Friday, 17 October 2008

The middle bits and gap filling

In the early 1980s many of the first gaming computers were released, this included the Commodore 64, Apple II and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The 80s was also the era where the arcade games reached the golden age. In 1983 there was a crash in the video game company, which brought the end of the second generation consoles.
After the crash the Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) was released with the game Super Mario Bros. and it instantly became a hit. Along with the Super Mario Bros. coming out in the 80s many well known games were also brought out for the NES including Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda and Metal Gear.
Right at the end of the 80s the Sega Mega Drive was released starting the fourth generation of consoles. Nintendo released the Super NES in response to Sega’s console. It was on the fourth generation consoles that the first basic three-dimensional graphics entered the mainstream and this was visible in such games as Virtua Racing and Star Fox.
The fifth generation consoles appeared in the 1990s including the Playstation and the Nintendo 64. It was cartridge Vs. CD-ROMs throughout the 90s and though cartridges were unique among the consoles it was the CD-ROM that won, and by the end of the era Sony had become the leader in the video game market.

Throughout my history of gaming, after Duck Hunt, the NES console was updated to the SNES. This was when I was introduced to the game Star Fox. Other games that I played on the SNES included Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Indiana Jones, Taz The Tasmanian Devil and the first game I ever completed which was Donkey Kong Country. While the SNES actually belonged to my brother I was brought a Gameboy in which I played Pokemon non-stop. I had a few other games for the Gameboy but they were hardly ever played.
It wasn’t long until my brother decided to buy a Playstation and I got introduced to the Tomb Raider series and the Final Fantasy series. Ever since playing the Playstation I have continued collect the Sony console allowing me to continue playing the Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider series.

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