Midterm Flashcards
What was special about the atari Pong
First commercial video game
What were 3 first uses of VG
Military and demonstrate new tech
Bertie the brain did what game
Tic Tac Toe
Aspects of Arcade
-one game
-expensive over time
-better hardware then people could buy at the time
-social aspect
-specialized equipment
Atari 2600
First successful console
Space invaders
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Super mario brothers made it popular
Sega
-Better tech and cheaper
-Nintendo was more popular due to exclusive licenses and child friendly
SNES
Golden age
Popular bc of Super mario world
Why did play station overtake Nintendo in late 1990s
Nintendo was too child friendly
Gamers were growing older
Third Party devs
Xbox
2001
First with hard drive packaged (save and download possible)
Halo
Xbox Live
First unified console network infrastructure
Online capabilities
Down load content
Subscription
Windows Live
early cross platform attempt
Shadowrun among first Xbox-Pc
Limited popularity
Universal Windows Platform
-Using the same code for different platforms
-Good for Apps not for Games
-Incompatibility with third party distributors
-Difficulty to mod
Wii
-Dominate the market due to broad demographic targeting
-Innovative controllers
Xbox kinect
inspired by wii
facial recognition software
Used camera
used for a bunch of different things
