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1 cisc3660 game programming fall 2012 lecture # I.2 history of computer/video games history of computer/video games video game game played on a computer device with a video screen earliest video games date back to 1950 s historically, video games have moved from technology labs to arcades to offices and homes to mobile devices cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 1 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 2 pre 1900 s pre 1970 s Nintendo was established in 1889 as Marufuku Company, a playing card company they manufactured flower cards earliest video games were designed and built in technology labs 1952 : Tic-Tac-Toe, programmed on an EDSAC vacuum tube computer 1958 : Tennis for Two, programmed on an oscilloscope connected to a computer cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 3 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 4

2 1961 : SpaceWar, dueling spaceships programmed on a PDP-1 computer, using vector graphics Spacewar: cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 5 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci s other 1972 games: Magnavox Odyssey, another console game the next phase in video game history, games were built for stand-alone arcade consoles 1972 : Pong, programmed by Atari Adventure: The Colossal Cave, a text-based adventure game 1976 : Breakout cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 7 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 8

3 1977 : significant hardware releases Apple II 1978 Space Invaders Atari 2600 Atari 400 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 9 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci Lunar Lander 1980 s in the 80 s, games were still being made for arcade consoles, but were also being made for early home consoles and early home computers 1980 Pac-Man Asteroids cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 11 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 12

4 Defender 1981 : Donkey Kong cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 13 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci Tron 1983 video game industry crash, some high-profile failures because there were many third-party companies producing cheap games; some big companies couldn t compete, many small companies went under IBM PC Commodore 62 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 15 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 16

5 1984 Apple Macintosh 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 17 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 18 Mario Bros Tetris invented in the USSR Commodore Amiga 1986 Sega Master System (but, eventually, unable to compete with Nintendo) cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 19 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 20

6 1987 : Nintendo Zelda 1989 Nintendo GameBoy first handheld game console Sega Genesis established Sega as a Nintendo rival (but short-lived) 1988 : Tetris brought to the USA cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 21 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci s Nintendo Super NES rise of 3D graphics in games arcade games started to decline Nintendo s Super Mario Bros 3 was a huge commercial success Sega s Sonic the Hedgehog other companies tried to join the console wars, but could not gain a foothold in the market cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 23 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 24

7 1993 increase in computer games for the home market Myst Mortal Kombat Doom set off discussion of government ratings of video games ESRB formed a year later cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 25 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci Sony Playstation originally meant to be an accessory for the Nintendo NES (CD drive), but Nintendo cancelled the contract, so Sony created a complete console device Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) SEGA Saturn really never made it big cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 27 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 28

8 1996 Nintendo N64, cartridge-based console Sony s choice of CD over cartridge was critical and helped Sony gain a foothold in the market Pokemon Tamagotchi 1999 Sega Dreamcast failed to make it big, so future of Sega went with software (game) development Quake cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 29 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci s the 2000 s saw the rise of on-line games also MMORPG s (Massively Multiplayer On-line Role-Playing Games) 2000 : Halo 2001 Microsoft s entry into the game console market with the XBOX, including XBox Live subscription service to support on-line gaming Nintendo Gamecube cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 31 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 32

9 2004 World of Warcraft Nintendo DS ( Double Screen though that is debatable) Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) entry into the handheld game market 2005 Microsoft XBox 360 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci Nintendo Wii Android first phone released in 2008, leading phone O/S by 2010 Sony PS3 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 35 cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 36

10 2010 Apple ipad Microsoft Kinect cisc3660-fall2012-sklar-leci.2 37

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