English

Year: 2016
Student: Agustin Cavale
Theme: Videogames.
Infography: http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/A_List_and_Guide_to_Game_Genres
http://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-playstation-57803
http://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-game-boy-advance-49041
http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Computer_and_video_game_genres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System
http://arcadesushi.com/best-nintendo-franchises/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong
http://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/mejores-juegos-xbox-360-104684
http://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-mega-drive-56393
http://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-snes-47726
http://www.vidaextra.com/juegos-retro/los-diez-mejores-juegos-de-nes-segun-vidaextra
http://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/20-mejores-juegos-dreamcast62427http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/92121/8617730.html

Videogame history
Videogame meaning: (open first part folder)
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual
feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video
game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display
device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art
form, but this designation is controversial.

The first famous game: Pong

Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games and the very first sports arcade video game. It is a table
tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. The game was originally manufactured
by Atari, which released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari
co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful arcade
video game machine, which helped to establish the video game industry along with the first home console,
the Magnavox Odyssey. During the 1975 Christmas season, Atari released a home version of
Pong exclusively through Sears retail stores. It was also a commercial success and led to numerous copies.
The game has been remade on numerous home and portable platforms following its release. Pong has been
referenced and parodied in multiple television shows and video games, and has been a part of several video
game and cultural exhibitions.

The first famous character: Pac-man

Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan in May 1980. It was created by
Japanese video game designer Toru Iwatani. It was licensed for distribution in the United States by
Midway and released in October 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, PacMan is considered one of the classics of the medium, and an icon of 1980s popular culture

Type of Platforms
The term "platform" refers to the specific combination of electronic components or computer hardware
which, in conjunction with software, allows a video game to operate. The term "system" is also commonly
used.
PC
In common use a "PC game" refers to a form of media that involves a player interacting with a personal
computer connected to a video monitor. Personal computers are not dedicated game platforms, so there may
be differences running the same game in different hardwares, also the openness allows some features to
developers like reduced software cost,[21] increased flexibility, increased innovation, emulation, creation of
modifications ("mods"), open hosting for online gaming (in which a person plays a video game with people
who are in a different household) and others

Console

A "console game" is played on a specialized electronic device that connects to a common television
set or composite video monitor, unlike PCs, a console is a dedicated platform, it is manufactured by a
specific company. Usually runs only games developed for it, or games from other platform made by the same
company, but never its direct competitor, even if the same game is available on different platforms. It often
comes with a specific game controller.

Handheld
A "handheld" gaming device is a small, self-contained electronic device that is portable and can be held in a
user's hands. It features the console, a small screen, speakers and buttons, joystick or other game
controllers in a single unit. Like consoles, handhelds are dedicated platforms, and share almost the same
characteristics.

Arcade

"Arcade game" generally refers to a game played on an even more specialized type of electronic device that
is typically designed to play only one game and is encased in a special, large coin-operated cabinet which has
one built-in console, controllers (joystick, buttons, etc.), a CRT screen, and audio amplifier and speakers.
Arcade games often have brightly painted logos and images relating to the theme of the game. While most
arcade games are housed in a vertical cabinet, which the user typically stands in front of to play,

Web browser
The web browser has also established itself as platform in its own right in the 2000s, while providing a crossplatform environment for video games designed to be played on a wide spectrum of hardware from personal
computers and tablet computers to smart phones. This in turn has generated new terms to qualify classes of
web browser-based games. These games may be identified based on the website that they appear, such as
with "Face book" games

Genres: (Open genres examples folder)

A video game, like most other forms of media, may be categorized into genres. Video game genres are used
to categorize video games based on their gameplay interaction rather than visual or narrative differences. A
video game genre is defined by a set of gameplay challenges and is classified independent of their setting or
game-world content, unlike other works of fiction such as films or books. For example, a shooter game is
still a shooter game, regardless of whether it takes place in a fantasy world or in outer space

Action

Perhaps the most basic of genres, Action is practically all encompassing, thus, it should
be applied to games whose main focus is Action. Good examples of Action games
include Devil May Cry and God of War.

Adventure

, Adventure is in it's purest form a game that takes you on a journey with emphasis on
locales and excitement and usually encourage freedom of exploration. The most basic
examples of adventure games include point and click games like Full
Throttle, Shadowgate, and King's Quest. Modern examples of Adventure games
include Grand Theft Auto, Metroid, The Legend of Zelda and many RPGs such
as Mass Effect or Final Fantasy.

Arcade

Arcade games are games that do not have an expansive storyline other than bare
essentials, with simple but effective gameplay, where the main focus is to finish the
game with the largest amount of points possible. Never the main genre, it simply
implies what sort of game to expect. Bubble Bobble and Metal Slug are good
examples of Arcade games.

Beat 'em
Up

A Beat 'Em Up is a sub-class platformer, where any element of actual platforming is

removed and the player literally beats their way through a level. A Beat 'Em Up is as if
a fighting game had a a stage roughly 15-30 times as long as a fighting game stage,
and up to 20 opponents at once, except all those opponents were much weaker than
you. An arcade favorite genre of the 90's, notable examples include Double Dragon,
Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Yakuza, God Hand, Marvel Ultimate
Alliance, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.

Combat

Combat games, not to be confused with Action or FPS games, are a sub-classing genre
that indicates the game has direct military-like characteristics that create a hard-boiled
experience. Combat does not apply to any-one genre; the setting of these games is
either realistic, modern/historical, or science fiction, rarely does a combat game step
into fantasy-settings.

Defense

A pseudo-strategy game where the player's focus is spent entirely on defending a

single point. Some examples include Lock's Quest, Crystal Defenders, Pixel Junk
Monsters, and Plants vs. Zombies.

Fighting

the genre of Fighting is a specific genre where the users battles an opponent to a
certain outcome. the actual gameplay is almost always a one versus one experience.
There is usually a high emphasis of multiplayer and competition in fighting games.
Examples include Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Soul Calibur, Tekken, and Mortal
Kombat. Some sports games are also part fighting, such as Big Bang Pro Wrestling and
Punch Out!!

Flight

The Flight genre is focused on games who focus on flying, usually in a realistic/semirealistic perspective. Few games are pure flight, but Pilotwings is a very notable
example. Many flight games cross with the Combat genre to produce games that
effectively represent an experience similar to fighting in a military jet vehicle. The
most famous series is ace combat.

FPS

The First Person Shooter genre literally stands for a genre where the player views the
game in first person and shoots enemies with an arsenal of guns and ranged weapons.
Examples include Wolfenstein, Doom, Goldeneye 64, Call of Duty, and Team Fortress
2.

Minigame

The core gameplay of these games do not comprise of one single game, but rather a
collection of many different games (usually puzzles) for a player to complete,
sometimes in a row at rapid pace

MMO

Stands for Massively Multiplayer Online. While most modern games are playable
online, a MMO constitutes that online game play is the focus of the game, and that
hundreds, thousands, even millions of users can interact with each other in a real-time
space (theoretically) Notable examples include World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy
XI, Everquest, Monster Hunter, and EVE Online.

Platformer

A platformer, at it's core, involves moving a character in a 2D or 3D environment to

overcome impeding obstacles with physical movement, Exaples: crash bandicoot,
sonic the hedgedog and Mario bros series

Racing

This genre simply implies that the main object of the game is to race a determined
number of opponents to the finish. Examples:
F-Zero, Wipeout series, Burnout and Need For Speed series

Rhythm

A genre of game where the player uses rhythmic timing to solve a fast paced
puzzle. Examples: Guitar Hero and Rock Band

RTS

Stands for Real Time Strategy, these are hard-boiled military strategy games rife with
conquest, examples include Warcraft, Starcraft, Age of Empires

Shoot 'em
Up

A shoot 'em up game is a game where the premise is simple: annihilate everything on
screen with whatever arsenal at your disposal. Examples include R-Type, Gradius,
and 1943.

Sim

Sim is a shortening of the word Simulation, and that's exactly what Sim games are.
They simulate an experience that people either do in real life. The most famous
example is sims series.

Sports

A video-game simulation of a sport. Can be as realistic or unrealistic as the game

creator wants. Examples include Tecmo Superbowl, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Mutant
League Football, and Mario Golf.

Strategy

A broad-term genre for games that have militaristic/strategic combat elements crucial
to victory. Some examples include Advance Wars, Steel Panthers, and Sid Meier's
Civilization.

Survival
Horror

Survival Horror is, relatively speaking, a newer genre with fluctuating demand in the
game industry. The basis of a survival horror game is that the player has to face the
unknown in an environment highly reminiscent of one might find in a horror movie.
Notable examples include Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, Silent Hill, Clock Tower,
and Dead Space.

TPS

Very much like the FPS genre, the Third Person Shooter genre trademarks itself with a
third person perspective instead. These games can be straight shooters, but oftentimes
cross-genre, becoming part platformer (Ratchet & Clank)

Joke Term/Pet Term Genres

These genres, while not necessarily an accurate representation of the game's gameplay, should be used just to
spice up the articles and keep people interested.

Ball Rollan
Games

Katamari Damacy, See also: Marble Madness, Rock of Ages.

Being A
Badass

A joke-genre that implies your main character is a macho manly figure of totally
awesome that beats on his enemies with the fire of a thousand suns. Easy examples
include God Hand, Bonk's Adventure, Yakuza, River City Ransom, Punch Out!!,

Being A
Dickhead

A genre that ensures your main character is a total asshole who does nothing but cause
other people misery and suffering the likes of which they have never encountered til
they met you, just so you can get your jollies from doing this. Examples include Bully,

Overlord, Prototype, God of War

A slight variation of Shoot 'Em Ups where enemy projectiles come FROM
EVERYWHERE. It's really about pattern memorization and twitch reflexes more than
Bullet Hell anything or in all fairness; surviving the bullets Difficulty is so ridiculous that it will
make you sweat enough bullets that you will have to dodge those too. Notable examples
include Touhouand Ikaruga

Top 10 most consoles sold: (open top 10 folder)

PlayStation 2

Sony

2000

>155 million

Nintendo DS

Nintendo

2004

154.02 million

Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Nintendo

1989/1998

118.69 million

PlayStation

Sony

1994

102.49 million

Wii

Nintendo

2006

101.63 million

Xbox 360

Microsoft

2005

84 million

PlayStation 3

Sony

2006

>83.8 million

PlayStation Portable

Sony

2004

82 million

Game Boy Advance

Nintendo

2001

81.51 million

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo

1983

61.91 million

The most important consoles from last generation:

PS2: (open ps2 games folder)

The PlayStation 2 (abbreviated as PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony
Interactive Entertainment, formerly Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the successor to the PlayStation, and
is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles. It was released on March 4, 2000 in Japan, It
competed with Sega's Dreamcast, Microsoft's Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube in the sixth generation of
video game consoles.
The most important franchise from this console are:
Ratchet and Clank trilogy
Gta first trilogy
God of war I and II
Silent hill 2, 3 and 4
Resident evil 4 and code veronica
Shadow of colossus
Prince of Persia trilogy
Crash bandicoot 4 and 5
Devil may cry 1, 2 and 3

Nintendo Entertainment System: (open Nintendo games folder)

The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game
console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family
Computer The best-selling gaming console of its time, the NES helped revitalize the US video game
industry following the video game crash of 1983.[11] With the NES, Nintendo introduced a nowstandard business model of licensing third-party developers,

10 Best Nintendo Franchises

Game and watch
Donkey Kong country
Mario bros (of course)
Legend of zelda
F-Zero
Star fox
Pokemon
Kirby
Metroid
Smash brothers

Dreamcast: (open dreamcast folder)

The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998 in Japan. It was
the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2,
Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox. Although the Dreamcast had a short lifespan and
limited third-party support, reviewers have considered the console ahead of its time. Its library contains
many games considered creative and innovative, including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio and Shenmue, as well
as high-quality ports from Sega's NAOMI arcade system board. The Dreamcast was also the first console to
include a built-in modem for Internet support and online play.

10 Best Dreamcast Franchises

Outrigger
Zombie revenge
Megaman X
Canon spike
Street fighter III
Capcom Vs SnK
Dear or live 2
Rayman 2 the great escape
Shenmue 2
Marvel vs capcom 2