If you owned or worked on a computer in the late 1990’s chances are you played one of Microsoft’s pre-installed games: Freecell, Hearts, Minesweeper or Solitaire. Solitaire was developed by intern Wes Cherry in 1989 and renowned for its ‘solitaire effect’ of cascading cards that appeared at the end of the game.
The Robinett/Atari Easter Egg was first found by a 15-year-old from Salt Lake City called Adam Clayton. He discovered the secret room, found Robinett’s signature and wrote the letter in the pic to Atari.
How do you control the characters in your video games? In the beginning it was Gunpei Yokoi who imaginated how LCD technology in a calculator might be used to create a miniature game.
DID YOU KNOW That Nintendo, founded in 1889 and famous for producing video games including Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Pokemon originally produced handmade Hanafuda 花札 (or ‘flower’) playing cards? Playing cards were introduced to Japan by the Portuguese traders during the mid-16th century.
The game credited with starting the ‘Golden Age’ of arcade gaming turns 40 this month (June 2018). Bikkuri! Wow! Space Invaders is the two-dimensional shooter game where the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at the descending aliens.
