The Ultimate History of Video Games - Post 7

The Ultimate History of Video Games - Pg 331-388
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- Nintendo is very strict with quality control.
- I wish they had a strict quality control this day and age.
-The Legend of Zelda series, created by Shigeru Miyamoto was one of my favorite video game series.
- The Legend of Zelda was the first game to have the ability to save your progress in a game.
- To me, all these third party developers sound very sleazy and scummy to me, the way the try to work around copyrights and laws consistently.

4 Insightful Questions
- Why doesn't Nintendo and Sega just give licenses to create games for their game consoles to avoid all of this legal battle?
- After the lawsuit with Sega and Atari, how come they still give Atari a license to create games for the Genesis?
- How come I still see Punch Out! still being referred to as Mike Tyson's Punch Out?
- Why did Nintendo make the game Doki Doki Panic the "sequel" to Mario if it wasn't the true sequel created by Shigeru Miyamoto?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Affability (pg 349): a disposition to be friendly and approachable
- Luminary (pg 349): one that is an inspiration to others
- Marquee (pg 350): pavilion; large and often sumptuous tent

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Hyperbole - "He was energetic, enthusiastic, and a natural evangelist for video games" (Kent 348).
- Simile - "The game had many of the same monsters and supposedly took in the same fantasy world as The Legend of Zelda, but the earlier game was exploration-based while The Adventure of Link focused more on combat" (Kent 364).

1 Summary Sentence
- Sega begins following in Nintendo's footsteps of creating a home console, equipped with security chips, that lead to future legal actions.