I had two options on what I would write about for this contextual studies project, either the first digital game I can remember or the first digital game I can remember the name of. I have chosen to go for the first digital game I can remember playing, hoping that with enough description it will become clear what I am talking about.
The first digital game I played was actually a game from my fathers childhood. It was a single game handheld console that had a dot matrix screen display and only 3 buttons; The buttons were simple, move left, move right and start.
So, to begin describing the game I will explain the layout. On the left side of the screen there was a 3 story building that was on fire, on the right side of the screen there was an ambulance. To begin a little stickman/stickwoman would throw themselves out of the building at a random story, it was your job to save them. You controlled two firemen that held a trampoline between them, the aim was to bounce the jumping people across the screen and into the ambulance. As the game progressed, people jumped out of the building more rapidly, sometimes one would jump when you were half way through bouncing another across the screen and sometimes they even jumped at the same time.
The lives were displayed in the top right of the screen by 3 faces, when you lost a life the faces changed from a happy face to a face with X's as the eyes to symbolise death. As far as I can remember there was no specific end goal to the game, only to save as many people as possible to set a high-score which would probably put it in the category or an arcade game.
In conclusion, much is gained from playing games no matter where you encounter them. They sharpen your skills, provide entertainment as well as give you a healthy knowledge base.
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