Week3 History of Video Games (1980s - 1990s)

In the 1980’s, sales from interactive entertainment rivaled those of the film industry (although most likely never exceeded them, see The 4 Myths of Computer Gaming). However, it has never been surrounded by the same prestige and general cultural interest. Around 1980 a range of alternative genres began to appear. This happened primarily as a consequence of an increased focus on gaming consoles (like the Playstation 2 and GameCube of our days).

Later in the 1980’s the strategy games became very popular following in the wake of successes such as Pirates (Microprose, 1987) and SimCity (Maxis, 1987).

The 1990’s were characterised by an explosion of proportions. While the consol market in the last half of the decade was dominated by Nintendo and Sony’s machines, the CD-Rom-format made it possible to develop audiovisual elements without the constrictions of highly limited storage media. The games have become bigger and more ‘photo realistic’. For a while game producers drew huge inspiration from movies but this tendency seems to have faded away by itself (to the relief of many).

Computer games are now very often played on networks. This can be seen as a return to the social element of the arcades. In Internet cafe players can meet and play against other human opponents - making the gaming experience more unpredictable and exciting.

Week 2 A History Of Computer Game 1950s-1970s

The First Video Game
William Higinbotham created the first video game in 1958. His game, called "Tennis for Two,

In 1962, Steve Russell invented Space war, was the first game intended for computer use. Russell used a MIT PDP-1 mainframe computer to design his game. In 1967, Ralph Baer wrote the first video game played on a television set, a game called Chase. Ralph Baer was then part of Sanders Associates, a military electronics firm. Ralph Baer first conceived of his idea in 1951 while working for Loral, a television company.

In 1971, Nolan Bushnell together with Ted Dabney, created the first arcade game. It was called Computer Space, based on Steve Russell's earlier game of Space war. The arcade game Pong was created by Nolan Bushnell a year later in 1972.

In 1972, the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, the Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer. The game machine was originally designed while Ralph Baer was still at Sanders Associates in 1966. In 1976, Fairchild released the first programmable home game console called the Fairchild Video Entertainment System, and later renamed Channel F.

I have started playing with arcade games such as Super Mario, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), Contra, Tank etc “man Good old days”. I never played Nintendo 64 and Play Station 1! “I know it’s hard to believe but it’s TRUE”. Then I bought PlayStation 2, the games I really enjoy playing is Grand Theft Auto, Tekken, Cricket, Metal Gear solid etc and know the most resent console I have is X-box 360 and the game I am playing now is Gears of war and Halo3 and I can’t wait for PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 it’s going to be a sick.

Drawing

Chris want us to start with drawing a canal and think about the horizon line (An imaginary horizontal line, sometimes referred to as eye level, which divides your line of vision when you look straight ahead) and vanishing point (The point on the horizon line where the angular perspective lines of an object visually continue past its edges and eventually converge), it was not easy to start with but you get use to it.

Transformers

Shit did you know The AUTOBOT BUMBLEBEE, is build from 7,608 geomertric pieces and over a million and a half polygons and 8000 texture maps? man that's a lot of polygons and texture maps. Man imagine making some thing like that.

You Know You Are a Geek When...

You Know You Are a Geek When...

A three year-old asks you to sing a song, and this is what you dredge up:

This machine, it played oneIt pushed start and program runIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played two,Overloaded voltage to the CPU,It's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played threeDesigned its memory to one ICIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played fourChanged its logic from And to OrIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played fiveDumped its memory to tape driveIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played sixTold the CE what to fixIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.
This machine, it played sevenPrinted out the road to heavenIt's an IBM 360/85This computer
came alive.

This machine, it played eightShipped itself to Rome air freightIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played nineTold the Pope it was divineIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

This machine, it played tenTo sing once more press Start againIt's an IBM 360/85This computer came alive.

First Project

First Project

The first project we have to do is to make water cooler it’s a good project to start with, I have finished making my 3D model and i am look forward to map the water cooler