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A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
e. The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display. The first consumer video game hardware ...
e. This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in November 2011 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 300 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris ...
List of basketball video games. List of Formula One video games. List of golf video games. List of ice hockey video games. List of licensed professional wrestling video games. List of NASCAR video games. List of rugby union video games. List of snowboarding video games. List of sumo video games.
Frets on Fire is a music game. Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm. The genre includes dance games such as Dance Dance Revolution and music-based games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Video games by franchise (45 C) Video games by mode (4 C) Video games by company (2,237 C) Video games by date (3 C) Video games by development status (13 C) Video games by featured character (52 C) Video games by game engine (57 C)
2004 – The Nintendo DS is launched and World of Warcraft redefines MMORPGs. San Andreas, Fable, Far Cry, Katamari Damacy, Half-Life 2 and Halo 2 all debut. 2005 – The Xbox 360 is released, along with God of War, Guild Wars and Shadow of the Colossus. Guitar Hero triggers a wave of musical rhythm games.
The early history of video games, therefore, covers the period of time between the first interactive electronic game with an electronic display in 1947, the first true video games in the early 1950s, and the rise of early arcade video games in the 1970s ( Pong and the beginning of the first generation of video game consoles with the Magnavox ...