History of Russian computer games ( History)
Recently. 20 He spent hours on the plane 10 I read a book, an article and even looked at it. documentary series about computer games. I really liked the series - I used to love games a long time ago, but I stopped playing. 20 Years ago, after I almost got kicked out of Phystech. In the end, for me, this documentary series was telling a new story about games that I didn't play, but I heard about out of my ear. It's funny that the games caught up with me - my oldest son arrived I'm a game designer, and now I'm a little bit more interested in game history and design.
If you go back to the series, it consists of 9 series 35-40 Each episode covers a certain period of development of the game industry in the USSR, and then in Russia. The series was attended by key figures of the Russian gaming industry, including the creator of “Tetris” Alexei Pajitnov, the founder of “Dendy” Viktor Savyuk, the author of Color Lines Evgeny Sotnikov, the developer of “IL”.2 Stormtrooper Oleg Medox and other significant representatives of the industry. Below is the content of each issue
- Soviet slot machines"Electronics", "Tetris", "Perestroika" and the birth of the studio NIKITA
- Color Lines, Gamos Studios and Dendy
- The rise of AkellaCreation of "Corsairs", development of localization and piracy
- The development of the Wangers, IL-2 StormtrooperThe story of Maddox Games and MMO Sphere
- Creating cult quests Brothers Pilots and Petka and Vasily Ivanovich
- Indie games - Mechanoids, Mor.Utopia, Sublustrum
- The history of social and casual gamesDevelopment of Age of Magic and Beholder
- Online projects: World of Tanks, World of Warships, Caliber
- New projects with Slavic themes: Slavania, "Fairy Tales of Old Rus" and "The Troubles"
In general, the documentary series came to me and seemed worth it.
P.S. In addition to the series, a separate book on 27 interviews with key people in the industry who appear in the series.
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