Unit 14 PR1

1. Arcade Games
The first ever arcade game made was Galaxy in 1971 by students in Stanford University. It was a coin
operated game which means you require a coin to play the game. The best arcade games were Pac
Man, Galaga, Pong, Star Wars, Ms Pac Man, Asteroids, Defender, Tron and much more.
Arcade games are still famous now and some are still being made and people still play them. But through
out the years it develops and changes into something new. Like the new updated arcade games but still has
the vintage style into it.
Back in the 1970’s when they play arcade games they tend to play with joy sticks and that’s how they used to
control and play the game compare to now when we use wireless controllers and more advance compare to
before.

2. Xbox Games
The Xbox 360 began on March 30, 2005 with the second video game console
developed by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with
Sony’s PlayStation 3. As of June 30, 2013 78.2 million Xbox 360 consoles have been
sold worldwide.
For the Xbox 360 the have games what the PlayStation 3 doesn’t have like Halo, Left
For Dead, Need For Speed and much more.
The Xbox 360 has the aspects of a built in fan and a larger memory, new design with
the touch to open the disk tray. Also with the controller more up to date compare to
just using a joy stick. But now it’s a controller pad with more advance controls to it.

3. PlayStation Games
The PlayStation 3 was released on November 11, 2006. The console was first officially
announced at the electronic entertainment expo 2005. it was delayed several times until
finally hitting stores at the end of the year. It was the first console to use Blu-Ray Disc.
With the memory 20GB up to 500GB and new technology with a touch to turn on the
console of with the Dual shock controller, PlayStation 3 with the new graphics of 1080p
they made gaming more better for other people.
A further refined Super Slim design was released in late 2012, and made over 75 million
PlayStation 3s have been sold worldwide. It’s a successor with the PlayStation 4 set for
November 15, 2013 release.
With the PlayStation 3 they also have games of their own like Infamous 2, Kill zone, God
of War, Little Big Planet, Grand Turismo, Heavy Rain and many more.

4. PC Games
The first desktop computer produced and invented by the Italian engineer. It was launched at 1964.
Gaming PC’s are more advances compare to consoles and a lot more different like with the highest
upgraded pc it could go up to more than 1080p and a huge memory that goes up to 2TB (Terabytes) and an
upgraded RAM the PC is very responsive and could load up within seconds.
The range price can go up to with lowest price of £200 up to a highest range price of £20,000 or more.
However while a gaming PC is built to achieve performance for actual maximize gameplay. The best game
for is probably recommended for PC is the latest games since they are more up to date and better graphics
and gameplay.
The controls for the PC is completely different compare to consoles since PC has a keyboard and a mouse.
You move the mouse to guide a character and the keyboard to move your character.
Also a PC is connectivity available it could work as a wireless or wired but since it’s a desktop it connections
would be more faster if its wired .

5. Hand-Held Devices
The iPhone 5s includes the new Touch ID, built right into the home button and scans your fingerprint to unlock your
iPhone 5s. Its also available to purchases from iTunes or the App Store.
A7 Chip with the A7 chip with 64 bit desktop class architecture delivers up to 2x faster performance. And the M7
coprocessor handles motion tasks to preserve battery life.
New 8MP iSight camera, the world’s most popular camera now has larger pixels and a larger f/2.2 aperture. You can
also shoot in burst mode, record in 1080p HD video and create slow-motion effects.
Ultra-fast wireless iPhone supports more networks than ever before. So now iPhone users can experience fast
download speed in even more places around the world.
Also their new update system the iOS7 with even easier to use with features like smarter multitasking, Airdrop and
control centre. And it’s built specifically for the 64 bit architecture in iPhone 5s.
iCloud that stores your music. Photos, calendars, contacts, documents and more, and lets you share and access your
content from all your devices.