Massively multiplayer online games were made possible with the growth of broadband Internet access in many developed countries, using the Internet to allow hundreds of thousands of players to play the same game together. Many different styles of massively multiplayer games are available, such as:
* MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game)
* MMORTS (Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy)
* MMOFPS (Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter)
Browser-based MMORPGs
Advances in browser-based technologies have allowed the creation of browser-based MMORPGs, using similar controls as other browser-based games.
Due to current technology limitations, browser-based games cannot bring the same graphical or sound quality that custom-client MMORPGs can. Browser-based MMORPGs tend to be a little cheaper than full-blown MMORPGs.
Example Video game genres
Action games - Action-adventure game (Survival horror · Stealth game) · Beat 'em up (Hack and slash) ·
Fighting game · Platform game · Shooter game (Artillery game · First-person shooter · Rail
shooter · Run and gun · Shoot 'em up · Tactical shooter · Third-person shooter · Top-down
shooter) · Side-scrolling game
Adventure games - Dating sim · First-person adventure · Interactive fiction/Visual novel
Casual games - Party game (Music video game) · Puzzle game · Word game · Traditional game (Board game ·
Card game)
Driving games - Racing game · Flight simulator · Train simulator · Space simulator (Space flight simulator ·
Space combat simulator · Space trading and combat simulator) · Vehicular combat game
Role-playing games - Computer role-playing · Console role-playing · Action role-playing · Fighting role-playing ·
Roguelike · Tactical role-playing
Simulation games - Construction and management simulation (City-building · Economic simulation · God game ·
Government simulation) · Life simulation · Pet-raising simulation
Strategy games - 4X · Real-time strategy · Real-time tactics · Turn-based strategy · Turn-based tactics · Wargame
(Grand strategy wargame · Tactical wargame)
Online games - Massively multiplayer online game (MMOFPS · MMORPG · MMORTS)
Other genres - Adult video game/Eroge · Programming game · Sports game
Related terminology - Sandbox game · Beer and pretzels game · Twitch game
Hmm thats all i know (:
Subject: Massively multiplayer online games 
Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:59 am
