Computer Games Timeline

From PAC MAN and MARIO of yesteryear to the life real graphics games of this days From 2D to 3D, it has evolutes to large gaming industry॥ It is all begin on the old mono-chrome screens and 33MHz PCs.. Yes, that was real! Today’s most cell phones can have faster processor than this! But we have enjoyed it at that time. . Now it is becoming large gaming industry of XBOX 360 and others!
 

Pong

Pong was the first game developed by Atari Inc., incorporated in June 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.Pong is a two-dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis. The player controls an in-game paddle by moving it vertically across the left side of the screen, and can compete against either a computer controlled opponent or another player controlling a second paddle on the opposing side. Players use the paddles to hit a ball back and forth. The aim is for a player to earn more points than the opponent; points are earned when one fails to return the ball to the other.
 


Pac-Man

Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Upon its release, the game—and, subsequently, Pac-Man derivatives—became a social phenomenon that sold a bevy of merchandise and also inspired, among other things, an animated television series and a top-ten hit single.
 


 

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Jumpman (renamed Mario soon later) must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady (now named Pauline) from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. The hero and ape later became two of Nintendo's most popular characters.
 


 

Spyro

Spyro the Dragon is a title character and the protagonist of the Spyro the Dragon, The Legend of Spyro, and Skylanders series. First introduced in the 1998 video game Spyro the Dragon, Spyro is a young, energetic, purple Dragon with orange medium-sized wings, large, curved horns, a spiral-shaped spike on the tip of his tail, and spines resembling a mohawk. He is noticeably smaller than most other dragons portrayed in the series; a characteristic that aids him in the first game in the series. In the original series most dragons are depicted as bipedal, however Spyro is depicted as quadrupedal.
 


 

The Tony Hawk

The Tony Hawk's series is a computer and video game series endorsed by professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, originally developed by Neversoft, and published by Activision. The original series began with the 1999 release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and ended with the 2007 release of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground. Robomodo continued the series with motion controlled games until the release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.
 

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