Development of gaming platforms

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Development of gaming platforms

Arcade games were fist introduced in the 1970s Today's arcades have found a niche in games that use special controllers largely inaccessible to home users. An alternative interpretation is that the arcade game is now a more socially-oriented hangout, with games that focus on an individual's performance, rather than the game's content, as the primary form of novelty. Examples of today's popular genres are rhythm games such as Dance Dance Revolution today a good arcade game will have graphics as good as xbox360 or ps3

Arcade games

in 1972 Magnavox released the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set. consoles of the eighth generation focus on further integration with other media and increased connectivity. Most consoles are easy to connect to the internet all you need is an Ethernet cable or a wireless router and buy yourself a membership and away you go there are not many peripheral devices other than controllers and memory cards they have an old set of graphic cards and processors this means they get good quality but not the best as it is at least 8 year technology

Consoles

Pc gaming started in 1998 pC games, also known as computer games, are video games played on a general-purpose personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine. The latest pc can play any game Xbox 360 or PS3 they need only Ethernet cable or a wireless router and you are online as there are lots of free games if you are short on cash also there are a tom of devices you can get such as web cams and head sets a good pc today has a brilliant quality and great speed

Gaming pc

A handheld video game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built in screen Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the console, screen, speakers, and controls in one unit, allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place it auto mainly connects to the internet with no devices it dose have a couple of devices but nothing big however there are a ton of apps for you to get like flash lights and mini games as the hand held devices are so small that the quality is reduced and the speed is not as fast as the console

Hand held devices