Obsessive Compulsive Gaming

Behind the Screens


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In the fifth episode we stop to take a look at the technology that made video games possible.

Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the show's artwork.

Check out his work at @JimmyCertified

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Tyler DeWitt - The Cathode Ray Tube Experiment

eHow - How Does a Cathode Ray Tube Work?

US Navy - The Cathode Ray Tube "How It Works"

Science Encyclopedia - CRT Phosphors

Circuits Today - CRT Assembly

Evil Mad Scientist - Resurrecting Tennis for Two

GamePayne - Tennis For Two

EDSAC Replica Project - The VDU Screens

Wikipedia - Types of Oscilloscopes

Dana Lee - How Analog Video Works

Technology Connections - How Analog Television Works

Technology Connections - How Analog Color TV Works

Wikipedia - Shadow Mask

Wikipedia - Horizontal Blanking Interval

Wikipedia - Vertical Blanking Interval

Wikipedia - NTSC Standard

Benj Edwards - Inside the Magnavox Odyssey

Pong-Story - The Odyssey Modules

Smithsonian - Heathkit IG-62 Alignment Generator

Dr PhysicsA - Introduction to Logic Gates

element14 - How Flip Flops Work

Simply Electronics - Potentiometers

Wikipedia - Photodiode

Boojakascha - Light Gun Review

Wikipedia - Flip Flop Circuit

Wikipedia - Diode Transistor Logic

Wikipedia - Logic Gate

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Obsessive Compulsive GamingBy Devin McConnell

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