Week 2 - Early history of games!!!!!!
Sorry ‘bout the late update but here is the Early History of Games!!
Well to get on with the history of games……………………………1947-1979
The first computer game of any kind was made back in the 1947 and it was actually tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses)
In 1958 Willy Higinbotham created the first computer game that was used for fun. It was called ‘Tennis for Two’ (well you can’t exactly have tennis for one!!!). It showed a tennis court from the side, it had a net, and it was affected by gravity (picture right). It was made to entertain people at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. The game used a cathode ray tube for display. After that in 1961, students at MIT (inc’ Steve Russell) created a game called Spacewar. It pitted two players against each other that were capable of firing at each other.
Before then, in 1951, a man called Ralph Baer had an idea that became a billion pound industry. His idea was to create games that could be played by connecting it to your TV. Thus he is widely known as the creator of Video Games. Later on in 1966 he created a game called ‘Chase’ that was played using your TV.
Moving on to the gooooooovy 70’s………………..In 1971 a coin operated version of Spacewar was sold. It only sold 1500 machines because people found it difficult to play. In 1972 Ralph Baer created ‘Magnavox Odyssey’ – the videogame console. It was played by connecting it up to your TV and it played ball and paddle games. But also in 1972 the Atari was released. It came with pong – one of the most influential games in the gaming industry (pictured below). The Atari sold over 19,000 pong machines. The end of the 70’s also saw Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man. The period of games between 1972 and 1977 is widely known as the First Generation of gaming.
The period of games between 1972 and 1977 is widely known as the First Generation of gaming. Also Second Generation gaming was between 1976 and 1984.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_and_video_games
http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html
http://www.pong-story.com/
Well to get on with the history of games……………………………1947-1979
The first computer game of any kind was made back in the 1947 and it was actually tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses)
In 1958 Willy Higinbotham created the first computer game that was used for fun. It was called ‘Tennis for Two’ (well you can’t exactly have tennis for one!!!). It showed a tennis court from the side, it had a net, and it was affected by gravity (picture right). It was made to entertain people at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. The game used a cathode ray tube for display. After that in 1961, students at MIT (inc’ Steve Russell) created a game called Spacewar. It pitted two players against each other that were capable of firing at each other.
Before then, in 1951, a man called Ralph Baer had an idea that became a billion pound industry. His idea was to create games that could be played by connecting it to your TV. Thus he is widely known as the creator of Video Games. Later on in 1966 he created a game called ‘Chase’ that was played using your TV.
Moving on to the gooooooovy 70’s………………..In 1971 a coin operated version of Spacewar was sold. It only sold 1500 machines because people found it difficult to play. In 1972 Ralph Baer created ‘Magnavox Odyssey’ – the videogame console. It was played by connecting it up to your TV and it played ball and paddle games. But also in 1972 the Atari was released. It came with pong – one of the most influential games in the gaming industry (pictured below). The Atari sold over 19,000 pong machines. The end of the 70’s also saw Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man. The period of games between 1972 and 1977 is widely known as the First Generation of gaming.
The period of games between 1972 and 1977 is widely known as the First Generation of gaming. Also Second Generation gaming was between 1976 and 1984.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_and_video_games
http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html
http://www.pong-story.com/
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