PBS - The Video Game Revolution Companion site to the PBS program, "The Video Game Revolution." Examines the evolution and history of the video game industry, from the 1950s through today, the impact of video games on society and culture, and the future of electronic gaming.
Genre and the Video Game An analysis of genre categorization as applied to video games in contrast with books and film, with definitions and examples.
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Computer And Video Games Formally, a computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players may interact with in order to achieve a goal (or set of goals). A video game is a computer game where a video display is the primary feedback device.
Thief (Video Game) Thief, in terms of video games, can refer to: *Thief, a computer game franchise *Thief, an arcade video game
Video Game Developer A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game system, such as the Sony PlayStation 2 or Nintendo GameCube, or may develop for a variety of systems including PCs.
History Of Computer And Video Games Although the history of computer and video games spans almost five decades, computer and video games themselves did not become part of the popular culture until the late 1970s.
Video Game Console A video game console is a dedicated electronic device designed to play video games. Often the output device is a separate television or a computer monitor. Once, video game consoles were easily distinguishable from personal computers: consoles used a standard television for display, and did not support standard PC accessories such as keyboards or modems. However, as consoles have become more enhanced, the distinction has blurred: some consoles can have full Linux operating systems running with hard drives and keyboards (like the Sega Dreamcast or Nintendo Gamecube) (one university has even created a Beowulf cluster of PlayStation 2 consoles), and Microsoft's Xbox is basically a stripped down PC running a version of Microsoft Windows.
Final Fantasy (Video Game) Final Fantasy is a computer role-playing game developed and published by Square Co., Ltd. for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, and is the inaugural game in Square's flagship Final Fantasy series.
Video Game Crash Of 1983 The video game crash of 1983 was the sudden crash of the video game business and the bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983 and early 1984. It brought an end to what is considered the second generation of console video gaming.
Independent RPG Video Game The Console-game style independent RPG programming scene started around 1997. This Underground group of independent artists and programmers began creating games, originally in Qbasic, and centered themselves around QBRPG's a website dedicated to downloading, playing, and creating RPGs in the style of Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger. Around 1999 the site "died", and the scene began to evaporate with it.
Video Game Publisher Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. Most video game publishers also produce and publish computer games, but the term "video game publisher" is often used generically to refer to companies that publish interactive games regardless of the target platform.