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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.
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25	Video games by virtue of their interactive nature have unique tropes associated with them, the VideoGameTropes.
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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]]
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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
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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
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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-)
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74	[[AC:Miscellaneous topics]]
75	* HomebrewVideoGames
76	* MediaNotes/VideoGameDesign
77
78	[[/index]]

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