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Zork
Zork its one of the earliest examples of a text interactive fictional game where the player could create their own story telling by typing text (Functions) in the game in order to choose their next action. -
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Atari 8-bit family
Atari released their 8-bit series that started with the 400 model in 1979 and finished with the XEGS console in 1987. It was a direct competitor to the Comadore in 1982 and offered similar performance. It went to be the best seller 8-bit machine. Star Raiders was considered the "killer app" which means It was one of the main reasons to buy an Atari. Limitations
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The first of the atari 8-bit family was released
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ZX80 is launched
Made by a British company. It became very popular in the 80s and was one of the highest selling PCs in the market. -
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"ZX80" and "ZX81" series
The ZX series was incredibly popular in the UK and was considered a high value option for purchasing a PC. It became quite popular as it was many games were developed for them
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IBM PC was released
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IBM PC
The IBM personal computer was the first to justify widespread use. It was a very powerful machine at the time, with a CPU running at 4.77 MHz. IBM was turned to Bill Gates, which rebranded to machine to PC-DOS. With the higher processing power, more open world games started to became possible, such as the Elder Scrolls 2: Dagger fall. -
ZX Spectrum
This introduced colours to the market and allowed for a whole new visuals to be seen during games and browsing.It also boosted sales of hardware and software for the spectrum. -
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Commadore 64
The commodore 64 was quite popular during its lifespan as It competed with the Atari 800. It had superior sound and graphics compared to it's competitors. It was also made very cheaply from the company which allowed them to sell it at a better value.
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CD Player
In the 90s the use of CD-ROMs started to became a popular way of storing data inside a personal computer for anything such as computer data and audio. It was primarily built for computers, and by the end of the 90s even laptops supported it.
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Intel Pentium is released
This processor caused a major breakthrough in technology as It opened the way towards the cutomisable computers we have now -
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Pentium line of Intel Processors
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The arrival of PVP first person shooters
Wolfenstein, Quake etc.
It was games like that took PC gaming into another level with Players versus Player mode. It changed gaming on pc as it felt more realistic to compete with someone. Not only the likes of Quake revolutionize computer graphics but it made the PC a more player enthusiastic platform. -
Nvidia released the NV1 chip
This chip was capable of running 3D games such as "Virtua Fighter remix" and paved the way for how PC architecture is in the present. Combined with the -
Steam is released
Steam is released and over time becomes the best digital distribution client available. -
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Steam's lifespan
Steam's lifespan is still going in 2017
