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]]> By: Dave Hudson http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/13/linkie-winkins-from-all-over/#comment-13873 Dave Hudson Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:02:05 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/13/linkie-winkins-from-all-over/#comment-13873 Sensible World of Soccer does seem an odd choice, it was a top-down footie game that was great fun but technically limited even in it's time. The only innovation I can think of was the use of real players & team names from around the world which was then used in the FIFA games. Sensible World of Soccer does seem an odd choice, it was a top-down footie game that was great fun but technically limited even in it’s time. The only innovation I can think of was the use of real players & team names from around the world which was then used in the FIFA games.

]]> By: Matthew Craig http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/13/linkie-winkins-from-all-over/#comment-13872 Matthew Craig Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:20:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/13/linkie-winkins-from-all-over/#comment-13872 Not just you: I had to stop playing console games in order to free up more time for making comics. Plus, there's the whole question of RSI. I play the odd Flash game online, but that's it. I'm still buying Spider-Man 3 for the PS2, though. I'M ONLY HUMAN, GOSH DARN IT! *splits infinitive* *glances nervously at calendar* //\Oo/\\ Not just you: I had to stop playing console games in order to free up more time for making comics. Plus, there’s the whole question of RSI. I play the odd Flash game online, but that’s it.

I’m still buying Spider-Man 3 for the PS2, though. I’M ONLY HUMAN, GOSH DARN IT!

*splits infinitive*
*glances nervously at calendar*

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]]> By: Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/13/linkie-winkins-from-all-over/#comment-13871 Torsten Adair Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:43:03 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/03/13/linkie-winkins-from-all-over/#comment-13871 I was an electronic fanboy before I discovered comics (c. 1980 - 1984). Not a bad list. Not familiar with "Sensible World of Soccer", but it probably features some revolutionary gameplay. What would I add? Pong, a game so hugely popular that the prototype broke down when the quarter box became overloaded. The precursor (sorry) was actually invented on Long Island by government employees to showcase the technology during an open house. Not only did Pong fuel the coin-op industry, but it also created the home videogame market. (As a sidebar, the very first Atari coin-op game was Space War, with a very stylish fiberglass cabinet. An example is on display at the Museum of the Movie Image in Queens, NY.) Tecnologically, Tempest should be included, as it was the first color quadrascan vector game. (Vector screens draw lines from point to point, resulting in faster graphic processing. Quadrascan divides the screen into four smaller screens.) Another tecnological marvel was "Dragon's Lair", the first successful arcade game to use laserdisc technology and traditional cel animation. Culturally, Space Invaders took the coin-op game from the poorly lit and questionable arcades of the mid-1970s (my mother knew of one which had been busted for drug dealing) and brought it into the pop culture. Pac-Man then fueled the arcade boom and bust of the early 1980s. After this, there are numerous popular games which deserve "Hall Of Fame" status (Donkey Kong, Defender, Centipede (one of the first to be popular with women) Mortal Kombat...) . Heh... I'm probably one of the few people who gave up videogames to read comics, not the other way around! I was an electronic fanboy before I discovered comics (c. 1980 – 1984).

Not a bad list. Not familiar with “Sensible World of Soccer”, but it probably features some revolutionary gameplay.

What would I add? Pong, a game so hugely popular that the prototype broke down when the quarter box became overloaded. The precursor (sorry) was actually invented on Long Island by government employees to showcase the technology during an open house. Not only did Pong fuel the coin-op industry, but it also created the home videogame market. (As a sidebar, the very first Atari coin-op game was Space War, with a very stylish fiberglass cabinet. An example is on display at the Museum of the Movie Image in Queens, NY.)

Tecnologically, Tempest should be included, as it was the first color quadrascan vector game. (Vector screens draw lines from point to point, resulting in faster graphic processing. Quadrascan divides the screen into four smaller screens.)

Another tecnological marvel was “Dragon’s Lair”, the first successful arcade game to use laserdisc technology and traditional cel animation.

Culturally, Space Invaders took the coin-op game from the poorly lit and questionable arcades of the mid-1970s (my mother knew of one which had been busted for drug dealing) and brought it into the pop culture.

Pac-Man then fueled the arcade boom and bust of the early 1980s. After this, there are numerous popular games which deserve “Hall Of Fame” status (Donkey Kong, Defender, Centipede (one of the first to be popular with women) Mortal Kombat…) .

Heh… I’m probably one of the few people who gave up videogames to read comics, not the other way around!

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