Wasannin kan layi sun fara tuntuni

Yaushe fara wasan intanet? Ba haka bane a farkon 1990s lokacin da Amurkawa na yau da kullun suka fara samun haɗin Intanet a cikin gidajensu cikin saurin bugun sauri. A zahiri, wasannin Intanet sun fara kusan shekaru arba’in da suka gabata a ƙarshen 1960s bisa ga yawancin wasannin masu tsattsauran ra’ayi. Kuma, ba kamar yawancin manyan halittu ba, filin wasa da gaske ya fara tashi a cibiyoyin ilimi a duk faɗin Amurka. Wasu daga cikin kwalejojin farko don gabatar da wasanni ga duniya sune MIT da Jami’ar Illinois.

Tsarin da aka sani da Plato ya gudana wasannin da mutane zasu iya takawa waɗanda aka haɓaka don itsarfin sa. Waɗannan wasannin tabbas sun zama sanannu tsakanin ɗalibai, sun ci tarin kayan komputa kamar yadda suka saba, gwamnatoci suka buge ta, kuma suka haifar da hauka da gaske. Sauran wasanni an haɓaka don tsarin Plato. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan wasannin sun kasance masu yawa kuma wasu basu kasance ba. Manyan wasanni kamar Avatar da jirgin sama, kuma an gabatar da simulators na farkon jirgi zuwa duniya akan Plato. Hakanan wasu nau’ikan wasannin trekkie suma an haɓaka su akan wannan farkon dandamali mai ƙwarewar ɗan wasa.

Wasu manyan abubuwan ci gaban wasan sun faru ne a wata cibiyar ilimi a fadin kududdufin, a Ingila, a Jami’ar Essex, a cikin shekarun 1970s da 1980s. Mafi shahararren wasan caca wanda ya fito daga Essex shine Gidan Kurkuku Mai Amfani da yawa (Mud). Mutane a Jami’ar suna son wannan wasan, kuma shahararta ta fara yaduwa a duk duniya yayin da masu amfani suka sami damar zuwa lambar tushe kuma suka fara raba aikace-aikacen tare da kowane ɗan wasan da suka sani. Wasan caca kyauta bashi da yawa ga wannan kyakkyawan shirin farkon.

A farkon 1980s, hukumomi sun fara hango damar samun kowane matashi a duniya ya kamu da kayan sa. Wani kamfani mai suna Kesmai ya haɓaka wasanni don Compuserve kuma tare suka fara hidimtawa manyan kayayyaki kamar Tsibirin Kesmai da Megawars 1. Mai amfani da asali yana biya da awa ɗaya don yin wasu daga cikin waɗannan wasannin farko, kuma Compuserve yana da tsawa biyan wasu kyawawan ƙimar da suka wuce dala goma awa ɗaya don wasan wasa.

A cikin 1980s, bayan nasarar Kesmai da Compuserve, masana’antar caca ta fara farawa da gaske. kamfanoni kamar General Electric da Quantum Computer sun fara bayar da kuɗin biyan kuɗi kowane wata don samun damar nirvana ɗin wasan su. Kesmai a wannan lokacin da gaske ya fara daukaka yanayin wasan caca lokacin da suka fara gabatar da ƙungiyar caca zuwa Air Warrior. Kamfanin ya kuma kawo yan wasa Stellar Warrior da Stellar Emperor. Quantaum ya gabatar da gidan wasan Rabbit Jack a wannan lokacin.

Arshen shekarun tamanin sun ga gabatar da AppleLink ta Quantum don masu amfani da kwamfutar Apple II, kuma iyaye a ko’ina sun fara yi wa yaransu tsawa don guje wa wasannin. Kuma iyayen tabbas suna da gaskiya, sai dai idan ka tafi aiki a masana’antar caca, sannan tabbas ka samu fiye da iyayenka.