Random and raster: Display technologies and the development of videogames

Nick Montfort; Ian Bogost

doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.50

Random and raster: Display technologies and the development of videogames

Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

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Videogame developers have utilized many types of display technology, from oscilloscopes to Teletypes to high-definition LCD displays. Two significant early display technologies, raster scan and random scan CRTs, played a significant part in the history and evolution of videogames. A study of these technologies shows how the choice of one or the other, and the need to port games between the two, influenced game design and prompted developers to innovate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-43
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2009.50
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Arcade games
Cathode-ray tube displays
History of computing
Porting
Random scan displays
Raster scan displays
Vector graphics

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