
 Games bring pleasure & focus by
increasing dopamine
 Dopamine is more active while
playing
 More dopamine released, the less
neurotransmitter is available later on
to do schoolwork, homework, chores,
ADHD Kids
 Become
more addicted to games
 “Not unlike drugs or alcohol, the
television experience allows the
participant to blot out the real world
and enter into a pleasurable and
passive mental state”
 Will go through tantrums when they
are made to stop
Resources
 http://en.wikipedia.org
 http://inventors.about.com
 http://www.time-
scout.com/register/index.php?act=tv
_adhd
 http://www.jesperjuul.net/thesis/2historyofthecomputergame.html
 http://www.gamespot.com/gamespo
t/features/video/hov/