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TashaAuthor : Tasha
2 October 2019, 1:29 pm

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Legendary Game Designers: Richard Garriott

“Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at a star. One of over a hundred billion in our galaxy. A galaxy that was just one of billions of other galaxies in the observable universe. This helped me keep things in perspective.”

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
17 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games: 1982

This is the final chapter of the first part of my article about the history of computer games.

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
15 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games: 1980

It's time to start talking about real games in this third chapter of the series.

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
14 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games: 1978-1979

In this second chapter of the story, we'll see what happened in the two years following the release of the home computers.

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
13 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games: 1977

Let's start this long journey from the year of the Trinity: 1977, when the first home computers were released.

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E. BolognesiAuthor : E. Bolognesi
12 September 2019, 5:19 pm

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Brief History of Computer Games and Platforms - Part 1: 1977-1982

If you own a computer today, it's either a PC or a Mac. Instead, not too many years ago, the world was full of crazy, tiny - and marvelous - machines called home computers. They had fancy names such as Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 800, BBC Micro, Amiga, Atari ST, and more. It was the golden age of 8-bit and 16-bit technology.

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