- Christian video games
Christian video games were first marketed successfully in the late 1980s for the
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) byWisdom Tree and now are made by many different developers. [Rausch, Allen [http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/left-behind-eternal-forces/700684p1.html Left Behind: Eternal Forces (PC)] "Gamespy", April 7, 2006, Retrieved on Feb 25 2008] Most of these new developers meet yearly at the "Christian Games Developers Conference" [Coleman, Stephen, [http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/428/428529p1.html New Horizons, New Technology at '03 Christian GDC] , "IGN", July 14, 2003, Retrieved on Feb 25 2008] and build support through theChristian Game Developers Foundation [Davis, Matthew, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4534835.stm Christians purge video game demons] , "BBC News", 24 May, 2005, Retrieved on 25 Feb 2008] .History
Music Machine by
Sparrow Records , for the Atari 2600, was the first Christian videogame. However, it does not appear to have been a market success.Starting in the late 1980s the unlicensed game developer
Color Dreams using the name of Wisdom Tree, developed the firstChristian video game for theNintendo Entertainment System , called "Bible Adventures". [Thompson, Justin, [http://uk.xbox.ign.com/articles/389/389541p1.html Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: First Look] "IGN", March 14, 2003, Retrieved on Feb 25 2008] It featured Bible accounts such as Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath. It was released in1991 to Christian bookstores.Christian education-oriented software began to appear in the late 90's, and took off in the 2000s with the assistance of Sunday Software Inc.
Many Christian game developers have come together to form the [http://www.gameace.org Association Of Christian Entertainment]
Games
* "
* "Bible Adventures
* "Bible Buffet
* "Bible Builder
* "
* "Captain Bible in Dome of Darkness
* "Catechumen
* "Dance Praise
* "
* "
* "Guitar Praise
* "Holy Bible Trivia
* "
* "
* "Music Machine
* "Noah's Ark
* "Noah's Ark
* "Spiritual Warfare
* "Sunday Funday
* "Super 3D Noah's Ark
* "The Bible Game
* "Guitar Praise References
External links
* [http://www.gameace.org Association of Christian Entertainment]
* [http://www.cgdc.org Christian Game Developers Conference]
* [http://www.gamepraise.net Gamepraise]
* [http://www.PlainGames.com Plain Games]
* [http://www.sundaysoftware.com Sunday Software Inc., articles & software listings specific to church use.]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.