Task 01: Use the links below to research some
facts about the history of computer games:
There are quite
a number of websites devoted to the history of computer games.
Here are some:
Gives a
description of the early developments of computer games until around 1985.
A site with
brief reviews and images of many of the games produced for the various
consoles, ranging from the Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 3.
Interesting
site with an overview of many gameplay innovations and the first games that
used them.
Useful timeline
Year 9 History of Games Questionnaire 01 Mr Ealey
1. In what year
did Physicist Willy
Higinbotham invent the first
video game?
2. Which
newly founded company created the hugely successful arcade game Pong in 1972?
3. What was
the first game to use vector graphics?
4. What was
the name of the first colour game?
5. After
dropping out of college in 1972, which company did Steve Jobs work for?
6. What was
the name of the first home video system?
7. What was
the name of the first arcade game to track and display high scores?
8. In 1979,
what game was the first to allow users to enter three character initials,
enabling high scorers’ names to be saved?
9. Why did
the game Death Race cause the controversy that caused it to be withdrawn in
1976?
10. Find and
show images of the following game interfaces:
Pacman (1980)
Donkey Kong
(1981)
Space
Invaders (1978)
Mario
Brothers (1983)
11. In what
years where these games released?
Super Breakout – Atari
Space Wars - Cinematronics
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