Rise Of The Video Game S01E01 PDTV XviD-SSTV
The five part series, Rise of the Video Game, examines the evolution of the video game and its cultural impact of the world of entertainment today. The first episode in the series titled ‘Level One’ starts off at the beginning of the video game evolution. Cold war technology brought the development of advanced computer technology. This new computer technology was use to develop the first video game in 1958 – Tennis for Two. The space race and the vietnam war led to the development of Space War! and the two first video game giants – Nolan Bushnell and Atari. A post WWII Japan led to even furthering of electronic technology which led to the golden age of video games. Famous people interviewed include the Pac-Man designer, Steve Russell, Nolan Bushnell, and Ralph Baer.
Level One: In the 1950s, the Cold War quickly evolved between the world superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. Mutually assured destruction enforced an uneasy stalemate, yet also drove computer technology to create missile simulations to predict the results of a nuclear war. This same computer technology was used to develop the first computer game in 1958 — Tennis for Two. The Space Race and the Vietnam war coincided with Steve Russell’s game Space War! and the emergence of the first true giants in the video game business — Nolan Bushnell and Atari. In post-World War II Japan, electronics and computer technology emerged to rebuild a land and economy devastated by the atomic bomb. Space Invaders and Pac-Man soon followed, and the golden age of video games was born. Among others, individuals featured in this episode include Steve Russell, Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Baer (considered by many to be the inventor of the video game) and Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man designer). Video games emerged as a form of entertainment where the player was in control, as opposed to the more passive diversion of watching television.
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Looks interesting…
Second?
I’m watching this right now and it’s very good.
Keep in mind that it’s very good on a Discovery Channel level.
For once they did a bit of research on a subject instead piecing together bits and pieces found online.
Now where did I hide my old Atari2600…
I suddenly get a strong urge to play Pong again
Omg this is great! all watch!
Hmmm yay something to download… Im fawk bored right now…
Just need to wait for em 2 pop up on my private trackers.
@7 yuri
What is the relevance of your post here? It’s bloody stupid americans like you on a constant gloating spree that make all americans look bad.
Video gaming was invented here, and Albert Einstein was hired by us to make the atomic bomb, so whats your point?
Oh for the love of satan…
You people stop with the who made who and where they originated from.
IT DOESN’T FRELLING MATTER!
I think I’ll check this out, it really looks interesting.
@ Roflcer of the Lawl lol love your nick
I saw the show yesterday, and it ways way interesting if you’re a gamer ofcourse. And to hikaricore it’s not about who or where, but it’s more about how video games are a expressive art form describing the period of time they’re made. Recommended for everyone.
Sure will continue watching the show! peace
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Looks like I will be downloading this as it wont be back on for a couple days it looks like. Thanks.
Oh god. John Romeros’ in it. That’s more than enough of a reason not to watch.
i’m the best at this game
Rapidshare links anyone?
isn’t this old?
or is this another series than “i, videogame?”
looks and sounds the same..
**update:
it is the same series, but now with sponsors and cut a bit different.
I guess Discovery ran out of “top ten biggest penis shaped buildings that fell down and killed at least 300 people.” Discovery is dead to me. Shame, they used to be good a decade ago.
really interesting to see it rather than read about it
H.E.R.O on the 2600 is still in my top5 games of all time
lucky i can play it on my ps2 now those 2600 conrollers were Horrible!
Guys is it free to download from news servers? I wonder if I can use that .nzb file for free.
PS: Sorry I’m noob about this issue.
rapidshare links!
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Many thx for RS links!
Agree about Discovery.. a real pity. This one sounds good tho. Thx for the +ve comments, helps a lot.
wtf is up with those rapidshare links……bull$hit
someone pls do it properly
Many thx for info Rekrul, I’d like to check out newsgroups eventually as well.
Hopefully they also cover the first TEXT games. From text-based Lunar Lander on 8″ IMB5110’s, to Zork on 5.25″! If they miss out the text stuff, it’s so incomplete!
Memories… ^_^
interesting, thanks
Just watched it – or as much of it as I could stand.
Another silly docu-tainment series from Discovery. Nothing about the original text games or the evolution of computers in the home..
Just flashy graphics, light on detail, heavy on relating everything to war, the space race, anything that goes boom or has flashing lights.
What’s the story with documentaries these days? It’s like they assume we’ll change channels if a single shot is more than 10 seconds long.
Had high hopes for this one. Then again, that’s computer games for you.
watched it…and was bored to death.
lame timejumps from 1982 Atari to 1993… no mention of C64 or Amiga. And WAY too many war analogies.
will Jade Raymond be interviewed in the nude? also, Al Gore invented the information super highway, and he’s an American.
Rapidshare links are available here:
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