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  2. List of video game genres - Wikipedia

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    The inclusion of stealth as a mechanic in a game does not necessarily make it a Stealth Game. For example, Skyrim has an entire perk tree dedicated to "Sneaking" despite that most of the dungeons in the game can be completed using a hack-and-slash strategy. The first stealth game was Manbiki Shounen (Shoplifting Boy), published in November 1979.

  3. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game, [a] sometimes further qualified as a computer game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...

  4. Valve Anti-Cheat - Wikipedia

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    Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) is an anti-cheat tool developed by Valve as a component of the Steam platform, first released with Counter-Strike in 2002.. When the software detects a cheat on a player's system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. [1]

  5. HUD (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Ico has no HUD, fitting with the game's calmer style by not including many traditional game-like elements. [4] Another method of improving realism and immersion in games is through the implementation of dynamic HUDs [2] such as the HUD in Red Dead Redemption 2. These types of HUDs reduce screen clutter by only displaying specific bits of ...

  6. Video game modding - Wikipedia

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    A few mods become very popular and convert themselves into distinct games, with the rights getting bought and turning into an official modification, or in some cases a stand-alone title that does not require the original game to play. Technical and social skills are needed to create a mod. [3] A group of mod developers may join to form a "mod ...

  7. Unity Technologies - Wikipedia

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    Unity Software Inc. (doing business as Unity Technologies) [3] is an American video game software development company based in San Francisco.It was founded in Denmark in 2004 as Over the Edge Entertainment and changed its name in 2007.

  8. Magnavox Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    An Odyssey controller. The Odyssey consists of a black, white, and brown oblong box connected by wires to two rectangular controllers.The console connects to the television set through an included switch box, which allows the player to switch the television input between the Odyssey and the regular television input cable, and presents itself like a television channel on channel three or four ...

  9. Xbox One - Wikipedia

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    The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox series.It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and South America in November 2013 and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014.