It is not just about "waka waka waka!"! a history overview of gaming (Ala N. Dawod, Games content and community specialist Yahoo! Middle east) #AmmanTT Gaming Edition

1. It is not just about “wakawakawaka”!! Ala N. Dawod Games content and community specialist Yahoo! Middle east

2. What is “wakawakawaka” When someone says “games”…. Is this what goes into your mind? If yes, prepare for the following… If not,…. Also prepare for the following!!

3. Videogames… origins “William Higinbotham” invented a device that allow tow players to play a tennis-like game in 1958

4. In 1961, Steve Russell invented a game called “Spacewar!” on the PDP-1 computer.

5. Ralph Baer thought about electronic games in the mid 50’s And is developed in the device called Odyssey in 1972

6. And in 1972 , Nolan Bushnell started a company with a 500 $ !!! Started a company and named it “go”

8. And after some time… They made coin machine called “pong”

10. the placed the machine in a bar. And watched from a distance. People liked “this new thing”. And they made a success. And stated producing 100 machines a day!!

11. At that point when arcade machines that were successful. They decided to inter people’s homes in 1975 And they made this

13. And they also made famous consoles… Atari VCS 2600 (1977)

14. The company was sold for 28 millions… which was at that time 1976. But the company has deteriorated since then. Which marked a new dawn for another competitor

15. Nintendo was originally a card games maker from 1889! But they saw something interesting in video games and decided to shift and work in the games section But they saw the real success after hiring this man

16. The student on the fine art There was a young man Graduated with a degree in fine arts Joined the company as a game designer

17. So he came up with this game: Donkey kong

18. This was the precursor for the star of games of all times. The best seller of all time (collectively more than 200 million units !!) Later became: Mario

19. At that time his name was “jump man”. And he was a part of donkey kong game. Then in the 1983 he starred in his own game.

20. He is also the creator all great Nintendo games: Mario Zelda Wii sport Wii music

21. معقولة؟!! According to a study: 69% of adults recognize MARIO, While only 53% recognize Paris Hilton (ICM research) I WIN

22. Sony enters the race Sony entered the gaming area in 1994 with “Playstation” and became a key player in the gaming industry. Sony broke records in sales for PS1 by selling more than 100 million units

23. And continued stunning success with the PS2 Which is considered until today as the best seller in the history of videogames buy selling around 150 million units

24. A lesson of believing in your self Ken kutaragi story Aka: the father of playstation

25. ! الرابط العجيب ما الرابط بين هذه اللعبة ؟

26. و هذا الفيلم؟

27. The answer is This man: Shinji mikami Designer of Aladdin game…. And … Resident Evil games

28. Are you a fan of Farmville? V.S. Time magazine tells you it is on of THE WORST INVENTIONS EVER!! Time magazine made a list of worst 50 inventions ever made, and Farmville was one of them because it a productivity killer, and it is only a series of mindless endless clicking Which – as a videogames geek – made me very happy 

29. Response to the facebook comment… Street fighter 4 note… Quote “I hope they talk about street fighter 4 LOL” Well,… CAPCOM announced that they sold 4 MILLION copies of street fighter 4

30. And the announced …. Streetfighter X Tekken

31. Games influence on other media: Series … where gamer geeks are the center of the story Big bang theory (series) Comics: Penny arcade Music: Petey Pablo

32. Video games now Video games are now extremely popular. Some people consider them more entertaining that movies.

33. Are games better than movies? Spider-Man creator Stan Lee has said he believes games are catching up with films these days - and in even surpassing them in some respects!!

34. Are games better than movies? Well in figures, the game “call of duty modern warfare2” sold 20 million copies. With revenue of 1.2 billion dollars It had the most successful opening day in the history of all entertainment. With 6 million copies in the opening day It has beaten Batman the dark knight movie , and harry potter movie in the total of revenue for the first week.

35. 2005 Microsoft xbox 360 has sold 40 million units until now

38. Apple in gaming… Did apple enter the gaming field ? What is the name of the device? PIPPIN

40. And to stress more on my point Shigeru myimoto upon receiving the BAFTA award… Yes games can grant you a bafta award

41. And also atari founder nolanbushnell

42. In the end… Games are an equal form of art just like any other form of art, like movie, music, anything And here’s a sample

43. Video 2

44. Any questions?

45. ما نوع الجهاز الذي إقتنيته من الحقبة الكلاسيكية؟ What classical console did you own? سيغا ميغا دريف 1. Sega Mega Drive سوبر نينتيندو 2. Super Nintendo نينتيندو فاميلي3. NES (Nintendo or "Family") أتاري 4. Atari 2600 2600 معظمهم 5. Most of them ولا واحد 6. None of them للتصويت، الرجاء ارسال ما يلي باستخدام تويتر: Please vote using twitter as follows: [CHOICE NUMBER] #TTGE1 #AmmanTT e.g. (1 #TTGE1 #AmmanTT) Amman Tech Tuesdays “Gaming Edition” – August 3rd