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• 04.27.08
  Grades and Stuff assignment, grades, update | (0)

  Grades have been updated, April 27th at 2pm.   If you have any issues or see anything that's not correct, let me know ASAP. All late work must be completed and turned in by Saturday May 3 at 3:00 pm (no exceptions).  This is the Saturday following our last class.
• 04.18.08
  Assignments & Grades Update assignment, grades, update | (0)

  This class will have a total of 4 assignments, all of which have been given at this point: Assignment One Assignment Two Assignment Three Assignment Four I will update grades over the weekend, and add extra credit assignments too, if you want to improve your grade.  Contact me with any questions.
• 04.18.08
  Class 14 (Apr 16) assignment, class | (0)

  In this class we examined the jump to 3D. During the early 90's, iD software developed some great shareware games that essentially created the shareware model of software and games - give away the first level, or part of the game, then charge for the rest.  Early iD games always pushed technology, and the ones that are most popular pushed gameplay forward via creative use of technology: Wolfenstein 3D Doom Quake All of these games were revolutionary in their own way, and were joined by other great games from other companies (Marathon, Unreal, Duke Nukem 3D).  PC gaming has always been at the forefront of ...
• 04.03.08
  Class 12 (Apr 02) assignment, class | (0)

  In this class we concluded talking about the start of home computing and home computer gaming.  We finished looking at the Apple ][, then looked at the Commodore 64 and the Apple Macintosh.  Some interesting links that follow from this conversation: Apple Macintosh 1984 Commercial YouTube Video Apple Macintosh Introduction by Steve Jobs We then looked at Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto.  In 1983, Nintendo had great success in the arcades, and they felt that the home crash in the US was due to a lack of interesting in bad games, not games overall.  Nintendo introduced the Famicom in Japan in 1983, and the US ...
• 03.24.08
  Class 10 (Mar 19) assignment, class | (0)

  In this class we looked at the emergence of home computer gaming, which was very closely tied to gaming: Intel 4004, 1971 - The release of this chip, though expensive and slow, marked the beginning of the time where a modern CPU was available to the general public. The homebrew computing community build countless machines around this chip and other chips that would follow (the MOS 6502, for example) MITS Altair 8800, 1975 - The first computer sold as a kit or fully assembled. It didn't have a keyboard or monitor by default, but was a full ...
• 03.24.08
  Class 9 (Mar 12) assignment, class | (0)

  In this class we looked at the home videogame crash of 1983, and what happened leading up to this event. We also covered some additional topics from the same era (1978 - 1983) Handheld gaming - Mattel Electronics released the first handheld game, Auto Race, in 1977. They soon released the classic Matte Football game, and a large list of other follow-up games. Handheld and tabletop games were very popular during this era, and would ultimately follow the same route as console game (one system + many games) with the introduction and success of the Nintendo Gameboy in ...
• 02.28.08
  Class 7 (Feb 27) assignment, class | (0)

  This class was an examination of the early programmable home game systems - systems that stored games on removable cartridges. These systems include: Fairchild Channel F RCA Studio II Atari VCS The system that would last was the Atari VCS, which would later be known as the Atari 2600 (the name was changed when later Atari systems were released). We looked at the reasons the VCS took off, and we obviously examined and played many games. The second assignment was given: Play and review two Atari VCS games: Download Assignment 2 PDF (73k) This assignment is due at the beginning of class next week, and must ...
• 02.21.08
  Class 6 (Feb 20) assignment, class | (0)

  This class was focused on the beginning of The Golden Age, a period starting with Space Invaders arcade, and lasting through the early to mid-80s. We examined Space Invaders, created by Taito, published by Midway in the U.S. This game was the first true global hit, and it propelled gaming forward in many ways. We then looked at many other games that would follow, in the late 70s to early 80s, and saw a progression of technology and gameplay, up to and including Pac-Man, the first big character-based game. The first assignment was given: Design your own arcade game from The ...
• 01.23.08
  Class 2 (Jan 23) assignment, class | (0)

  This was was the first full class. Topics covered include... Introduction to this class High level facts on the games industry and a quick overview of 2007 Introduction to me, and how I arrived here to teach this class A montage of recent and soon-to-be-released games, to get a view of what's current Student introductions - how did you end up in this class? A brief history of computers, and the early genesis of gaming and technology that would drive gaming There is an assignment for next week - it's a survey. You can download it here, and it's due at the start of ...

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