Meaning of video game (what is it, concept and definition)

What is a Video Game:

Video games are electronic game softwares developed for entertainment through electronic devices such as arcade machines, consoles, computers or digital devices.

Video games are born with the growing interest and knowledge both in the area of ​​computer graphics and in the area of ​​computing. The first commercialized video game was called Spacewar! launched in 1962 by two MIT students.

The beginning of the commercialization of video games developed an industry of games for arcade machines, that is, electronic machines made exclusively for a specific video game. One of the first in this format was the Pong game released by the Atari company also in 1962.

The video game industry begins to grow and succeed when Atari in 1975 released an edition of Pong to play at home. The creation of individual game consoles fueled technological advancement in the area of ​​microprocessors.

The entry of the Japanese industry in the 1980s, especially from the leading companies Nintendo and Sega, with video games for game consoles as popular as Super Mario Bros. catapulted the success of video games to this day.

One of the fastest growing video game genres is Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs, or MMORPGs. MMORPGs are within the RPG genre (Role playing game) where the player controls and manages the abilities and abilities of a character following the plot of the story such as the Pokémon video game, Final Fantasy, Diablo, World of Warcraft etc.

See also:

• MMORPGPokémon Virtual Reality

The types of video games are classified according to the way they play and the objective of the game. Some of the most common genres in which video games are divided are:

• StrategyActionAdventureRoleSpeedSimulationSportsPuzzleMusicalsTeachingArcade