Title: Story of Computer Games
Description: A Discovery Channel Special
borgster101 - December 21, 2004 11:23 PM (GMT)
I managed to watch to this program last night on the Discovery Channel, it was a 1 hour show highlighting the history of the videogame industry, from its roots with Atari, from the legal issues with the creation of Pong, the establishment of Activision, to the fall of the home console and finally ending with the rise of Nintendo with the Donkey Kong Arcade and the NES. It was indeed a very interesting show, I found out some stuff I never knew before, like the founders of Codemasters being kids aged 12 and 13 who developed their own games :o .
I was going to put this in the TV Section, but given the whole retro feeling of the show I thought of posting the thread here, anyways did anyone else manage to check this out?
hypermonkey - December 22, 2004 02:40 AM (GMT)
I watched it, Interesting about the kids that made there own games and the explaination of how Shiggy thought up zelda and that Mario woulden't have had a hat except for the graphics at the time didn't allow for Shiggy do to what he wanted with Marios hair (or Jumpman at the time)
~DC - December 22, 2004 04:22 AM (GMT)
Sounds very interesting I would have recorded it had I known when it was on...
Pauly - December 22, 2004 05:58 AM (GMT)
Ditto. Does anyone know if it's replaying any time soon?
BrotherEstapol - December 22, 2004 09:04 AM (GMT)
I've got a feeling that it's actually a repeat, as a friend of mine with Foxtel was telling me that he had seen a history of video games doco twice.
So if it's the same one, there's a good chance it could repeat again. :)
evO - December 22, 2004 10:20 AM (GMT)
Wow, i should watch that, might learn a few things hehe. Sounds pretty damn interesting actually..
Gio - December 24, 2004 11:00 AM (GMT)
Any news of a repeat anytime soon?
borgster101 - December 28, 2004 12:09 AM (GMT)
I've only seen it once thus far, I also noticed there was a Inside Microsoft's Xbox Special the following day, I managed to catch that as well, it was ok but not as good as the history show.
I'll keep my eyes open for a repeat.
Moggo - December 29, 2004 01:57 PM (GMT)
This is months, months old. :P
It was on Discovery sometime in May. I loved it, and taped it.
[DZ] - December 30, 2004 05:31 AM (GMT)
Its kinda weird we're all getting excited about these sorts of programs when in Korea, there are cable channels dedicated to games only! I wish I lived there! :(
~DC - December 30, 2004 05:46 AM (GMT)
Gio - December 30, 2004 08:57 AM (GMT)
I wish I lived in Japan..
It's like, gaming/anime world. :woot:
Eyce - December 30, 2004 09:45 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Gio @ Dec 30 2004, 07:57 PM) |
I wish I lived in Japan..
It's like, gaming/anime world. :woot: |
Which is why I am hopefully doing Student Exchange to go over there for a Year ^_^
borgster101 - January 1, 2005 11:04 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Moggo @ Dec 29 2004, 11:57 PM) |
This is months, months old. :P
It was on Discovery sometime in May. I loved it, and taped it. |
Well in that case for those who missed it, maybe they'll be able to catch in a few months time.
[DZ] - January 1, 2005 11:09 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Eyce @ Dec 30 2004, 07:45 PM) |
| QUOTE (Gio @ Dec 30 2004, 07:57 PM) | I wish I lived in Japan..
It's like, gaming/anime world. :woot: |
Which is why I am hopefully doing Student Exchange to go over there for a Year ^_^
|
:woot: Hey, I'll be in Japan somewhere between November and December this year! :thumbsup: Hopefully, by then they'll info on PS3.