● History
The history of video gaming goes all the way back to the early 1950s. The first proper video game was created that time. People considered Spacewar! the first widely recognized video game. Academic computer scientists began to design games and simulations for research as well as for leisure. It was all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, people began to play arcade games, gaming consoles, and PC games. During that time, game units and game designs perfectly reflected the advanced development of computing technology; the idea of video gaming was defined. Up till now, the entire history of video games has been divided into eight generations.
The first generation designates the time when home consoles first came out. Pong and its various clones were most popular. From 1976 to 1992 was the second generation.During that time,game consoles emerged. When the 8-bit units showed up, they declared the beginning of the third generation that spanned between 1983 to 1985. The fourth-generation consoles, which were 16-bit models, came into beingfrom 1987 to 1999. The 1990s was the time when video games entered the 3D gaming era. Spanning between 1993 and 2006, it was the fifth generation, with its consoles improved for both handheld units and PC’s gaming, on 32 and 64-bit units. During the fifth generation, mobilephone gaming arose. In the 2000s, the sixth generation of consoles were issued. In this generation, mobilephone games and online gamesclaimed their major presence on the market. In the seventh generation, from 2005 to 2012, the most popular console was the Wii console. 2013 witnessed the birth of the eighth generation, with its main consoles including Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
● Game consoles
- Family Computer (FC)
Family Computer is known as the Famicom, which was marketed by Nintendo on July 15, 1983. Famicom is an 8-bit home video game console (third generation). Since 1985, it has been released in Europe and the United States under the name Nintendo Entertainment System. Famicom was the best-selling game console of the time, with a cumulative global sales of more than 61 million units. The emergence of Famicom had a profound effect on video games. It enabled the American video game industry to recover from the impact it received in the 1983 crash. There are a lot of groundbreaking games on Famicom. Super Mario Bro. is a pioneer in side-scrolling video games. At the same time, the Legend of Zelda made built-in memory system popular (the technology of “battery storage recording”). The most popular game of Famicom is Super Mario Bro. It sold 40.24 million copies worldwide.
- Game Boy (GB)
GB stands for Game Boy, which is an 8-bit handheld game console. It was also marketed by Nintendo. Game boy is the first handheld unit in the Game Boy family. It has three modified models. The first one is Game Boy Pocket, which is a small and light unit that runs on batteries. The second one is Game Boy Light; it adds the features of electroluminescent backlight for low-light conditions. The thrid one is Game Boy Color, which is a color-screen model. Game Boy has sold apporximately 118 million units in total. GB has five buttons. A, B, select, start and directional pad. The game memory is stored on its ROM cartridge. The most popular game of Game Boy is Pokémon Red and Blue.
- Wii
Wii was released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. It belongs in the seventh generation of home console. On the market, Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. It made a strong entrace into the market, however, the global sales of Wii was outstripped by that of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It still sells more than 101 million units. The most special thing about Wii is that it works with the “Wii Remote controller”. The Wii Remote controller is a handheld pointing device, which detects manual motions. Also, Wii can receive information and updates over the Internet. Wii games are issued on Wii DISC’s; the most popular game of Wii is Wii Sports.
● Classic Games
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Tetris
Tetris was the most popular video game around the world from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. It is the predecessor of various puzzle games we play today. The word Tetris was coined from the prefix “tetra,” which means “four” in Greek. (Because all blocks are made up of four sub-blocks.) , and “tennis,” its designer Alexey Pajitnov's favorite sport. Tertis also became the most popular game in the Game Boy history. Electronic Gaming Monthly listed this game No.1 of the Greatest 100 Games. Because of its mathematical and dynamic features and its lasting popularity,Tetris is widely adopted as a training program for game programming.
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Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. is a platform game marketed by Nintendo in 1985, first played on Famicom. The player needs to control the character Mario to save Princess Toadstool from the main antagonist Koopa. The second player controls Luigi, Mario's younger brother. Mario can collect coins scattered around the Mushroom Kingdom. The player has a certain number of lives. The game is composed of eight worlds, each with four sublevels called “stages” in it. Super Mario Bros. sells more than 40 million physical copies.
In retro, even though these classic games’ art design and audio effects are not as good as those trending games at the present time, they claim their own credits and merits with their origianlity, niches, etc. If you are a big fan of video gaming, you should definitely go back to these classic games without missing any.
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