Week 5 Research Popular Gaming Platforms by Decade

 

Collate Research [Powerpoint]

This week we are going to use the SDS task from last week as a starting point for collating research and information regarding the most popular gaming platforms from your group's given decade.

You should attempt to gather as many examples of gaming platforms of any type from your decade and begin to critically analyse them in preparation for your written report task later in this unit.

What is critical analysis?

In a nutshell you should try to provide a:

Description
Explanation
Effect

You should also always be aware of the 'W' Questions;

When ?
Who ?
Why ?
Where ?
Which ?
and hoW ?



You should also record both your evidence trail (back ups and drafts) as well as sources of information (references) I would suggest using Powerpoint or Word to do this in conjunction with your blog posts

PLAY TESTING

For the last part of todays session I want you to continue to experience the gameplay and feel of retro games from across the given decades.

Follow the links bellow and try some of them out. Blog your responses to them using a critical eye and full sentence annotation and comments.

http://www.commodore.ca/commodore-arcade/
http://www.classicdosgames.com/online.html
http://www.realclassicgames.com/
http://www.retrogamescollector.com/#sthash.jcM1TAfu.dpbs
http://snessy.com/

Pick out a few favourites and blog post the following

What decade is it from ?
When was it made ?
What company made it ?
What platform/s was it available on in its original form ?
What platform/s was it converted for if at all ?

SDS TASK

As your SDS Task for the coming week you should review and complete all your blog posts and related evidence documents (ppt, word, etc) ready for our course review week which starts next in next Mondays session.