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electronic game
Also known as: computer game, video game
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Arts & Culture
- Also called:
- computer game or video game
- Key People:
- John Carmack
- Richard Garriott
- Nolan Bushnell
electronic game, any interactive game operated by computer circuitry. The machines, or “platforms,” on which electronic games are played include general-purpose shared and personal computers, arcade consoles, video consoles connected to home television sets, handheld game machines, mobile devices such as cellular phones, and server-based networks. The term video game can be used to represent the totality of these formats, or it can refer more specifically only to games played on devices with video displays: television and arcade consoles. The idea of playing games on computers is almost as old as the computer itself. Initially, the payoffs expected from this ...(100 of 3062 words)