-"the way a video game was made can say a lot about the past culture, just as film"
Game1- Evaluation
TITLE: Pong
YEAR OF PUBLICATION/RELEASE: 1972
GENRE: sports game
USER INTERFACE OF ORIGINAL GAME - JOYSTICK & BUTTON COMBO: gamepad
HOW LONG CAN YOU PLAY BEFORE BEING DEFEATED? 2 minutes
IS GAMEPLAY PATTERNED OR RANDOM? random
PUBLISHER/MANUFACTURER? Atari
ONE PIECE OF HISTORY FROM DOT EATERS ABOUT THIS GAME:
"Though Bushnell wants impossible-for-the-day sound effects like a roaring crowd, Alcorn pulls beeps and blips that are already present in the circuitry for the sound...and when Alcorn describes the noise of the ball hitting the paddles, he inadvertently names the game...PONG" - The Dot Eaters.com
http://www.thedoteaters.com/videos/PCATV_Games.mp4
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Game2 - Evaluation
TITLE: Battlezone
YEAR OF PUBLICATION/RELEASE: 1980
GENRE: first person combat
USER INTERFACE OF ORIGINAL GAME - JOYSTICK & BUTTON COMBO: gamepad - 4 directional buttons and one shooter button
HOW LONG CAN YOU PLAY BEFORE BEING DEFEATED? 3 minutes
IS GAMEPLAY PATTERNED OR RANDOM? random
PUBLISHER/MANUFACTURER? Atari
ONE PIECE OF HISTORY FROM DOT EATERS ABOUT THIS GAME:
"A version called The Bradley Trainer (also known as Army Battlezone or Military Battlezone) was also designed for use by the U.S. Army as targeting training for gunners on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.[1] Approaching Atari in December 1980, some developers within Atari refused to work on the project because of its association with the Army..." - wikipedia
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Game3 - Evaluation
TITLE: Centipede
YEAR OF PUBLICATION/RELEASE: 1980
GENRE: arcade
USER INTERFACE OF ORIGINAL GAME - JOYSTICK & BUTTON COMBO: gamepad - directional and shoot
HOW LONG CAN YOU PLAY BEFORE BEING DEFEATED? 3 minutes
IS GAMEPLAY PATTERNED OR RANDOM? patterned depending on obstacles created.
PUBLISHER/MANUFACTURER? Atari
ONE PIECE OF HISTORY FROM DOT EATERS ABOUT THIS GAME:
"The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female player base" - wikipedia
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