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Computer game
A computer game is any sort of game that is played using a computer.
A computer game is not necessarily a video game, or vice versa; for instance
a text-based role-playing game could be played verbally by a blind person,
which is clearly no longer a "video" game, and the first generation of video
games, such as Pong, used dedicated electronic circuitry not even remotely
resembling a computer.
The usual distinction today is rather subtle; a game will be a "computer
game" if it is played on a general-purpose computer, but a "video game" if
it is played on a computer that is specialized for game playing. Computer
games will typically feature a wider assortment of direct controls
exploiting the full computer keyboard, while video games tend to use more
layers of menus, or motion sequences (up-up-down-left, etc) via the game
controller. The most important distinction between computer and video games
arises from the fact that computers have high resolution monitors, optimized
for viewing at close range by one person, while home video game consoles use
a much lower-resolution commercial television as their output device,
optimized for viewing at a greater distance. As a result, most computer
games are intended for single-player or networked multi-player play, while
many video games are designed for local multi-player play, with all players
viewing the same TV set.
Formerly, video games tended to need and use less computing power than
computer games, but with the increasing power of video game hardware, that
distinction is nearly erased, and many games are now produced for both
computers and video game systems. Video game manufacturers usually exercise
tight control over the games that are made available on their systems, so
unusual or special-interest games are more likely to only ever appear as
games on general-purpose computers.
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