The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming
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Have you been left behind by the new generation of console gaming? Would you like to rediscover your sense of childhood fun and discover hours of entertainment? Then this book is for you.
This short, simple guide explains where to start, the different options available to you and what you will need to become a gamer again.
Teri Montague
Teri Montague was born in 1983 in Blackburn, a small working-class town in Lancashire. She worked for several years in customer service before returning to education to pursue her love of writing fantasy fiction. She graduated from Blackburn College in 2014 with a 2nd Class Degree in English Language and Literary Studies with honours. A lifelong fantasy fan, she has written several short ebooks, a creative writing advice blog for beginners, a collection of ebooks under the pseudonym bardicblogger and the fantasy trilogy Xorés. She is also an avid gamer and geek..
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The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming - Teri Montague
THE NOOBS GUIDE TO CONSOLE GAMING
TERI MONTAGUE
Copyright © 2019 by Teri Montague. All Right Reserved.
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CONTENTS
Basic History
Where to Start – Console Gaming
Getting Started – Using a Controller
Different Types of Gamers
Staying Safe Online
Terminology List
About the Author
BASIC HISTORY
Arcades and Personal Computers
The early days of gaming were marked by simple games, first developed on early computers for a variety of purposes. Following the development of new technology 'the cathode ray-tube amusement device' or CRT, the first electronic interactive game was created on the first electronic display and in the 1950's video games were developed.
Arcade Games had existed as mechanical coin-operated games from as early as the 1920's but the first Arcade Video Game was 'Computer Space' and was released in 1971. Popular consensus lists 'Pong' as the first arcade video game but this wasn't released until 1972 despite being remembered more widely than 'Computer Space'.
The first video game console was released by Ralph H. Bauer in 1967 and was named 'Brown Box'. It had two controllers and just six basic games including classics such as 'Pong' and yet few owned