1. From Introduction to Game Studies Chapter 6 History of Videogames Part Three: The 1990s MontanaTech Thanks to Frans Mäyrä & SAGE Publications
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5. 8-Bit Era Atari 2600 (1977) Magnavox Odyssey 2 (1978) NES/ Famicom (1983) Nintendo Game Boy (1989) Commodore 64 (1982) Image credits: Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org.
6. 16-Bit Era PC Engine/ TurboGrafx-16 (1987) Sega Mega Drive (1988) Neo Geo (1990) SNES (1990) Image credits: Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org.
7. 32-Bit / 64-Bit Era 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (1993) Amiga CD-32 (1993) Atari Jaguar (1993) Sega Saturn (1994) Sony PlayStation (1994) Nintendo 64 (1996) Image credits: Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org.
8. 128-Bit Era Sega Dreamcast (1998) Sony PlayStation 2 (2000) Nintendo GameCube (2001) Microsoft Xbox (2001) Image credits: Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org.
9. Current Era Nintendo DS (2004) Sony PlayStation Portable (2004) Microsoft Xbox 360 (2005) Sony PlayStation 3 (2006) Nintendo Wii (2006) Image credits: Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org.
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Pre-gameclass trivia.
You know the Macarena by heart You remember playing on merry go rounds...at the play ground. You remember when Mortal Kombat Was "Da Bomb”! You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet. 2 words ... SPICE GIRLS... You never got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide You remember when the new Beanie Babies and talking Elmo were always sold out. You had a favorite New Kid on the block, and you knew all of there names You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny. You had a Tamagotchi or a Furby. You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles Impulse body spray I've fallen and I can't get up You used to end sentences in "NOT You've worn leggings and felt stylish. You knew Mark Wahlberg when he was still Marky Mark. There was a time when you really wished you lived in Beverly Hills 90210. I'LL BE BACK! You went into the Body shop to put on vanilla or white musk perfume
A console or PC running a contemporary digital game based on real-time graphics needs to calculate millions of polygons and then render SEE PAGE 91.
Sega Sonic the Hedgehog
Dreamcast Soul Calibur
Movie envy READ PG 94.
READ PAGE 96 GAMEPLAY
READ FIRST Game like Civilization also highlights the difference between game session and play session. READ PAGE 91. Then slide 3. Critical views focus on imperialist underpinnings in the game’s operation.