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History Of The Gaming Industry Evolution
P o n g
Pong - The First Mass Produced Game
Video games first big debut came about with the invention
of [Pong] in 1974.
This was a basic black and white paddle game. Music
Lyrics And Games were
created in the 1980's: There are a lot of classic games
that can be played
on the Internet now in 2004 by using MAME technology.
The ROMS are exactly
the same but the feel is different because the controls
are not as well
produced as in the arcade games.
P a c m a n
Males and Females Alike Loved Playing
Pacman
In the 1980's the Manufacturer Midway/Bally
produced a new game called
pacman. It was different than any other game out there.
Instead of
shooting at things from a space ship, you were a cute
animated character
who collected fruit and gobbled up the ghosts chasing
you.
The object was to stay away from the Ghosts while eating
all the Dots in the
maze. The best players were able to group the ghosts
which rendered them
harmless. This game was very addictive because everyone
wanted to get the
high score. The best players had learned patterns which
would put them in
the higher levels were the ghosts became invensible.
S p y H u n t e r
Spy Hunter 1983 / Gunn Music
In 1983 Spy Hunter was by far the best
game produced at that time.
It was a driving simulation game in which you are basically
James
Bond 007, with several different weapons in your vehicle
to kill
bad guys and it is your job to stay alive while other
vehiles:
cars, boats, helicopters, Limozines and others are trying
to make
you crash.
G u i n n e s s B o o k
Twin Galaxies Scoreboard Collected High
Scores For Guinness Book
Because so many people were playing games and were interested
in beating
these games, the [Guinness Book] of World Records started
publishing High
Scores. Unfortunately, the craze of video games wore
out and the Guinness
Book of World Records discontinued publishing High Scores
after 1987.
Some high scores were published before
the phasing out of the Guinness Book
Video Game High Scores, and my Spy Hunter high score
is the last ever published
in the [Guinness Book] of World Records for Spy Hunter.
These web pages
basically revisit that past craze and special time when
people would get
together in Video Game Arcades and share ideas about
how to beat the latest
video game.
Now in 2004, classic video games are
hard to find, and they are not
working in prime condition. The Computers in today's
homes are much faster
and have higher technology than what the Arcade has
to offer, and so the
Video Game Arcades of Yesterday have just about completely
disappeared.
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