This document categorizes and defines different types and genres of games. It discusses game types based on platform - arcade, console, PC, and mobile. Game genres include board games, card games, fighting games, shooting games, role-playing games, adventure games, simulation games, and sports games. Each genre is defined by common gameplay challenges and how players interact with the game.

1. GAME
CLASSIFICATION
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By. Manilyn M. Celeste

3. GAME TYPE

4. Game Type
 Is categorized by the medium or platform through
which a game is played.
 The differences can be determined either;
 Game platform cost
 Predominant game it offers
 Number of players
 Ease of access
 Playing atmosphere
 Connectivity
 Peripheral support

5. Arcade
 Platform – it is coin-operated
entertainment machine that is
usually installed in public areas
such as restaurants, bars and
amusement centers.

6. Arcade Games
Pacman

7. Donkey Kong

8. Street Fighter

9. Console
 Platform – It is an
interactive entertainment
computer that produces a
video display signal that
can be used with a display
device like a tv or monitor
to show a video game.

10. Console Games

11. Personal Computer (PC)
 Platform – is a general
purpose computer than
can be customized
depending on the user’s
needs.
 PC designed for gaming
require higher
specifications. Additional
peripherals can be
connected to achieve full
potential of a game.

12. PC Games

13. Mobile
 Platform – these are
portable multifunction that
were not created mainly for
video games.
 These include mobile
phones, smartphones,
PDAs, tablets, portable
media player and
calculators.

14. Mobile Games

15. Mobile Games

16. Game Genre

17. Game Genre
 Refers to the gameplay challenges and how
the obstacles are completed.
Game Play
 Is the way a player interacts with a game and
encompasses the game rules, goals and
controls.

18.  These are games in
which pieces are moved
on a board following a set
of rules agreed upon by
both players.
 It aims to defeat
opponent players in
terms of counters,
position or accumulated
points

20.  These are any games
using playing cards as a
primary tool.
 A deck or a pack of cards
with identical shapes,
sizes and back designs
is used.

22.  These are action games
where a player takes
control of an on-screen
character to battle
against a human or
computer opponent

24.  Focus primarily on
firing projectiles at
enemies
 First person Shooter
Games – are games
played from the
perspective of the
character that features
a first person view.

26.  These are games that
feature supernatural
environments wherein
players are assumed
to have magical
powers.
 Many Role playing
games are considered
to be fantasy games

28.  These are games
wherein players take
the role of one or
many characters with
specific skill sets
 The game is an
adventure in which
character traits are
developed and the plot
is integral to the
experience

31.  These are games
designed to mimic
reality for the purpose
of entertainment,
education, training and
case study

32. The genre is divided into 3
subcategories:
 Vehicle Simulation – such as racing and flight
 Life simulation – where a player simulates an
artificial life – form including individuals,
relationships and its ecosystem
 Resource Management and Construction
simulation – where a player builds, manages
and expands or upgrades fictional communities or
projects

37.  These are games that
follow rules and
physics of a specific
sport.
 It can be simulation or
fictional representation
of the actual game or
its characters.

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Give 10 video games and identify their
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