Plato’s definition of game: Game is a conscious simulation activity produced by the life and ability jump needs of all young children (animals and humans). Aristotle's definition of play: Play is rest and recreation after work, a behavioral activity that does not have any purpose in itself. Raf Koster’s definition of games (Rav Koster, Chief Creative Officer of Sony Online Entertainment) Games are activities in which you learn a certain skill in happiness. Hu's definition of game is a kind of voluntary participation, conscious self-deception between belief and disbelief, and reflects that real life has entered a short-term but completely dominated by it, performed within a certain time and space limit. activities or areas of activity. Cihai definition: An activity whose main purpose is to directly obtain pleasure and must have a subject participating in the interaction. This definition illustrates the two most basic characteristics of games: 1. The main purpose is to directly obtain pleasure (including physical and psychological pleasure). 2. The subject participates in interaction. Subject participation in interaction means that changes in subject movements, language, expressions, etc. are directly related to the stimulation method and degree of pleasure! Game classification A. Classification according to the content and purpose of electronic games: RPG = Role-playing Game: Role-playing games are played by players A game where you play one or several characters in the game and have a complete storyline. Players may confuse them with adventure games. In fact, the difference is very simple. RPG games emphasize plot development and personal experience. Generally speaking, RPGs can be divided into Japanese and American. The main differences lie in cultural background and combat methods. Japanese RPGs mostly use turn-based or semi-real-time combat, such as the "Final Fantasy" series. Most domestic Chinese RPGs can also be classified as Japanese RPGs, such as the familiar "Sword" and "Swordsman"; American RPGs such as "Diablo" series. In more detail, RPGs can be divided into action role-playing games (A.RPG, the combat method is real-time action, a typical example is "Diablo") and strategic role-playing games (S.RPG, the combat method is based on the combat method). It's like playing chess, which is what we often call war chess games, such as "Xuanyuan Fu Mo Lu"). ACT= Action Game: A game in which action game players control game characters to use various weapons to destroy enemies to pass levels. It does not pursue storylines, such as the familiar "Super Mario", the cute "Kirby", and the gorgeous "Prince of Persia" etc. Most of the action games on the computer were born out of early arcade games and action games such as "Contra" and "Three Kingdoms". They are designed for ordinary players for the purpose of pure entertainment and leisure, and generally have a small number of simple puzzles. Ingredients, simple operation, easy to use, exciting and "popular" game. AVG= Adventure Game: Adventure game is a game in which the player controls the game character to go on a virtual adventure. Different from RPG, the characteristic of AVG is that the storyline often appears in the form of completing a task or solving certain puzzles, and the importance of puzzles is deliberately emphasized during the game. AVG can also be subdivided into two types: action and puzzle-solving. Action AVG can include some fighting or shooting elements such as the "Resident Evil" series, "Tomb Raider" series, "Dino Crisis", etc.; while puzzle-solving AVG can AVG relies purely on puzzle solving to drive the development of the plot, with a higher degree of difficulty. The representative is the ultra-classic "Mysterious Island" series. SLG = Strategy Game: Strategy game. Players use strategies to compete with computers or other players to achieve various forms of victory, either to unify the country or to develop alien colonies. Strategy games can be divided into two types: turn-based and real-time. Turn-based strategy games such as the popular "Three Kingdoms" series and "Sakura Wars" series; real-time strategy games such as "Command and Conquer" series, "Empire" series, " Dune" etc. Later, some media will simulate business operations, that is, SIM (simulation) games, such as "The Sims", "Sim City", "Roller Coaster Tycoon", "Theme Park" and development games (TCG, such as "World Football Manager", "Lingboli Breeding Plan, etc." are also included under SLG. RTS=Real-Time Strategy Game: Real-time strategy game was originally a branch of the strategy game SLG, but due to its rapid popularity in the world, it slowly developed into a separate genre, and its popularity even exceeded that of SLG. It is a bit like The current relationship between FIFA and the International Olympic Committee. Representative works include the "Warcraft" series, "Age of Empires" series, "StarCraft" and so on. Later, so-called "real-time tactics games" were derived from it, which mostly focused on controlling a squad to complete tasks and highlighted the role of tactics, represented by "Allied Suicide Squad". FGT= Fighting Game: Fighting Game ← Dog’s most delicious game in which players control various characters to fight with characters controlled by the computer or another player. According to the rendering technology, it can be further divided into 2D and 3D. 2D fighting games include the famous "Street Fighter" series, "Samurai Shodown" series, "King of Fighters" series, etc.; 3D fighting games such as "Tekken", "Gundam Fighting", etc. .

This type of game does not have much of a plot. At most, it has a simple scene setting or background display. The scenes, characters, controls, etc. are also relatively simple, but the operation is difficult. It mainly relies on the player's quick judgment and micro-operation to win. STG= SHOTING GAME: Shooting game The shooting mentioned here is not a simulated shooting (gun battle) similar to "VR Men", but refers to pure aircraft shooting, where the player controls various flying objects (mainly aircraft) Complete tasks or pass levels of the game. SSG=Science-Simulation Game Sci-fi flight simulation game is non-realistic and has imaginary space content, such as "Free Space", "Star Wars" series, etc. RSG=Real- Simulation Game Real flight simulation game is based on the real world, wins with authenticity, pursues simulation, and achieves an immersive feeling. Such as the "Ace Combat" series, "Su-27" and so on. In addition, there are some games that simulate other games that can also be classified as STG, such as "Submarine Hunter" that simulates submarines, and "Steel Division" that simulates tanks, etc. FPS = First Personal Shooting Game: Strictly speaking, the first-person shooting game is a branch of action games, but like RTS, due to its rapid popularity in the world, it has developed into a separate type. There are DOOM series, QUAKE series, "Unreal", "Half-Life", "CS"... the list goes on. PZL = Puzzle Game: The original meaning of puzzle game Puzzle refers to the puzzle games used to cultivate children's intelligence. It has been extended to various interesting puzzle games. Generally speaking, it is suitable for leisure. The most classic one is the one that everyone is familiar with. "Tetris". RCG= Racing Game: Racing game [also called RAC] is a game that simulates various racing sports on the computer, usually in a competition scene. It pays great attention to image and sound effects technology and often represents the cutting-edge technology of computer games. Thrilling and realistic, it is deeply loved by car fans. Representative works include "Need for Speed", "Ridge Racer", "Moto Heroes", etc. Another way of saying it is called "Driving Game". At present, the content of RCG is becoming more and more abundant, and other racing games in other modes have appeared, such as rowing, horse racing, etc. SPT= Sports Game: Sports games are games that simulate various competitive sports on the computer. They are diverse, highly simulated and widely popular, such as the "FIFA" series, "NBA Live" series, "Live Football" series, etc. TCG = education game. In the past, the GB series was generally used, but now everyone generally uses EDU (education) to refer to this type of game, so as to distinguish it from "Online Trading Card Game". As the name suggests, it is a game that simulates the training of players, such as "Star Ambition", "Pretty Girl Dream Factory", "Lingboli Training Plan" and so on. CAG=Card Game: Card Game A game in which players control characters through card battle mode. The rich card types make the game rich in variety and give players unlimited fun. Representative works include the famous "Nobunaga's Ambition" series and "Yu-Gi-Oh!" series, including the card online game "Martial Arts Online". In a broad sense, " Kingdom Hearts could also fall into this category. TAB = Table Game: As the name suggests, table games are games that are derived from the previous table games to the computer, such as various types of strong chess (that is, a game in which rolling dice determines the number of moving grids), classics such as the "Monopoly" series; chess and card games Games also belong to TAB, such as "Tractor", "Hearts", "Mahjong" and so on. MSC=Music Game: Music Game: A game that cultivates players' musical sensitivity and enhances music perception. Along with the beautiful music, some require players to dance gracefully, and some require players to do finger gymnastics. For example, the dance machine that everyone is familiar with is a typical example. The currently popular online game "Jin Band" also belongs to this category. LVG=Love Game: Love Game. Players return to the era of first love and reminisce about the touching moments. This is a game that simulates love. Love is not a game, but there are love games. The current love games mainly serve male players, and there are also some female players. It can train the pursuit of skills, (and learn patience?) Representative works include the Japanese "Heartbeat Memories" series and "Missing You", the Chinese "Young Baby", "Autumn Memories", etc. ETC = etc. Game: Other games refer to games that cannot be classified into known categories. They are common in a wide variety of video games, such as music games, and peripheral setting sets of certain games (such as "Heartbeat Memories" screensaver wallpaper set) etc., rarely appear in computer games, and even if they do exist, they are mostly transplanted from video games. In fact, if you can't decide, just throw it here. WAG=Wap Game: Mobile Games Games on mobile phones. Currently, games can be played everywhere, and casual games are a must-have even on mobile phones. The types of mobile games that netizens like the most are puzzle games with the highest ratio, followed by action games, strategy games, simulation games, and shooting games. List a few examples of mobile games: "Metal Roar", "FF7 Prequel", etc.

MUD = Mud Game. It is a game that mainly relies on text to play the game, with graphic assistance. In 1978, Roy Trubshaw of the University of Essex in the UK used DEC-10 to program the world's first MUD game - "MUD1", which was the first truly real-time multiplayer interactive online game. , this is a text-only multiplayer world. (Maybe this is the origin of the name MUD?) Other masterpieces: "Xia Ke Xing", "Meridian 59", "King of Kings". MMORPG=Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game Everyone on earth knows this.

To give a few typical examples: "Ultana Online", "EverQuest", "A3", "Warcraft", "Xuanyuan II", etc.!