RE: OT: Game History Test

["Jeff McFall" <Jeff.McFall(at)sas.com>]

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Ok, upping the ante here (for what purpose I don’t know)

 

Did my first computer animations on an Atari 800 with PM animator.

3D was making the sprite larger/smaller

 

Not 3D or animation but also have a (really cheesy) computer pic from 1984 made on the Atari and a Koala drawing pad

http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n5/microscreens.html

 

 

 

From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Hajo ten Thije
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:32 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: OT: Game History Test

 

Hey Stephen,
that sounds pretty familiar to me! Made my first steps in 3D in 1988 with PM v1 on a Olivetti 286/16 with a 16bit frame buffer (only). 16.000 polys and 30.000 points if I remember correctly? 16 groups and rock solid batch scripting...  :-)

Hajo


Stephen Davidson schrieb:

HA! got ya beat. My first animations wer

on a 286/16 with 40MB hard drive running CubiComp PictureMaker

we would lay down frames, one at a time, to a 3/4 SP machine

through a 422 controler card that did one frame insert edits.

 

We also had to walk to work...in the snow...up hill...both ways.  ;)

 

 

 

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of William Pleydon
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:11 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: Game History Test

Yes, we are all old here...and I'm sure I'm not the oldest... but when our 3D animation business started we worked our first few months on a Compaq 286/33

 

William

----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Davidson

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Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:21 PM

Subject: RE: OT: Game History Test

 

To give you an idea of how old I am...

I used Softimage 3D version 1.0

It's come a long way.

 

 

 

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of kim aldis
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:10 AM
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Subject: RE: OT: Game History Test

You must be older than I am. Go on, what does xyzzy mean?

 

From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Stephen Davidson
Sent: 07 January 2008 23:29
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: OT: Game History Test

 

Yes. The first adventure game was text based

called ADVENT (for adventure)

 

read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ADVENT_--_Will_Crowther%27s_original_version.pngg

It was further enhanced by Don Woods. I went to highschool with him.

We used to play the game on a Digital PDP-8 mainframe computer.

Ahhh...the good old days...lol

 

 

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of kim aldis
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:12 PM
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Subject: RE: OT: Game History Test

Video game or computer game? Games like chess, draughts were around before video games and I’m pretty sure the first text adventure game was around way before too.

 

From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Ahmidou Lyazidi
Sent: 07 January 2008 21:18
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: OT: Game History Test

 

was't the first videogame "Pong"?

2008/1/7, Norm Olsen <nrg_alpha(at)hotmail.com>:

1. Who is nicknamed the father of videogames?
A. Ralph Baer

This is only part of the answer.. many hail Nolan Bushnell as one of the 'Fathers of videogames' as well.. I have even read him as being dubbed the Godfather of videogames.

Here's the wiki write-up on him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell

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From: carl(at)measurand.com
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: OT: Game History Test
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:58:32 -0400

See for yourself if you are Game History buff…

 

1. Who is nicknamed the father of videogames?

 

2. What is the name of the first computer game?

 

3. What was the first home console?

 

4. Which console managed to outsell the nintendo famicom in japan?

 

5. Which home console was supported longer than any other (with games being released from 1990-2003)?

 

6. Which company is credited for causing the crash of the video game industry?

 

7. Which game caused a shortage of the yen coin in Japan?

 

8. Which company is credited for the revival of the video game industry after the crash?

 

9. What was the first console to natively support online play?

 

10. Name the arcade hardware designed to coincide with each console:

 

11. What is the standard arcade pcb format?

 

12. Current Nintendo president Satoru Iwata founded what company before joining Nintendo?

 

13. What spinoff company was Konami forced to create in 1988 to avoid Nintendo of America's harsh licensing rules?

 

14. What did Ken Kutaragi design for Nintendo before creating the Playstation?

 

15. What game inspired Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto to create video games?

 

 

 

Answer Key:

 

1. Ralph Baer

2. Spacewar

3. Magnavox Oddyssey

4. NEC PC-Engine

5. Neo-geo AES

6. Atari

7. Space Invaders

8. Nintendo

9. Sega Dreamcast

10. STV           Naomi       Neo Geo MVS VS. and playerschoice

11. Jamma

12. HAL Labratory

13. Ultra Games

14. SNES sound chip

15. Space Invaders

 

 

Part 2

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1.What was the original name of Mario?

 

2.What was the first game he (Mario) starred in?

 

3.What did Nintendo make before video games?

 

4.What hit FPS was John Carmack responsible for creating, that popularized the genre?

 

5.What anime and toy giant did Namco merge with in 2005?

 

6.What technique is used in games like Mario Kart and Doom to create a 3d effect?

 

7.What is the top selling game of all time?

 

8.What company is responsible for creating the Unreal Engine?

 

9.What game popularized the use of ragdoll physics?

 

10.What was the name of Atari's handheld which was made to compete with the Gameboy?

 

11.What was the name of Atari's last console?

 

 

Answers:

 

1.Jumpman

 

2.Donkey Kong

 

3.Playing Cards

 

4.Doom

 

5.Bandai

 

6.Mode 7

 

7.SUper Mario Bros.

 

8.Epic

 

9.Half-Life 2

 

10.Lynx

 

11.Jaguar

 

 

[ carl] =

 

 

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