Through out my life and time in general there have been many
different game types progressing from multistage games all the way to 3-D
games. Im going to talk about the types games.
Multi-Stage
In a multi-stage game the game background graphics remain
constant but level of difficulty increase. One of the most popular games in
video game history belongs in this category and that was a game released in
1980, Pac-Man! In this game as you probably know you control a pie-shaped
character travels around a maze that remains constant and eats dots and has to
avoid the ghosts. What makes this game a multi-stage is that the background of
the game (the maze) stays the same but as you move through the levels the game
gets more difficult. To me this is the most boring type of game because it just
gets to repetitive for me.
Multi-Level
In a multi-level game the game background graphics change to
present new obstacles, requiring different skills to complete. An example of
this would be the old Donkey Kong where the background would change and each
level you had to use a different skill to be it.
Side Scrollers
In side scrolling game play progresses in a usually left to
right fashion where you “follow a path.” I think the most popular and my favorite
of this type of game is Super Mario Bros where you move left to right to get to
the end of the level.
Parallax scrolling
What makes this different from just a normal sidescroller is
that it adds a dimension or depth to the game by having foregrounds move faster
than the backgrounds. This type of game was made popular by the game “Moon
Patrol.” Although my personal favorite was a game called captain keen for PC.
Isometric
This type of game works to simulate 3-D graphics from a 3rd
person perspective. The first game to display this was the Q*bert and it
created an illusion through the ways the lines were drawn that it was 3-D. I
personally do not have any experience with this type of game but I would
believe it would be kind of weird to get used to.
3-D
Gives full mobility to a character instead of just up/down
or left/right freedoms. This is the type of game that is most apparent now in
this day in age and the type I most enjoy playing. I like the feel of being
able to freely move with the avatar I am using whether it is in a sports game
or a game like Zelda.
As technology is advancing so fast when will the type of
game where you actually get to live it become a reality?
Reference:
Downs , Edward . "Game Types." COMM 3560: Video
Game Entertainment. University of Minnesota Duluth. Power Point , Duluth . 2
May 2013. Class lecture.