The first company to produce, launch, and disseminate a video game in the December of 1975 was 'Atari'. The game console was incorporated with two knobs, one on the right side and the other on the left.
These knobs were used to move a rectangular block on the console screen left and right, which allowed a user to hit a ball between another user. The game was known as 'pong', and was similar to the table tennis video game that we play today.
After two years, 'Atari' invented another console, which was based on a cartridge system, and was known as the
Video Computer System. Several other games were invented which could be played on the Atari 2600;
like galaxian, space invaders, donkey kong, etc. Many other video games were invented in 1980, which
were more interesting than the earlier ones; such as defender, battle zone, and even the most famous 'pacman'.
In 1985, game consoles lost their share among the public, as there were advanced PC and hand-held
unit games available in the market. Later, a company known as Nintendo Entertainment System created the
animated characters 'Mario' and 'Luigi', which became well-known in the game 'Super Mario Bros.' This is one of the best selling games ever in history, children were able to identify 'Mario' more than the legendary 'mickey mouse'.
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As this technology evolved in the early 1990s, several action and first-person shooting games were bought
into the scene, like 'Wolfenstein 3D' and 'Doom'. During these years, computers became well suited for handling such 3D games.
With a leap in computer technology, the fifth generation of video games ushered in the three-dimensional era of gaming.
The 'doom' game had certainly set a standard for action shooting games along with good 3D graphics.
In the mid 1990s, the 'Sim' series of games were introduced to the public, which had several other versions
such as the SimCity, SimEarth, SimAnt, and many more. Such games gave the developers an idea of introducing a multi-player facility in similar games.
As we see in today's action games, the multi-player facility has become very common.
Though Sega and Nintendo each released their fair share of highly-rated, on-brand 3D titles, the established video game companies couldn’t compete with Sony’s strong third-party support, which helped the Playstation secure numerous exclusive titles.
Sony dominated the video game market and would continue to do so into the next generation.
In fact, the Playstation 2, released in 2000 and able to play original Playstation games, would become the best-selling game console of all time.
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The Playstation 2, which was the first console that used DVDs, went up against the Sega Dreamcast, the Nintendo Gamecube, and Microsoft’s Xbox.
In 2005 and 2006, Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s Playstation 3, and Nintendo’s Wii kicked off the modern age of high-definition gaming.
Though the Playstation 3—the only system at the time to play Blu-rays—was successful in its own right, Sony, for the first time, faced stiff competition from its rivals.
The Xbox 360, which had similar graphics capabilities to the Playstation 3, was lauded for its online gaming ecosystem and won far more Game Critics Awards than the other platforms in 2007.
It also featured the Microsoft Kinect, a state-of-the-art motion capture system that offered a different way to play video games.
In 2011, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure brought video games into the physical world. The game required players to place plastic toy figures onto an accessory, which reads the toys’ NFC tags to bring the characters into the game.
In 2016, Sony released a more powerful version of its console, called the Playstation 4 Pro, the first console capable of 4K video output.
Nowadays, there are many advanced 3D games available in several genres, such as shooting, sports, puzzles, action, horror, racing, etc. These games also include a high-quality surround sound and highly advanced graphics.
Julia Pieczonka 8H
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