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  2. Hardware overlay - Wikipedia

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    In computing, hardware overlay, a type of video overlay, provides a method of rendering an image to a display screen with a dedicated memory buffer inside computer video hardware. The technique aims to improve the display of a fast-moving video image — such as a computer game , a DVD , or the signal from a TV card .

  3. HUD (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Real-time strategy games usually show the health of every unit visible on screen. Also, in many (but not all) first- and third-person shooters , when the player is damaged, the screen (or part of it) flashes briefly (usually in red color, representing blood) and shows arrows or other similar images that point to the direction the threat came ...

  4. Magnavox Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    An Odyssey controller. The Odyssey consists of a black, white, and brown oblong box connected by wires to two rectangular controllers.The console connects to the television set through an included switch box, which allows the player to switch the television input between the Odyssey and the regular television input cable, and presents itself like a television channel on channel three or four ...

  5. Video overlay - Wikipedia

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    Various methods to achieve video overlay are in use: A video overlay device can be connected between the graphics card analog VGA output and the monitor's input, forming a "VGA passthrough". The device modifies the VGA signal and inserts the analog video signal overlay into the picture; the rest of the screen is filled by the signal coming from ...

  6. Video game graphics - Wikipedia

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    Some of the earliest video games were text games or text-based games that used text characters instead of bitmapped or vector graphics.Examples include MUDs (multi-user dungeons), where players could read or view depictions of rooms, objects, other players, and actions performed in the virtual world; and roguelikes, a subgenre of role-playing video games featuring many monsters, items, and ...

  7. Xbox (app) - Wikipedia

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    The original logo of the Xbox One SmartGlass app. Xbox 360 SmartGlass was originally announced at E3 2012, for Windows 8, Android and iOS.Microsoft demonstrated use cases for the new app within both games and entertainment, including a minimap for Ascend: New Gods, a second screen experience for School of Rock with supplemental content, and Game of Thrones (with interactive maps and family ...

  8. Category:Screenshots of video games - Wikipedia

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    File:A Difficult Game About Climbing Gameplay footage.png; File:A Monster's Expedition gameplay.jpg; File:A Plague Tale Innocence gameplay screenshot.jpg; File:A screenshot of the game Shift, on the screen where the shift mechanic is introduced.png; File:A Space for the Unbound screenshot.jpg; File:A Way Out screenshot.jpg; File:A3SR gameplay.png

  9. Screen tearing - Wikipedia

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    A typical video tearing artifact (simulated image) Screen tearing [1] is a visual artifact in video display where a display device shows information from multiple frames in a single screen draw. [2] The artifact occurs when the video feed to the device is not synchronized with the display's refresh rate.