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The emergence of computer games and computer in the 1960s to enter the U.S. college campuses are closely linked. Circumstances at that time a group of trained master programming. In 1962 a university student named Steve Russell produced in the United States DEC model PDP-1 computer on the establishment of a "cosmic war" (Space War) was the well-known computer games. Is generally believed that he was the inventor of computer games.

In the 1970s, with the development of computer technology, the cost of getting lower and lower. In 1971, as the "father of video games" and Nolan Bushnell invented the first commercial video game. Soon he founded the world's first electronic game company - Atari Inc. (ATARI). In the 1970s, with the advent of Apple Computer, computer games really started the commercialization path. At this point, computer game graphics are also very simple, but the type of game has begun to emerge.

Starting in the 1980s, PC machines become very popular, multi-media technologies have begun to mature, and computer games has become a pioneer of these technological advances. In particular, 3Dfx's 3D graphics card to the industry to bring a graphics revolution.

Into the 1990s, computer hardware and software advances in technology, the widespread use of the Internet for computer games development has brought a powerful impetus. Into the 21st century, the massively multiplayer online games, computer games has become a new direction of development.

Developed specifically for computer games tend to mouse, keyboard, there is considerable reliance on, are designed to facilitate and support multi-button clicks, for example, real-time strategy games (such as "StarCraft," "Red Alert", etc.) and skills in the role of more playing games (such as "World of Warcraft"), or the need for flexible and rapid formation of units using a variety of props skills, mouse and keyboard, especially the use of shortcuts is important; most works of non-gaming vendors will not be buying a license, Therefore, the computer only in the most liberal published. If transplanted to the former two games, the limited buttons on the handle is limited, the role of team control on the poor. In the console migration computer games, the keyboard mapping have some trouble after the operation, but can handle the use of peripherals to resolve.

Computer games and electronic games like there is a special development techniques. However, as opposed to electronic games, computer games to develop more easy for beginners to start, the general programmer can write a simple computer games.