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MEDIA WORKSHEET PLATFORM GAMES
TASK: Using the Wikipedia website, answer these questions about Platform Games.
1. What is a ‘platform game’?
A platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves guiding an avatar to jump between suspended platforms, over obstacles, or both to advance the game. These challenges are known as jumping puzzles or freerunning.
2. What characterises these games?
3. When did platform games originate?
Platform games originated in the early 1980s in side-scrolling video games, followed by 3D successors in the mid-1990s. The term itself describes games where jumping on platforms is an integral part of the gameplay and came into use after the genre had been established, no later than 1983.
4. What elements from other game genres are also used in platform games?
5. In the peak of their popularity, what fraction of console games were platformers? one-quarter to a third
6. What percentage of the marketplace did platformers hold in 2006?
A two percent market share
7. In the early 80s, technology was limited. How did this affect platformers?
Because of the technical limitations of the day, early examples were confined to a static playing field, generally viewed in profile.
8. What arcade game was an early ancestor of platformers?
9. What was the title of the first true platformer?
Donkey Kong, an arcade game created by Nintendo and released in July 1981, was the first game that allowed players to jump over obstacles and across gaps, making it the first true platformer.
10. What did a ‘scroller’ do? transitional games emerged that did not feature scrolling graphics, but had levels that spanned several connected screens.
11. Give an example of a game that uses this technique.
12. What do the figures 2D and 3D stand for?
13. What is the difference between 2D and 3D?
Depth of image
14. What did BUG! allow players to do?
Bug!, a Sega Saturn game that was released in 1995, offered a more
TASK: Using the Wikipedia website, answer these questions about Platform Games.
1. What is a ‘platform game’?
A platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves guiding an avatar to jump between suspended platforms, over obstacles, or both to advance the game. These challenges are known as jumping puzzles or freerunning.
2. What characterises these games?
3. When did platform games originate?
Platform games originated in the early 1980s in side-scrolling video games, followed by 3D successors in the mid-1990s. The term itself describes games where jumping on platforms is an integral part of the gameplay and came into use after the genre had been established, no later than 1983.
4. What elements from other game genres are also used in platform games?
5. In the peak of their popularity, what fraction of console games were platformers? one-quarter to a third
6. What percentage of the marketplace did platformers hold in 2006?
A two percent market share
7. In the early 80s, technology was limited. How did this affect platformers?
Because of the technical limitations of the day, early examples were confined to a static playing field, generally viewed in profile.
8. What arcade game was an early ancestor of platformers?
9. What was the title of the first true platformer?
Donkey Kong, an arcade game created by Nintendo and released in July 1981, was the first game that allowed players to jump over obstacles and across gaps, making it the first true platformer.
10. What did a ‘scroller’ do? transitional games emerged that did not feature scrolling graphics, but had levels that spanned several connected screens.
11. Give an example of a game that uses this technique.
12. What do the figures 2D and 3D stand for?
13. What is the difference between 2D and 3D?
Depth of image
14. What did BUG! allow players to do?
Bug!, a Sega Saturn game that was released in 1995, offered a more