Definitions for video game

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vid′eo game`(n.)

  1. any of various games played on a video screen or television set with a microcomputer.

    Category: Games

  2. any of various games played on a microchip-controlled device, as a toy or arcade machine.

    Category: Games

Origin of video game:

1970–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. computer game, video game(noun)

    a game played against a computer

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. video game(noun)ˈvɪd iˌoʊ

    a game that involves controlling images on a computer or TV screen

    teenagers playing video games

Wiktionary

  1. video game(Noun)

    A type of game existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, and played on a video terminal or television screen. Controlled by a paddle, joystick, joypad, mouse, keyboard, or a combination of any of these input devices.


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