Level 3 games design Unit 20

 computer games platforms and technologies 

Gaming Machines:

Arcade Machine

an arcade machine is something you would typically find in an "arcade" they're very valuable as of now reaching prices like £1000 so if you have one you're in for some money. they are big chunky machines and tent to only be able to play one game which is built into it. Like a very hard horror game that makes you die every 3 minutes but it keeps you interested enough to keep paying £1 per life. The first arcade machine was made in 1971. The first ever game was "Galaxy Game" a lesser known game as it didn't catch on too well with audiences. Arcade machines are rare of today and you don't see them around as often even in most old school bowling places the only place I've seen them is in Hollywood bowl.

Console

most people will have some kind of console in there house be it a Xbox One or a Wii making it the next biggest thing most people rely on them in there everyday life and without them they wouldn't know what to do. 

you can get your hands on a console for around £200-400 depending on what you're looking for.

they feature hand held controllers so you can sit away from them while you play and you require a TV to even see the games, so you can put the TV on one side of the room and have the controller on the other side and still be able to play which is revolutionary. 

There are still older consoles though ones from back in the day when the only game ever was pong and people had to play that on an old Atari. they've been lots of consoles throughout the many years and they'll still be more to come 

PC

the first PC was invented in 1975 and its starting price was £750! which now a days you can get a good Gaming PC for that price! So personally i think that was a bit of a rip off and only the rich would have had one. in 1995 the internet was invented so you could brows the world wide web and view anything from around the world which was the starting point of somethings big. Watch this video for information of the whole history of the PC

Mobile gaming 

Mobile gaming is the most common type of gaming but people probably don't even know about it. If you think about it every one has a phone and owns some sort of game on it be it candy crush saga or pegle they are all games and you can play them where ever you want (as long as you have some kind of internet connection) most people forget that phone gaming (apps) class as video games and they're mostly seen and used as a pastime rather than something you use on the regular. The first game created for phone was snake which has different versions of it still being made to this day. It was commonly known to be on the phone Nokia brick which was made into a meme in its self as it is virtually indestructible you could drop it off a building and the screen wouldn't even be cracked legend has it the gods created the phone and that's why its so strong. You tend to play completely different games on them like candy crush or angry birds where as on consoles you would play games like gears of war and Call of duty