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Presto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s , especially famous for its award - winning " The Journeyman Project " series and the 2001 sequel to Cyan ' s hit Myst series , "". 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 ___MASK16___ electronic games , standalone systems ( e . g . pinball , slot machines , or electro - mechanical arcade games ), and exclusively non - visual products ( e . g . audio games ). GameRankings is a website that collects review scores from both offline and online sources to give an average rating . It indexes over 315 , 000 articles relating to more than 14 , 500 video games . The ___MASK75___ 2600 ( or ___MASK75___ VCS before 1982 ) is a home video game console by ___MASK75___ , Inc . Released on September 11 , 1977 , it is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor - based hardware and ROM cartridges containing game code , a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F video game console in 1976 . This format contrasts with the older model of having non - microprocessor dedicated hardware , which could only play the games that were physically built into the unit . Brent Jay Spiner ( born February 2 , 1949 ) is an American actor , comedian , and singer best known for his portrayal of the ___MASK44___ , Lieutenant Commander Data , in the television series "" and four subsequent films . In 1997 , he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Data in "", and was nominated in the same category for portraying Dr . Brackish Okun in " Independence Day ", a role he reprised in "". He has also enjoyed a career in the theatre and as a musician . Star Trek : Hidden Evil is a third - person action - adventure video game released in 1999 by Activision . It was developed by Presto Studios over the course of a year , and was specifically created for the casual gamer market . The plot followed up on the events in the film Star Trek : Insurrection , with the player portraying the character of Ensign Sovok , who works alongside Captain Jean - Luc Picard and Lt . Cmdr Data , with Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner reprising their roles . The critical response to the game has been mostly negative , with it receiving a score of 53 % on review aggregator website GameRankings . Criticism has been mostly directed at the length of the game and the lackluster nature of the plot . ___MASK75___ is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972 , currently by ___MASK75___ Interactive , a subsidiary of the French publisher ___MASK75___ , SA ( ASA ). The original ___MASK75___ , Inc . founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney was a pioneer in arcade games , home video game consoles , and home computers . The company ' s products , such as " Pong " and the ___MASK75___ 2600 , helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid - 1980s . 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 . Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller . It was developed by Cyan , Inc ., published by Brøderbund , and initially released on the Macintosh platform on September 24 , 1993 . Remakes and ports of the game have been released for platforms including ___MASK63___ , PlayStation , 3DO , ___MASK86___ , Atari Jaguar CD , CD - i , AmigaOS , PlayStation Portable , Nintendo DS , iOS , OS X , and Android . A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer . As with book publishers or publishers of ___MASK2___ movies , video game publishers are responsible for their product ' s manufacturing and marketing , including market research and all aspects of advertising . A website is a collection of related ___MASK39___ pages , including multimedia content , typically identified with a common domain name , and published on at least one ___MASK39___ server . A website may be accessible via a public ___MASK98___ Protocol ( IP ) network , such as the ___MASK98___ , or a private local area network ( LAN ), by referencing a uniform resource locator ( URL ) that identifies the site . Activision Publishing , Inc ., also known as Activision , is an American video game publisher . It was founded on October 1 , 1979 and was the world ' s first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles . Its first products were cartridges for the ___MASK75___ 2600 video console system published from July 1980 for the US market and from August 1981 for the international market ( UK ).