It is an electronic game in which one or more people are involved interacting with each other, that is, it is all kinds of interactive digital game whose main basis is to entertain and amuse for a long period of time, using interface supports such as computers, game consoles, portable consoles or arcade machines.
The computer program of the game allows to be participatory in an experience that in reality cannot be done like role-playing games. It is awarded as part of their beginnings in the 1940s in the United States when they designed a game-type flight simulator to train their warplane pilots.
In 1958, a program was created that to date has undergone a great variety of changes and improvements, but that continues to be liked, the first prototype was designed by Willians Higginbotham on one of the great computers of the time, this first game was called Tennis For Two or Tennis for two, from there they went through many transformations plus a great variety of creations, which revolutionized in the 80s with the phenomenon of the moment such as the Pac Man, Battle Zone or the famous Atari, Pole Position, Tron among others.
Starting in 1990, a new era with videogames began at a high-tech level, with a new generation based on 16 bits comprising the Megadrive, the Super Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment, The Pc and The CPS, with more advanced consoles with better controls and the representations and graphics of these games became more colorful, brilliant, but although it was innovation and modern, its price was very high and for some having them in their homes was considered a very high price.
With the beginning of the new century, the year 2000 became a new world of possibilities with respect to games and their consoles, and the one who started this new vanguard was the Sony company launching a new revolutionary and innovative very attractive console, La PlayStation 2, later in 2001, Microsoft positioned itself with the XBOX, giving it the opportunity for more participation and interactivity in games and being able to play a more active role to the one who played, but they reached the market at a very high cost. At present, its latest version is the XBOX ONE on the market.
