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Brief History of Action Games

Brief History of Action Games

Video games are da bomb

Samantha Radocchia

June 16, 2013
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  1. A Brief History of!
    @iamsamsterdam ! Github: SamanthaRadocchia!

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  2. Pinball!

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  3. Pinball!
    This shit was cool
    from 1947 – 1970. !

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  4. Pinball!
    NO XBOX?! WTF?!

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  5. Pinball!
    Meanwhile, While
    these fools were
    trying to be
    Pinball Wizards…!

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  6. Spacewar!
    Video Games.!
    !
    " " " "Boom. !
    !

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  7. Spacewar!
    yo man this shit is way cooler
    than pinball!

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  8. Pong!
    The first commercially
    successful video game !

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  9. Pong!
    Ted Dabney, Nolan Bushnell, Fred Marincic, and Al
    Alcorn – before Steve Jobs stole their shit !

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  10. Pong!
    Pong was cool. Except
    you needed a friend to
    play it… So obvi not
    many developers at the
    time could play it !

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  11. Breakout !
    Breakout was the solution to that problem. Single
    player hell yeah! !

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  12. Breakout !
    •   Released  in  1976  for  the  arcade.  
    •   Concept  by  Nolan  Bushnell  and  Steve  
    Bristow,  designed  by  Steve  Wozniak  
    •   Created  for  Atari  Inc.    

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  13. Breakout !
    Steve  Jobs  also  got  in  on  the  fun.    

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  14. SPACE
    INVADERS!
    Breakout  laid  the  foundaGon  for  space  invaders  and  
    all  subsequent  acGon  video  games/compuGng  in  
    general.  Badass.    

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