ukugembula sekuvele kuyingxenye yendlela yethu yokuphila. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, lapho nje sibona izithombe ezihambayo zabalingiswa bemidlalo, sinelukuluku lokuzama ukuyilawula. Kuhlala kuze kube yiminyaka yethu yobusha neyabantu abadala; sithatha ukugembula njengenye yezindlela zokuzijabulisa lapho sizizwa sinesithukuthezi.

izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zemidlalo seziqala ukuvela njengecebo le-inthanethi nemidlalo yokudlala indima. Kepha usayikhumbula imidlalo emidala ye-arcade? Lowo muntu wePac-odla amachashazi aphuzi noMario noLuigi basebenzisa amakhowe nezimbali ukuhlenga inkosazana enkosini uKoopa? Le midlalo ibhekwa njengokhokho bemidlalo oyidlalayo namhlanje kukhompyutha yakho noma esiteshini sevidiyo.

# Umlando Uyakhunjuzwa

Imidlalo yakudala ye-Arcade yaqala ngemuva kweMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba, ngemuva kokuthi uRalph Bauer esungule umbono wokwakha uhlelo lomdlalo we-elekthronikhi kuthelevishini ekuqaleni kwawo-1950. Ngenkathi ethula imibono yakhe kuMagnavox, inkampani yethelevishini ngaleso sikhathi, kwavunywa futhi kwaholela ekukhishweni kohlobo olucwengiwe lomfanekiso kaBauer’s Brown Box, owaziwa ngeMagnavox Odyssey ngo-1972.

Ibonisa kuphela izindawo zokukhanya esikrinini sekhompyutha futhi idinga ukusetshenziswa kwezimbondela zepulasitiki eziguquguqukayo ukukhiqiza ukubukeka komdlalo. Ngamanye amagama, le nguqulo yokudlala ingeyangaphambi komlando uma iqhathaniswa namazinga amanje okudlala.

Uhlelo lokuqala lwe-console yokudlala olwasungulwa lwaziwa njenge-Atari 2600, eyakhishwa ngo-1977. Yayisebenzisa ama-plug-in cartridge ukuze idlale imidlalo ehlukene.

Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-Atari 2600, imidlalo yakudala ye-arcade yaqala i-Golden Age yabo embonini yokudlala. Lokhu kuthathwa njengenkathi lapho ukuthandwa kwemidlalo enjalo kwanda kakhulu. Kwaqala ngasekupheleni kuka-1979 lapho kuvela umdlalo wokuqala we-arcade.

Imidlalo yakudala ye-arcade iqale ukuthola umfutho wayo embonini yezemidlalo ngesikhathi kukhishwa okulandelayo:

• Abahlaseli beGee kanye nabahlaseli bendawo ngo-1978
• I-Galaxian ngo-1979
• IPac-man, King and Balloon, Tank Battalion, nabanye ngo-1980

Ngalesi sikhathi, abathuthukisi begeyimu ye-arcade baqala ukuzama i-hardware entsha, bakhulisa imidlalo, ebisebenzisa imigqa yokuboniswa kwe-vector ngokungafani nokuboniswa okujwayelekile kwe-raster. Mincane imidlalo yama-arcade etholakala kule mithetho, eyaba yindumezulu ebandakanya iBattlezone (1980) ne-Star Wars (1983), yonke evela ku-Atari.

Ngemuva kokuboniswa kwevector, Onjiniyela begeyimu ye-arcade bebezama abadlali be-laser-disc ukuletha ukugqwayiza njengakumabhayisikobho. Umzamo wokuqala yiDragoni Lair (1983) ngabakwaCinematronics. Kube yisasasa lapho likhishwa (kunezimo lapho abadlali be-laser-disc emishini eminingi bengasebenzi kahle ngenxa yokusebenzisa ngokweqile).

Izilawuli ezintsha ziphinde zahlanganiswa emidlalweni embalwa, yize izinduku zokujabula nezinkinobho kuseseyizilawuli ezijwayelekile zomdlalo we-arcade. U-Atari ukhiphe iFootball ngo-1978 ebisebenzisa i-trackball. ISpy Hunter yethule isondo lokushayela elifana nelangempela, kanti umhubhe kaHogan wasebenzisa izibhamu ezikhanyisiwe.

Okunye ukulawula okukhethekile njengamaphedali emidlalweni yokujaha kanye nesibhamu esimise okwe-crossbow eCrossbow nakho kwasungulwa kule nkathi.

Manje, ngentshiseko yabathuthukisi bemidlalo yesimanje, bazamile ukuvuselela le midlalo yakudala ye-arcade ngokwenza ngcono ihluzo zayo futhi bakhiqize izinhlobo ezintsha. Lokhu kuvezwa kukhombisa kuphela ukuthi imidlalo emidala ye-arcade iseyindlela ehlukile emidlalweni yanamuhla yekhompyutha.