A Short History of Graphics in Video Games

1972

Pong
1979
Galaxian

SPrite

SPrite

super mario bros (1985)

Street Fighter (1987)

Mortal Kombat (1992)

1980
Pacman

1982
Xevious
1985
Hang-On
Space Harrier
Raster Vector
Asteroids (1979)
VS


Space Invaders (1978)
Raster Vector
VS


after 10x zoom


1988
F/A-18 Interceptor
Polygon


1993
Doom

Game Engine


1996
Super Mario 64
Quake
CGI movie
vs
vidoe game graphics

Toy Story 2


Movie
Game
(1999)
Avatar
Movie
Game
(2009)


The Witcher 3
cgi
Game
(2015)


1998
Unreal
Graphic Card


One of the first graphics cards on the world cga graphics card
one of the newest graphics card geforce gtx 1080

2004
Half-life 2
Crysis
2007
graphical effects in games
Bloom

depth of field

antyaliasing

reflections

global illumination

quiz
question 1
Pac-Man was released on...
a. 1972
d. 1982
c. 1980
b. 1978
question 2
Galaxian was visually attractive because...
a. 3d
d. 16-bits
c. Scrolling Background
b. Mutiple color
question 3
Polygon is...
a. a plane figure
d. Pokémon
c. type of game
b. 3d model
question 4
Crysis runs on a engine:
a. CryEngine 2
d. Diesel Engine 2.0
c. Unreal Engine 4
b. Cry-SysEngine
question 5
Most games have to render a new image...
a. 16 TIMES PER SECOND
d. 254 TIMES PER SECOND
c. 60 TIMES PER SECOND
b. 25 TIMES PER SECOND
question 6
This is...
a. flight simulator
b. unreal flight
c. F/A-18 Interceptor
d. MiG-29 simulator

question 7
This is...
a. burnout
b. motobike
c. what-out
d. Hang-on

question 8
This game is (type)
a. FTS
b. TPS
c. FPS
d. FPA

question 9
Pong was produced for
a. 3 days
b. 3 weeks
c. 3 months
d. 3 years
A Short History of Graphic
By Piotr Grobelny
A Short History of Graphic
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