Wednesday 16 May 2012

Television Features & Limitations

Television's have been another source of a gaming platform when such technologies like satellite TV, Broadband services, Cable services which allowed for interactive games to be played using the remote control which comes with the TV. These features have been made more advanced & interactive since their first introduction to the services, such first games included; darts, pinball, question based games & bubble shooters which were very basic and cost a considerable amount for the time allowance on them. 

These games were considered to be very basic and have never been popular in the terms of gaming platforms however the suffice to entertain children & people when they are occasionally bored and don't have access to anything else at the time, but again due to the cost and prices many people are drawn away from using them on a regular basis. I will be looking at the features that Televisions provide in terms of games and gaming.

The features I will be looking at are: