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First Video Game Systems to the Latest in Gaming Consoles
First Video Game Systems to the Latest in Gaming Consoles
The history of video games has come a long way. Today, you will see video game consoles integrated with state-of-the-art graphics technology and amazing sound quality that can rival your home entertainment systems. There are even gaming consoles that has different features that can rival your home PC.
For example, you will find that some gaming consoles available today have realistic graphics and Hollywood-like acting. Computer generated 3D characters even contains facial expressions and body movements almost similar to the real thing.
If you play with these consoles, you will see that the characters in it move very much like real people. But, in fact, these characters are the product of the latest 3D technology available. Not only that, characters in these games even have human like features. Some even have beards, different eye colors, and some even have hairs that moves just like the real thing.
Other integrated features that you will see in some gaming consoles available in the market today are the memory cards, where you can save your game progress, joysticks and steering wheels to add a little more realism to driving and flight simulation games, simulated guns to add realism to shooting games, and even vibration feedback to controls.
There are even gaming consoles available in the market today that can be connected to the internet. With these feature, you can join multiplayer games in the internet and play with other people from all over the world. So, if you get bored fighting AI (artificial intelligence) from regular games, you can buy a game that is available for massively multiplayer online role playing games or MMORPG.
However, before you go out and buy the real thing, you should know where all these games started. Just like any other invention, gaming consoles or gaming systems started out as having rough graphics, simple sounds and very simple game play.
In the early years of video game systems, you will find that it all started out in a simple game that was called “Tennis for Two”. This particular video game was introduced back in 1958 and was consisted of two horizontal lines across the screen, and a short perpendicular line that represented the net.
This particular game was the root of all video games and from here, video game developers started competing and producing different games and came to the point of having great graphics and sound quality.
In the mid 70s, a company called Atari came out with a video game system that revolutionized the world of video games. It was called the Video Computer System or VCS. This system became one of the hottest selling gaming systems in its day. As you see today’s latest gaming system, you will find it hard to believe that people even bought these things.
However, you have to consider the fact that in the past, because of the early technology in graphics and sounds, and 3D graphics were virtually non existent, these video gaming systems were considered as state-of-the-art. And, many people enjoyed playing with it. If you were born in this era, and played with these video game systems, you know how much fun it is to play with.
Integrated with simple graphics, simple sound effects and simple game play, it was relatively easy to play with. The whole family can really spend hours on end to play with video game systems in the past. Everyone can play with these simple machines, even children.
Today, since game developers are taking games to another level, adding realistic graphics and realistic sounds, each game are now rated by the ESRB or the Entertainment Software Rating Board. You will see that each of the gaming title will contain letters, such as E, T, M, and AO. These letters represent on who can play the game. E represents Everyone, T represents Teens only, M for Mature gamers, and AO represents Adults Only.
More and more games today are integrated with realism of violence and gore where it can really affect your child’s psychology. This is why it is important for you to check the ESRB rating before buying a particular game.
There are even games available today that can recreate the battlefield in World War II. You can even see bodies around the simulated Normandy beach that are either decapitated or a realistic person spurting blood calling out for a medic.
You can easily see how long video game systems have come in terms of graphics and sound quality.
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New Consoles: How They Affect The Industry?
New Consoles: How They Affect The Industry?
Due to daily alteration in Internet, the online gaming industries are changing continuously faster than any other industry at present gaming industry is on the doorstep of a slope and no one can even guess where it will stop. With these changes console based systems linked to the Internet. Playstation2 and Dreamcast are the two separating lines between PC games and console-based games are becoming indistinct. Liam Dorey an avid gamer and Inscriber programmer states that gaming organization can be divided into three separate areas like open gaming systems, console gaming systems and closed controlled systems. There are so many disbeliefs with gamers that whether the fresh console systems will at any time be capable to contend with computers in online gaming. They think that they are too far away to fill the gap.
According to present conclusion about the consoles he may be correct. As per the Associated Press report the game machine technology is very complicated and needs money and time to produce excellent games. Because of high costs of machines producing companies earn their income by selling of games. Playstation2 was installed in previous year that a produces three directional image with a dominant 128-bit workstation is a money deficit for Sony due to its needs. As per CNN.com report the Dreamcast launched by Sega was the first to reach the 128-bit plateau, expected to eclipse its sales by PlayStation2. Sega’s report says that due to fatalities of the plug Dreamcast game console will pull down.
The company is thinking to produce games for its competitor Sony’s PlayStation2. Sega also downplayed press notes that it would be stopping making of its Dreamcast video game console. The games are installed online connecting individual players with master computer working as the major server and the others like clients. The benefit of these games is that individual is not paying any further cost once they have bought the game. Dorey said one drawback is that you can control the server to provide you a benefit in playing the game.
The generator of Quake III Arena, id Software is known as one of the developer of the online gaming organization. Human Tornado belongs to IDG said that Doom an online game has altered the path of computer games were designed and played forever. Doom’s game play has given way to many copied games and a multitude of sequels in addition to provide the platforms for recent classics as imaginary tournament. Further he added that the “bloody battles of a nameless space marine against an invading alien horde were chronicled in what can be considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest PC action game ever… The premise is simple: Shoot everything that moves.” Further more the range of armaments starting from the humble pistol to the rocket launcher all are reputable as principles in self-shooters these times.
Computer Gaming field introduced together Doom and Wolfenstein 3-D into their popularity, identifies game names that set the customs for superiority in the industry of games. Dorey recognizes the other games system like the congested system blizzard.com is the definitive model of this system. The games launched by Blizzard Entertainment comprise most hits like Starcraft and Diablo II. Starcraft is a genuine time imitation game that means you can clash your rival in genuine time and you can command the military.
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