What’s on tonight?
• Who am I?
• Who are you?
• What is this class?
• USC academic policy
• History of Videogames
History of Videogames
First Computer Game
• 1952
• Noughts and Crosses
• A.S. Douglas, University of Cambridge
• EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator)
First Videogame
• Ralph Baer– TV Game – 1966– Odyssey - 1972
First Arcade Game
• Nolan Bushnell– 1971 - Computer Space– 1972 - Pong and founded Atari.– 1977 - Atari VCS
After the Crash
• Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)– 1985
Home Computers
• Apple II, 1977
• Radio Shack TRS-80, 1977
• IBM PC, 1981
• Commodore 64, 1982
• Commodore Amiga 1000, 1985