Minimum Requirements * Windows® XP/Vista/7/8 (latest service packs) with DX 9.0c * Intel Pentium® D 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4400+ * NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT or ATI Radeon™ X1950 Pro or better * 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB (Vista/7/8) * 12 GB available HD space * Broadband** Internet connection * 1024x768 minimum resolution
Game Genre
Game Genres
Like cinema, computer games have as many different genre categories as they do audience groups. Unlike cinema, many of them are known by their tongue-twisting acronyms! Here are some of the most notable:
Advergames: Games developed for advertising purposes.
Adventure: Adventure games involve exploration of, and interaction with, the environment as a main facet of gameplay. Story and puzzle solving are also highlighted and interaction is usually driven by point and click. Fighting plays a minor role. Adventure games include Zork and Myst.
Classic Arcade: Classic arcade games refer to games that originally existed on freestanding coin-operated machines. Classic arcade games include Pong and Space Invaders
Fighting: Fighting games involves rendering opponents unconscious or dead by using a number of different moves. Gameplay tactics are limited to selecting the most appropriate move in a situation. Fighting games include Tekken 3 and Street Fighter.
First Person Shooters (or FPS): are games in which the player has a first-person perspective of their character. FPS shooters include Doom and Quake
First Person Sneaker: This is a sub-genre of First Person Shooter, where the focus is on stealth rather than combat or shooting.
MMORPG: 'Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games' are multi-player role-playing games that enable thousands of players to play in an evolving virtual online world at the same time. MMORPGs include Diablo and WarCraft
MOO: 'Multi-User Domain - Object Oriented' is a type of MUD that allows players greater freedom such as