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	1984 in video gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Notable events of 1984 in computer and video games.
		See also history of computer and video games.
		The Lords of Midnight, a groundbreaking strategy adventure game by Mike Singleton is released.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1984_in_video_gaming (214 words)

	History of Computing: Videogames Index
		Though the history of video games is a subsection of the history of computing, it is important to recognize how integrated this entertainment medium is to the evolution of computing hardware and software.
		Since a video game is a sensory experience, the sound, the visual elements, and the interface that the player uses to interact witht the game cannot be divorced from the programmed logic and instruction set that provides the experience.
		However, in order to document a history pertaining to the evolution of video games, it is important to recognize the myriad influences that have the most significant relevance to the continued growth of this entertainment medium.
	www.thocp.net /software/games/games.htm (439 words)

	Levels of Sound
		Cutscenes represent video games (and their music) at their least interactive, where the player is watching passively as he would a film, and therefore the potential emotional effect of the music on the player is just as great as it would be for a film score.
		The game focuses on a girl named Terra and her mysterious connection to a group of magical beings called Espers; the player is drawn into the struggle to reveal Terra's shadowy past while battling an evil mastermind bent on destroying the world.
		The video game industry is generally not the place for aural experimentation, since an unsuccessful game means an unsuccessful game company, yet it is only within the confines of that industry that a game designer/composer with artistic aspirations can find the technology and funding necessary for such experimentation.
	www.vgmusic.com /information/vgpaper2.html (13661 words)

	LIFE magazine, January 1983 spread @ Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)
		Video Game V.I.P. Most CAG players have heard of, and perhaps seen, the famous LIFE magazine spread that featured a lot of well-known early 1980's gamers, gathered in front of the famous Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa.
		The January 1983 issue was the special "Year in Pictures" issue for 1982, and featured the classic 'gamers in the street' photo, taken early in the morning on Sunday, November 7, 1982.
		A score must be verified by a "letter of proof" from the manager of the arcade where the game was played, and new stars can be born at any moment.
	www.classicarcadegaming.com /contests/Nov1982/life.htm (428 words)

	Mario Clash - Reader Review - GameFAQs
		Since 1983, the video gaming industry has made leaps and bounds, so if someone were to pitch the idea ''Let's remake Mario Bros.'' one would logically assume that there would be massive increases in the gameplay itself.
		Games like Super Mario 64, Tekken Tag Tournament, and U.N. Squadron all showed off the capabilities of the system without being solely a tool for showing off these abilities - each game were great in their own right, yet fully displayed the systems they were made for.
		I would have no complaints if the game were to use the 3D aspect to create new, interesting ways of playing the game, but when they are used pretty much only has an addition to the usual game, it looks and feels like a poor adaptation.
	www.gamefaqs.com /portable/vboy/review/R34692.html (1318 words)

	1983 december high scores
		It is estimated that fully 25% of the approximate 10,000 video game arcades in business by the end of 1982 will pull the plugs and close the doors on their equipment by 1986.
		The original company Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and personal computers, and its dominance in those areas made it the major force in the computer entertainment industry in the early to mid 1980s.
		Video games were still seen as just another pastime which would probably soon diminish as some new leisure activity caught the mainstream's interest.
	www.spyhunter007.com /1983_dec_high_scores.htm (2871 words)

	WNUR Sports: Sports Business Beat: The Evolution of Sports Video Gaming 1/22/00
		At the time, numerous video game operations were competing hard against each other, hoping to become as much of a household staple as television.
		Intellivision was also the first video game system to utilize an endorsement, as the face of sportswriter George Plimpton graced the magazine ads for Intellivision's games.
		The video game companies of today are trying to give their buyers as much power as they can handle.
	www.wnur.org /sports/business/sbbt012200.html (943 words)

	Fairchild Channel F
		The games were selected by 4 selected buttons, which also doubled as option setters for single game cartridges.
		Atari released theirs in October of 1977, and decided to call it the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed to the 2600 with the introduction of the 5200 console in 1982) to latch on to the "video system" tag already in the consumers psyche from the Fairchild console.
		They released 5 new games (some unreleased Fairchild games) and the System II through the early 1980's before finally succumbing to the 2nd crash of '83-'84.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/channelf.html (1244 words)

	November 1982, Ottumwa, Iowa contest page @ Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)
		The January 1983 issue was the special "Year in Pictures" issue for 1982, and featured the classic 'gamers in the street' photo, taken early in the morning on Sunday, November 7, 1982 (Walter Day's 1998 record book erroneously indicates the date as the 9th).
		Apparently, the photo was taken so early (8 AM according to the book), that some of the invited players, most of who traveled hundreds of miles, didn't show up in time to take part.
		The number of originally invited players is not known, but, a total of 18 showed up for the event (Walter's book erroneously indicates that it was 17, along with also stating that 15 players appeared in the picture, which is obviously not correct !).
	cag.alpiger.com /contests/Nov1982 (1036 words)

	Spring 2004
		During 2003 and working with casino owners and one of the largest equipment manufacturers serving gaming operations in the U.S. Pacifica Capital again acted as both funding conduit and financing coordinator for the specialized gaming technology selected for the casino’s operations.
		Video gaming machines were added in the early 1990s and video slot machines were installed in October 2000 to coincide with the opening of a two-story addition that created a 265,000 square foot gaming and entertainment venue for the enterprise.
		The international gaming technology vendor began corporate life in 1953 as a gaming hardware supplier, evolving into a gaming technology group that places high value on software and content.
	www.pacifica-capital.com /newsletter/newsletterSum04.htm (847 words)

	Bally Astrocade
		Besides being the first imported video game, it had the distinction of being the first video game to use a microprocessor.
		Rather than just build a simple microprocessor based console that could only play games such as the Fairchild console or the soon to be released Atari VCS, it was decided to design the console more in line as a microcomputer that could play games, forshadowing Atari's entry in to the microcomputer field several years later.
		Jay Fenton (who later much of the Bally system in his design of the Gorf coinop for Midway, and is now transexual spokesperson Jamie Fenton) lead the design team that created the operating system for the console, and is also credited for creating the Bally Basic basic programming language interpreter.
	www.classicgaming.com /gamingmuseum/bally.html (1418 words)

	The Dot Eaters - Player4 Stage4 - Classic Video Game History
		The game is a first for celebrity endorsements, as well as practically establishing the professional sports category of games.
		For their first EA game, the team is inspired by that greatest of all strategic games: Chess.
		Hawkins begins developing the 3D0 gaming hardware project inside EA at the beginning of the '90s, and he leaves the company he founded to guide this new hardware licensing venture (which I'll cover in later entries).
	www.emuunlim.com /doteaters/play4sta4.htm (2945 words)

	Blue's News - All the carnage that's fit to post!
		I made up the characters and the general idea of what the inside of their head would be like, and then I worked with the artists and designers as they came up with the specific visuals and gameplay structure.
		Game developers chat about Seed in an IRC forum is a QandA format chat log recapping a recent session with the folks behind Runestone's upcoming MMORPG: "But you will definitely be able to get involved in a story, even if you just log in for five minutes.
		Lighthouse Interactive and Third Wave Games announce that War World: Tactical Combat is gold, and that the mecha combat game is due to start shipping in Europe on February 17.
	www.bluesnews.com (3139 words)

	Bumm 13's Classic Video Gaming Page
		Although these games, such as "Pitfall!" on the 2600, weren't new, they became MUCH more of the dominant style of gaming starting with the NES and continued well into the era of mid-1990's 16-bit machines.
		And the pack-in game with the NES, "Super Mario Brothers", moved the emphasis of video gaming from high scores to multi-level gaming (as well as "beating", or completing, a game with a definite ending) more or less for good.
		The 7800 had actually been developed around 1983 but was shelved due to internal shakeups at Atari and because of the Crash of '84.
	landru.i-link-2.net /jtrees/history3.htm (742 words)

	Gadgetopia \| Video Gaming
		[…] Atari, stuck with millions of games and consoles that were largely unsellable at any price, sent fourteen truckloads of merchandise from their plant in El Paso, Texas, to be dumped in a city landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico in late September 1983.
		The video series was authored by Howard Scott Warshaw, who wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark (loved that game), E.T., and…Yar’s Revenge.
		This game was the first I ever bought for a computer.
	www.gadgetopia.com /category/26?p=3 (2541 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Scarface [1983]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Scarface is a wretched, fascinating car wreck of a movie, starring Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who rises to the top of Miami's cocaine-driven underworld, only to fall hard into his own deadly trap of addiction and inevitable assassination.
		When it was originally released in 1983 it was received in similar fashion to that of "The Exorcist", utter disgust and fascination.
		It set the standard for the rest to follow, and is a must for every video collection.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R6BC (928 words)

	Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. Named No. 1 on Inc. 500 List
		We believe that our technological innovation and in-depth knowledge of gaming markets allows us to develop products that are appealing to consumers and profitable for our customers.
		VGT is a leading supplier in the design, manufacturing and leasing of gaming machines and systems to the casino industry.
		VGT is fast becoming one of the gaming industry's leading suppliers, growing from only 200 games distributed in 2001 to the more than 8,500 games currently distributed throughout the United States, as it continues to expand into new and existing gaming markets.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-19-2005/0004173106&EDATE= (701 words)

	AtariAge - Have You Played Atari Today?
		Based on the popular Midway arcade game of the same name, Gorf Classic for the Jaguar faithfully reproduces all the levels from the arcade.
		Organizers of the Classic Computer and Gaming Show have announced plans for their next show, to be held on May 27, 2006 at the National Guard Armory in Lorain, Ohio.
		While many prototypes of unreleased games have surfaced over the years, there are a few notorious titles that have not.
	www.atariage.com (1099 words)

	WarCry™ Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		While Vidis has been in the gaming industry since 21 years, the Hamburg-based company with its "Brooklyn" brand of accessories was already well-known as an expert in peripherals before engaging in software publishing.
		The game consists of 21 realszenario levels in which Angie fights her way through New York City's Subway, Central Park, Brooklyn, Liberty Island, all the way into downtown Washington DC's famous museums.
		Since Angie is half-human and half-angel she is also able to enter the sometimes weird minds of her counterparts where Miss Prophet finds herself in eight levels of bizarre dreamworlds such as a zombie factory, a village full of werewolfes or even a comic level with nasty pink bunnies...
	www.warcry.com /scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=108&colid=2250 (429 words)

	The Video Game Crash of 1983 \| Gadgetopia
		The video game crash of 1983 refers to the sudden bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983.
		Video game fans and historians note this game as the biggest flop in home computer game history.
		That and some glitch in the game that let you “dig” your way out of the jail cell after ramming Indie’s head into the wall for about an hour.
	www.gadgetopia.com /post/3611 (693 words)

	RetroBlast! Video Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A video montage of the "Phoenix 2600 Experience" by RetroBlast contributor Mitch Gerson, this snappy video provides a great look (both inside and outside) at the Phoenix 2600 portable Atari 2600 gaming system.
		An arcade cabinet that works as well with console gaming system as it does with MAME emulation, the Quasicade 2 marries classic cab design with cutting edge video gaming.
		A video review of the Beston 27" Multisync arcade monitor, a capable hybrid monitor that's comfortable with both arcade and PC video signals.
	www.retroblast.com /video.html (1156 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1983
		1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
		Atari releases the game E.T. for the Atari 2600.
		It is considered the Worst Video Game of All Time.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/1983 (2078 words)

	FNG Gaming News, video game news, reviews, articles, cheats for PC and consoles.
		Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Playnet Inc. /Cornered Rat Software are pleased to announce a 14 day free trial of Battleground Europe (www.battleground-europe.com).
		The game also features six modes of play including Arcade, Story and VS Battle plus seven unique touch screen mini games and a Robo Ky Factory where you can customize your fighting moves.
		Third Wave Games is a game developer founded by several industry veterans with years of experience in managing the production of high quality computer games.
	www.fnggaming.com (2495 words)

	Gamerhelp - Video Game FAQs, Tested Cheat Codes, Gaming Community and more
		Introduction Animal Crossing is Nintendo's hit game where you meet and greet fellow residents of your personalized town.
		The objective of the game is to be happy.
		The reason that you reset is because a) the game still thinks you played a month earlier and b) no weeds will grow and undo your town's perfectness.
	www.gamerhelp.com /gamecube/AnimalCrossing/101183.shtml (2759 words)

	UGO's Future of Gaming - From Russia with Love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		For the first time in a Bond game, a new, RPG element will be introduced, allowing you to train in specific weapons to gain damage and accuracy.
		Speaking of weapons, expect a host of Cold War memorabilia in the game, along with some nifty Q gadgets.
		Though we don't envision From Russia with Love reaching GoldenEye proportions (it is a third-person game, after all!), the promise of donning the white tux before taking to the skies in Bond's trusty jetpack has us tickled.
	www.ugo.com /channels/games/features/futureofgaming/?id=1612&listMode=alpha&module=content (477 words)

	WORTHPLAYING - - All about games ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Kemco and Vidis, two veterans of the games industry, agreed exclusive distribution for all Kemco-titles for the German market...
		Since 1984, Kemco has produced over 100 titles including the popular Top Gear racing games and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series for a wide variety of video game platforms.
		Currently Kemco's development teams are creating games for Nintendo's next generation platforms, as well as Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox.
	www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=8866 (250 words)

	History of computers during 1980 to 1990
		IBM introduces the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) video card with higher resolution, more colors, and a quicker response then previous video cards.
		Kings Quest 1: Quest for the crown is released to the public.
		Apogee is founded, Apogee is well known for its computer games as well as the company who first released a 'Shareware' game.
	www.computerhope.com /history/198090.htm (1155 words)

	Video game prices about to rise - Sep. 30, 2004
		As we close in on the next generation of game machines, though, change is in the air.
		Perhaps more importantly, video games are the only form of mass media entertainment that have resisted inflation.
		But by keeping costs steady for as long as they have, game publishers have created a consumer base that's resistant to change.
	money.cnn.com /2004/09/29/commentary/game_over/column_gaming (1037 words)

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