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	Open Site - Games: Video Games
		Video games are a popular pastime for all ages.
		There is also a variety of handheld gaming systems such as the GameBoy, GameBoy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and the N-Gage.
		Video Game Violence - Does the violence in video games affect the behavior of children?
	open-site.org /Games/Video_Games (96 words)

	History of Video Games. A Timeline
		Video game history reaches back to games using early computers, and progresses forward into who knows what.
		Tetris is produced for the Game Boy in Russia.
		The video game timeline begins to reveal how video gaming has become a part of our culture, and video game history will continue to be created over the next years.
	www.adigitaldreamer.com /articles/history-of-video-games.htm (315 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of video games (32-bit era) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the history of video games, the 32-bit era was the fifth generation of video game consoles.
		Categories: History of computer and video games Pong, an adaptation of table tennis to the video screen, was the first commercially successful video game and is widely regarded as ushering in the video game era.
		In the history of video games, the 8-bit era was the third generation of video game consoles, but the first after the video game crash of 1983.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-video-games-(32_bit-era) (3017 words)

	Computer And Video Games Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Game may refer to either the virtual universe and all of its governing rules ("Nethack is a game"), or a particular instance of that game ("my game ended in yet another annoying death", "game over").
		The average age of the video game player is now 29 [1],falsely indicating that video games are not largely a diversion for teenagers,Although statistics may point torward an older, and more mature generation, videogames are a very large part of may teen's lives.
		Video games are made by developers, who can be individuals, but are almost always a team consisting of designers, graphic designers and other artists, programmers, sound designers, musicians, and other technicians.
	www.matronofthearts.com /encyclopedia/Computer_and_video_games (3322 words)

	video games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The game was sadly another rare sight in the UK - as was the bug on the earlier games which allowed people in the know to position themselves in such a way that they jousted the 'unbeatable' pterodactyl for 1,000 pts a time while the last enemy was stuck in the lava.
		The game could be set to end after the first round or go on indefinitely but poor reliability of this new technology, repetitious nature of gameplay and the novelty factor soon had the game in the video knacker's yard.
		Game manufacturers weren't in it for us idiots who wanted to play all day for 20p or beat a program by exposing faults, they were there to make money and money for their operating customers.
	www.virtualgaz.co.uk /videogamespage.htm (15156 words)

	The Video Game Revolution: History of Gaming \| PBS
		Over the past 30 years, video games have become an integral part of our culture, and the video game industry has become a multi-billion dollar behemoth.
		Follow the journey of video games from university laboratories to our living rooms.
		Believe it or not, video games trace their roots all the way back to 1952.
	www.pbs.org /kcts/videogamerevolution/history/index.html (93 words)

	History of Computing: Video games - Golden Age
		It is during this era that Video games begin to make their mark on society and culture.
		Star Wars is one of the most impressive vector graphic games ever released and the multi-color monitors and the sense of fluid first-person flying make it a delight to play and to watch.
		The video game crash has begun, but from its ashes the 8-bit machines will usher in the Modern Age of video games.
	www.thocp.net /software/games/golden_age.htm (4700 words)

	The Dot Eaters - Player1 Stage1 - Classic Video Game History
		In the rudimentary side-view tennis game, the ball bounces off a long horizontal line at the bottom of the oscilloscope, and there is a small vertical line in the centre to represent the net.
		The game reappears for the 1959 open-house, and modifications include a larger monitor to display the action, and changeable gravity settings to show what it would be like to play tennis on another planet.
		By spring of 1962, the game is completed, weighing in at a grand total of 9K.
	www.emuunlim.com /doteaters/play1sta1.htm (2839 words)

	HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES
		Games came on cassette and, if you were lucky enough to get a tape that worked, the cassettes took 5 minutes to load.
		Simple, purple-and-fl games on one diskette gave way to vast, complex 3D games on two CDs, and now the PC is home to the worlds' most advanced games.
		It allowed CD games to run on the old console, but the titles that appeared were half hearted, FMV-filled nonsense with a lack of actual gameplay.
	www.myers66.freeserve.co.uk /history.htm (1646 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Ultimate History of Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With great focus shifted on the early years of the video arcade and home video gaming, this books covers in-depth the emergence of a 'craze that touched our lives and changed the world'.
		Also, this book does not include near enough of information on the development of pc gaming (not really surprising given that it is a history of video games, but it would have been nice to see Kent expand a couple of computer related stories).
		In summary, anyone who is either looking to purchase a book on video gaming in general, or requires a vast and detailed pool of information on the birth of the medium and the emergence of a multi-billion industry, should seriously considering purchasing this book.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0761536434 (1051 words)

	Twitch Asylum Video Game Radio
		In this month's "discussion" segment we focus on the turbulent relationship between video game publishers and the video game media.
		In the "Retro Respect" segment we focus on the classic video game, "The Seven Cities of Gold".
		During the segment we discuss what we thought of the game when it was first released as well as how we believe it holds up today.
	www.twitchasylum.com (768 words)

	the history of video games : from ‘pong’ to ‘pac-man’
		the history of video games : from ‘pong’; to ‘pac-man’..there was bell, there was edison, and then there was higinbotham.............................................
		game will end up being one of the most copied concepts in videogame history.
		game has to be extremely easy to understand from the get-go.
	www.designboom.com /eng/education/pong.html (1389 words)

	Video Game Industry News - Video Game Guides - Video Game Design Articles
		We introduce the main characters, ideas and relationships in Dragon Ball Z, one of the most complex space sagas ever to unfold on a page, in an episode, or throughout a game.
		In addition to looking at the lighter and weirder side of the game industry, Sidebar is home to various editorial columns.
		We're always focused on what's next: upcoming games, behind-the-scenes reports from industry events across the world, interviews with game developers, and a few surprises here and there.
	www.gamespot.com /features/index.html?tag=footer;link (428 words)

	Open Directory - Games: Video Games
		Genre and the Video Game - An analysis of genre categorization as applied to video games in contrast with books and film, with definitions and examples.
		PBS - The Video Game Revolution - Companion site to the PBS program, "The Video Game Revolution." Examines the evolution and history of the video game industry, from the 1950s through today, the impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming.
		And Alice Played a Video Game - A study by Souvik Mukherjee of the relationship between children's fantasy adventure stories and interactive computer games of American McGee's Alice and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
	dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games (210 words)

	The History of Video Games Museum - Xbox
		Intellivision¹s own original game programmers, the Blue Sky Rangers, creators of such classic games as Astrosmash, Space Armada, and Night Stalker will be on hand to speak about the early days of the video game industry and their involvement in the video game revolution.
		Nearly every video game console, as well as their respective game collections and stories behind how they were created, will be on hand for attendees to play.
		These stand-up arcade games are the original arcade machines found in every pizza place, liquor store and shopping mall during the arcade heyday of the 1980s.
	news.teamxbox.com /xbox/5712/The-History-of-Video-Games-Museum (502 words)

	Seanbaby.com - Atari 2600 Porn and a Brief History of Video Games
		In a game written for adults by two drunken 10 year olds, Beat 'em and Eat 'em takes all the eroticism of a man with a giant penis for a body and adds hideous naked women catching his man goo in their mouths from a floor below.
		They were a strangely motivated company that released porno games to try to get back to the ancient Chinese tradition of "lovemake in front happy video game." You might have read that on a fortune cookie.
		Most of their games were released as two versions: one for creepy sick boys and one for sexually deviant girls who were probably touched by their priests.
	www.seanbaby.com /nes/atari2600.htm (2059 words)

	VIDEO GAME REVOLUTION DVD-Channel9Store.com - DVD VHS books and more - public television home video
		VIDEO GAME REVOLUTION DVD-Channel9Store.com - DVD VHS books and more - public television home video
		Video gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry whose electronic creations have caught the imaginations of millions of people around the globe.
		THE VIDEO GAME REVOLUTION examines the evolution and history of the video game industry, the impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming.
	www.channel9store.com /prodinfo.asp?number=424002 (81 words)

	TiVo Alert: History of video games on CNBC - Joystiq
		It looked neat (for a game of that day), but I was confused about how to play the game even though I saw the movie.
		It turns out the game sold 5 mil copies, but 4 million of those copies got returned b/c ppl were also confused about what to do in the game.
		I watched a history of video games on OPB awhile back and during the last five minutes they had a breif segment on the future of gaming that was so cool.
	www.joystiq.com /2006/11/09/tivo-alert-history-of-video-games-on-cnbc (1301 words)

	The History Of Video Games
		The history of video games is filled with mistakes and success.
		If anything had been different, video games as we know them would be altered drastically.
		See how some companies rose from the dust to become one of the most powerful video game companies around, and how some did the opposite.
	www.angelfire.com /games4/breakout/timeline (183 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Ultimate History of Video Games: from Pong to Pokémon and Beyond...the Story Behind the Craze ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In this rollicking, mammoth history of video games from pinball to Pong to Playstation II Kent, a technology journalist and self-professed video game addict, covers almost every conceivable aspect of the industry, from the technological leaps that made the games possible to the corporate power struggles that won (and lost) billions of dollars.
		Also addressed is the public backlash of the '80s, when video games were thought to distract students from homework, and the '90s, when Doom and other violent games were linked to the massacre at Columbine High School.
		Unlike some other history books which cover other industries, and some which cover the video game world as well, this book is filled with human interest stories, not just how many units of the Atari 2600 version of PacMan sold.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0761536434 (2557 words)

	Crown \| The Ultimate History of Video Games
		The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics who played them.
		From the arcade to television and from the PC to the handheld device, video games have entraced kids at heart for nearly 30 years.
		Entertaining, addictive, and as mesmerizing as the games it chronicles, this book is a must-have for anyone who's ever touched a joystick.
	www.randomhouse.com /crown/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0761536434 (427 words)

	The History of Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The next major event in video games comes with the arrival of the CD.
		You load up its first game Super Mario Bros. 64, and it starts up with the ever most popular ³Itsa Me! Mario!² in that quirky Italian voice, then from there you enter the castle and into the first field.
		Sony became one of the leaders in the video game world.
	www.rit.edu /~dfg7774/imm/project1/historyplaystation.html (366 words)

	History Video Games Games
		- Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores.
		Covers the history of video games from 1975 through the mid eighties.
		- Video game database is a searchable database of all games for all systems that is continually being updated by gamers.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Games/Video_Games/History (1027 words)

	GameSpy: A History of D&D Video Games
		Sure enough, many of the earliest video games, going all the way back to the original Nethack were attempts to translate that Dungeons & Dragons experience to the computer.
		As good as many of the licensed games were, they have yet to capture the open-ended magic of a simple D&D session with a creative Dungeon Master.
		Indeed, even the ones that weren't so great (or even the really awful ones) still managed to be memorable in some way, if only as an example of what not to do in a video game.
	pc.gamespy.com /articles/538/538865p1.html (428 words)

	History of Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These WWW pages were made for the course Tik-111.550 (multimedia seminar on computer games).
		Information was gathered from my memory, hundreds of Internet sources and from a series of articles about the history of computer games published in Printti magazine (13/87-18/87) by Jari Hennilä and Tuomo Sajaniemi.
		The pictures used in here were shamefully ripped from Atari Gaming Headquarters, Videotopia and from various other sources.
	users.tkk.fi /~eye/videogames/index.html (97 words)

	GameSpy: A History of D&D Video Games - Part IV
		In yesterday's entry we talked about more of the classic games that came from SSI's exclusive, seven-year deal with TSR (plus a cool arcade fighter).
		No, what really makes this game special is how fantastically rare it is. Put out for Panasonic's 3DO system, it was actually one of the better games (not that that encompasses a vast library) for the doomed platform.
		Unfortunately, while the game was quite good in most respects, it fell down a bit thanks to a disappointing ending.
	pc.gamespy.com /articles/540/540115p1.html (631 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The First Quarter : A 25-year History of Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games is an insider's look at the entertainment novelty that drove the evolution of high-technology.
		The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games is an extremely interesting book, if you are curious at all about the dawn of video games.
		I have read about a half dozen different books about video game history and this one is hands down the best written so far on the subject.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0970475500?v=glance (1301 words)

	The History of Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But the Game Gear didn't have the same luck, even though it had great games like Sonic the Hedgehog and it was in color, it failed.
		The first ever 3D fighting game, the game a beginning of 3D gaming, a copy of the Virtua Fighter is kept Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C. The sad thing about Sega was it didn¹t get that big.
		I did think that the Sega Game Gear was better then the Nintendo Game Boy in the sense that I didn¹t need to be under a lamp just to use it.
	www.rit.edu /~dfg7774/imm/project1/historysega.html (398 words)

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