Week 2

Today we played a game called Cloud. It is a very simple game but fun because of the way it is played. The character is simple but the way you progress the game keeps it interesting.

The earliest games where played in the 70's. In America 1972 the first 8-bit home console was released, the Magnavox Odyssey.

In the 80's things started to take off with computer gaming, online gaming, and the Nintendo System. The games played on them where things like Zelda, Pac Man, Donkey Kong, etc... at this time the first hand held devices where being introduced.

The 90's was what I remember in gaming where we started to go in to 16-bit 2D and 32-bit 3D graphics. Systems like PlayStation and Nintendo 64 where evolving to release classics like The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. (a personal favorite from the time) We also started to see game on mobile phones. Snake was the most popular.

Then we go from the 00's till today. we had the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Cube. Then the PS3, Xbox 360, and the Wii. also much higher quality hand held game consoles like the PSP and Nintendo DS. Both still evolving to even higher heights with not 3D technology in the new 3DS.

Gaming has come a long way in a short period of time I cannot weight to see what we get in the next 40 years because who know what people will come up with. I do know that ill be using as much of it as I can while im around =P

Info from the web, mostly Wikipedia.