This document is about the history, technology, industry, and social aspects of video games. It discusses how the first video games were created in the 1940s-1950s, the development of game consoles from the 1970s-1990s from companies like Atari and Nintendo, and how game development requires teams of programmers, designers, and producers. It also addresses the multi-billion dollar video game industry and research on both the positive and negative psychological effects of playing video games.

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2.  Introduction
 Technology of video games
 Industry and economy of video games
 Social and psychological aspects
 Conclusion
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3.  Definition
“A video game is an electronic game that involves
human interaction with a user interface to generate
visual feedback on a video device.”- Wikipedia
 History
 First ideas of video games appeared in 1947 !
 “ Tennis for two” The first video game based on a
oscilloscope, was made in 1956
 In 1958, a chess video game based on IBM 704
computer.
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4.  Consoles first generation (1972-
1977):
 Atari, Magnavox, Fairchild
 Arcad Games
 Consoles second generation
(1977-1983):
 Atari 2600 (3 millions sales), Sega
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5.  1980‟s
 Super Mario Bros, Pacman
 1990‟s
 Playstation, Nintendo, Gameboy, joysticks, mobiles
 EA Games, KONAMI …
 Sports, Adventure games, 3D …
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6.  Developing
 A cross disciplinary field: programmers, graphic and sound
designers, testers, musicians … and producers
 From a single developer to hundreds of technicians for one
project !
 Requires a great planning and does not use usual methods of
programming
 Agile developement
 Steps of developement (from 1 to 3 years):
o Pre-production (Pitch, concept, prototype)
o Production (Design, programming, art production, testing)
o Post-production (maintenance, updates)
 Languages: Eiffel, C++, Java, Python, C# or custom languages
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7. Agile developement Waterfall developement
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8.  A budget for a game project can reach billions of dollars !
 In 2011, the global video game market was valued at $46
billion ($10 billion in 2004) !
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9.  Demographic data:
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10.  Psychological aspects
 “Psychology: We Play Video
Games to Chase Our „Ideal
Selves‟” - Time
 “Research: Video games help
with creativity in boys and girls”
– Psychology science Journal
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11.  Dangers of video games:
 Violence, distraction, obesity, brain damage, nolife …
 “Video Games and Obesity, Best Evidence Yet”
 “Brain cells victims of video violence”
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12.  Video games are as old as our parents !
 Requieres big job and time for developing
 Big business
 Good way to enjoy and spend funny time …
BUT we should pay attention !
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