Video Games Research

(1970-1975) simplistic games (black and white colour graphics, either single-channel or no audio) (1972): Atari's Pong was initially released and was one of the earliest arcade games.

(1976-1983)- second generation of games/consoles games now had AI simulation, ROM cartridges for storing games allowing multiple games to be playable on one console and basic colour graphics.

(1978-1982)Golden Age of arcade video games- video games were well established in the U.S. coin operated amusement industry.
(1978)- Space Invaders created by Midway was the template for the Shoot 'em up genre and being the first game to regulate play by lives instead of a timer or set score and was also the first game to confront the player with targets that fire back.

(1980)-Pacman the first game to have a character and the enemies were not random a.i they had character.

(1985)- Super Mario Bros was released

(1980s)- early online gaming by using dial up internet like midi maze and doom in (1993)

(1983-1995)- third generation of games/consoles- games were now in 8-bit and the earliest console like this was the Nintendo family computer "Famicom" and games such as The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy were created during this era.

(1987-2004)-Fourth generation of games/consoles- consoles were now in 16-bit the console Super Nintendo entertainment system (SNES) the game Sonic the Hedgehog was released in 1991 and rivalled the Mario bros series

(1993-2005)-Fifth generation of games/consoles- these consoles were in 32-64 bit and consisted of consoles like the playstation and the Nintendo 64 and games like resident evil (1996) and