The Ultimate History of Video Games - Pg 116-170
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- There was a comment misconception I had that Mario Bros. was the game that saved Nintendo from bankruptcy but it was actually Donkey Kong that saved them which managed to sell over 76,000 copies of there coin-op arcade versions of the game.
- The "jumpman" in Donkey Kong was actually named after the man who was ready to foreclose on the warehouse used for Nintendo of America.
- Nolan Bushnell, the original founder and chairman of Atari was also the creator of the Chuck E. Cheese pizza/arcade parlor.
- Everyone at Atari seems to hate Ray Kassar being the president of the Company.
- I always thought that the gaming crash happened in the 1970s but seems like it doesn't happen until the 1980s.
4 Insightful Questions
- Whatever happened to Coleco?
- Why hasn't anyone tried to remove Ray Kassar from his position at Atari?
- What does "PAL" stand for?
- Are these students that modded Missle Command a part of the MIT Tech Model Railroad Club that created the first video game ever?
3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Stoicism (pg 135): an indifference to pleasure or pain
- Lucrative (pg 143): profitable
- Infringement (pg 169): illegal use of copyrighted work
2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Simile - "The article went on to explain that the video game industry earned twice as much money as all Nevada casinos combined" (Kent 152).
- Metaphor - "Miyamoto was somewhat of an anomaly in Kyoto, Japan" (Kent 157).
1 Summary Sentence
- As the technology of gaming progresses, Nintendo enters the market, Nolan Bushnell leaves Atari, and many new competitors create smash-hit games.
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