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An electronic game is a game that employs electronics to create an interactive system with which a player can play . Video game is the most common form today , and for this reason the terms are often mistakenly used synonymously . Other common forms of electronic game include such products as ___MASK18___ electronic games , standalone systems ( e . g . pinball , slot machines , or electro - mechanical arcade games ), and exclusively non - visual products ( e . g . audio games ). A video game is an electronic game that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor . The word " video " in " video game " traditionally referred to a raster display device , but as of the 2000s , it implies any type of display device that can produce two - or three - dimensional images . Some theorists categorize video games as an art form , but this designation is controversial . PlayChoice - 10 is an arcade machine which can consist of as many as 10 different games previously available only on the ___MASK34___ ( NES ) home console . The games for this system are in the modular form of circuit boards which are plugged into one of the ten open slots on the PlayChoice - 10 ' s motherboard . The ___MASK34___ ( commonly abbreviated as NES ) is an 8 - bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo . The best - selling gaming console of its time , the NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983 . With the NES , Nintendo introduced a now - standard business model of licensing third - party developers , authorizing them to produce and distribute titles for Nintendo ' s platform . Captain Skyhawk is a scrolling shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Milton Bradley Company . The game was released in North America in June 1990 and in Europe on May 24 , 1994 for the NES . In addition , it was also released for the PlayChoice - 10 arcade machine . It features music by acclaimed composer David Wise .