Abstract
This paper will give the reader a brief
overview of the history of video games, 1889 to Present. It begins
with the Pre-Pong era, an era of simplistic interactivity and simple
games. Beginning with the creation of pinball and baffle ball. The
next era, the era of Pong folllows the development of one of the
simplest 2-D interactive games ever created, Pong. The Post-Pong era
examines the growth of two major interactive video game companies,
Sega and Nintendo.
Intro
When digging deep into the
history of video games, one must look at the many different elements
that pushed this great interactive concept along. Many great minds,
companies and countries were involved in the history of video games.
This paper will discuss the pre-Pong era, which will focus on the
beginning of interactive gaming and the people and events that
occurred before 1972; the era of Pong, which deals with the
formation of Atari and the development of the interactive game Pong;
and the post-Pong era, which will discuss further developments of
two companies at the forefront of interactive gaming, Sega and
Nintendo.
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