Umlando wamageyimu we-Classic Video - i-CD-ROM Revolution

by DS Cohen

I-Quality Quality Graphics, Okuqukethwe Okucebile nokuningi

Emva kokuzalwa kabusha kwe-console yokudlala, imboni yakhula nakakhulu kunangaphambili, kodwa yaqala umncintiswano wemishini emisha kanye nobuchwepheshe obuphambili bokushaya umncintiswano. Ngokushesha abenzi begeyimu yevidiyo bathatha idivayisi yesitoreji esinamandla kunazo zonke yekhompyutha, i-CD-ROM. Akuyona nje imali ebiza kakhulu kunomkhiqizi kunama-cartridges, ama-CD-ROM agcine ulwazi oluthe xaxa futhi athola uhlelo oluvela kwi-disc njengoba kudingeka. Lokhu kwavumela ihluzo zekhwalithi ephezulu, i-gameplay eyengeziwe futhi okuqukethwe okucebile.

1992 - Ngaphambi kokudala kwe-CD-ROM

Isithombe © SEGA Corporation

Ukukhishwa kwegeyimu ye-Arcade yomlando
- Mortal Kombat

I-SEGA ikhishwa i-console yayo yasekhaya ye-CD-ROM yokuqala ne-CD ye-Sega, okungeziwe kuGenesise. Ngeshwa amanani entengo ephakeme ngaphezulu kokuthi abekhona kakade noma athenge uGenesise uvimbela uhlelo ukuthi lukwazi ukuthandwa. Amalayisense we-SEGA ngokwahlukana kokubili i-Genese ne-Sega CD kuya ku-JVC owadayisa njengengozi ephezulu, ephezulu, yonke iyunithi ebizwa nge-Wondermega.
I-Id ikhulula i-Wolfenstein 3D, umdlalo obhekene nokuletha ukuthandwa komuntu wokuqala wokudubula kumakethe amaningi.

1993 - The Fifth Generation

I-Packshot © Id Software

I-Panasonic ihambisa ikhonsoli yokuqala ye-CD-ROM equkethe i-3DO. Umkhiqizo obizwa nge- Time Magazine , uhlelo luyikhwalithi yekhwalithi ephezulu kakhulu emakethe, ebeletha ama-franchise amaningi athandwayo njenge-Alone in Dark and Need for Speed. Naphezu kwakho konke lokhu, ithegi elithengayo lentengo kanye nokwedluleleka kwemakethe kubangela ukuthi uhlelo lungaphumeleli.
I-Atari yenza umzamo wokugcina ekubuyiseleni imakethe neJaguar. Nakuba uhlelo lwe-CD-ROM, i-Jaguar nayo ine-slot yokudlala imidlalo ye-cartridge. Ngenxa yenkampu yayo eyinkimbinkimbi, ukuhluleka kwememori nokulawula okuyinkimbinkimbi amabhomu wesistimu, futhi i-Atari iphuma emakethe ye-console futhi inamathele emidlalweni yokushicilela.
I-Doom ikhulula futhi ifika ngokushesha ku-Wolfenstein 3D njengemidlalo ethandwa kakhulu ye-FPS.

1994 - Sony Inters the Game

Isithombe se-Computer History Museum

Ukukhishwa Kwegeyimu Yomlando We-Arcade:
- Tekken

I-SEGA Saturn ne- Sony PlayStation ukukhululwa eJapane izinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela. Zombili ziyi-CD-based systems, ihambisa ihluzo ezingu-32-bit, kodwa iSaturn ihlose abadlali be-hardcore, kuyilapho i-PlayStation ihlose kumageyimu ajwayelekile.
Ukuqaliswa kwekhasi leSega ne-Time Warner I-Sega Channel, isevisi yokuqala yokulanda yemidlalo yemidlalo esebenza ne-adaptha exhuma ku-Sega Genesis. Amageyimu angangena ngemvume esiteshini futhi adlale imidlalo eminingi, eningiziwe njalo ngenyanga. Ngeshwa, izombusazwe ezizungezile izinkampani zekhebula kanye nokuphela kokuphila kukaGenesise kudala ukubulala isiteshi.
I-Cyan ikhulula i-Myst futhi isheshe ibe yikhompiyutha yekhompiyutha ehamba phambili kakhulu yokudayisa, okwenza kabusha imakethe.

1994 - Ukulinganisa Iminyaka Yemidlalo Kuzalwa

Ephendula ukukhathazeka okukhulayo ngokuqukethwe okubudlova nokucansi kwemidlalo yevidiyo, i-Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) yakhiwa. Isistimu yokulinganisela yobudala yemidlalo yevidiyo ephenduka iminyaka eyishumi ezayo kamuva. Ngokungafani nebhodi le-movie le-MPAA lokulinganisa, i-ESRB isekela ukulinganisa kwabo hhayi kuphela kokuqukethwe kodwa nakuhlangenwe nakho okuhlangene nakho.

1995 - Ikhonsoli neKomidini yekhompyutha

I-SEGA Saturn kanye nokukhululwa kwe-Sony PlayStation e-United States izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphandle. I-Saturn ibetha i-PlayStation ukuze imakethe, kodwa ukugijima kwe-SEGA ukukhulula kunenkinga eminingi ngezihloko ezimbalwa zokuqalisa kanye ne-hardware yamanani. Lokhu kuvumela u-Sony isikhathi sokulungisa isitoko esiphezulu semidlalo yokukhishwa kwe-PlayStation. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Sony uphonsa intengo ye-PlayStation ibe ngu-$ 299, ukuthengisa i-hardware ekulahlekelweni nokwenza izindleko ngokuthengisa okuningi kwegeyimu.
I-Microsoft ikhulula i-Window 95, i-hit esheshayo eyenza i-Windows uhlelo lokuqala lokusebenza lwekhompyutha ye-PC.

1995 - I-Virtual Boy

Ukuze uzame futhi usebenzise i-Virtual Reality yenza ukuthi i-Nintendo iqalise i-Virtual Boy. Ethuthukiswe ngumdali wegeyimu ye-Game Boy Gunpei Yokoi, i-Virtual Boy ihloselwe ukuba yindlela yokuqala yokudlala yokuletha ihluzo ze-3D yangempela. Kusukela ekuqalisweni kwayo, i-Virtual Boy ihlushwa izinkinga. Kuthengiswe njengento ebonakalayo ephathekayo ephathekayo, ingabe ikhona futhi idala abadlali abaningi ukuba bathole ikhanda. U-Gunpei Yokoi uzizwa ukuthi i-Nintendo rush ikhishwe umkhiqizo ngaphambi kokuba isilungele futhi iwuphawu oluthile. Ngokuhluleka kwe-Virtual Boy, i-Gunpei ne-Nintendo ngezindlela zokuhlanganyela, ukuphela kobudlelwane bominyaka engu-30.

1996 - Ikhonsoli kanye Nemidlalo Yekhompiyutha

I-Nintendo inamathele emidlalweni esekelwe kwiklabhudi ne-console engu-64-Bit, i-Nintendo 64 (N64). I-N64 idlulisela kabili amandla njengamanye ama-consoles angenayo isikhathi sokulayisha esidingeka yimidlalo esekelwe kuma-CD-ROM. Impendulo kuphela ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwezindleko kudlulele kakhulu kunezinye izinhlelo. Eminyakeni eminingana elandelayo i-N64 ne-PlayStation ibusa emakethe.
I-Tomb Raider isungulwe i-PlayStation, i-Saturn ne-PC, ibeletha uLara Croft, umlingiswa ovelele kakhulu wesifazane ku-gamedom.
I-Id ye-Id ikhulula owokuqala ochungechungeni lwabo abadubulayo abadumile bokuqala, ukuzamazama, okunezithombe ezicebile ze-3D namakhono wabadlali abaningi be-intanethi.
I-Meridian 59, ukukhululwa kokuqala kwe-MMOG ngehluzo ngokugcwele kwe-3D ku-inthanethi.

1996 - Gaming Gaming and Novelty Gaming

I-Tiger Electronics izama ukunikeza i-Game Boy ukuncintisana nokukhululwa kwe-Game.com, uhlelo lokudlala lwe-handheld elibuye liyincwadi yekheli, wokubala futhi ingahamba ku-Inthanethi ukuthola i-imeyili. Ngalokhu konke okusemandleni, i-Tiger ayigxila ngokwanele emidlalweni engenayo imali engcono kakhulu.
Izici ze-Rumble zitholwa ezinjabulweni kanye nabalawuli abavumela umdlali ukuba azizwe ukuphazamiseka kokuphazamiseka njengomphumela we-gameplay.
I-Tamagotchi, isilwane sokuqala esiyinkimbinkimbi, iba i-instant hit eJalimane nase-United States.

1998 - I-Sixth Generation of Consoles Ukusebenzisa Amandla Amakhompiyutha

I-Sega iqala i-Dreamcast eJapane, okwamanje ibhekwa njengendlela ehle kunazo zonke nesikhathi sokudlala kwe-console ye-intanethi. Uhlelo olusekelwe ku-CD lusebentisa ihluzo ze-128-bit, amandla okucubungula afanelana kuphela ngamakhompyutha wedeskithophu osengaphambili kanye nokwakhiwa okwenzelwe ukudlala ku-inthanethi.

1998 - Isizukulwane sesibili sama-Handhelds

I-Nintendo iveza umbala kuma-handhelds abo ne- Game Boy Color (GBC) . Isistimu ye-handbreaking ephathekayo, izinhlelo ezintsha ze-GBC ziqala amathrendi amaningi okudlala esikhathini esizayo, kufaka phakathi ukuxhumana okungenantambo, ukuhambisana nokubuyela emuva, namageyimu aneziphakheji ezikhonjiwe ezikwakhiwe kanye nezinzwa zokuhamba ezingabona ukuthi uhambisa kanjani uhlelo.
Ngemuva kokuhluleka kwekhonsoli yabo yasekhaya, i-SNK ikhipha inguqulo ephathekayo ebizwa nge-Neo-Geo Pocket. Nakuba engabizi kangcono kune-console, ekuqaleni ikhishwa ngeskrini esimnyama nesomhlophe futhi ishaywa kanzima ngokuntuleka kokwesekwa kwabathuthukisi begeyimu. Nakuba basheshe basho ukuntuleka kwesikrini sombala ngokukhululwa kwe-Neo-Geo Pocket Color, uhlelo luyeka emva kweminyaka emibili nje.

1999 - I-Dreamcast ihluleka futhi iqala ukuqala

I-Sega ikhulula i-Dreamcast e-United States. Nakuba iqala ekuqaleni, ukuthengiswa ngokushesha kwehla lapho u-Sony ekhishwa i- PlayStation 2 ngo-2001. Lokhu kubangela ukuthi iSega iqede ukukhiqizwa kwe-Dreamcast bese iphuma emakethe ye-console ngokuphelele. Njengo-Atari, banamathele ekushicileleni imidlalo yevidiyo yezinye izinhlelo.
I-Sony iqala i-MMOG ephumelele kakhulu ngesikhathi, i-EverQuest, ekugcineni inikeza ukwethembeka kohlobo emakethe.

2001 - Isizukulwane Sesithathu Samaselula

I-Nintendo ikhulula i- Game Boy Advance (GBA) , uhlelo lokugcina lokudlala ukukhiqiza yonke imidlalo ye-2D ngesitayela se-classic. I-GBA iphinde ibe uhlelo lwamaphakheji amaningi emidlalo ye-classic ye-classic kufaka phakathi i-Nintendo Game & Watch ne-NES ethandwayo, i-SNES kanye neziqu ezingu-N64 ezidumile.

2005 - I-Next-Gen Consoles Iqala