History Of Computer Games 1980-90

So, we know that the first computer games had to be played on large, industrial computers, only available for the people who created them. By the 80's technology had advanced and now people had the option to play arcade games at home. This console was known as the Odyssey, released by Magnavox. The Odyssey came with 12 pre-programmed games ready for use, unlike today where we rely on discs.

During this time, game publishers appeared, including Electronic Arts, who have managed to survive to this day, even after the Video Games Crash in 1983, where many companies became bankrupt.
In 1982, the main consoles appeared, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II and the Atari 800. These consoles allowed the use of vector graphics, producing 3D games, the first being Battlezone. Dungeons of Daggorath saw the first uses of health monitors, sophisticated sound effects and various weapons and monsters. In 1984, the 16 colour EGA display allowed the graphics to be of the same level of quality on home computers as the consoles such as the Commodore 64. Just a year later, was the arrival of 16 bit machines. VGA displays allowed the use of 256 bit colours for higher quality, but all of this was too expensive at the time.

Another jump fowrard in technology saw the appearance of Dial up, which enabled online gaming for the first time. This allowed different users to interact with each other, fantasy role playing games were known as 'MUD's, multi-user-dungeons. Nowadays these are know as MMORPG's.
As for myself, the first online game i played was Diablo II back in the mid 90's, which is still play today, for some reason. I guess it's because it's free unlike some games and doesn't control your life *coughworldofwarcraftcough*. Just kiddin' :P