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A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word ''video'' in ''video game'' traditionally referred to a raster display device,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Television gaming apparatus and method )〕 but it now implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld computing devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, while common in the 1980s, have gradually declined in use due to the widespread availability of home video game devices (e.g., PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) and video games on desktop and laptop computers and smartphones. The input device used for games, the game controller, varies across platforms. Common controllers include gamepads, mouses, keyboards, joysticks, the touchscreens of mobile devices and buttons. In addition to video and (in most cases) audio feedback, some games include haptic, vibration or force feedback peripherals. Video games have become an art form and an industry. The video game industry is of increasing commercial importance, with growth driven particularly by the emerging Asian markets and mobile games. As of 2015, video games generated sales of USD 74 billion annually worldwide, and were the third-largest segment in the U.S. entertainment market, behind broadcast and cable TV. ==History== (詳細はCathode ray tube Amusement Device" was filed for a patent on 25 January 1947, by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann, and issued on 14 December 1948, as U.S. Patent 2455992. Inspired by radar display tech, it consisted of an analog device that allowed a user to control a vector-drawn dot on the screen to simulate a missile being fired at targets, which were drawings fixed to the screen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Welcome to Pong-Story – Introduction )〕 Other early examples include: * The Nimrod computer at the 1951 Festival of Britain * ''OXO'' a tic-tac-toe Computer game by Alexander S. Douglas for the EDSAC in 1952 * ''Tennis for Two'', an electronic interactive game engineered by William Higinbotham in 1958 * ''Spacewar!'', written by MIT students Martin Graetz, Steve Russell, and Wayne Wiitanen's on a DEC PDP-1 computer in 1961. * ''Pong'', a 1972 game by Atari. Each game used different means of display: NIMROD used a panel of lights to play the game of Nim,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Welcome to... NIMROD! )〕 OXO used a graphical display to play tic-tac-toe ''Tennis for Two'' used an oscilloscope to display a side view of a tennis court,〔 and ''Spacewar!'' used the DEC PDP-1's vector display to have two spaceships battle each other. In 1971, ''Computer Space'', created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was the first commercially sold, coin-operated video game. It used a black-and-white television for its display, and the computer system was made of 74 series TTL chips. The game was featured in the 1973 science fiction film ''Soylent Green''. ''Computer Space'' was followed in 1972 by the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console. Modeled after a late 1960s prototype console developed by Ralph H. Baer called the "Brown Box", it also used a standard television.〔 These were followed by two versions of Atari's ''Pong''; an arcade version in 1972 and a home version in 1975 that dramatically increased video game popularity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/timeline_flash.html )〕 The commercial success of ''Pong'' led numerous other companies to develop ''Pong'' clones and their own systems, spawning the video game industry. A flood of ''Pong'' clones eventually led to the video game crash of 1977, which came to an end with the mainstream success of Taito's 1978 shooter game ''Space Invaders'', marking the beginning of the golden age of arcade video games and inspiring dozens of manufacturers to enter the market.〔 The game inspired arcade machines to become prevalent in mainstream locations such as shopping malls, traditional storefronts, restaurants, and convenience stores. The game also became the subject of numerous articles and stories on television and in newspapers and magazines, establishing video gaming as a rapidly growing mainstream hobby. ''Space Invaders'' was soon licensed for the Atari VCS (later known as Atari 2600), becoming the first "killer app" and quadrupling the console's sales. This helped Atari recover from their earlier losses, and in turn the Atari VCS revived the home video game market during the second generation of consoles, up until the North American video game crash of 1983. The home video game industry was revitalized shortly afterwards by the widespread success of the Nintendo Entertainment System, which marked a shift in the dominance of the video game industry from the United States to Japan during the third generation of consoles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「video game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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