First Game
This was followed by interaction in a multi-player environment. The first such game was called Dungan. In DUNGEN players competed against each other to complete a series of competitions. DUNGEN provides new settings and players every time the user logs on.
ONSET:
The video game craze began in the late 1970s and more and more households developed an understanding of computers. As a natural consequence, people started writing their games for home computers. These programming enthusiasts traded and sold these home games in local markets.The video and computer game craze grew in the 1980s, but online gaming wasn't on the horizon just yet. New games with better sound and graphics were introduced and gained popularity. Pole Position and Pac-Man were two that gained huge popularity. It was during the 1980s that Nintendo introduced its first gaming system.
Revolution
In the 90s - the revolution begins
The 1990s saw an unprecedented increase in both popularity and technology, largely due to the rise of 3-D and multimedia.
The late 1990s saw the exponential growth of the Internet, MUD (Multi-User Dungeon), which made online games wildly popular. The new and improved graphical interface saw people from all over the world playing against each other not only in FPS games but also in real-time strategy games (RTS games) as well as third-person games like Grand Theft Auto.
Websites offering games
This was also the period when websites began offering online games such as Tetris, Ping Pong, Mario Bros., Super Mario, and other free online flash games and non-flash-based games for free after registering with them. It pushed online gaming into the popular psyche.
21st Century
In the 21st century - the world is just a playgroundThe early years of the 21st century were dominated by DVD-CD-ROM. It has changed the way online games are played. The latest gaming systems, such as Sony's Play Station and Microsoft's X-Box, have networking capabilities that enable people from around the world to play with each other in real-time.The rapidly growing broadband internet services have made it possible to play these online games in a true sense.DrawbackThe only drawback of the ever-evolving technology for online games is that what you buy today may be obsolete by next year.Fortunately, for serious gamers, the resale industry for these online games is huge. This resale industry is another element of the ever-changing history of online games.
Marketing
Most management courses have strategy gameplay as a subject. I am a marketer. The price of my product is stated as - x. My competitor offers his product at a pricey. What should I do with my price so that my share will increase?
Because whatever I do, my competitor will manipulate their price. It becomes a game of strategy between my competitor and me. Whoever creates the better strategy wins the marketing competition. Free online games help in the development of thinking for such situations.
Regarding Strategy
Our life is made up of strategic steps. Can free online games help us develop our strategic thinking? Let me give another example of game and strategy.
Illustration
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I am an employer. I want to give only a small salary to my employees. But they want more or will quit. They face the risk of not getting another job. The risk for me is that I may lose my trained staff. What should I do to retrain them even by giving me only a small increase? This is another game played between an employer and an employee. Free online games can help us learn more about how to develop a winning strategy.
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We all play roles and games with each other. Take a look at discount sales announced by major stores. They want customers to buy goods when prices are high and customers want to postpone their purchases until the sale is announced. This is another game. Every walk of life involves playing games and strategizing. Whoever has a winning strategy, wins in the end. Thinking strategically is a very important quality of the mind. Free online games can help develop that potential to a great extent.
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