Computer Games was a 1979 single by New Zealand band Mi-Sex. It was the single that launced the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand. Other related archivesAustralia, Computer and video games, Mi-Sex, New Zealand, single

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A computer game is a computer-controlled game that players may interact with. A video game is a computer game where a video display such as a monitor or television is the primary feedback device. These terms are not always interchangeable as some games, particularly older games, do not use a video display. Usually there are rules and goals, but in more open-ended games the player may be free to do whatever they like within the confines of the virtual universe. The phrase interactive entertainment is the formal ref ...

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Civilization is a computer game created by Sid Meier for Microprose in 1991. The game's objective is to develop a great empire from the ground up. The game begins in ancient times and the player attempts to expand and develop their empire through the ages until modern and near-future times. It is generally acknowledged to be a pioneer in the genre of turn-based strategy games. Civilization computer game - Description. Civilization is a single-player game (although there was a separate multipla ...

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Artifact is an on-line multiplayer computer game. It was developed by David Michael and first published on the Internet in 1999. Artifact computer game - External link. http://www.samugames.com/artifact/ ...

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Bolo is a video game originally developed for the Apple II computer by Synergistic Software in 1982. An update inspired by the original was created for the BBC Micro computer by Stuart Cheshire in 1987, and later ported to the Macintosh in its most popular incarnation. The original Bolo was a single-player game. Cheshire's Bolo is a networked multiplayer game that simulates a tank battlefield. It is thus a very early example of a real-time strategy game. While the graphics are somewhat primitive compared to modern video ...

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Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game first released in 1988. The game was developed by Interplay Productions, and published by Electronic Arts. Wasteland computer game - Overview. The game is set in 2087, following a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Earth has been turned into a 'wasteland' where survival is the paramount objective. Players control a party of "Desert Rangers", a Nevada paramilitary group that survived the nuclear holocaust, and are assi ...

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Allegiance is a unique computer game, with a mix of real-time strategy and player piloted space combat, initially developed by Microsoft (specifically, Microsoft Research) and now developed by the community since the source code release. Allegiance is online/LAN only and is heavily team-oriented. Players can fly a variety of craft, striving to destroy enemy team installations while simultaneously protecting their own, as well as collec ...

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Z (pronounced Zed) is a 1996 real-time strategy computer game by the Bitmap Brothers. It's about red and blue robots who try to conquer different planets. Unlike other traditional real-time strategy (RTS) games, you do not go about collecting resources or building specific structures to maintain your army. Instead, a player has to go around capturing regions by capturing the flags within the boundary of that region to control a particular structure residing within the region. Also, instead of using resources to build uni ...

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Worms is a series of turn-based computer games with the common theme of players each controlling a small platoon of worms across a two-dimensional (and, in more recent games, three-dimensional), deformable landscape. The series is decidedly tongue-in-cheek, typified by cartoon-style graphics and an eclectic and bizarre set of weapons. Worms is part of a wider genre of turn-based games in which each player controls characters who duel with projectile weapons; predecessors include Scorched Earth and Gorilla. ...

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Crossfire is an open source, multiplayer online computer role-playing game. It features a tile based graphic system, realistic diseases that spread and infect, many spells, a vast world that consists of several cities and many other features. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License and it has several servers as well as a metaserver at the official site. The client (latest ver. 1.8) will run in Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, IRIX, and an array of other platforms. The server (latest ver. 1.8) runs ...

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Abuse is a computer game developed by Crack dot Com, and published by Origin Systems/Electronic Arts. It was released in 1996, and runs on DOS and Linux operating systems. An improved port of the game was released for Mac OS by Bungie Studios and for the Acorn Archimedes by R-Comp Interactive. Abuse computer game - Description. The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been falsely incarcerated in a prison where illegal experiments are taking place. A prison riot occurs and the experiment goes ho ...

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List of role-playing games List of publishers Science fiction Fantasy RPG History Computer role-playing Live action role-playing Tabletop role-playing Board games MMORPGs Wargaming Category:Role-playing games Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally uses gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. Modern RPG games encompass a wide range of ...

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Computer puzzle game is a genre of computer games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles involved can involve logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, word completion or, in some cases, just pure luck. Before there ever were video games (as we would recognise them) there were jigsaw puzzles and the Rubik's Cube, today's puzzle game forefathers. The genre can be difficult to describe: the gameplay is usually abstract (but not always) often involving arranging geometric shapes to fulfill some goal or c ...

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Wing Commander is a series of space combat simulation computer games from Origin Systems, Inc.. Created by Chris Roberts and first appearing in 1990, Wing Commander is most noted for its style of cinematic storytelling, which it pioneered in computer games. Set in the 27th century, the games tell the story of humanity's war against the Kilrathi, an alien species of 7-8 foot tall feline bipeds. Humanity is organized in the Terran Confederation and the player is part of the Confederation's space forces. Launching fr ...

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In computer and video gaming, gameplay (sometimes called "Game mechanics") is a general term that describes player interaction with a game. It includes direct interaction, such as controls and interface, but also design aspects of the game, such as levels and graphics. Although the use of this term is often disputed, as it is considered too vague for the range of concepts it describes, it is currently the most commonly used and accepted term for this purpose when describing video games. ...

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Sometime in the late 1990s, now-defunct Virgin Interactive Entertainment (VIE) began to develop a game called Sniper; later renamed SubSpace. It has been speculated SubSpace was one of the major causes of VIE's bankruptcy. As the project was free for many years, it was a drain on the company's resources with no actual income. Some of the developers of SubSpace bonded together to form Harmless Games LLC. They developed ...

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Within any given zone, a player can choose between up to eight different ships (l-r in picture): Warbird, Javelin, Spider, Leviathan, Terrier, Weasel, Lancaster, and Shark. Many zones restrict the available ships. For instance, in the SSCX Powerball zone, gameplay is comprised of two teams, a Warbird team and a Javelin team. A player can also spectate the game (known as spec mode). Spectators can choose to spectate a specific player, a special item (such as a ball or flag), a fixed point in space, or they can roam the map. They ...

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Despite being not very mod friendly, Freelancer supports a thriving modding community. Many mods have been released, from simple mods adding ships or changing speeds to total conversions like FreeWorlds (a Star Wars total conversion) to The Next Generation (a complete retooling of the Freelancer universe, not associated with Star Trek). One of the most popular modding sites for Freelancer is The Lancer's Reactor, wh ...

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Civilization is a single-player game (although there was a separate multiplayer version called CivNet and both Civilization II and III have multi-player versions; Civilization IV, released late 2005, has advanced support for numerous types of multiplayer games). The player takes on the role of the ruler of a civilization starting with nothing but a single Settler unit (sometimes two of them). The player attempts to build an empire in competition with a number of other civilizations (from 1 to 7 and up to 31 in latest versions). The game is rigidly turn-based and requires a fair amount of ...

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