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2. History of online games - Wikipedia

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   History of online games. Online games are video games played over a computer network. [1] The evolution of these games parallels the evolution of computers and computer networking, with new technologies improving the essential functionality needed for playing video games on a remote server. Many video games have an online component, allowing ...

3. Online game - Wikipedia

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   An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or any other computer network available. [1] Online games are ubiquitous on modern gaming platforms, including PCs, consoles and mobile devices, and span many genres, including first-person shooters, strategy games, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG). [2]

4. History of video games - Wikipedia

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   The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display. The first consumer video game hardware ...

5. Browser game - Wikipedia

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   A browser game is a video game that is played via the internet using a web browser. [1] They are mostly free-to-play and can be single-player or multiplayer. Alternative names for the browser game genre reference their software platform used, with common examples being Flash games, [2] and HTML5 games. [3][4] Some browser games are also ...

6. History of games - Wikipedia

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   History of games. Indian Ambassadors, probably sent by the Maukhari King Śarvavarman of Kannauj, present the Chaturanga chess game to Khosrau I, from "A treatise on chess", 14th century. [1][2] The history of games dates to the ancient human past. [3] Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social ...

7. History of massively multiplayer online games - Wikipedia

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   TRPGs. v. t. e. The history of massively multiplayer online games spans over thirty years and hundreds of massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) titles. The origin and influence on MMO games stems from MUDs, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) and earlier social games.

8. Online console gaming - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Online console gaming involves connecting a console to a network over the Internet for services. Through this connection, it provides users the ability to play games with other users online, in addition to other online services. The three most common networks now are Microsoft 's Xbox network, Sony 's PlayStation Network, and Nintendo ...

9. Video game - Wikipedia

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   A video game, [a] also known as a computer game or just a game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...