Outline of video games
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Outline of video games

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to video games:

Video game – an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of display device.

Video game genres (list) – categories of video games based on their gameplay interaction and set of gameplay challenges, rather than visual or narrative differences.

Action game – a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time.

Action-adventure game – a video game genre that combines elements of both the adventure game and the action game genres.

Adventure game – a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge.

Role-playing video game (RPG): a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests.

Simulation video game – a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate aspects of a real or fictional reality.

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