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Ingls II

Tema:

VideoVideo GamesGames

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A video game is a game thatinvolves interaction with a user

interface to generate visual

feedback on a video device.

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USE OF THE TERM.

The term video gameis used as a synonym of console

But console is not synonymous with video gamesystem

The Atari 2600 and other consoles from last decadeswere called video game systems

First company who officially used the tem console was

Fairchild with the Video Entertainment System (VES) IN

1976.

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HISTORY

First Generation.

Until 1972 Magnavox released the first home video gameconsole.

The Magnavox Odyssey was invented by Ralph H. Baer.

Ataris arcade game Pong popularized video games.

Magnavox played PONG and hockey the Odyssey 100.

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The Odyssey 200 was placed on the market but the

people preferred to play simple pong and pong-

derived games.

Fairchild released the Fairchild Video Entertainment

System (VES) IN 1976.

The VES contained a programmable microprocessor

so its cartridges only needed a single ROM chip to

store microprocessor instructions.

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In 1977, manufacturers of older obsolete consoles created

a glut in the market and abandon their game consoles.

Only Atari and Magnavox stayed in the home consolemarket.

Until Atari released a conversion of the arcade hit SpaceInvaders in 1980 home console industry was completely

revived.

Throughout the early 980s other companies released

video game consoles of their own.

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Second Generation.

Many of the video game were superior to the Atari 2600.

However, Atari dominated the console market throughout

the early 1980s

In 1983, the video game business suffered a much more

severe crash.

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A flood of consoles, glut of low quality video games

like Atari which introduce games such as E.T. That

were poorly received.

Mattel Electronics sold the rights of their Intellivision

system to the INTV Corporation, who continued

producing new games for Intellivision until 1991.

Other North American game consoles were

discontinued by 1984.

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Fourth Generation.

Segas Master System was intended to compete with the

NES, but never gained any significant market.

The next-generation console, the Sega Mega Drive,

which was released in Japan on October 29 1988, in theUS in August 1989 (renamed as The Sega Genesis) and

in Europe in 1990.

Two years before Nintendo could release the Super

Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

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Fifth Generation.

Atari Jaguar and the 3DO much more powerful than theSNES or Genesis, they could display more onscreen colors

and the 3DO used CDs that contained more information and

cheaper to produce.

The 3DO cost more than the SNES and Genesis combined,

and the Jaguar was extremely difficult to program. The 3DO

was eventually discontinued.

Nintendo released games like Donkey Kong Country that

could display a wide range of tones.

Star Fox used an extra chip inside of the cartridge to display

polygon graphics.

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Fifth Generation.

It was not until Sonys Play station, Segas Tatum and the

Nintendo 64 consoles from fifth generation become popular.

The Satun and PlayStation used CDs to store games while

the N64still used cartridges.

All the games cost far less than the 3DO, and were easier to

program than the Jaguar.

The Saturn also had 2D sprite handling power on par with

the Neo-Geo.

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Segas Dream cast was the first of the generations

consoles to be discontinued in 2001and it

transitioned to software development only.

Some of the games of this generation are: Sonys

PlayStation 2, Nintendos Game Cube andMicrosofts Xbox.

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Seventh Generation.

The features introduced in this generation include using

newer high-definition discs like Blue-Ray utilized by the Play

station 3.

Another new technology is to use motion of the controller as

input and understanding where the controller is pointing onthe screen.

Microsofts Xbox 360 was released on November 22,2005.The Xbox 360 was the first console with the ability to

use wireless controllers of the box.

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The Xbox Live service is the hallmark of the systemand the console can connect the service via the

Internet.

Sony's Play Station 3 was released in North

America on November 17, 2006. Controllers

connect to the console through Blue tooth.