Most of us today have either a Wii, a PS3, or an Xbox. We can play games that are in full HD, with 3D graphics, interact with the game by Kinetic, MotionPlus, or Move, play the games on a dolby surround sound, and have storage availability up to 500 Gb. Some of you may have portable consoles that have all the above in a 8 inch console. Gaming has come a long way since the 60's.
Gaming would not be here if it wasn't for all the competition that has happened between consoles. Every time a new console came out in the past, a competitor would try to make a new one with slight better features. Now, they had technology restrictions and technology back then used to cost to much. Today we have companies working on games based on virtual reality, like Oculus Rift. I am actually very excited for that small project right there.
Todays consoles are owned by Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Those are the major companies that have grown a lot over the years. But what is the history behind them? First of all, let us go back to 1922 when " The father of video games" emerged. His name, known by many gamers, is Ralph H. Baer who made the first console prototype named simply the Brown Box (mainly since it kind of was a brown box).
We have hundreds of games today, with genres such as rpg, action, shooting, sports, racing, simulators, adventure, puzzles, etc. However, the Brown box could only play 6 games (and you can imagine how crappy the visuals where) which are ping-pong, tennis, handball, volleyball, chase games, and light-gun games. Jeepers, ain't that a lot of fun. On top of that, the games had no sound which made for a great sitting with friends while two played and other 4 where shouting of how much of a crappy player you are.
Hope you guys enjoyed this little "Did you know" session. Again, hope you leave a comment or a like to help me with my College project.
Gaming would not be here if it wasn't for all the competition that has happened between consoles. Every time a new console came out in the past, a competitor would try to make a new one with slight better features. Now, they had technology restrictions and technology back then used to cost to much. Today we have companies working on games based on virtual reality, like Oculus Rift. I am actually very excited for that small project right there.
Todays consoles are owned by Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Those are the major companies that have grown a lot over the years. But what is the history behind them? First of all, let us go back to 1922 when " The father of video games" emerged. His name, known by many gamers, is Ralph H. Baer who made the first console prototype named simply the Brown Box (mainly since it kind of was a brown box).
We have hundreds of games today, with genres such as rpg, action, shooting, sports, racing, simulators, adventure, puzzles, etc. However, the Brown box could only play 6 games (and you can imagine how crappy the visuals where) which are ping-pong, tennis, handball, volleyball, chase games, and light-gun games. Jeepers, ain't that a lot of fun. On top of that, the games had no sound which made for a great sitting with friends while two played and other 4 where shouting of how much of a crappy player you are.
Hope you guys enjoyed this little "Did you know" session. Again, hope you leave a comment or a like to help me with my College project.
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