Overview of Video Game History, Platforms and Genres

An overview and introduction Video Games April 3, 2011

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History ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Trivia: In 1969 Dennis Ritchie, inspired by Spacewar! started to create his own game called “Space Travel” on the PDP7 System. In the process of developing the game, it led to development of an OS. He named it UNIX. Space Travel was the first UNIX application. Dennis Ritchie today is known to the world as the founder of C Programming Language and UNIX OS

History – First Generation (’72 – ‘79) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

History – Second Generation (’76 – ‘84) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Top Selling Games of Atari 2600 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

History – Third Generation (’83 – ‘92) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Top Selling Game of NES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fourth Generation (’87 – ’96) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],49 Million Units Sold 29 Million Units Sold

Top Selling Games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rise of GAMEBOY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CONSOLE WARS The Fifth Generation (’92 – ’02) The transition to 3D gaming had started Rise of 32 bit and 64 bit processing power of consoles Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation released in ’92 Nintendo 64 gets released in 1994 Sega and Nintendo try to appease the kids demography SONY taps a different demography – males in twenties and positions PlayStation as a lifestyle accessory Securing of this market widely regarded as key to its success. WITH GREATER HARDWARE SALES CAME GREATER THIRD PARTY SUPPORT Ultimately SONY wins the battle and carried the momentum into the next generation with PS2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Best Selling Games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sixth Generation (’98 – ’06) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Best Selling Games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The rise of online gaming started in this generation of consoles, as it was previously exclusive to PC gaming

Seventh Generation (‘06 – Current) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Genres ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PC Gaming ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Online Gaming ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Social Demography ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Nielsen Active Gamer Study 2007

Controversies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Video Game Industry ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Overview of Video Game History, Platforms and Genres

Overview of Video Game History, Platforms and Genres

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