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Evolution of online game and progress of this field is hot topic now-a-days. So, here we go:
Next came the interpersonal interaction in a multiplayer environment. The first such games was called DUNG EN. DUNG EN had players competing against one another to complete a series of quests. DUNG EN provided with new settings and players each time the user logged on.
Online gaming dates back to 1940, when the NIMTRON game was introduced to the company, allowing players to experience a fun game using mathematics. Since then, the concept of online gaming began to evolve and in 1952 a second game was developed, known as OX O.
The late 1970s saw the start of video game craze, with more and more households getting computer savvy. As a natural corollary, people started writing their own games for the home computers. These programming hobbyist traded and sold these home-grown games in local markets.
Other changes in the 1970s were home gaming consoles, which used game cartridges. That meant the people could collect games cartridges for one base unit instead of having a bulky game console system.
- The 80s – some pause before the storm
1980’s saw a growing craze for the video and computer game craze, but online gaming wasn’t on the horizon yet. New games with better sound and graphics were introduced and gained popularity. Pole Position and Pac-Man were two that achieved big popularity. It was during the 1980s when Nintendo introduced its first gaming system.
- The 90s – revolution begins
The 1990s saw the phenomenal growth in both popularity and technology, mostly because of the rise of 3-D and multimedia.
Myst, the intellectual adventure game, introduced gaming on the CD-ROM format. Fancier 3-D graphics hardware made FPS (first-person shooter) games such as Quake possible.
The late 1990s saw the exponential growth of the Internet, MUD (multi-user dungeons) which made online games wildly popular. Thanks to the new and improved graphical interfaces, people all over the world played against each other not only in FPS games, but also in real-time strategy games (RTS games) and also in third-person games such as Grand Theft Auto.
This was also the period when websites started offering online games such as Tetris, ping pong, Mario bros, Super Mario, and other free online flash games and non-flash based games free for playing after registering with them. This really pushed online gaming into the popular psyche.
- The 21st Century – world is just a playground
The Early years of the 21st century were dominated by the 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 to enable people to play with each other in real time from all over the world. Exponentially growing broadband Internet services have made it possible to play these online games in the truest sense of the word.
The only drawback to the constantly evolving technology for online games is that what you buy today might become obsolete by the next year. Luckily, for the serious gamers, the resale industry for these online games is huge. This resale industry is just another element of the ever-changing history of online gaming.
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