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Gaming History

Posted by virtualinfocom On 4:51 AM 1 comments

The so called “Golden Age” of arcade games reached its peak in the early ‘80s. During this time, a number of new genres was established, & many new genres were established, &many new innovations in graphics technology were taken place.
Computer gaming didn’t happen until 1982 when two machines were released specifically for gaming the commodore 64 & the ZX spectrum. Initially, the low image processing quality & graphics capabilities of computers limited the types of games released for home computers. These limitations gave rise to text based adventure games. Games such as adventure & Zork established this genre for consoles & P.C.s.
In 1980, a game called Mystery House was published for the Apple-II. This game has a distinction of having been called the first graphic adventure for home computers.
In 1983, SuperSet Software created a text-based computer game called Snipes. This game, played over a network, was designed to test a particular network. And that led to an invention that brought about a big change in the network capabilities in the machine; today Snipes is officially credited as being the original inspiration for Novell Netware.

Online Gaming, Handhelds And The Late 1980s
With the reduced market demand for arcade games & the high cost of newer consoles, a new segment emerged. This was the handheld games market. The development in LCD & LEDs fuelled this parallel segment. The predecessors of today’s handheld gaming device include the PlayStation Portable, the Nintendo Revolution among others.
Improving LCD technology meant that the new handhelds were more reliable & consumed lesser battery power than LED games.
Online gaming finds its roots in the bulletin board systems of yore. BBSes then had crude text-entry interfaces. However, the fact that people were connected to each other using the BBSes meant that multi-player gaming was a possibility. Because of the obvious limitations, most games on BBSes were text-based games or popular gambling games. The most natural progression for these games played on the bulletin board systems was online gaming and has today spawned a number of online gaming concepts such as MMORPG.
Internet gaming took off only after first person shooters came into vogue. Games such as Quake could be played over the internet (or any other network) & this increased the popularity of these games as well as other online multiplayer games. Multiplayer capability is now the norm in all FPS & RTS games. Online gaming also includes a genre called simply ’Internet Games ’.

Action Games
As the name suggests, action games have everything to do with fighting, guns, killing bad guys & saving the world. Action also happens to be the most well-known of all genres and the most controversial at the same time. While gamers & developers go gaga over the latest action games, they also come in for a lot of flak from the media for promoting violence.
The action genre has many sub-genres. A few of them are:
  1. A. FPS: Probably the most famous of all genres. FPS stands for First Person Shooter. It places you in the boots of the main character of the game. And only lets you see the game from his point of view. This gives you the feeling of actually being in the game. The FPS genre can be further sub-divided into the following:
  1. 1. Stealth: These games are based on the ability to sneak around without being seen by opponents. They are different from traditional FPSes because they place more emphasis on sneaking around rather than on an all-guns-blazing approach.
  2. 2. Old School: These feature the run-and-gun type of game play. Action in such games is fast paced, with tons of enemies.
  3. 3. Tactical: These games place emphasis on tactics, strategy & teamwork. In many ways, these are the exact opposite of the run-and-gun type of games.
  4. 4. Military/War: These are military games, based on the art of war. Examples are- The Medal Of Honour series and Call of Duty. As the player, you are placed in various war missions, which may not enable you to single-handedly save the world, but are nonetheless important in the ultimate outcome of the war.
  5. 5. Survival Horror: These is a relatively new sub-genre in FPS gaming. Here, the player is placed in a scary situation. Usually involving ghosts or monsters; the sole objective of the game is survival. Naturally, the basic game play consists of running and gunning, but puzzle-solving elements are also usually built into the game.
  1. B. TPS: TPS stands for Third-Person shooter. Games in this category are similar to FPSes in most aspects, except that instead of giving you a first person view, it places you ‘outside’ the body of your character.
  1. C. Platform: This genre consists of games where the player has to move around on, or jump to and from, a number of platforms. At the same time, one also has to fight enemies and collect objects to successfully complete the game.

Strategy
Strategy games place the spotlight on the player’s thinking & decision-making abilities. That’s why some people call strategy games “the thinking man’s game”.
The strategy genre can be further sub-divided into:
  1. A. Puzzle: Puzzle games involve solving puzzles, which could involve logic, pattern recognition, and strategy. These games are extremely popular because of their simplicity and ease of use. Tetris, Minesweeper and Solitaire are examples of puzzle games.
  1. B. RPG: RPG stands for Role-Playing Game. They generally involve long, intricate plots with an emphasis on character development. As the game progresses, the characters gain various abilities & can achieve feats. The gamer has to choose which feats to acquire so as to complete the game.
  1. C. Real-time Strategy Games: As the name implies, the action in such games takes place in real-time—that is, the state of the game is constantly changing. Hence the player has to always be on his toes and keep modifying his strategy to match changing environments. These are known as RTS games In short, and have become extremely popular today.
  1. D. Board games: Board games are simply digitized versions of classic board games. Games such as backgammon, chess, and checkers have all been made for computers, as you’re probably aware.
  1. E. Sims: ‘Sim’ is short for ‘simulator’. Sims are simulator games that usually put their focus on strategy.

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