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MIT students celebrated the golden anniversary of Spacewar! - which is one of the first video games in history - by recreating it on a computer that can be handled on the palm of your hand. Four students of MIT began creating the game Spacewar! during their free time in 1961 and finished it in February 1962. It was built on the Digital Equipment PDP-1, a computer unit around the size of an ordinary refrigerator. The game features two spaceships attempting to shoot each other down, with one of the spaceships under the control of the player. Massachusetts' engineering students showcased their work at the museum of MIT. This process of turning a 50-year old game to a modern one is almost likened to digital archeology. It must be difficult to port it into a modern programming language for it is very low-level considering the time it was created. In addition to that, it used a lot of tricks specific to the machine it was first built on due to the limitations they had on the software. The students transferred the software to the Arduino platform, a microprocessor the size of handheld gadget. The game was not really meant for commercial purposes but only for the enjoyment of the creators. In fact, majority of Americans barely had access to a PDP-1 at that time. During the 1970′s it became a commercial success when it appeared in arcade platforms and personal gaming consoles like the Atari 2600. This anniversary of Spacewar! came amidst the most recent sales figures of video games in the American market this month that showed a decline of millions. According to a consumer group, sales of video games went down by 34%, despite the USD 1.14 billion sales. This is compared to sales figures of January last year. The outlook seems to be even more worse for video game consoles, sustaining a fall of 38% in sales. Most experts are thinking that this decrease in sales is only because of the low number of new game releases. But several games did sell well including Call of Dut

MIT students celebrated the golden anniversary of Spacewar! - which is one of the first video games in history - by recreating it on a computer that can be handled on the palm of your hand.   Four students of MIT began creating the game Spacewar! during their free time in 1961 and finished it in February 1962. It was built on the Digital Equipment PDP-1, a computer unit around the size of an ordinary refrigerator. The game features two spaceships attempting to shoot each other down, with one of the spaceships under the control of the player.   Massachusetts' engineering students showcased their work at the museum of MIT.  This process of turning a 50-year old game to a modern one is almost likened to digital archeology.   It must be difficult to port it into a modern programming language for it is very low-level considering the time it was created. In addition to that, it used a lot of tricks specific to the machine it was first built on due to the limitations they had on the software.   The students transferred the software to the Arduino platform, a microprocessor the size of handheld gadget.   The game was not really meant for commercial purposes but only for the enjoyment of the creators. In fact, majority of Americans barely had access to a PDP-1 at that time. During the 1970′s it became a commercial success when it appeared in arcade platforms and personal gaming consoles like the Atari 2600.   This anniversary of Spacewar! came amidst the most recent sales figures of video games in the American market this month that showed a decline of millions.   According to a consumer group, sales of video games went down by 34%, despite the USD 1.14 billion sales. This is compared to sales figures of January last year. The outlook seems to be even more worse for video game consoles, sustaining a fall of 38% in sales.   Most experts are thinking that this decrease in sales is only because of the low number of new game releases. But several games did sell

Two major features of Microsoft's next-generation console are dropped by the company. These are regular online authenticity checks required to play video games offline and restrictions on what players can do with games after purchase. Microsoft says, in an update issued Wednesday, the shift in Xbox One policy stems from consumer feedback. "While we believe that the majority of people will play games online and access the cloud for both games and entertainment, we will give consumers the choice of both physical and digital content," Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's Interactive entertainment business, said in a statement. "We have listened and we have heard loud and clear from your feedback that you want the best of both worlds." The Microsoft statement says no internet connection will be required to play any Xbox One game. Also, avenues for trading, renting, lending or selling purchased games will remain as they are today with the Xbox 360. Microsoft outlined how its Xbox One would function when it launches this November for $499; this move marks a full turn for Microsoft from several weeks ago. In earlier statements, Microsoft said users would have to check in online every 24 hours to play any games offline. Microsoft also planned the inability to rent or lend games at launch as limits to how games were used. Sony, a well-known rival will be launching its PlayStation 4 this holiday, the options provoked harsh criticism from them. Sony Computer Entertainment of America President Jack Tretton emphatically proclaimed during a press conference at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo that the PS4 would not restrict games or require routine online checks. "You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc," Mattrick said. "The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you." Nonetheless, the Family option to share a games library with as many as 10 other people

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http://reviews.blackhawkmines-online.com/2013/05/10/gamer-proposes-with-four-hour-role-playing-game-with-this-game-i-thee-wed/ There have been many various wedding proposals prepared via video game modifications. Here is another whole new level of proposal, actually building a game from scratch for the sole purpose of asking for someone's hand. That's a new level altogether, romantic indeed. Marchaka, a Redditor, has a pretty ideal girlfriend a gamer would want to have in Michele, as the two shares a serious love of video games. That made him think and got then wheels on his head thinking when he decided to pop the question. Marchaka used VX Ace a $70 role-playing game maker and then he built Michele's Quest. Michele's Quest is a Final Fantasy-style title that consists of four acts and four boss battles. After successfully completing each act, the player, Michele, Marchaka's girlfriend, is rewarded with an image showing the location of a real-world key. Sitting next to the computer Michele played on was a chest with four locks. When she arrive at the fourth was unlocked, there was a note reading "turn around," where she saw Marchaka on bended knee with the ring. Not to any surprise, she said "yes." Marchaka has only little programming experience. It took him over 160 hours to build the game, which is filled with in-jokes, humor and loads of video game references. And lest you think Marchaka spent the four hours, it took Michele to complete the game standing over her shoulder. He even managed to plan ahead for that unforeseen event as well. "We had some guests over and so I tried to downplay it by cooking a big dinner for everyone," he said. "I spent most of my time in the kitchen but how the place is designed I can see the computer from there. The guests pulled up chairs next to her and chimed in with commentary and jokes…took any tension out of it until the big moment." Marchaka's proposal has resemblance and can make you think back to Gary Hudston's

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Black hawk mines online games ouya brings back tv game console - Presentation Transcript 1. Ouya, a USD 99 TV game console projectusing Android 4.0 has made a stunning debuton the crowdfunding website Kickstarter -hitting a million dollar mark after just 8hours.The game console is slated for a March 2013release and the team behind it promise thatit will offer a flexible and open gamingenvironment that the market wants, whichwill bring back the good old days of console-TV gaming. As of now, the sleek silver andblack cube along with its equally coolcontroller are just on their prototype stage. 2. Ouya founder Julie Uhrman said, ―It's ironic,all the growth in gaming is moving to mobileplatforms, we're seeing a lot of AAAdevelopers leaving their console shops to goto mobile, yet three out of every four dollarsis still spent in the living room, a majority ofgaming time is still spent on the TV, and ifyou survey any gamer they'll tell you theirNo. 1 platform is the TV.‖ 3. Ouya is now the fastest project inKickstarter to reach the million dollarthreshold in just 8 hours of going live. Theteam has initially hoped for USD 950,000pledges in one month for the consoles to beproduced. Support for the project has beenhuge that as of the time of this writing,barely 3 days of being online, the amount ofpledges reached USD 4 million already.―We never anticipated that it would blow uplike this,‖ said the Ouya founder to BlackHawk Reviews - Online Games. 4. Hardware specs for the Ouya console include8Gb of storage, 1Gb of RAM and NVIDIA Tegra3 processor which could churn out decent 3Ddisplay at 1080 pixels. They don't soundimpressive and particularly powerful whencompared to PS3 or Xbox but it's a prettygood bargain considering the price tag.And although it runs on Android, it shouldnot be expected to be have complete touch-based interface. Ouya will have standardwireless controller that includes 8 actionbuttons, a D-pad, 2 analog sticks and atouchpad for ges

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BLACK HAWK REVIEWS - ONLINE GAMES: SPACEWAR! REMAKE AFTER 50 YEARS MIT students celebrated the golden anniversary of Spacewar! - which is one of the first video games in history - by recreating it on a computer that can be handled on the palm of your hand. Four students of MIT began creating the game Spacewar! during their free time in 1961 and finished it in February 1962. It was built on the Digital Equipment PDP-1, a computer unit around the size of an ordinary refrigerator. The game features two spaceships attempting to shoot each other down, with one of the spaceships under the control of the player. Massachusetts' engineering students showcased their work at the museum of MIT. This process of turning a 50-year old game to a modern one is almost likened to digital archeology. It must be difficult to port it into a modern programming language for it is very low-level considering the time it was created. In addition to that, it used a lot of tricks specific to the machine it was first built on due to the limitations they had on the software. The students transferred the software to the Arduino platform, a microprocessor the size of handheld gadget. The game was not really meant for commercial purposes but only for the enjoyment of the creators. In fact, majority of Americans barely had access to a PDP-1 at that time. During the 1970′s it became a commercial success when it appeared in arcade platforms and personal gaming consoles like the Atari 2600.

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PopCap has two important announcements this week: a sequel for its most popular game and staff layoffs. It has announced the Plants vs. Zombies 2 launch will be on the spring of 2013 and promised new stuff in the game where you combat a horde of zombies by planting stuff. "The sequel to Plants vs. Zombies is expected to launch by late spring 2013, and will include a bevy of new features, settings, and situations, designed to delight the franchise's tens of millions of fans around the world," according to PopCap.

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