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17 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/videogames.png]] |
18 | [[caption-width-right:350:So [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the fastest thing alive]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife a scientist with a crowbar]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} a galactic bounty hunter]], [[Franchise/{{Halo}} a super soldier]], [[VideoGame/MetalGear a legendary stealth operative]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a heroic plumber]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda a sword-slinging hero]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX a self-sacrificing summoner]] walk into a bar...]] |
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20 | ->''"The game is of such a character that it requires care and skill in playing it or operating the device with which the game is played. Skill can be increased with practice and the exercise of care contributes to success."'' |
21 | -->-- '''1947 Patent for the ''VideoGame/CathodeRayTubeAmusementDevice''''' |
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23 | A means of visual entertainment, coming in the form of electronic games that rely on the input of a character through user interface. The idea of operating games electronically is old, OXO was an automaton built in 1952 that could play TabletopGame/TicTacToe perfectly against a human player, but the first "pure" video game is considered to be ''VideoGame/TennisForTwo'' in 1958. |
24 | |
25 | Video games by virtue of their interactive nature have unique tropes associated with them, the VideoGameTropes. |
26 | |
27 | See also {{Gamebooks}} for a literary precursor to modern video games; {{Pinball}}, the distinguished [[MediaNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade Gaming]] predecessor of video games; and VisualNovel for videogame-like works in the narrative style of {{literature}}. |
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29 | !!Lists of video games: |
30 | [[index]] |
31 | |
32 | [floatboxright: |
33 | '''Related indexes:''' |
34 | * VideoGameCompanies |
35 | * VideoGameCreators |
36 | * VideoGameCulture |
37 | * VideoGameGenres |
38 | * VideoGameSystems |
39 | * VideoGameTropes |
40 | ] |
41 | |
42 | [[AC:Games by country of origin]] |
43 | * AmericanVideoGames |
44 | * BritishVideoGames |
45 | * JapaneseVideoGames |
46 | * RussianVideoGames |
47 | |
48 | [[AC:Games by release date]] |
49 | * EarlyVideoGames |
50 | * VideoGamesOfThe1980s |
51 | * VideoGamesOfThe1990s |
52 | ** VideoGamesOf19901994 |
53 | ** VideoGamesOf19951999 |
54 | * VideoGamesOfThe2000s |
55 | ** VideoGamesOf20002004 |
56 | ** VideoGamesOf20052009 |
57 | * VideoGamesOfThe2010s |
58 | ** VideoGamesOf20102014 |
59 | ** VideoGamesOf20152019 |
60 | * VideoGamesOfThe2020s |
61 | * CanceledVideoGames |
62 | |
63 | [[AC:Games by generation]] |
64 | * MediaNotes/TheHistoryOfVideoGames |
65 | ** MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames (first and second generations, 1972-1984) |
66 | ** MediaNotes/The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames (third generation, 1982-1994, 1998 outside of America) |
67 | ** MediaNotes/The16BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames (fourth generation, 1987-2000) |
68 | ** MediaNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (1993-2003, 2006 outside of America) |
69 | ** MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (1998-2011) |
70 | ** MediaNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (2004-2013) |
71 | ** MediaNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (2011-2020) |
72 | ** MediaNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames (2020-) |
73 | * MediaNotes/ConsoleWars: A page showing the sales figures and the "winners" of each console generation, handhelds included. |
74 | |
75 | [[AC:Miscellaneous topics]] |
76 | * HomebrewVideoGames |
77 | * MediaNotes/VideoGameDesign |
78 | |
79 | [[/index]] |
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