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Video games are games played on electronic devices. Often video game is taken in a narrow sense to mean those games played on consoles for television and similar handhelds, with computer games and arcade games treated separately. This is because the early games of these three tended to be very different. However, now there is considerable similarity between them, and many games have appeared on more than one platform.

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Video games are made by developers, made up of directors, artists, programmers, musician?s and other technicians. Many teams easily number into the hundreds on larger projects such as SEGA's Shenmue?. But most are stll made up of no more than a dozen closely working developers. ID Software is a good example of the smaller, more tightly focused developer.

Below are some of the main genres of videogames. This list could be improved on, and the titles relisted to those of great importance. Video games can also be categorized temporally - one may be a [turn-based game]? or a continuous game - or in terms of the sort of display they have - 2d, 3d, fixed 3d, and so forth - though these tend to be more flexible. Of course all of these categories are somewhat overlapping and incomplete.

See also:

Video game console

: Day of the Tentacle
: Maniac Mansion
: Zork series
: Sam and Max
: Monkey Island series
: Zelda series
: Tomb Raider series
: more

ROLE PLAYING (RPG)

: Dungeon Master series
: Hack? and Nethack
: [Might and Magic]? series
: Ultima series
: Final Fantasy series
: Pokemon series
: Diablo series
: Xenogears-Terms
: Chrono Trigger
: [Chrono Cross]?
: Radical Dreamers
: more

[SHOOT 'EM UPS]?

: Zaxxon?
: R-Type series
: Gradius series
: [Zero Wing]?
: [Radiant Silvergun]?
: Bangai-O?
: [Mr Heli]?
: more

You've got to mention MAME here (link to http://www.mame.dk).

FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS (FPS)

Game-controlled movement

: Duck Hunt
: [Virtua Cop]?
: Area 51
: [Time Crisis]? series

Player-controlled movement

: Wolfenstein 3D series
: Doom series
: Duke Nukem 3D series
: Quake series
: Half-life
: Unreal series

THIRD PERSON SHOOTERS (TPS)

: Tomb Raider series
: Heretic II
: more

: [Chaos,Lords Of Chaos,Rebelstar]? series
: Civilization series
: [Battle Isle]? series
: Alpha Centauri
: Worms series
: [WarLords series]?
: [Heroes of Might and Magic series]?
: Sokoban? should be in here somewhere!

[REAL TIME]? (RTS)

: Myth series
: Dune series
: [Command and Conquer]? series
: [Red Alert]?
: [Dark Reign]?
: Populous? series
: StarCraft
: [The Corporate Machine]?
: [Age of Empires]?
: more?

: Super Mario series
: Contra? series
: Metroid? series
: [Mega Man]? series
: [Sonic the Hedgehog]? series
: [Crash Bandicoot]? series
: [Wario Land]? series
: Kirby? series
: Lionheart?
: more

: Tetris
: [Dr. Mario]?
: [ChuChu Rocket]?
: Mr Driller
: Snakes?
: Bust A Move
: Columns?
: Bomberman?
: more

: [Street Fighter]? series
: [Mortal Kombat]? series
: Virtua Fighter series
: [King of Fighters]? series
: [Power Stone]? series
: Tekken?
: [Super Smash Bros.]? series
: more

RACING?

Simulation style

: [Gran Turismo]? series
: [Sega Rally]? series

Arcade style

: Pole Position series
: Mario Kart series

more?

: You know, all those baseball, golf, football, whatever, simulations.
: and don't forget fishing and wrestling games.

SIMULATION?

: [Microsoft Flight Simulator]?
: [Ace Combat]?
: The Sims
: SimCity
: SimAnt?
: [Sim Park]?

etc

Rhythm?

: [Dance Aerobics]?
: PaRappa the Rapper
: [UmJammer Lammy]?
: [Dance Dance Revolution]?
: [Frequency video game]?
: [Space Channel 5]?
: [Samba De Amigo]?

TRADITIONAL

Most popular boardgames, cardgames, and the like have been computerized to some degree or another.

Chess, checkers, othello (aka reversi), and Backgammon have world class computer programs. Mah-jongg and related games are immensely popular in Japan. Computer game programs are worthy opponents and can help you improve your skill at traditional board games.