’Simulation’ simulates environments in two ways, either are you suppossed to build up an environment on your own, for example a city or a dungeon, or either are you travelling in an already completed environment, that is ’racing’ and ’flight simulation’.

e produced. But most of the coming games were not even used for computers. In 1985 Nintendo released the US version of the 8-bit NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), which became the first game console for domestic use. It was released with the two well-known games Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. 1987 the NES console was listed 1# as most selling toy. The japanese company Nintendo has also released the Game Boy in 1989, the 16-bit SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) in 1991 and the N64 (Nintendo 64-bit) in 1996. In the 90’s the computers became both better and faster, and more people got themselves a computer. As the computer got more and more used in the home, games made especially for the computer were produced. Soon computer games were more popular than video (console) games. Today there are several thousands of games, and most of them can be organized into differrent groups, or ’genres’. Many genres are parts of the four basic genres mentioned below. All games can be organized into one or more of the basic genres, but not all of them can be organized into a ’sub-genre’. Here are the four basic genres with their sub-genres:

The first subgenre of action is arcade, which contains games similar to those in the old arcade halls, therefore the name. Arcade games are in 2D and are very simple; destroy as much as you can, and/or get as much points as you can. Pinball, Pacman, Moonshooter, Gradius and Scorched Earth are examples of arcade games. One of the leading arcade games on the market right now is ’Worms Armageddon’. It´s a sequel of two earlier games, where several worms, which usually are peacefully animals, are suppossed to kill eachother with different weapons, like bazookas, grenades and flamethrowers. When you hit a worm, the ground around it will vanish as it explodes.

The company Sierra has produced several adventure games, among others ’Day of the Tentacle’ and ’King’s Quest’ (which has come to have 7 sequels). The graphics in most cases looks like in cartoons; with different scenarios and simple animations. Practically the only thing you do in an adventure game, is talking and using stuff you’ve picked up on the way of your journey. You have to use different things with each other (combining items), in order to use them as other things, for example; combining a white sheet with scissor makes a ghost costume for hallowe’en holiday use. You have to try combining items a major time of an adventure game, which can make it boring. Therefore, a great sense of humor is a very important ingredient in adventure games, which is the only thing keeping you from quitting the game, when you’ve got stuck. One of the leading adventure games today is King’s Quest 8: Mask of Eternity. KQ8 is a mixture of adventure, role-playing and 3D-action. Personally, I don’t like adventure games.

’Sport’ has it’s own genre, but because different sports can be so various from each other, it can’t really be sorted into one basic genre. A football game can be bo

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