games-arcades

Do you remember the good old arcade games like the Pac-man eating
yellow dots and Mario and Luigi consuming mushrooms and flowers to
rescue the princess from King Koopa? Yes, these games are considered
to be the ancestors of the games that you play today on your computer.
Things have changed significantly gradually with time. There had been
drastic change with the release of computer games such as Amiga,
Commodore, and ZX Spectrum. Even today different genres of games are
continuing to pop up such as online strategy and role-playing games.

With modern computers capable of hyper-realistic graphics and
high-definition sound, the possibilities of entertainment especially
playing games are limitless. The present day's kids now have much
wider choice than the kids o earlier times. In fact, they have so much
choice that parents had to be cautions because there is simply too
much meaningless and explicit violence and in addition to it kids can
easily download and install a pretty game, which will plead your
computer with advertising of adult of gambling sites. One has to
ponder on how safe is modern arcade games for their kids?

Unlike modern arcade games, classic arcade games were few in numbers.
So there was a limited choice left for the players. These games were
as simple as it could be devoid of any kind of fancy graphics, sounds
other than 'beep' and vibrant colors. One could only play games like
'tennis' or shoot a white rectangle with a lighting gun. The most
appealing things about these games were that they did not involve any
kind violence, and were harmless to TV that has to be hooked up to a
console with rotary-type joysticks to play the game. Also, there were
no computer viruses at those times, so every game was safe to play.

The evolutionary development of old arcade games started after World
War II, during the early 1950's, after Ralph Bauer invented the
perception of creating an electronic game system to the television
screen which is known as the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. The first
gaming console system that was invented is known as the Atari 2600,
which was released in 1977 that is consider as the milestone of the
gaming industries. The popularity of such games gained momentum with
the release of game like Gee Bee and Space Invaders in 1978, Galaxian
in 1979, Pac-man, King and Balloon, Tank Battalion, and others in 1980
and the Star Wars 1983, which are all from Atari. Development
continued experimenting with new hardware and more new games with the
enthusiasm of modern game developers renovating these old arcade games
by enhancing its graphics and producing newer versions.

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