Video game technology has progressed rapidly over the past 30 years; with the equally rapid develop of the necessary electronic components. Microprocessor based video gaming as we know it began, many consider, with the Atari 2600 console of the late 1970s. This machine used video graphics, viewable via a standard television set, and utilised cartridge technology for software distribution. Atari were to dominate the growing video game industry through the early 1980s. [Read more...]