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  2. Lag (video games) - Wikipedia

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    For the cloud gaming experience to be acceptable, the round-trip lag of all elements of the cloud gaming system (the thin client, the Internet and/or LAN connection the game server, the game execution on the game server, the video and audio compression and decompression, and the display of the video on a display device) must be low enough that ...

  3. Netcode - Wikipedia

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    Unlike a local game where the inputs of all players are executed instantly in the same simulation or instance of the game, in an online game there are several parallel simulations (one for each player) where the inputs from their respective players are received instantly, while the inputs for the same frame from other players arrive with a certain delay (greater or lesser depending on the ...

  4. Descent (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Descent is a first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Productions in 1995 for MS-DOS, and later for Macintosh, PlayStation, and RISC OS. It popularized a subgenre of FPS games employing six degrees of freedom and was the first FPS to feature entirely true-3D graphics. The player is cast as a ...

  5. Bloom (shader effect) - Wikipedia

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    An example of bloom in a picture taken with a camera. Note the blue fringe that is particularly noticeable along the right edge of the window. Bloom (sometimes referred to as light bloom or glow) is a computer graphics effect used in video games, demos, and high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR) to reproduce an imaging artifact of real-world ...

  6. List of video games notable for negative reception - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Video games Platforms Arcade video game Console game Game console Home console Handheld console Electronic game Audio game Electronic handheld Online game Browser game Social-network game Mobile game PC game Linux Mac Virtual reality game Genres Action Shooter Action-adventure Adventure ...

  7. List of commercial failures in video games - Wikipedia

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    As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments.In the early 21st century, industry commentators made these general estimates: 10% of published games generated 90% of revenue; [1] that around 3% of PC games and 15% of console games have global sales of more than 100,000 units per year, with even this level ...

  8. List of first-person shooters - Wikipedia

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    Star Wars: Dark Forces: LucasArts: DOS, MAC, PS1, WIN, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX, NX 1995-02-15 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II: LucasArts: WIN 1997-09-30 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith: LucasArts: WIN 1998-01-31 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast: Raven Software: WIN, OSX, Xbox, GCN, PS4, NX 2002-03-26 Star Wars Jedi Knight ...

  9. Frame rate - Wikipedia

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    Many theaters had shown silent films at 22 to 26 FPS, which is why the industry chose 24 FPS for sound film as a compromise. [11] From 1927 to 1930, as various studios updated equipment, the rate of 24 FPS became standard for 35 mm sound film. [2] At 24 FPS, the film travels through the projector at a rate of 456 millimetres (18.0 in) per second.