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Definition
| ***Apple. “Apple II.” Early Home Computing, United States. 1977*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Infocom. “Zork I: The Great Underground Empire.” Early Home Computing, United States.
1980*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Mel Croucher for Automata UK. “Can of Worms.” Early Home Computing, England. 1982*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Richard Garriott. “Ultima.” Early Home Computing, United States. 1982*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Sinclair Research. “ZX Spectrum.” Early Home Computing, England. 1982*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Nintendo. “Famicom.” 3rd Gen Home Video Games. Japan. 1983*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Froggy. “Même les Pommes de Terre ont des Yeux” (Even Potatoes Have Eyes). Early Home
Computing, France. 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Roberta Williams for Sierra Online. “King’s Quest.” Early Home Computing, United States
1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Artificial Intelligence Design. “Rogue.” Early Home Computing, United States. 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Lucasfilm Games. “Rescue on Fractalus.” Early Home Computing, United States. 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***David Braben and Ian Bell. “Elite.” Early Home Computing, England. 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Alexy Pajitnov. “Tetris.” Early Home Computing, Soviet Union. 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Mel Croucher for Automata UK. “Deus Ex Machina.” Early Home Computing, England 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Apple. “Macintosh” Computer. Early Home Computing, United States. 1984*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Yu Suzuki for Sega. “Hang On.” Post-Golden Age Arcade, Japan. 1985*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. “Super Mario Bros.” 3rd Gen Home Video Games,
Japan. 1985*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. “The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda.” 3rd Gen Home Video Games, Japan. 1986*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Yuji Hori for Enix. “Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior).” 3rd Gen Home Video Games, Japan.
1986*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Yoshihisa Kishimoto. “Double Dragon.” Post-Golden Age Arcade, Japan. 1987*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***FTL Games. “Dungeon Master.” Home Computers, United States. 1987*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Sega. “Sega Mega Drive.” 4th Gen Home Video Games, Japan. 1988*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Jordan Mechner. “Prince of Persia.” Early Home Computing, United States. 1989*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Mattel. “Power Glove.” 3rd Gen Home Video Games, United States. 1989*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Will Wright for Maxis. “Sim City.” Home Computing, United States. 1989*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Voyager Company. “Beethoven's Ninth Symphony CD Companion.” Hypermedia. United
States. 1989*** |
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Term
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Definition
***American Laser Games, Inc. “Mad Dog McCree.” Post-Golden Age Arcade, United States.
1990*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Lucasfilm Games. “Loom.” Home Computers, United States. 1990*** |
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Term
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Definition
***id Software. “Commander Keen in ‘Invasion of the Vorticons.’” Home Computing, United
States. 1990*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Capcom. “Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.” Post-Golden Age Arcade, Japan. 1991*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Sega. “Sonic the Hedgehog.” 4th Gen Home Video Games, Japan. 1991*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Midway. “Mortal Kombat.” Post-Golden Age Arcade, United States. 1992*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Yu Suzuki for Sega. “Virtua Racing.” Post-Golden Age Arcade. Japan. 1992*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Infogrames. “Alone in the Dark.” Home Computing, France. 1992*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Nintendo/Argonaut. “Star Fox.” 4th Gen Home Video Games, Japan. 1993*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Rand and Robyn Miller. “Myst.” Home Computing, United States. 1993*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***id Software. “Doom.” Home Computing, United States. 1993*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Blizzard Entertainment. “Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.” Home Computing, United States.
1994*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Rare. “Donkey Kong Country.” 4th Gen Home Video Games, England. 1994*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Gunpei Yokoi for Nintendo. “Virtual Boy.” 5th Gen Home Video Games, Japan. 1995*** |
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Term
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Definition
***Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. “Super Mario 64.” 5th Gen Home Video Games, Japan
1996*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Valve Corpora4on. “Half-Life.” Home Compu4ng, United States. 1998*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Rockstar Games. “Grand Theft Auto III.” 6th Gen Home Video Games, Scotland. 2001*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Pop Cap Games. “Bejeweled.” Casual Games, United States. 2000*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin. “Alien Homonid.” Independent Games, United States. 2002*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Daisuke Amaya. “Cave Story.” Independent Games, Japan. 2004*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Jason Rohrer. “Passage.” Independent Games, United States. 2007*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***thatgamecompany. “flOw.” Independent Games, United States. 2007*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Jonathan Blow. “Braid.” Independent Games, United States. 2008*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Amanita Design. “Machinarium.” Independent Games, Czech Republic. 2009*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***Markus Persson aka “Notch.” “Minecraft.” Independent Games, Sweden. 2011*** |
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Term
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Definition
| ***thatgamecompany. “Journey.” Independent Games, United States. 2012*** |
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Term
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| ***The Chinese Room. “Dear Esther.” Independent Games, England. 2012*** |
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