My Personal Gaming History

Well, now i'm going to tell you about my personal gaming history. This might be quite hard for me as this requires me to remember games that I played when I was about 5 or 6.

How did you start?

I started playing games from a very young age as my parents were into games and we owned quite a lot of the "retro" consoles. I have been told that my 1st console was a Dreamcast although I can't remember anything about it. The consoles I do remember however, are the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) and the Nintendo 64.

What’s the first game you played, the most memorable? Why?

I can't remember the 1st game I played thought I do have a vague feeling it may have been Super Mario on the SNES. My most memorable games however are probably a few games on the N64. These are; Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda- The Ocarina of Time, MarioKart, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo-Kazooie and Tetrisphere. My favourite game out of all these is probably the Legend of Zelda. I would say this is because it is generally an awesome game but i'm sure I have to come up with a reason.... :P I remember enjoying the storyline which was strange for how young I was. I remember drawing pictures and writing stories/ storyboards with my one of my friends who also loved the game. One thing that makes the game memorable for me was having to press Start and pause the game when I got to the first boss as it was a giant spider and I am still terrified of spiders to this day. Actually now, thinking about it, I paused the game whenever I got to a boss to ask my Mum how to do it as she was ahead of me in the game :D

What do you want from gaming in the future?

I would like gaming in the future to be of a huge variety. Games that can be played with friends, family or by yourself and different genres of games, maybe even new genres of games.... Something that I would like to happen though would be to find some way of putting people into games, so that they can experience the world that they are playing in. I think that this would be awesome.

What games would you like to play?

In the future, I would love to play the "re-vamped" versions of the games that I played when I was younger such as the ones mentioned above. I wouldn't like them to change the games too much as this would ruin my view of them, especially if they made the storylines ridiculously unbelievable. However, they need to avoid repetition, so there is a very delicate balance to get my approval ;)

Overall, in the future, I would like to see some of my favourite games or games with similar gameplay with new twists and awesomeness :D

A history of computer games- 2000s

During the 2000s, games have increased in quality, size and overall awesomeness massively. New consoles are being created every couple of years that include things that people could only dream about years ago. Examples of these are the Nintendo Wii and it's interactivity and the Xbox 360 Kinect. These "next generation consoles" have changed gaming now and in the future greatly.

Most games are still similar to games years ago as they still have the same genres however, they are a lot longer now, with bigger levels and more things to do. An example of this would be The Legend of Zelda- Ocarina of Time compared to Fable. In The Legend of Zelda, the "world" is quite big but it's nothing compared to Fable. Also in Fable, you can pretty much do anything by interacting with people but in Zelda, there is a set storyline that you have to follow in a specific order.

Another example would be the fairly recent option to be able to play multiplayer online. First person shooter games used to be just following levels and completing the campaign and occasionally, you would have the option to play multiplayer against maybe 1 other person on the same console, using split screen. Now however, these games can be played against people all around the world using the internet. This also means that once a game is completed, it can still be played as long as the multiplayer option has good gameplay. And games with this option have been getting better gameplay with each game that is being released.

Finally, the future. Gaming industries are now under a lot of pressure to create games that are original and haven't been done before. Also, taking into account that the game has to be good to play of course. We now have motion sensors, multiplayer gaming all over the world and huge worlds in games where anything is possible. What is there left to do???? Could we create something where people can be put into games? Or games where it can sense every part of movement in our body? Maybe games that could be played with our mind? A quote from Okamoto who is the chief technical officer for Sony Computer Entertainment is "Maybe the PlayStation 6 or 7 will be based on biotechnology" (http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-866288.html).

We will have to wait and see what the future holds :)