Table of Contents • What is a video game? • History • Important people • Genres • Controversy • Bibligraphy What is a Video Game? • A video game is an electronic games that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. • The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms. • These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld devices. • Specialized video games such as arcade games, while previously common, have gradually declined in use. History • Video Games started in 1947 – “Cathode ray tube” created by Thomas T. Junior and Estle R. Mann. Other famous examples are: Nimrod, OXO, Tennis for Two, Spacewar and Pong. Each games used different means of display: Games Means of Display Nimrod used a panel of lights to play the game Tennis for Two used an oscilloscope to display Spacewar used the DEC PDP-1's vector display OXO used a graphical display Pong Atari • In 1971 , Computer Space, created by Nolan B. and Ted D., was the first commercially sold, coin-operated video game • The game was featured in the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green. Computer Space was followed in 1972 by the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console • These were followed by two versions of Atari's Pong: an arcade version and a home console version. • the commercial success of Pong led numerous other companies to develop Pong clones and their own systems, spawning the video game industry Important People Shigeru Miyamoto,creator of Mario. Shinji Mikami,creator of Resident Evil. Hideki K. ,creator of Devil May Cry and Jason West, creator of Call of Duty. Bayonetta. Genres • Plataform Games: Super Mario • Hack’N’Slash: Devil May Cry 4 • Horror: The Evil Within • Role-Playing Games: Pokémon Controversy • Grand Theft Auto V: A segment in the latest instalment caused controversy for containing scenes of player initiated torture • Mortal Kombat: The series was subject of a major video game controversy and several court cases, largely related to its extremely violent content. • Pokémon: Pokémon has been criticized by some Christians over perceived occult and violent themes and the concept of "Pokémon evolution", which they feel goes against the Biblical creation account In Genesis. Bibliography: • Wikipédia • Google • Google Images • Work done by: - Joana Aguiar Nº14 10º1 - João Medeiros Nº17 10º1 - Samuel Marcos Nº27 10º1 .