The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) has done an absolutely brilliant job in graphing and documenting the history of game development in Australia which you can download or view online via two PDF files at their website. Australia has an incredibly rich history in game development, from humble beginnings with Beam Software on 8-bit computers, and ACMI has detailed much of the highs and lows that our industry has seen over the years...
Australians have been making videogames for an international market since games moved from the arcades to home computers and consoles in the early 1980s. Despite this long history in the industry and the creation of a number of influential games, the profile of game designers within Australian cultural and media industries has neither attracted the attention of most Australians nor been widely celebrated as a significant Australian cultural achievement.
If you enjoyed our origins article, you'll find ACMI's work even more fascinating, as they have covered the origins and achievements of a lot of local developers, as well as the issues Australian developers have had to endure. Check it out now!