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New Media HistoryLes 3: Computer Graphics: Video Games
History of Video Games
The first computer games
- Tennis for Two (1958)- Spacewar! (1961)
Ralph Baer
- Interactive Television Games- First video game: Chase (1966)- The idea of peripherals: the first laser gun- First commercial video game system: Magnavox
Odyssey (1972)- Ping-pong- Simon (based on Atari’s Touch-Me)
Nolan Bushnell
- Computer Space- 1972: Syzygy, later Atari- Pong
Arcade Games
Vector graphics
Atari 2600
- Cartridges- Controllers: paddle & joysticks- 1980: home versions of Arcade hits- Microprocessor
Tetris
Nintendo Famicom /NES
The Legend of Zelda
Meanwhile...
Notable Genres
First Person Shooters (FPS)
Construction & Management Simulation (CMS)
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Role-playing Games (RPG)
Third Person Shooters (TPS)
Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG)
(Still) Other Game Genres
- Sports Games- Racing Games- Vehicle Simulation- Programming Games- Gambling- Board & Card Games- Edugames- Advergames- ...
Casual & Social Gaming
Browser & Mobile
Indie Games
- World of Goo- Audiosurf- Braid- Flow- Immortal Defense- The Graveyard- Eden- The Endless Forest
Art Games
- I made this. you play this. we are enemies- The Unfinished Swan- 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness- Soviet Unterzögerdorf
Game Modding
- Ms. Pac-Man (1982)- Counter-Strike: Half-Life total conversion- Mapping & modding- Hardware hacks
- FInger tracking with the Wii Remote- Wii Balance Board Surfing
- Used in other media, like music video’s, art installation, etc.
Emergent Gameplay
- Break-out strategies- Glitch
- Game exploits (bugs)- 8bit, chiptune- Corruption
- Sequence breaking, speed runs
Game Building
- Little Big Planet- Electronic Beat Sequencer- Game re-makes
- Spore- Atmosphir
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