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Computer Game Evolution

2.2 Programmed to Succeed

February 15, 2022 Tim Season 2 Episode 2
Computer Game Evolution
2.2 Programmed to Succeed
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Chapters
0:14
Junctions and gates
4:38
Calculator revolution
7:52
4004
10:47
Microprocessors are here
14:29
A personal computer?
17:17
NASA (G)Ames Research Center
19:42
Maze to MazeWar
26:47
PARC and Recreation
32:59
In need of a revolution
34:50
A rocket to Altair
40:51
Micro-Soft
46:02
From text to graphics
49:10
How to show off your video card
55:46
Homebrew revolutionaries
1:01:22
Schooled by MECC
1:04:14
Post it on a bulletin board
1:06:37
The awesome Jerry Lawson
1:13:50
A pet RAVEN
1:17:23
The Fairchild VES
1:22:43
A self-balancing opponent
1:24:19
Joyce Weisbecker makes some games
1:27:58
Atari catches up
1:31:38
Sprites
1:34:44
Racing the beam
1:37:50
The Video Computer System
1:41:48
The Odyssey, Part 2
1:43:51
Ed Smith: from traffic lights to consoles
1:47:29
Console or computer?
1:50:49
German game engineering
1:52:13
Back to Nutting
1:53:59
The first pro-gamer girls
1:57:06
A Japanese superhero
1:59:38
SPACE MONSTER
2:05:01
Invader mania
2:10:48
Wrap-up
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Computer Game Evolution
2.2 Programmed to Succeed
Feb 15, 2022 Season 2 Episode 2
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0:14
Junctions and gates
4:38
Calculator revolution
7:52
4004
10:47
Microprocessors are here
14:29
A personal computer?
17:17
NASA (G)Ames Research Center
19:42
Maze to MazeWar
26:47
PARC and Recreation
32:59
In need of a revolution
34:50
A rocket to Altair
40:51
Micro-Soft
46:02
From text to graphics
49:10
How to show off your video card
55:46
Homebrew revolutionaries
1:01:22
Schooled by MECC
1:04:14
Post it on a bulletin board
1:06:37
The awesome Jerry Lawson
1:13:50
A pet RAVEN
1:17:23
The Fairchild VES
1:22:43
A self-balancing opponent
1:24:19
Joyce Weisbecker makes some games
1:27:58
Atari catches up
1:31:38
Sprites
1:34:44
Racing the beam
1:37:50
The Video Computer System
1:41:48
The Odyssey, Part 2
1:43:51
Ed Smith: from traffic lights to consoles
1:47:29
Console or computer?
1:50:49
German game engineering
1:52:13
Back to Nutting
1:53:59
The first pro-gamer girls
1:57:06
A Japanese superhero
1:59:38
SPACE MONSTER
2:05:01
Invader mania
2:10:48
Wrap-up