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	1988 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
		February 11 - Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
		November 8 - U.S. presidential election, 1988: George Herbert Walker Bush is elected over Michael Dukakis.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1988 (2289 words)

	Video gaming machine - Patent 5697843
		A video gaming machine as defined in claim 1 wherein a plurality of winning combinations of game elements may appear on said display during a game play, said pay-out means paying out to said player for each winning combination of game elements appearing on said display.
		A video gaming machine as defined in claim 2 wherein the actual return of said video gaming machine is approximately equal to the expected return of said video gaming machine.
		The gaming machine of claim 17, wherein said set of game elements is organized into columns and rows of game elements, said special configuration comprising at least one row and at least one column being occupied by one predetermined kind of game element.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5697843.html (6602 words)

	Touch screen video gaming machine - Patent 5342047
		In video lottery terminals that employ touch screens to permit a number of different games to be played on the same machine, the play of certain games can be improved by using electromechanical game buttons in conjunction with touch screen controls.
		As video lottery terminals these gaming machines essentially function in the same manner as video gaming machines found in state regulated casinos except that they generally use ticket printers to print tickets that can be exchanged for cash payments instead of paying winning amounts though a coin hopper as in conventional gaming machines.
		Since video games can differ substantially in their mode of operation from game to game, it is generally not possible to use the same set of electromechanical control buttons to control different games such as poker, slot machines or keno.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5342047.html (2319 words)

	Game Studies - Creative Player Actions in FPS Online Video Games: Playing Counter-Strike
		Within the game console function, log files are easily generated and are most often used by players to check their kill/death ratios and to examine game action.
		Play is not just "playing the game," but "playing with the rules of the game" and is best shown in the diversity of talk, the creative uses of such talk and player behavior within the game, plus the modifications of game technical features.
		Through the playing of the game and negotiating conflicts one learns the meaning of the game, the meaning of "having fun." And that "having fun," is bound up with creative actions taken to enhance the pleasure of the game.
	www.gamestudies.org /0202/wright (4326 words)

	1988 in video gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also history of computer and video games.
		The July/August 1988 issue of Nintendo Power was the magazine's first.
		It is also the first major football game to feature full 11-man teams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_in_video_gaming (202 words)

	Digg / Gaming Videos
		Be it on foot or behind the controls of one of the many vehicles in the game.
		I was already hyped by the scans with all the pretty pictures that were released before, but to watch the boo...
		Videos include the opening cinematic, behind the scenes footage and trailers.
	digg.com /videos/gaming (827 words)

	1989 in video gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tengen releases an unlicensed version of the Tetris video game, which is recalled after Nintendo sues Tengen
		Brøderbund releases the Prince of Persia game, the first in a series of games, noted for its advancements in animation
		Camerica Ltd. Nintendo sues Camerica over patent violations of the Game Genie for the NES console.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1989_in_video_gaming (263 words)

	Locus Online: Lucius Cook on Games
		Science fiction in electronic games is nothing new; many of the arcade games of the medium's "Golden Age" (1977-84), such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Defender, and Missile Command, utilize familiar scenarios such as alien invasions or global thermonuclear war as a backdrop.
		was the first video game to capture widespread attention within the burgeoning programmer community of the mid-1960s.
		Computer games had arrived at last, but in the process had lost their genre roots; Doom's forebears weren't Smith or Tolkien, but Aliens and Evil Dead, and the games that followed in its wake, like Duke Nukem, Quake, and Unreal, were less concerned with storytelling than arresting visuals.
	locusmag.com /2004/Reviews/12_Cook_On_Gaming.html (2438 words)

	Class Action Gaming - Beyond the D-Pad Review
		Video game companies would throw a tiny bone here and there: I once saw the N64 version of Mega Man Legends cost more than the Playstation version.
		The video game industry is obviously quite healthy — even the worst-case scenario in the industry, Acclaim, needed several years of floundering sales to finally go under.
		Quite simply, we know the video game manufacturers are artificially inflating video game prices, and that they can pull profits by selling games for less.
	www.netjak.com /review.php/918 (948 words)

	TFH Gaming.com - The Definitive Source for Gaming Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are a number of video games called "first-person shoot-em ups" and 3D environments - typified by the classic games DOOM and Black & White.
		The game engine creates a complex environment, or Virtual Reality, where first person perspective changes at the touch of a mouse or cursor.
		Video Gamers - The first important thing to recognize is that the longer you play, the more severe will be any potential consequences.
	www.gamingillustrated.com /video_game_sickness.php (1095 words)

	Fizzzz Writing Portfolio - Video Gaming
		Mario games are also a huge hit in the summertime, as parents everywhere pack their kids into the car for road trips - you can bet that car's a lot quieter with Mario and his pals along for the ride.
		The hero of this game was crafted so that the gamers could relate to him - a pudgy carpenter named "Jumpman," with wide eyes and a bulbous nose, bright red overalls and cap, and a mustache - and the gorilla was named Donkey Kong, which Miyamoto believed translated into "silly" or "stubborn" in English.
		The flagship game for Super Nintendo was, appropriately, Super Mario World, with the Super Nintendo consoles in such demand that there were near-riots at some stores when not enough units were shipped, causing shortages for eager shoppers.
	members.aol.com /mailfizzzz/wrvid.htm (1080 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Indian Gaming Scandal \| PBS
		In 1988, Congress formally recognized but limited the right of Indians to conduct gaming operations, passing the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and the establishment of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC).
		regulate gaming activities on Indian lands for the purpose of shielding Indian tribes from organized crime and other corrupting influences; to ensure that Indian tribes are the primary beneficiaries of gaming revenue; and to assure that gaming is conducted fairly and honestly by both operators and players.
		The National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), established in 1985, is a non-profit organization of Indian Nations with other non-voting associate members representing organizations, tribes and businesses engaged in tribal gaming enterprises from around the country.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/indiangaming.html (1163 words)

	Mark's Atari XE Game System Page: (c) 2000 by Mark Rathwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Atari had waded back into the video game market with the 7800, but it wasn't selling fast enough for the former king of video games to accept.
		Atari bragged that the number of games available for the XEGS was several times that of consoles from Nintendo or Sega.
		Atari also made it clear that they intended the XE to be their premiere system: it was front and center between the 2600 and 7800 on their "Atari Advantage" ads and video game posters.
	www.geocities.com /mrathwel/VideoGames/AtariXE.html (1408 words)

	digg / pidge / news / dugg
		We explore the architecture, image quality, and real world gaming that shows a different experience than canned benchmarks.
		The entire third model and strategy behind it is nothing more than a gigantic slap in the face of the gaming community at large.
		Interview with MGS4 creator Hideo Kojima reveals some details on the Playstation 3 game and where those 360 rumors come from.
	www.digg.com /users/pidge (1079 words)

	Video Gaming Magazines of Today - Page 3 - MonroeWorld.com Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They didn't seem to cover nearly as many games as VGandCE or EGM but they had decent news articles, covered a wide variety of systems including computers and their walkthroughs were pretty good.
		When Game Player's changed their format to a more "in your face" approach, I stopped reading.
		They had some decent artwork (the Phantasy Star picture comes to mind, I scanned it way back when so I could pin it up at work) and their screenshots were of good quality but the writing was very sub-par.
	www.monroeworld.com /forums/showthread.php?p=14959 (1024 words)

	Proposition One Debate: Tribal Video Gaming 10/29/2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		5% of the gaming has to go for education (on or near the tribe).
		Estimated that $6 million dollars of tax money is saved by having gaming because of lower unemployment and welfare claims.
		Gaming expansion: Indian lands are defined clearly in federal criminal code.
	www.isu.edu /psa/propone.html (394 words)

	GameSpy: Gaming the Vote!
		Similarly, you see plenty of games trying to work the political angle into a larger context, whether it's Civilization's forms of government, political victory conditions in a sci-fi game like Master of Orion, or even an infernal Senate struggle in Disgaea, a Japanese fantasy RPG.
		Since then, however, the gaming industry has compartmentalized into mainstream and niche titles, with election games clearly falling into the latter category.
		In 1988, Jim Gasperini used storytelling software to create Hidden Agenda, a game in which the player assumed the role of a Central American country's president for a three-year term, setting policy and dealing with random events.
	pc.gamespy.com /articles/559/559987p1.html (646 words)

	Level Up - Life in the Video Game Ether
		His first game, Kumari Kandum, is a puzzle game, very similar to the popular game “Zuma”, that share the same basic play mechanics.
		Maybe it's because the media feels that the games they have seen for the new console are just “'shinier versions of stuff we’ve already played.'”.
		From games to music to corporate operations to photos, the the web has become not just a technology platform, but a platform for life.
	blogs.sun.com /roller/page/ChrisM (3940 words)

	Video Gaming Timeline ~ 1889 -> 2002 - The Final Fantasy Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		General Gaming All the other great games and their respective systems can be talked about in here.
		The game is seen as a multiplayer masterpiece.
		Including the games Mario Tennis, Robo Boxing (might be wrong on the name of that one), and Wario Land.
	www.thefinalfantasy.com /forums/showthread.php?t=40493 (3564 words)

	GameSpot:Video Games PC PlayStation 2 GameCube PSP DS GBA PS2 PS3 Xbox 360 PlayStation 3
		And then there was also Nolan Bushnell, who played that space game and dreamed of a time when fairground midways would be filled with games powered by computers.
		Today, with interest in classic games gaining steam once again, players of video games are reminded of the rich history of the industry.
		In today's world, where video games are often cited as a source for teenage violence, it's interesting to see that the first home console also had a light rifle as an optional peripheral.
	www.gamespot.com /gamespot/features/video/hov (466 words)

	Game Design Schools: Video Game and Computer Game Design, Game Programming Training and Degrees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DigiPen was established in 1988 by Claude Comair in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
		The two year video game programming diploma course was the first of its kind in North America.
		Offered in co-operation with Nintendo of America, this program was created to address the need of the industry to have a formal source of qualified personnel.
	www.gamingschools.com (593 words)

	Flashback: Video Game Advertising - Gaming Age
		In an attempt to rekindle memories of the beloved games we all enjoyed so many years ago, I have unpacked my huge collection of magazines and begun to scan in many of the ads of the games that I, and so many others, remember so well.
		For those of you that are too young to remember, the major video game magazines like Game Pro and Electronic Gaming Monthly began in 1989.
		I’ve done my best over the last couple of months collecting various video game commercials, but there are still many that are proving impossible to locate.
	gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=adspecial&pagenum=1 (523 words)

	MonroeWorld.com Forums - Video Gaming Magazines of Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Edge Magazine which is made for people in the video gaming industry and die hard gaming fans (if you don't belive me ask my friend whom is taking a uni course in video game desgin, he has to read that mag for homework lol) is the only magazine I really read.
		In the old days, Electronic Games and Video Games and Computer Entertainment were pretty much my main reads.
		Now games are getting crapper and less playable due to bugs im giving up on buying games, and downloading them insted (or makign them).
	www.monroeworld.com /forums/printthread.php?t=739&pp=40 (920 words)

	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		But whatever you call it, there's absolutely no denying the impact that Nintendo's 8-bit console had on the video game industry.
		The Famicom virtually took over the game market in many parts of the world, and it single-handedly revived the flagging interest in video gaming in North America.
		Oh, and it kind of goes without saying that we'll be highlighting dozens of the stupendous games it produced along the way, too.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/july03/famicom (414 words)

	The Video Game Museum - The largest source for video games
		History lesson: Karnov (the hero in the NES game of same name) was a boss in Bad Dudes and the final boss in the Fighter's History series.
		Here is how it went, Squaresoft the makers of the game where on the verge of going bankrupt and going the route Data East went not too long ago.
		Well, after 4 years and a half The Video Game Museum reaches 10,000,000 hits, 10 million is a lot and we owe it all to the visitors that come each day looking for a piece of Video Game history.
	www.vgmuseum.com (1759 words)

	Video Gaming and Pinball Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is a list of pinball and video gaming related books.
		Game Strategies, Corey Sandler, Tom Badgett, 332 pp.
		Video Game Bible 1985-2002, Andy Slaven (editor), 383 pp.
	my.execpc.com /~krieg/VGBooks.htm (944 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The PAL standard works in most European countries, with some exceptions.
		The first three episodes of Red Dwarf Series VII explore time paradoxes, parallel universes and the meaning of good and evil, between bouts of outrageous physical comedy involving Lee Harvey Oswald, the knights of Camelot and dental floss.
		Kryten the robot loses his inhibitions, Dave Lister takes his love of virtual-reality gaming way too far, and just when you start to think that all possible jokes involving four guys trapped on a space ship and getting on each other's nerves have been exhausted, one character leaves and a new one joins the crew.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CYD0 (943 words)

	Fwd: Indian Casinos Ordered to End Video Gaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the heart of Lett's ruling is a 1988 federal law that requires Indian tribes to negotiate compacts with the states for certain kinds of gambling.
		Although 11 California tribes have reached agreements with the state, most of the others have accused Gov. Pete Wilson of negotiating in bad faith and have led a multimillion-dollar ballot campaign to eliminate the state's authority.
		Even if he had found that California did act in bad faith, the judge said he still would have been obliged to issue his injunction because the 1988 federal law provides that all Indian gambling conducted in the absence of required tribal-state compacts is illegal.
	kudos.traveldesk.com /s/Carnival_Resorts_and_Casinos/5.html (395 words)

	Discount Jukeboxes, Pinball Machines, Arcade Games, Foosball, Air Hockey, Cherry Masters & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Game Depot has been in the game room industry for over 25 years supplying arcade games, jukeboxes and pinball machines and we want to use our experience and knowledge to help you establish the best home or office game room possible whether you need just one game or a roomful of games!
		Compare prices and when you are ready to buy, come see us for the best deals on pinball machines, video games, jukeboxes and more!
		• Arcade games special - We have the new Donkey Kong arcade machines.
	www.realityfront.com /blue/dome-super.html (192 words)

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