My name is Eric and I'd like to welcome you to eVidGames.com! I was a kid when the old-school or "classic" video games started coming out. Since I remember the early games first-hand I want to make sure I can share this history with folks who have not had the pleasure of playing some of the early games personally. Here is a brief timeline of some of my favorites:
In 1979 Atari developed Asteroids.
1981 was a big year for video games. In 1981 Nintendo came out with Donkey Kong and Atari came out with Centipede that same year. In addition, Milton Bradley came out with Frogger in 1981.
Discuss classic games as well as new games in our Gaming forum.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:11:57 -0700 - Filed under: Culture Last month we reported that the Video Games Live game music concert series would have a 90 minute PBS TV special that would air at various PBS TV stations in August. Now the concert's web site has posted up a schedule of which PBS stations in the US will be airing the special on what dates and times. Just a reminder: the special will show concert footage of Video Games Live ...
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:36:52 -0700 - The world of 3-D video games, any gamer will tell you, is almost as old as video games in color: Nintendo titles in the late 1980s like Rad Racer and 3-D WorldRunner each had 3-D modes that used red-and-blue passive eyeglasses to produce images that jumped off the screen just like 1950s-era movie monsters.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:27:33 -0700 - Video games are one of the most time consuming things a teen does in their life. Some only enjoy them on weekends, while some are purely addicted to them. Although video games are believed to be a cause of arthritis for teens in the future, many good things could come from playing.
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:52 -0700 - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1daa66/global_video_games) has announced the addition of the "Global Video Games and Piracy Market - Handheld and PC gaming driving the Video Games Piracy Industry" report to their offering. The report covers global video games and piracy industry structure, market size, trends of ...
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:24:31 GMT - World of Warcraft publisher Blizzard backs down on the need for gamers to use their real names on its forums after a wave of criticism.
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:59:40 GMT - Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams ease into round two of the Championships, but there are defeats for British players Anne Keothavong, Jamie Baker and Heather Watson.
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:56:31 GMT - Adobe has fixed a security flaw that had the potential to allow hackers to take control of affected computer systems.
GameTap for Classic Video Games
Before settling on GameTap I researched other options for classic video games. Here are notes on my experience downloading and setting up GameTap: Setting Up GameTap
I considered buying the Ultimate Arcade 2 Stand-Up Unit from Costco because it has 100 old-school classic video games. However on one of my visits to Costco I noticed the machine was broken and it got me thinking about what would happen if I bought a $2,000 machine and then it broke. As luck would have it that's when I started exploring other options.
Fortunately I came across GameTap. GameTap has over 700 games and I got started with just a $10 commitment($10 for the first month of the month-to-month plan plus one month for free because of the promotional offer). On the first day I started re-living old memories by playing Pac Man again.
One of the advantages with GameTap is that you can use it on your laptop meaning it is very portable.
Here are some of my favorite Old School Classic Games on GameTap:
Asteroids
Centipede
Defender
Dig Dug
Frogger
Galaga
Joust
Karate Champ
Pac Man
Zoooos
Zoos is a great system for toddlers. It is much simpler than most of today's video games. A friend of mine gave it to us as a gift and both my 3-year old and 5-year old enjoy it.
My friend gave us Sandy Lane, Thomas & Friends, SD Zoo and Bob the Builder dvds. Our 5-year old understood right away that the zoooos remote allows him to interact with the TV. Both kids like the girl in the zoo video a lot. Here is how my friend John describes the system:
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It's really quite ingenious.. the cognitive activities. it's like Sesame Street, but totally interactive.
The auto setup didn't go on our Magnavox dvd player but it worked like a charm on our Toshiba player. I tried doing the Magnavox setup manually but that didn't work either. The number of codes needed was crazy. In the end we're happy with the setup on our Toshiba dvd player.
Free Video Games
There are all kinds of free video games on the internet. In fact we even have some free games right here at eVidGames!
For example, our
Tic Tac Toe game is pretty fun.
Steven Poole's substantial examination of the world inside your console combines an exhaustive history of the games industry with a subtle look at what makes certain kinds of games more engaging than others. For example, what works in which genres--the RPG (role-playing game) versus the god game--and the relationship of video games to other forms of media.
A writer and composer, Poole makes the case that video games--like films and popular music--deserve serious critical treatment: "The inner life of video games--how they work--is bound up with the inner life of the player. And the player's response to a well-designed video game is in part the same sort of response he or she has to a film, or to a painting: it is an aesthetic one." Trigger Happy is packed with references not just to games and game history but also to writers and theorists who may never have played a video game in their lives, from Adorno and Benjamin to Plato. At times this approach verges on the pedantic, dwelling at length on points that will seem obvious to serious gamers ("We don't want absolutely real situations in video games. We can get that at home"; "The fighting game, like fighting itself, will always be popular"). Nonetheless, Poole's book may be favored bedside reading for both the keen gamer and the armchair philosopher looking to understand this cultural phenomenon. --Liz Bailey, Amazon.co.uk
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