The document summarizes the history and evolution of gaming from early arcade games in the 1970s like Pong and Space Invaders, to modern game consoles like the PlayStation and Xbox. It discusses notable arcade games from different eras and provides technical details on recent arcade machines like Tekken 6. The document also outlines historic home game consoles starting from the 1970s including Nintendo and Sega systems. It describes the increasing processing power and connectivity of modern game consoles as well as popular PC games. The document concludes with brief details on the capabilities of the iPad Air for gaming.

1. By Ben Comley-Excell

2. • In 1971 students at Stamford
University, in America, came
up with a coin-operated
arcade game called Galaxy
Game based on the game of
Spacewars
• Pong released by Atari in
November of 1972 was one of
the first Arcade games
• Famous Arcade games
included Space Invaders,
Asteroids, Galaxians, PacMan, Donkey Kong (which
introduced Mario as a
character)

3. • Tekken 6 is one of
the most recent
Arcade games.
• Time Crisis
• House of the Dead

4. • Tekken 6 details:
• The processing
capabilities are Intel
Arcade
• 32 inch HD Monitor
with 720p output
• The peripheral
devices are joystick
with buttons for
special moves

5. • The first generation of
computer game consoles
began with the Magnavox
Odyssey in 1972.
• Famous consoles include
the Sega Mega-drive,
Nintendo SNES and the
Sony Playstation
• Some of the famous games
include Sonic the Hedgehog,
• The Latest consoles include
the Microsoft’s XBox 360,
Sony’s Playstation 3,
Nintendo’s Wii and Wii U

6. • processor capabilities
of latest games
console are 3-2ghz
Power PC cores.
• Display capabilities are
1080p
• Storage capabilities
500gb
• Able to connect to the
internet
• Devises used to play
consoles are controller
pads

7. • The first game was
introduced in 1962 ad
was called ‘Spacewar’
• Famous console like
‘Alienware’
• Latest games inlude
‘Football manager
2014’, ‘Battlefield 4’
‘COD Ghosts’ and
‘Batman Arkham
Origins’

8. • Enjoy amazing visuals with
desktop graphics card options,
including the powerful 1.5GB
GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX
660 and speedy Intel Core i73770 processor.
• Experience big HD gaming
without a big box. On its side
or standing upright, it's
designed to fit any living space.
Also 3d ready. Display
capabilities are 1080p
• Able to connect to the
internet.
• You can use keyboard, mouse,
joysticks and controllers.

9. • Processing
capabilities: A7
processor, 64 bit
architecture; upto
twice as fast as the
iPad4 processor.
• 9.7 inch display
2048 x 1536
resolution 3.1
million pixels

10. • Storage: from 16
Gb to 128 Gb
• Connectivity: it can
connect to the
internet by Wi-Fi
and 3G