The Humble Beginnings Of Online Gaming Technology
Posted by Skurtal Ragnor in Uncategorized, tags: art, entertainment, gaming, general, misc, Miscellaneous, news, online games, UncategorizedBreakthroughs in computing and networking technology provided us the opportunity to play online. Although the Web debuted as a publicly available service on the Internet only in 1991, people were already able to play games over some form of computer network as early as the 1970s. The earliest network games like Empire and Spasim which are both shooter-style games were first played on PLATO networks. Even the earliest online games had features like inter-player messaging, persistent game characters, and team play for at least thirty simultaneous players.
Eventually, networking technology matured and we were introduced to Local Area Network which made online games all the more popular. Today, we have various offerings we can play online from simple cooking games to complex and immersive MMORPGs.
To those who are unfamiliar, cooking games are falls under the simulation game genre and these are based on food preparation and service. Others refer to them as food games as well. These food games, like majority of online games we have today have a social component, being that you can interact with other players, join forums and live chat, and view leaderboards. The easiest way to find these cooking games is to run a query online. Majority of them are played on the browser itself, others require you to download a computer-client to run the game from your PC’s hard drive. These games can come at no cost to you, or for a small fee.
RPGs or role playing games allow you to make an avatar or a character to interact with the virtual world and its inhabitants. Virtual worlds that allow thousands of players to play simultaneously are called MMORPGs. Majority of popular MMORPGs are based on traditional fantasy themes. These platforms support trading between players, guild creation, and collaborative play.
There are other genres available and some of the most popular are simulation, music, racing, first-person shooters, and strategy games. With the emergence of Internet-capable mobile devices and handheld gaming consoles, players can now play whenever and wherever they want as long as an Internet connection is available. As the World Wide Web developed and browsers became more sophisticated, people started creating online games that used a web browser as a client.
Online games have been in existence since the 1970s. Today, we have a wide range of game genres available, Food Games being some of them. Follow this link for a write-up on the evolution of Games.
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