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In September 1997 the recently-titled University of Abertay Dundee, at which I was one of the computing lecturers, launched the academic world’s first degree title in computer gaming: the MSc in Computer Games Technology. Although this was not the first study program in computer games, it was the first to attach the name Computer Games to a degree name. A particular nod is due to Bolton Institute of Technology (now University of Bolton) which had possibly the first games programming degree in ‘interactive entertainment’. However, the Abertay degree stands out as a genuine innovation which broke new ground and set the direction of travel for today’s hundreds of study programs in many countries. The degree was one of three to be launched annually as they were developed. The MSc CGT was based on an existing successful MSc Software Engineering top-up degree which accepted BSc Computing Science graduates and turned them into specialist C?? programmers for such as the then burgeoning DEC Ultrix and SUN SunOS workplace, this degree had been developed by Dr Colin Miller and Dr Dennis Edgar-Neville. I, who had recently joined the faculty from The University of St Andrews, had the privilege of running the degree course. The timing and location of the event was critical also. Prior to the recent launch of the Sony Playstation computer games had been either text or 2D graphics based. The new console from the Japanese consumer electronics giant had introduced the capacity to develop and play 3D games for the first time. The games industry had a problem: its programmers could not handle the Mathematics and programming languages for real-time 3D graphics programming. The new Sony console had also upscaled the games industry from being a minor player in the home consumer marketplace, relying on programmed games running on generic home computers, to being a potentially major, clearly-focussed industry.

20 Years of Computer Games Degree Programs: From Abertay in 1997 to York in 2017