PC (1977, USA )
The PC (Personal Computer) has been an ever-present in gaming since the early 80's and continues to flourish today.
Created By: 10tacle studios AG
Available Games
| Bulletstorm | 2011 |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic | 2011 |
| Trine 2 | 2011 |
| Half Life 2: Episode 3 | 2011 |
| End of Nations | 2011 |
| Homefront | 2011 |
| Shogun 2: Total War | 2011 |
| XCOM | 2011 |
| Dead Space 2 | 2011 |
| The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | 2011 |
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| Unreal Tournament 2003 | (06/04/2008) |
| Vietcong | (06/01/2008) |
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| Ship Simulator 2008 | (21/09/2007) |
| Bioshock | (09/09/2007) |
| Warlords Battlecry 2 | (19/08/2007) |
| Doom 3 | (23/07/2007) |
| Warrior Kings | (23/07/2007) |
| Wildlife Park | (22/07/2007) |
| Will Rock | (20/07/2007) |
| Worms 4: Mayhem | (19/07/2007) |
| Worms Blast | (02/07/2007) |
| Spider-Man 3 | (31/05/2007) |
| War Rock | (15/03/2007) |
| X2: The Threat | (13/03/2007) |
| Ballistics | (13/03/2007) |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | (13/03/2007) |
| Chaos League | (13/03/2007) |
| Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon | (13/03/2007) |
| Big Scale Racing | (13/03/2007) |
| AquaNox 2: Revelation | (13/03/2007) |
| Grand Prix 4 | (12/03/2007) |
| Delta Force - Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre | (12/03/2007) |
| XIII | (12/03/2007) |
| Zoo Tycoon | (12/03/2007) |
| Age of Mythology | (12/03/2007) |
| Call of Duty 2 | (12/03/2007) |
| Zoo Empire | (12/03/2007) |
| Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | (12/03/2007) |
| Age of Empires III | (12/03/2007) |
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Extra Info
The PC is the longest running gaming platform ever created.
History
Before the introduction of the microprocessor in the early 1970s, computers were generally large, costly systems owned by large corporations, universities, government agencies, and similar-sized institutions. End users often did not directly interact with the machine but instead would prepare tasks for the computer on off-line equipment, such as card punches. A number of assignments for the computer would be gathered up and processed in batch mode. After the job had completed, users could collect the results. In some cases it could take hours or days between submitting a job to the computing center and receiving the output.
Early personal computers - generally called microcomputers - were sold often in Electronic kit form and in limited volumes, and were of interest mostly to hobbyists and technicians. Minimal programming was done by toggle switches, and output was provided by front panel indicators. Practical use required peripherals such as keyboards, computer terminals, disk drives, and printers. Micral N was the earliest commercial, non-kit "personal" computer based on a microprocessor, the Intel 8008. It was built starting in 1972 and about 90,000 units were sold. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as electronics kits, in 1976 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sold the Apple I computer circuit board, which was fully prepared and contained about 30 chips. The first complete personal computer was the Commodore PET introduced in January 1977. It was soon followed by the popular Apple II. Mass-market pre-assembled computers allowed a wider range of people to use computers, focusing more on software applications and less on development of the processor hardware.