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GLOSSARY
AAA (triple A): designation awarded to a video game when
it achieves a score of 95% in the trade press, and when it has
sold more than a million units worldwide.
Blockbuster: game which is a high success sale and/or is at
the top of the sales charts.
CD-Rom: abbreviation of Compact Disc Read Only Memory. A
computer medium with a compact optical disc format used to
store 650 MB of multimedia data and read by a laser beam.
Game console: dedicated game computer without keyboard.
Their specialization means that they are generally high-
performance machines. Third-generation consoles with 128-
bit processors appeared in 2000. They can be connected to
the Internet for online playing and are equipped with DVD
drives.
Dreamcast: Sega game console. It has a 128-bit processor
and was the first console with a built-in 56 KB modem for
online play (via the Internet).
Engine: a software kernel which cannot function without a
more or less independent front end. This is the heart of the
system, which allows all the animations, graphics and sound to
function and be used, and ensures the software’s interactivity.
GameBoy®:Nintendo handheld console. This was the first on
the market, and years later it is still around, with its 8-bit
processor and its small black-and-white screen. It has since
been produced with a color screen, Game Boy Color (GBC). More
than 100 million of these handheld consoles have been sold.
GameBoy®Advance: new Nintendo handheld console with a
32-bit processor. It hit the market in March 2001 in Japan,
and 700,000 units were sold in the first week. Sales in the
United States and Europe began in June 2001.
GameCube™: new Nintendo console which will hit the market
in September 2001 in Japan, November in the United States
and March 2002 in Europe. It is targeted at 12 to 18 year-
olds and will be compatible with GameBoy®Advance.
Game play: the features included a game (scenarios, riddles,
actions) to make it sufficiently interesting but not so dif-
ficult as to discourage the player.
Hit: highly successful video game, with sales of several hundred
thousand units.
Localization: linguistic and cultural adaptation of software
for a foreign country.
MMO (massively multiplayer on line): term used to describe
"massively multiplayer online" games that can be played via
an Internet connection, the special feature being that the
game never stops.
N64 (Nintendo 64): 64-bit game console designed by
Nintendo in 1995 as part of the “new generation” (64-bit
consoles).
Pay to play: system which allows gamers to play on line by
paying a subscription (the most monthly). The system,
therefore, don’t avoid the purchase of the game.
Platform: a unit consisting of an operating system and hard-
ware. This may be a console or a PC.
Player matching: operation in which gamers are brought
together to play the same game online.
PlayStation®:Sony’s 32-bit game console, also called PSX,
which came out in 1995. It uses CDs for games (unlike
cartridge consoles).
PlayStation®2: Sony game console which replaced the
PlayStation. It was launched in Japan in November 1998 and
in October and November 2000 in the United States and
Europe respectively. It is based on a 128-bit processor
called the “Emotion Engine” and a DVD-ROM drive.
Porting: the action of porting a program, in other words
adapting an application to a system different to that on
which the program was originally developed (and for which it
was designed), from one environment to another.
Production: period during which the software is developed
(animation of characters, integration of data into the engine,
etc).
XboxTM:Microsoft’s game console, equipped with a 128-bit
processor. Launch is scheduled for November 2001 in the
United States and spring 2002 in Japan and Europe.
Sources: Sciences-en-Ligne “Editions de l'Analogie”, a scientific and technological terminology glossary based on the “Dictionnaire interactif des Sciences et
Techniques” by P and J ROBERT. (www.sciences-en-ligne.com) - Le Jargon Français v 3.2.119, by Roland Trique (www.linux-France.org/prj/jargonf.) -
Ubi Soft Entertainment, 2002.
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