A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device,[1] but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of display device.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to video games:
Nature of video games
- Main article: Video games
Types of video games
Video game platforms (hardware)
Game play
Specific video games
- List of best-selling video games
- List of best-selling video game franchises
- List of cult video games
- List of arcade games
- List of last games released on video game consoles
- List of video games based on comics
- List of video games based on anime or manga
- List of video games based on cartoons
Video game industry
- List of video game companies
- List of commercial failures in video gaming
- List of video game developers
- List of video game publishers
- List of indie game developers
- List of video game industry people
- List of video game franchises
- Game studies
- Video game packaging
- Nintendo Seal of Quality
- Sega Seal of Quality
- Video game journalism
Video game development
People involved; development lifecycle. Game development (and Video game developers)
- Game AI
- Game design (and Game designers)
- Interaction design
- Game programming (and Game programmers)
- Level design
- Level editor (tool)
- Video game art and Game art design
- Video game graphics
- Video game music
- Video game publishing (and Video game publishers)
- Expansion pack
- Mods
- Video game remake
- Fan translation
- Fangame
- Abandonware
- XGameStation
History of video games
Culture
- Video game culture
- Video game art
- Video game collecting
- Game studies
- Gamers Outreach Foundation
- List of books based on video games
- List of films based on video games
- List of television programs based on video games
- List of anime based on video games
- List of video game websites
- Portrayal of women in video games
- Video game magazines
Politics of video games
Psychology
People influential in video games
See also
- Lists
References
- ^ "Television gaming apparatus and method". United States Patents. Retrieved 2008-06-25.