The history of video gaming (from 1890's to 2010's)

1. HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES
By Tugay Sarıkaya

2. EARLY DEVELOPMENTS OF GAMING
 In 1889 Hanafuda were created
by Marufuku (Nintendo)

3. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
First Computer Game “Nim” by Edward Condon
 Mathematical Strategy Game
 Computer wins %90 percent of play

4. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
 Nim (1940)

5. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
Cathode ray tube amusement device (1947)
 Created by Thomas Goldmith and Estle Ray
 First patented game
 Influenced by WWII Radar Displays
 Controling and recording electronical signals
Cathode ray tube amusement device (youtube-sample)

6. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
OXO (1952)
 Created by Alexander Douglas for EDSAC Computer
 Graphical Displays (first time)
 Today also known as tic tac toe.

7. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S

8. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
Hutspiel (1955)
 First war game created by US Military
 Multiple Game (NATO – Soviet Commanders)
 Detailed Strategy Game
 Training Purpose in Military

9. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
 Hutspiel (1955)

10. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
Tennis for Two (1958)
 Created by Willy Higinbotham
 Entertaining Aim
 Radar Display
 In Brookhaven National Lab

11. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
 Tennis for Two (1958) Sample

12. VIDEO GAMES IN 1940’S AND 1950’S
WHAT WAS COMMON IN 1940’S AND 1950’S ?
 Strategy Games
 WWII effect
 Radar Displays
 Limited Player
 Student or small entertainment projects

13. VIDEO GAMES IN 1960’S
 Transmission period
 Game Consoles as Prototype
 Brown Box

14. 1970’S ARCADE VIDEO GAMES
The Oragon Trail (1971)
 13 editions between
1971-2013
 Sold 65 millions
 Education purpose

15. 1970’S ARCADE VIDEO GAMES
PONG (1972)
 Created by Nolan Bushnell
and Atari
 First arcade video game
 Table tennis (Video)

16. 1970’S ARCADE VIDEO GAMES
ATARI (1970’s)
 Atari announces home version of Pong in 1975
 Video game addiction starts
 In 1977, Atari announces Atari 2600;
Colorful games
Joysticks
2D
Many games
Atari 2600 (video)

17. 1970’S ARCADE VIDEO GAMES
Space Invaders (1978)
 Created by Tomohiro Nishikado
 Technology Issues
 More than 300.000 space invaders machine sold in
2 years worldwide.
 Inspired new show such us Star Wars
 Space Invaders (Video)

18. 1970’S ARCADE VIDEO GAMES
Space Invaders (1978)

19. 1970’S ARCADE VIDEO GAMES
WHAT WAS IMPORTANT IN 1970’s?
Video Games
 Addiction Starts
 industry born
 Start entering homes
 2D with color
 Atari domination
 Become global

20. 1980’S HOME VIDEO GAMES
Personal computer starts taking role
 Apple II
 MS DOS

21. 1980’S HOME VIDEO GAMES
Legendary games were created
 Pac-Man
 Mario

22. 1980’S HOME VIDEO GAMES
 Intellvision was created in 1980 and had slightly
better than Atari 2600
 Commodore 64 also relesead in 1982 and allows
Atari owners to use their joysticks
 In 1983-1984 unlicensed games caused Bankrupts
in video gaming industry

23. 1980’S HOME VIDEO GAMES
Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)
 Worldwide popularity
 Final Fantasy, Mega Man and Contra
 Best selling game console in 1980’s
 Game genres was born
NES Commercial

24. 1980’S HOME VIDEO GAMES - HANDHELDS
 Nintendo’s Game Boy (1989)
8 Kb ram capacity
160x144 screen resolution
Long life battery
4 colors, shades of gray
(Game Boy Video)
 Atari Lynx
Slighly slower than Game Boy

25. 1980’S HOME VIDEO GAMES
What was important for 1980’s?
 Video game genres
(Action, Adventure, Educational, Racing, Simulation
, Sports and Strategy)
 Unlicensed video games
 Nintendo Domination
 Home video consoles
 Handhelds
 Personal computer starts taking role
 Marketing strategy

26. 1990’S VIDEO GAMES
 Playstation (1995)
 Personal Computers take stronger role with Internet
and more powerful hardware.

27. 1990’S VIDEO GAMES

28. 1990’S VIDEO GAMES
 3D Games
 Floppy Disks and Cd’s
 Violent Game rising
Playstation (Video)

29. 2000’S VIDEO GAMES
 1999-2004 Average of playing video game
increased 88,5% (26 min – 1 hour 12 min)
 In 2005, 62 million Americans have game consoles
in their home.
 In 2005, 56 million Americans have personal
computer.

30. 2000’S VIDEO GAMES
 In 2008 Nintendo Wii sold 42 millions worldwide
 New controller system
 For women, family, olds,
 Nintendo Xbox sold 28 millions in the same year.

31. ONLINE GAMES
 First attempt (Plato Internet Service) in 1972
 In 1978, MUD as a first multiple adverture game
 In 1990’s
Java
Flash
 Dungeons and Dragons gets great success by
150.000 registration in early 90’s
 Ultima Online

32. ONLINE GAMES
 World of Warcraft reached 11 million players in
2008
 WoW hold 62% of online game in this year.
 In 2007, 83 minutes per online session on
Playstation 3

33. GAMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
 230 million people plays facebook game in
September 2013 (Doug Purdy, 2013)
 In 2010’s al videol games almost from all platforms
have facebook access.

34. MOBILE GAMING
 Nokia releases Snake in 1997
 First downloadable mobile games in 2000
 Nokia creates mobile game platform N-Gage
 In 2007, Apple announces first generation of Iphone
 Angry Birds was successful game
 In 2007, Android releases

35. FUTURE OF GAMING
 VR head-mounted display (HMD)
Video

36. FUTURE OF GAMING
 Wii U

37. FUTURE OF GAMING
 Sony’s Cross Play

38. THANK YOU