New Media History, Les 4

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

Adventure Games

Zork

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

Serious Games

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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