Arcade Gaming
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Throughout the years arcade gaming has become the most iconic step to gaming. Since the launch of arcade games the world has seen many iconic symbols related with arcade gaming. Many of these iconic symbols are still recognizable in today's modern generation. They are widely noticed as PAC-Man, Space-invaders and pong. Arcade gaming started off as a basic machine with a 2D display screen. This later involved into the modern graphics of today's society of 3D display and HD (High Definition). Arcade machines have various features these vary from coin slot's, arcade designs, joysticks & buttons.
Console Gaming
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Console gaming has changed drastically throughout the years. The variations of consoles are astonishing from designs, formats, distribution of media and controllers. The first console to be released was in the late 1970's which was the Magnavox Odyssey which was the first of its kind to inherit the cartridge distribution media. The Magnavox Odyssey also introduced the use of the first remote control console. The controls were very basic but simple which allowed the Odyssey console to be used by everyone old or young. Cartridge gaming was in continuous use until 1994 when Sony released the PlayStation one. Sony had introduced the first console that used disk reading technology which allowed game designers to be more intricate with games and their designs. The PlayStation one was the first of its kind to introduce a dual shock analogue system into their controllers, this meant that the user had more control of the games they were playing adding more precise movements.
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Mobile Gaming
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Mobile gaming is a huge part of everyday life in the younger generation. Mobile gaming is so huge due to the fact that everybody can get involved while the games can be played anywhere anytime. Mobile gaming has changed drastically from the snake you could play on a Nokia to angry birds which you can play on any touch screen device. Gaming recently became popular on mobile phone devices due to games like angry birds, flappy birds and asphalt. Mobile devices use certain operating systems, this means that only some games can be played on certain phones. The types of operating systems that mobile devices use are Android, Linux and Windows
PC Gaming
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PC gaming is One of the biggest forms of gaming around. PC gaming is most recognized for being the first gaming station for online gaming. PC's are constantly changing their is no set PC for gaming. The reason for this is that people can modify specs. This allowed PC gamer's to improve the graphics of the game and the feeling by switching out graphics card's to improve the graphics. The gamer's also switch out the CPU so that the games flow better without lag. ROM's and RAM's also can be improved due to the fact that the games are a lot larger on PC so a high ROM and RAM will keep the computers speed up. PC gaming also make variations to the way PC gamer's play as some people might have certain preferences. This means that people may be able to use controllers, joysticks or steering wheels to suit what games they are playing.
The distribution of media
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The distribution of media has changed drastically over the years. These changes were thought to better the performance of gaming. One of the major changes to gaming was the distribution. The distribution of gaming now a days comes in many different form's. These can range from cartridges, floppy disks, CD's, DVD's and UMD's. The NES comes round as one of the first cartridge consoles which is able to hold 2 Mbytes of data. The next step up in the distribution of gaming was the PlayStation one. The reason for this is that this capitalized disk reading as the PlayStation one was able to store their games onto CD's. This later ended in a disk reading boom where other companies started to develop other disk types. These ranged from CD's, DVDs and Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray cds are able to store 15GB to 90GB and upwards.
Console Controllers
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The revolution of console controls has become a huge competition between every console developer. The controllers are a huge part of console gaming and can determine how long a person would play the console for. The reason why controllers were so important is due to the fact that if the controller was comfortable the user would play the console for longer. The ergonomics is one of the most important parts to making a controller. The reason for this is so that the controller is able to fit comfortably in a players hand without causing strain or injury.Over the years controllers have been developed in many shapes and sizes. These range from square shaped controllers, round shaped controllers and even human controllers. These controllers have also been designed with certain hardware in mind, these hardware's range from analogue controllers which offer a player more control over the game they play offering more possibility's of moving into different directions. These analogue solutions were introduced on the Nintendo 64 and the PlayStation one first. One of the main key features is that the controllers have been made wireless which means that the gamer is able to sit anywhere in the room without being limited to a certain area. Another main feature to console controllers are the back bumpers which offered more option of control. Evidence of this started with the PlayStation 1 & 2 where they offered the users L1, L2 and R1, R2. the back triggers are now used for shooter games mainly where they are used to zoom in, shoot etc.