Anatomy of a Game CTIN 463

John Hightjohn_hight@playstation.sony.com

310-404-9880

What’s on tonight?

• Who am I?

• Who are you?

• What is this class?

• USC academic policy

• History of Videogames

History of Videogames

First Computer Game

• 1952

• Noughts and Crosses

• A.S. Douglas, University of Cambridge

• EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator)

First Videogame

• Ralph Baer– TV Game – 1966– Odyssey - 1972

First Arcade Game

• Nolan Bushnell– 1971 - Computer Space– 1972 - Pong and founded Atari.– 1977 - Atari VCS

After the Crash

• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)– 1985

Home Computers

• Apple II, 1977

• Radio Shack TRS-80, 1977

• IBM PC, 1981

• Commodore 64, 1982

• Commodore Amiga 1000, 1985

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