40YearsofGaming

40 Years of Gaming - Dan Bull

When gamers came along

The planet laughed at us

But this is gaming

In the future and you haven't

Heard the last of us

Dismissing this is just

An enormous fallacy

So open your mind

And let it alter your reality

Hey geeks

I bring a message from the future

There's a new revolution

Heading to computers

It's '73

But it won't be too long

'Til we can get the TV

To play a game of pong

But it's time to breakout

Of the house

The crazy days of space

Invaders await us

Arcade potatoes

Swap the shooting range

For computer games

Arcade renaissance

Pre-8-bit's blooming days

A new decade

Welcome to the 80's

Pac-man's the latest new craze

Qbert's the rage

The first personal computers

Let loose

As manic miner grabs your time

And to fight is truly useless

Elite gave legions

Of wee little boys

A deep space region

And freedom of choice

Now here comes the console

The first one sold portended

An industry of dimensions untold

The birth of franchise

Mario brothers

Donkey kong

Monty mole

I'd tell you the others

But the list would

Go on and on

Longer than I can tell

Until the 90's

When the game became hand held

Meanwhile

I bought stories of another time

And point-and-click arrived

From the shores of monkey island

Ever want to see

Your chums beat right up

Well daniel-san

You need to try street fighter