Developing a New Major

Games we should buy – variety of hardware, need old and new, different gameplay, rules, look and feel, story twists (based on various best of lists, games for available hardware so no old snes games)

Some we will need more than one copy to play in class/assign as homework; others just one because only a few kids from each class will be looking at them

Write about the games they play in online game diaries, use for analysis homework

Approximately $3000 to buy one of each
For 1st year, a couple from these categories – about $1000
- classics
- good look
- good story
- newsworthy
- different input devices
- card & board games
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Hardware ($1200 to buy 1 of each)
PS2 ($100 refurbished, $130 new)
Wii ($300)
DS ($130)
PSP ($200)
360 ($250 refurbished, $350 new)

Game Systems ($100)
− Treehouse $ 8 (and $12 instructions)
− (can play lots of games with various number of these sets and supposedly they play really fast, there are rule books and accessories and history on the sites) – http://www.looneylabs.com/whybuy/treehouse.html – they have these at amazon too – need to check the versions, amazon has the playing with pyramids book too
− PiecePak $35
− (cards, dice, markers – amazon doesn’t carry this as far as i can tell) – http://www.piecepack.org/ and prices here – http://www.mesomorph.com/Products/Piecepack.html – supposedly can print out the stickers here and put them on wooden pieces yourself – http://www.piecepack.org/JCD.html
− Tapestry $40
− (tiles and markers and rules for several games-http://www.mesomorph.com/Products/Tapestry.html

Card & Board Games ($200)
− Fluxx $10
− SET $10
− Blokus Strategy Board Game $20
− Sorry $30
− Sequence Game $20
− Sequence Dice Game $10
− Card Game Classics Tin $28
− Settlers of Catan (board game) $34
− Settles of Catan (card game) $18
− Hoyle book of game rules $15
− Other board games from the euro-game school (after I go to some game cons this summer and watch people play – about $35 apiece)

Videogames (goal is to get games from all ratings levels for a variety of hardware, not just AAA console games but also smaller games made with some of the engines we want to work into the program

Casual – about $20 each ($150)
- Luxor, Bejeweled, Gish (and other games made with Torque engine, each about $20), Chuzzle, Diner Dash, Bookworm Adventures, Super Collapse, AudioSurf

Newsworthy ($400)
− GTA ($30 on PS2, $60 on PS3 and 360, $20 on PSP, Halo ($60 on XBOX360, older versions from $20), CounterStrike ($20 on PC), Orange Box ($50 on PC, $60 on XBOX 360 and PS3), America’s Amry, God of War ($20 on PS2, $40 on PSP, $60 on PS3), Elder Scrolls ($60 on XBOX360 and PS3), BoomBLox ($50 on the Wii), Professor Layton ($35 on DS)

Rhythm Games/Different input devices ($400)
− DDR ($20 for pads, up to $70 software bundled), SingStar ($30 on PS2,$50 on PS2 with microphone, $60 on PS3), Karaoke Revolution ($40 on PS2, $50 on PS2 with microphone), Guitar Hero ($80 on XBOX360 and Wii with guitar), Eye play (may not be available anymore, I have one, Bongo Kongo (may not be available new anymore), Wii Sports (comes with unit), Wii Fit ($90), Mario Kart Wii (with the Wii wheel) ($50 on the Wii)

Games Girls Like ($200)
− Nintendogs ($30 on DS), Cooking Mama ($30 on DS), Animal Crossing (35 on DS), Harvest Moon ($30 on DS), the Sims ($20 on DS and PSP and PC) , Nancy Drew ($20 on PC and DS), Barbie titles ($20 on PC)

Classics ($100)
− Pacman ($15 for PC, $20 for PS2, and PC), Mortal Kombat ($15 for PS2, $60 for 360 and PS3, older versions available used), Breakout (not available), Donkey Kong, Tetris (available used), Pong (online), Atari Classics ($20 on PSP, $20 on PS2, Xbox, PC)

Classic Series ($250)
− Sonic ($20 on PS3, $30 on Wii, $20 on 360), Final Fantasy ($20 on PS2, $40 on PSP and DS), Pokemon, Zelda ($50 on Wii, $35 on DS), Mario ($50 on Wii, $35 on DS), Madden ($60 on 360 and PS3, $30 for last year’s edition and cheaper still for older versions), Pokemon ($35 on DS)

Gorgeous Look/Different look ($300)
- ICO ($30 on PS), Shadow of the Colossus ($20 on PS2), Myst ($15 on PC and Mac), Okami, ($35 on PS2), Assassin’s Creed ($30 on 360 and PS3), Crysis ($40 on PC), Katamari Damacy ($20 on PS2), Patapon ($20 on PSP), Lego Star Wars ($50 on Wii, 360, PS3, $20 on PS2), Fl0w
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Good story ($100)
− Bioshock ($30 on XBOX360 and PC), Mass Effect ($60 on XBOX360, $50 on PC), Portal (in Orange Box along with ½ Life)

Online ($20)
− World of Warcraft, ($20 on PC, Mac and a monthly fee) Eve (may not be available anymore), Disney MMOs (many are available online for free or for monthly fee like club penquin)

Girl Characters ($150)
− Tomb Raider ($20 on PS2 and PC, $40 on Wii and XBOX360), Metroid (3 on the Wii for $50, Hunter on the DS for $25), Resident Evil (4 for the Wii for $30, $30 on PS2)

Simulations/Serious Games ($150)
- Sim City ($15 on PC, $60 on the Mac), Sim Theme Park (about $10 used), Sim Train (about $15 on PC), Pirates (about $20 on PC, $30 on PSP), Civilization4 ($20 on PC, $40 on Mac), Flight Simulator (about $50 on PC)

Series ($200)
- Call of Duty ($60 on 360 and PS3, $50 on PC), Metal Gear Solid $60 on PS3, $30 on PS2, $20 on PSP), Unreal Tournament ($30 on PC, $30 on PS3, $60 on 360)

Really Bad Games
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Games for kids
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Games based on Movies/TV shows
- ???? Lost game

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