Researching

Asteroids

Timeline of Noteable Video games and consoles

Donkey Kong

PacMan

Space Invaders

Zork

Sonic the Hedgehog 1991

Mortal Kombat 1992

My CS this term is about how the StoryTelling in Video Games has evolved over the years.

I'll be starting off with games such as PacMan and Asteroids, mainly that the story is secondary to the gameplay, then finishing with games from today such as Bully, Assassins Creed, Half Life and Pokemon. Seeing as this has to be 2,000 words (with 10% lean either way, making it 1,900-2,100) I feel I may struggle greatly - words are NOT my strong point.

However, I plan by writing the main critical points in first and then adding in any other information I find that is relevant (graphics of games, time spent on them, legacies they made outside the screens etc)

Keypoints to include are:

• The Beginning (first Video Games)
• First cutscenes
• First story in a video game (first written and first visual)
• Popularity of Video Games in the market (past and present)
• The Video Game Crash of '83 (information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983)
• Story evolution in a notable game series (or several)
• Stories in Video Games today

Image Sources:

http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame_timeline/video-game-timeline.jpg

http://www.thephuketnews.com/photo/listing/1359609153_1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Donkey_Kong_NES_Screenshot.png/200px-Donkey_Kong_NES_Screenshot.png

http://ostatic.com/files/images/Pacman-%5B1%5D.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/SpaceInvaders-Gameplay.gif

http://levgrossman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/zork.jpg

http://classicgamesblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sonic-the-hedgehog-title1.jpg

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