History of video game and a bit more

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The first Video games

Text Based Gameso A text game was the first video game

that used characters instead of bitmapped or vector graphics.

o The text based games were mainly used during the 1970s- the 1990s. In fact, text games are still used today but have been modernized.

o However many educational programs still use these games so that the user familiarizes with the language or even the computer for example

o While these first games were working, new games came up but they were still considered type based games since there were images but still words or numbers to control the game

o The text adventure games or roguelikes (which are role-playing video games) were still using text modes therefore there were still part of the category of text based games.

The first screen computer gameo Although there were many

example before this game Space War was consider the most true digital game to be.

o This program was created by Steve Russell in 1962 and it took about 200 man hours to create the first version.

o Steve Russell was a programmer and a computer scientist.

o The game ran on a computer called the DEC PDP-1. The game consisted of two space ships that maneuvered around a star that pulled at the spaceships with the gravity

o The objective was to not collide with the stars while shooting at the other ship

Capacity: 8bits to 64bitso A capacity Cartridge is simply

a removable enclosure containing memory designed to be connected to a electronic device.

o A predecessor to the cartridge was the Magnavox home video console, which used a removable circuit board.

o Notable computers used cartridges in addition to the magnetic media, like the Atari 8-bit family

o Finally from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s the majority games were used with cartridges, but as compact disk tech. came in most companies who used cartridges changed to using 64-bit CDs

The Physical sizeo Well at first the physical

size of any computer game was actually big this was one big default that it had.

o Then as time passed Microsoft or Sony came up with video games that were much more lighter and thinner such as the PlayStation and the Xbox

o Now museums have opened to show how the development of video games changed slowly over time

3D Gameso 3D computer graphics which

are compared to 2D games have graphics that use three-dimensional of geometric data.

o 3D games rely on many of the same algorithms as 2D computer vector graphics in the wire frame

o there are differences. A 3D model is the mathematical representation of any three-dimensional object.

o A model can be displayed visually as a two-dimensional image through a process called 3D rendering, or used in non-graphical computer simulations and calculations.

o Sources: Wikepedia

The game controlso Gamepads, Joysticks, Joy Pad,

etc...  They go by many names and came in various styles and sizes, but controllers have always been between the gamer and the game.

o Early 1970s (particularly Pong units), the controllers were knob style and were built into the console deck. The controllers were constructed to only go up, down, left, or right

o They soon created controllers that you could be held in your hand, but the controller cords were incrusted in the console and the cord length was limited.

o Finally they came up with different wireless controllers and sensor controllers

Gaming Addiction

o Gaming addiction is when a boy or a girl plays to much video games and then finally hurts themselves by playing to much

o The result of being addicted can be severe because if your child is very shy playing a video game will probably make him full of pride since he will be able to kill people or control armies without having the real consequences in real life

o The worst part of it is that at the end they don’t figure out that they are on the verge of having a backache or a head migraine

Effects on gaming addiction

o When playing too much on a video game of course there are going to be consequences that you will face physical.

o Here are some physical consequences: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, this happens when the main nerve and tendons become irritated or swollen. This happens when you use to much a mouse or a controller.

o You will eventually have backaches since most gamers stay in one position for hours and the lack of movement creates stiffness in your back.

Consequences 2o You won’t always physical

consequences you will also have social consequences in real life

o There has been a test that video game addicts who are married 50% of them have a problem with there social life

o Lets say that your in the middle of a game and your friend calls, you just say that you will call him after this mission but when you enter the next mission you will promise yourself to call him, etc.

o It has been proven that addicts fall behind in school they don’t play any sports and leave there friends behind; Nowadays this isn’t a rare thing it is happening.

Cure for Video Game Addicts

o Scientist have now come up with cures to stop video game and have developed it on children

o The first thing you should do according to a popular site is to send your kids to a summer camp or a wilderness program.

o You can also send your child to physical camps like boot camps and military training camps

The Most addicting Games

o There is one video game where more than 10 million players are registered and that is “World of Warcraft”. It has been proven that teenage boys in particular want to play this game since if you get to the highest level you get better armor and lots of gold.

o Another game which is know on a worldwide scale is the game Halo. People have been making fun of it by changing the name to Halodiction. People have admitted that they have played 19-hours on Halo and they keep saying good things about the graphics and sound. Some of them even say that it’s like staring in your own movie.

Minecrafto Minecraft is set in virtual

world mad e out of cubes where you have to survive by building a shelter and to find food. It is now played by 33 million users.

o There have been forums which have been created to show how it is addicting and people say that it helps you figure how to manage yourself in places that imitate the Amazon, or the Sahara Desert.

o I have played Minecraft and on my opinion all it does is maybe open your creativity a little bit. At the end I stopped playing it since I got bored and mad at the game since it kept crashing.