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The playing period is a division of time in a sports or games, in which play occurs. [1] Many games are divided into a fixed number of periods, which may be named for the number of divisions (e.g., a half or a quarter). Other games use terminology independent of the total number of divisions (e.g., sets or innings).
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17 January 1597 — a court of law in Guildford heard from a 59-year-old coroner, John Derrick, who gave witness that when he was a scholar at the "Free School at Guildford", fifty years earlier, "hee and diverse of his fellows did runne and play at creckett and other plaies " on common land which was the subject of the current legal dispute ...
Electronic Arts produced their first sports game for home computers, the basketball title Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One (1983), [95] which was the first licensed sports game based on the names and likenesses of famous athletes; the inclusion of famous real world athletes would become one of the most important selling points for sports ...
10 September 1624 — death of Jasper Vinall (born c. 1590), the first cricketer known to die as a result of an injury received when playing the game. [5] Village cricket thrives in the middle period of the 17th century, but there is no evidence of teams of county strength being formed at this time.
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
The first arcade Olympic sports video game. It helped popularize arcade sports games, which began being produced at levels not seen since the days of Pong and its clones a decade earlier. [165] 1942: 1984 Capcom: Capcom's first arcade hit. Features Pacific War air combat. Standardized the template for aerial shoot 'em ups featuring vertical ...
Sports games emulate the playing of traditional physical sports. While most sports games have players control the competitors directly, others simulate the coaching and managenent of teams, such as Championship Manager. Others satirize the sport for comedic effect, such as Arch Rivals. One of the best selling series in this genre is the FIFA ...