Ready Scholar One

May 16

Tetris

invented in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet Software engineer, to test the capabilities of the Soviet Electronika 60 computer. There was a legal battle for overseas distribution of Tetris between Robert Stein and Henk Rogers

Tetris Movie

talks about the legal battle between Robert Stein, Henk Rogers, and Mirrorsoft owner. Called accurate and intellectually truthful

Super Mario Run

originally released by Nintendo in 1985, it has been revamped in 2016 for one handed mobile play.

Bully: Anniversary Edition

Originally developed by rockstar games in 2006 for the playstation. In 2008, the anniversary edition was released. It had new graphics, touch controls, and multiplayer minigames.

Pokemon Go

First released by Niantic in 1996. Pokemon Go was released in 2016 and became a worldwide fad.

The sims mobile

originally released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. Sims Mobile was released in 2018

Pac Man

originally released in 1980 for arcades. PAc man mobile was released in 2005, retaining the same elements of gameplay, but now with online PVP.

Minecraft

Originally released in May 2009 for PC players. Minecraft for mobile phones on 2011.

Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch

originally released in 1999 for Windows, later released in 2017. Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 is defunct

Street Fighter 4 Champion edition

originally released as in arcade game in 1987. The app was released in 2017, with updated graphics and 3 new players.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

originally released for Windows in 1997. It is an action adventure game. San Andreas was released in 1990, and came to mobile in 2013

Grand Theft Auto Concepts

It has 3 cities that are based off of real cities:

San Andreas = San Francisco

Liberty City = New York City

Vice City = Miami

The original idea is that you are a cop chasing criminals, but that’s boring, so now you’re the criminal.

Ultima

a series of fantasy roleplay games, where the protagonist is a resident of Earth who is called upon by Lord British to protect Sosaria, and latter Britannia from a number of dangers. Protagonist is known as the Stranger/Avatar

Oregon Trail

Originally released in 1971. You can choose your profession and people in your party. Criticized for showing the trail as refined, when it was quite rough, and shies away from violence and death.

Seven Cities of Gold

1984, a strategy 2d game where you get commissioned by the Spanish royalty to explore the new world. You can either trade, convert, or conquer Native Americans. The map of the game was so large, the creators invented a new streaming system to load it. There is no set “win”, although you get feedback from the king. It is understood that peaceful is the best way.

Sid Meier’s Pirates!

1987, set in the Caribbean seas during 1560-1660. You can chose what time (affects your gameplay). You act as a pirate or a pirateer for Spain, France, Dutch, or English. As you play, the levels get harder, and you will retire and get your score based on your fame and you get a job in your future life. Most notable features is how random events and changes are actually random and vary during each playthrough. It is more based on your fantasy of pirates than the real thing.

Doom

1993. One of the first person shooters and one of the first 2.5d game. Started the speedrunning community. Begins on the moons of Mars and descends into hell.

Ghosts of Tsushima

2020, Set in the first Mongol of Japan. It is called “Assassin’s Creed, but in feudal Japan”. You play Jin Saki, a samurai, who is waging guerilla warfare in an open world game against Mongols. Notably, Samurais actually prefer using a bow rather than a sword. While many characters are fictional, they carry the spirit and traits of actual live characters.

Rampage

1986， An arcade multiplayer game (up to 3) can play 3 dif monsters to destroy a city.

Assassin’s Creed

2007, A stealth, open world action adventure game. It is about Desmond Miles, who relives his ancestor’s memories.

freedom!

1993, set in the antebellium period in the US where you play a slave trying to run to the North for freedom through an underground railroad system. Similar to the Oregon trail, the developers were helped by African Americans

Polaroid

making a comeback in 2019, as photographers are starting to prefer the lack of options in instant film, and the idea of nostalgia.

Casette disk

also making a comeback. Reasons include that it makes you appreciate music more because you can’t skip songs, and it makes people feel more focused when they record songs because there’s a limit to retakes.

Lo-fi

Low fidelity. You can hear the imperfections and side noises in the music. It is similar to hip hop and pioneered by black musicians.

Megalo Box

was releases to commemorate 50 years to the popular boxing manga “Ashita no Joe” (Tomorrow's Joe) the show was directed by Yoh Moriyama, who wanted to give the show a feeling like the original cell ara (the time when every frame of animation was hand drawn on paper, they achieve this by roughing up the graphic.

Jonathan Townsend

father started a business in 1973 where he sells antiques. It eventually evolved to him making videos explaining products.

Antikythera Mechanism

in 1901, divers found the oldest (2000 years old) scientifis calculator. With over 30 gears, it could determine the position of the sun, moon, and planets, as well as eclipses and the dates of the olympics.

Charles Babbage

1781-1871, he first made the difference engine, but it was never completed due to its high expenses and intricate parts. Bababbage ended up making an analystical engine, that was more general. He is known as the father of the computer.

Updated Oregon trail

• retains the core aspects

• updated 3D animated graphics

• different stats for each character(stamina, morale, charm), so more strategy is required than dumb luck

• still many random events

• there’s an easy mode, as well as skip modes and custom scenarios

• more Native American representation and educational aspects

• better soundscape