Case Study: 1980

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/CodyNaylor/2010/01/aye_this_be_the_land_of_advent.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeremyBarrick/2010/01/el_250_atari_games_still_retro.html

Cody and Jeremy have both mentioned these games as blueprints for what would follow later. I wonder also if we can discuss the games themselves. In 1980, people weren't thinking, "Gee, I can't wait until someone invents Mario Kart." These games were as innovative, in their own way, as the titles we looked at from 1993.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/SusanCarmichael/2010/01/they_were_the_best.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MattTakacs/2010/01/a_few_games_from_1980.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ElizabethSwartzwelder/2010/01/who_cares_its_fun.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MichellePolly/2010/01/atari_adventure_to_mario.html