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    The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming
    The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming
    The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming
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    The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming

    By Teri Montague

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    Have you been left behind by the new generation of console gaming? Would you like to rediscover your sense of childhood fun and discover hours of entertainment? Then this book is for you.

    This short, simple guide explains where to start, the different options available to you and what you will need to become a gamer again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTeri Montague
    Release dateJul 2, 2019
    ISBN9780463154571
    The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming
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    Teri Montague

    Teri Montague was born in 1983 in Blackburn, a small working-class town in Lancashire. She worked for several years in customer service before returning to education to pursue her love of writing fantasy fiction. She graduated from Blackburn College in 2014 with a 2nd Class Degree in English Language and Literary Studies with honours. A lifelong fantasy fan, she has written several short ebooks, a creative writing advice blog for beginners, a collection of ebooks under the pseudonym bardicblogger and the fantasy trilogy Xorés. She is also an avid gamer and geek..

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      The Noobs Guide to Console Gaming - Teri Montague

      THE NOOBS GUIDE TO CONSOLE GAMING

      TERI MONTAGUE

      Copyright © 2019 by Teri Montague. All Right Reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of very brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      CONTENTS

      Basic History

      Where to Start – Console Gaming

      Getting Started – Using a Controller

      Different Types of Gamers

      Staying Safe Online

      Terminology List

      About the Author

      BASIC HISTORY

      Arcades and Personal Computers

      The early days of gaming were marked by simple games, first developed on early computers for a variety of purposes. Following the development of new technology 'the cathode ray-tube amusement device' or CRT, the first electronic interactive game was created on the first electronic display and in the 1950's video games were developed.

      Arcade Games had existed as mechanical coin-operated games from as early as the 1920's but the first Arcade Video Game was 'Computer Space' and was released in 1971. Popular consensus lists 'Pong' as the first arcade video game but this wasn't released until 1972 despite being remembered more widely than 'Computer Space'.

      The first video game console was released by Ralph H. Bauer in 1967 and was named 'Brown Box'. It had two controllers and just six basic games including classics such as 'Pong' and yet few owned

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