History of video game consoles

The history of gaming dates back all the way to 1940 when the traditional game nim was created and displayed at the Westinghouse display at the World's Fair. it wasn't very popular and they still had a lot of work to do to come up with more appealing features. They finally came up with a big hit in 1972 with the introduction of Pong, Pong was created by atari and was a major hit and probably considered one of the main foundations to current video games of today. But this did not stop them from…

7. Donkey Kong Donkey Kong was a successful Arcade game of a small Japanese manufacturer, Nintendo. The game saw the first appearance of Mario. In the game Mario had to jump the construction sites to protect his girlfriend from Donkey Kong. Atari turned down the offer from Nintendo to license Donkey Kong as they thought the asking price was too high. At that time Atari had an 88% profit margin on the cartridges Atari was making and Nintendo was asking for $2 per cartridge. Nintendo later sold…

are many ways to entertain oneself through modern media. All of these mediums have a varying level of interactivity in them and the most interactive can be seen as video games. This interactive study is based on the notion that violence in video games is the cause of violence in the real world due to the interactive nature of video games. I find this topic significant due to many other outlets of media either condemning violence in gamings or using violence in gaming as a scapegoat as the cause…

(2014). Console Wars: Sega Vs Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation. London: Atlantic Books. This book is a general history of the 'console war' between Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System console and Sega's Genesis/Mega Drive console, showing the viewpoint of various Nintendo and Sega employees, along with others involved in the game industry at the time. The book contains a lot of technical information and showed very clearly how the technology used in video games…

across the world play videogames as a pastime. However, the international success of video gaming, paired with the rise of global connectivity via the Internet, means that many ethical issues can arise. Video games have existed since the 1950s, but their popularity first boomed in the 70s. A company named Atari dominated the industry, until various high budget games caused them to go bankrupt, and gave video games a bad name in the western world. In the 80s, Nintendo, a Japanese company,…

a large impact on our culture. In the early 1970s the company became interested in video games. In 1975 they released their first game, called EVR Race, and Shortly afterwards…

Sony has done a marvelous job over the years with their PlayStation consoles. Whether you are talking about the PS1 or the PS4, Sony always has delivered. Over the consoles history, the PlayStation has seen some of the greatest video games of all-time, and here are ten that you need to play before you die. 10. DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 3D fighting games are very unique, and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 may be the best. With an enormous character roster and gameplay that improved…

In the 1960s and 70’s, video games were created to make a relaxing escape from reality and stress. While evident from the gaming trend of violent and realistic shooting and fighting themed games from more modern times, the gaming industry has obviously strayed from its roots of relaxation and stress relief, but there is no denying gaming success. Over the years, video games have evolved tremendously. Modern video games are much more real to life, but people are worried about the effects of…

describe video games. I’ve been playing video games for over five years now and have noticed the increase in violence. I remember one of the first really violent games I played “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City”. As an 8 year old kid playing this game, rated M for mature, filled with lots of death, sex, and abuse of drugs and alcohol it led to be the gateway into my life of playing violent video games. I believe that video games are not the cause for making people violent. This is because violent…

The U.S. industry research firm IBIS world rated the video game industry as the 7th top fastest growing industry in the world from 2000-2016.() Emerging Markets The video game industry has tremendous potential to continue its strong pattern of growth throughout the coming years. A large portion of this continued growth can be attributed to major emerging markets in the video game industry that until recently have been inaccessible for various reasons. A few of these major emerging markets in…