Imbali yeMidlalo yeArcade
Ukudlala namhlanje yinto eyaziwayo kwinkcubeko yethu, nkqu nakubantu abangaphezulu kwamashumi amathathu okanye abangakwaziyo ukulikhumbula ixesha ngaphambi kokuba kwenziwe imidlalo ye-arcade. Zihambile iintsuku apho ubuya kudlala iPac-Man okanye umdlalo odumileyo kaMario Brothers. Nangona zisadlalwa kwaye ziyonwatyiswa namhlanje, ziye zaphuculwa zaba yimidlalo kunye neenguqulelo. Abantu abayi kuze bayilibale imidlalo yakudala kwaye yinto entle leyo kuba kukho imbali apha engafanele ilibaleke.
Ukudlala akuyiyo impumelelo yakutshanje. Imidlalo yeArcade yaqala kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo. Khange zamkelwe njengangoku. Izinto zakudala ezivela eYiphutha naseSumeria ziveze ukuba ookhokho bethu babekuthanda ukudlala imidlalo yebhodi kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo.
Imidlalo ye-elektroniki ngoku ifuna ukwenziwa kweekhompyuter. Iikhompyuter zakuqala zazicotha kwaye zithande ukusilela. Iinkqubo zokuqala zaziva zinyanzelekile ukuba zichithe ixesha lazo ngokwenza ezi khompyuter zenze izinto ezinje nge-tic-tac-toe. Ukuphela kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, iikhompyuter zaye zaqala ukuba zizixhobo ezisemgangathweni kwiilebhu ezinenkqubela phambili. Kungekudala emva koko, babandakanywa neenkampani ezinkulu, amaziko kunye neenkampani. Kunokuphikiswa ukuba abafundi baseyunivesithi babengabokuqala kwiinkqubo zomdlalo, behlola imibono yabo kunye nemibono ye-sci-fi kwizicelo zedijithali esisazisebenzisayo. Iingcamango zabo ziye zajika umdlalo waba yinto yobugcisa yedijithali.
Umbono wokumisela inkqubo yomdlalo we-elektroniki kwiscreen okanye umabonwakude waqanjwa nguRalph Bauer ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1950. Oku kwenza ukuba umdlalo wokuqala ube nokwenzeka. Emva koko, wazisa wazisa izimvo zakhe kuMagnavox, inkampani kamabonwakude. Inkampani yazithanda izimvo zakhe kunye nezinto azenzileyo kangangokuba bakhuphe ingxelo ephucukileyo yeBauer’s ‘Brown Box’ prototype, eyaziwa ngokuba yiMagnavox Odyssey ngo-1972. Ngokwemigangatho yanamhlanje, iOdyssey yayiyimbali, ibonisa iindawo zokukhanya kuphela kwiscreen. Ikwafuna ukusetyenziswa kokugqwesa okungaphezulu kweplastiki ukuphindaphinda imbonakalo yomdlalo.
Inkqubo yokuqala eyaziwayo yokwenyani yaziwa ngokuba yiAtari 2600. Yakhishwa ngo-1977. I-Atari yasebenzisa iiplagriji ze-plug-in ukuze idlale imidlalo eyahlukeneyo. ukuthandwa kwabahlaseli bendawo yayiyimpumelelo kwaye kwaba ngowona mthengisi ubalaseleyo ngelo xesha. Imidlalo yekhompyuter ebhalelwe i-TRS-80 kunye ne-Apple II iikhompyuter zazitsala umdla ngeli xesha.
Kukho iincwadi ezininzi kunye namanqaku malunga nembali yemidlalo ye-arcade.