Video Games Basics

Video Games are the electronic games that allows user interface to generate visual reaction on an optical gadget in the process of interaction with the user. User can be also termed as gamer. Traditionally the word video in video games points out to a raster display device. Nowadays due to change in trend, the term ‘video games’ often implies to any type of display devices. Personal Computers & Video Games console such as one used with PSP games referred as ‘Platforms’, are the essential electronic elements required to play these video games. Unlike online games which require internet connection too, these are operated by an input device called as game controller only; lying in the series are mouse, joystick, keyboard & console with buttons only. Few more interaction video games are commingled with systems such as sound reproduction devices-speakers and headphones and an array of Haptic peripherals-such as vibration force feedback to enhance user experience. Most popular in the video games category are Nintendo Games by Nintendo Company Ltd. which produce its own console as well as games. Video Games can be of many types for e.g.

1. The Role-Playing Games like Fable, Final Fantasy, Knights of the Old Republic, and X-Men Legends.

2. Sports Games like NBA, NFL, Burnout 3, Gran Tourismo, and Need for Speed.

3. Strategy Games like Warcraft III, Starcraft, Command and Conquer, and Warhammer 40,000.

4. Fighting Games like Dead or Alive, Tekken, Soul Calibur, and WWE Smackdown.

The list of video games is endless with some basic genre mentioned above to start with & experience the thrill of Gaming.