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Topic: History of Computer Games

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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Xbox,  Nintendo system
Favorite website(s):Game Spot
Personality:Nostalgic
Favorite Card Game(s):Bridge,  Blackjack,  Poker
Favorite board game(s):Trivial Pursuit,  Checkers,  Monopoly
Favorite great leader(s):Montezuma II
Interest(s):Role Play Games,  Biology
Favorite computer game(s):Space Invaders,  PacMan,  Doom
Favorite quote(s):"He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death." - H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
 
 
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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

PC basics, the history of electronics, reference tables of component characteristics, software, programming languages, computer applications, computer networks, computer games and Internet – all these topics are fully covered in this expanded and updated edition.
MAMED and MESSD are based on the MAME and MESS projects, not for profit projects dedicated to preserving the history of arcade video games and computer systems by emulating the inner workings of the actual hardware.
Old hardware ages however, so to retain the means to run 2600 games I propose to write an emulator, so that this often overlooked part of computer history is not lost.
Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant

Exuberantly written and lavishly illustrated in full color, SUPERCADE pays tribute to the technology, the games, and the visionaries who together created one of the single most influential periods in the history of computer science ­ one that profoundly shaped the modern technological landscape, and swept a generation into the wave of the future.
Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist

Microsoft enters the computer game fray with its Xbox today, triggering the dirtiest digital blood feud in gaming history.
Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student

I started using computers in kindergarten, but all I remember of that great period of ancient history that is the Apple II games.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

When not writing, Ray continues to design computer games, and other hobbies include collecting movies on laser disc, fine wine, and compiling a history of professional football in the US.
Gathered a few good links to sites that have information about the history of computing and computers and video games.
A very comprehensive listing and history of arcade video games, that range from Computer Space , the first arcade game ever created, to games from the present.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

To give an idea of the power of these systems, similar computers are utilized by NASA for modeling complex interactions and mathematical functions, by chemists in rational molecular drug design to build literally hundreds of thousands of molecules, and by researchers to play some of the finest games of chess in history.
Program One: The OCA Ecology Data Bank The OCA's Ecology Data Bank is a computer-based information system that provides a history of land use at the site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The ihobo taxonomy attempts to organize the history of video games and computer games along similarly lines to a biological ancestor.
 
 
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