What is Video game?
{{Article issues|{{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} {{Update|date=May 2021}}}} [[File:Universum TV Multispiel 2006.jpg|thumb|First-generation ''[[Pong]]'' console at the Computerspielemuseum Berlin]] A '''video game''' is an [[Electronics|electronic]] [[game]] played on a video screen (normally a [[television]], [[computer monitor]], or built-in screen when played on a handheld machine). There are many types, or [[List of video game genres|genres]], of video games: [[role-playing game]]s; [[shooter]]s, [[first-person shooter]]s, [[side-scroller]]s, and [[platformer]]s. Video games usually come on [[compact disc|CD]]s, [[DVD]]s or digital [[download]]. Many games used to come on [[Cartridge (electronics)|cartridges]]. A specialized device used to play a video game at home is called a [[Video game console|console]]. There have been many types of consoles and [[home computer]]s used to play video games. Some of the first were the [[Atari 2600]] in the 1970s and the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in the 1980s. Newer video game consoles are Microsoft's [[Xbox Series X]], Sony's [[PlayStation 5]] and Nintendo's [[Nintendo Switch]]. The best-selling video game console of all time is the [[PlayStation 2]], made by [[Sony]]. People can also use computers to play games, which are sometimes called PC games. The older consoles do not have new games developed for them often, although some console games are emulated for PCs (see [[emulator]]). This means that new computers can play many old console games along with games made just for new [[computers]]. Older games are often more popular emulated than when they were first on sale, because of the ease of [[download]]{{fact|date=April 2021}}. People can play portable video games anywhere. [[Mobile device]]s (running [[operating system]]s such as [[iOS]] or [[Android (operating system)|Android]]) also can download games, making them portable game machines. [[Mobile phone]]s have many games, some of them using a mobile emulator for games