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video game

An electronic game played by manipulating moving figures on a display screen, often designed for play on a special gaming console rather than a personal computer.

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video game

(Electronics) any of various games that can be played by using an electronic control to move points of light or graphical symbols on the screen of a visual display unit

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vid′eo game`

1. any of various games played on a video screen or television set with a microcomputer.

2. any of various games played on a microchip-controlled device, as a toy or arcade machine.

[1970–75]

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Noun

video game - a game played against a computer

computer game

game - an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"

virtual reality - a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it

Translations

počítačová hravideohra

videospiel videospiele

τηλεοπτικά παιχνίδια τηλεοπτικό παιχνίδι

videoludo

videojuegojuego de video

videopeli

jeu vidéojeux vidéo

משחק מחשב

videojáték

videogioco videogiochi

テレビゲームビデオゲーム

비디오 게임

ludus electronicusludus visualis

video žaidimai

videospelvideospelletje

video gamevideojogo

joc video

видеоигра видеоигры

bilgisayar oyunları

video game

n → videogioco

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