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More history on gaming
‘In 1977, Atari released the Atari 2600 (also known as the Video Computer System), a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-colored games, effectively kicking off the second generation of the video game consoles. The video game industry had a few notable milestones in the…
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The Video Game Crash
The man stops for a few seconds to take a drink and quench his thirst. Now he is ready to continue. The video game crash of 1983 (known as the Atari shock in Japan) was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985, primarily in the United States. The crash was attributed to several…
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The First Console War
Elsa had no idea that there was so much history behind the video game industry but she is really enjoying all of this. She has to take a brochure from this booth so that she can share all of this with her friends. ‘Also, in 1989, Sega released its 16-bit Genesis console in North America as a successor to its 1986 Sega…
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Super Mario
“Are you guys getting tired or bored yet?” questions the man. “Do any of you remember Super Mario? How about some history from that time frame?” Elsa remembers her children playing Super Mario and the others who have gathered shake their heads in agreement. Some remember playing Super Mario but never knew the history…
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Elsa visits the King booth
A smile comes to Elsa’s face when she arrives at the King booth. This is where she belongs. She introduces herself to the two Kingsters. “Hi, my name is Elsa and I am a King Superstar,” Elsa says. “I didn’t know that you guys were having a booth here today. Are the CMs in the King community going to be here?” One if the…
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How it all began……
More people have gathered and WileyReptile is now ready to continue. ‘King Digital Entertainment plc, doing business as King, is a social games development company. King develops games for the web, for mobile (iOS, Android, Windows Phone), Facebook, and Windows 10. King gained fame after releasing the cross-platform title…
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Yeti bumps into some community members
They walk around looking for a lunchroom but only seem to find a room with vending machines. Yeti doesn’t care because he’s starving so whatever they have he can eat. They purchase some snacks and then sit down to munch on them. Elsa tells Yeti that she really didn’t think of calling anyone to see if they would like to…
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The Rise of 3D Gaming
The man is now back at the booth and people are starting to gather. She needs to hurry up to get a good spot in front of him before the rest of the crowd moves closer to him. He points in the direction of the Sony Playstation and begins speaking. ‘With a leap in computer technology, the fifth generation of video games…
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Elsa bumps into a couple of Superstars
Elsa starts heading back towards the area where all the people were looking at something on the mobile tablets. Something catches her eye so she stops to take a look. “I remember the Skylanders,” Elsa thinks. “My grandson loved playing with it. I remember the Disney Infinity that my granddaughter loved playing with when…
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The Future in gaming
The three of them arrive at the future in gaming booth and it’s pretty quiet. ‘Technology has always been the very essence of gaming. We might take gaming as a given today, but it wouldn’t even be possible without the last 50 years of breakthroughs in computing technology. Even 20 years ago, gaming was primitive and most…
