Outline of Video Games - Video Game Hardware Platforms

Video Game Hardware Platforms

Video game platforms –

  • Arcade game – a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Arcade games include video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers (such as claw cranes).
    • Video game arcade cabinet – the housing within which a video arcade game's hardware resides.
    • List of arcade games
    • List of pinball machines
  • Video game console – a consumer entertainment device consisting of a customized computer system designed to run video games.
    • Console game – a video game played on a video game console.
      • List of video game consoles
      • List of best-selling game consoles
    • Dedicated console – a video game console that is dedicated to a built in game or games, and is not equipped for additional games, via cartridges or other media.
    • Console wars – a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between video game console manufacturers.
    • Handheld game console – a lightweight, portable consumer electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers.
    • Handheld video game – a video game played on a handheld game console.
  • Mobile game – a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet computer or portable media player.
  • Online game – a game played over some form of computer network.
    • Browser game – a video game that is played over the Internet using a web browser.
    • Massively multiplayer online game (MMO) – a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously.
  • PC game – a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine.

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