My retro gamer 9 year old son is bent on chronicling the evolution of video games. What was the first game system? What was the first game? What came next? How many Mario games are there? These are common questions heard around my house. When coming up with his Christmas wishes I asked him to make the difficult decision and choose one of the 2 gaming systems he had listed. One was a new DSi and the other was an original Nintendo Entertainment system (NES). He chose the NES.
Currently he is fascinated with Atari and checks the backs of all the games to see which link back to the granddaddy game system. He asks me about games like Frogger and Pit Fall but he’s most fascinated with Pong as the first commercially successful video game. We’re designing a website for him (yet to be published) which includes a java based version of the game only instead of paddles it features a robot and an alien he drew in a galactic battle of meteor pong.
It seems the developers at digital communications agency Code Computerlove have the same affection for the old school video games as my son. They made a multiplatform mashup of the super simple game using HTML5 and Flash. By pitting the systems against each on either side of the digital line, users can compare and contrast the performance of each side by side.
"The Flash vs HTML5 debate has caused much discussion over the recent months and it certainly got us thinking here at Code," the creators wrote. "We believe the two technologies are not in competition and each have their purpose, but thought it might be amusing to actually put them in direct competition."
Some speculate that in the future HTML5 will largely replace Flash. Others feel that with the way Flash handles animation and video it will remain superior. As for the side by side comparison the difference between the two comes mostly in the browser. Flash seemed to be slightly smoother but HTML5 is still being revised and is only available newer or updated browsers.
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By Heather Fairchild - Heather is a multimedia developer, business owner and a work-from-home mom.
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