View Full Version : CGE Recorded in Time Magazine's VG History!
digitalpress
05-16-2005, 08:47 AM
TIME Magazine's list of milestones in Video Game History includes:
1999
First Classic Gaming Expo opens in Las Vegas. Vintage games sell for top dollar. Video-game nostalgia is officially a phenomenon.
Drexel923
05-16-2005, 08:53 AM
Pretty cool...this along with it being mentioned in Newsweek:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61002&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
rolenta
05-16-2005, 09:34 AM
Unfortunately the timeline leaves a lot to be desired. Where's the Odyssey? Or Spacewar? Or Willy Higinbotham? Or COmputer Space?
Blip is not the verb I would use to define Space Invaders.
No Fairchild Channel F.
The 2600 did not sell millions of units when it was first released in 1977. No mention that the home version of Space Invaders made the unit popular.
I don't think Frogger being on Seinfeld is an important highlight of videogame history.
THATinkjar
05-16-2005, 09:36 AM
Was prototype Sonic played in the background on Wayne's World mentioned?
l_lamb
05-16-2005, 01:44 PM
Which issue? This week's Star Wars issue or next week's?
Cthulhu
05-16-2005, 07:39 PM
Unfortunately the timeline leaves a lot to be desired. Where's the Odyssey? Or Spacewar? Or Willy Higinbotham? Or COmputer Space?
Blip is not the verb I would use to define Space Invaders.
No Fairchild Channel F.
The 2600 did not sell millions of units when it was first released in 1977. No mention that the home version of Space Invaders made the unit popular.
I don't think Frogger being on Seinfeld is an important highlight of videogame history.
Something tells me this article wasn't written by a person who really knew the material. Call it a hunch. ;)
IntvGene
05-16-2005, 08:50 PM
Here's a link to the timeline that Joe was talking about:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050523/xbox_evolution.html
Although the magazine is Time, it feels like a Reader's Digest version of the videogame timeline.
RetroYoungen
05-16-2005, 09:08 PM
The timeline is just missing so much, I know a lot of people might not care but if you look into it with any depth you should be able to see all of the influential happenings instead of just the most mainstream highlights.