| English | German |
| arcade game | Arcade-Spiel (Any computer game designed to mimic the style of a coin-operated arcade game, such as games marketed for the home computer) |
| Bing Video Games | Bing Videospiele (A part of the Bing search engine dedicated to video games) |
| computer game | Computerspiel (A class of computer program in which one or more users interact with the computer as a form of entertainment. Computer games run the gamut from simple alphabet games for toddlers to chess, treasure hunts, war games, and simulations of world events. The games are controlled from a keyboard or with a joystick or other device and are supplied on disks, on CD-ROMs, as game cartridges, on the Internet, or as arcade devices) |
| game controller | Gamecontroller (A device used to control a video game. For example, a joystick, mouse, or gamepad) |
| game pad | Gamepad (An action-control device used with arcade-type games played on PCs and game consoles such as the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation. A game pad, unlike a joystick, is meant to be held in the player's hands) |
| game port | Gameport (An input/output connector to which you attach a joy stick or other game device to your computer. It is typically a 15-pin socket on the back of a PC) |
| game provider | Spieleanbieter (A digital distribution provider of games such as MSN Games, Yahoo Games, Steam, Stardock, GameTap, and so on) |
| game rating system | Spielfreigabesystem (A rating system for online games) |
| game ratings board | Spielebewertungseinrichtung (An organization that establishes age-based game ratings for video game content for different regions and countries) |
| Games ratings | Spielebewertung (A setting on the Parental Control control panel that allows the user to select the allowed game ratings and content types per user) |
| Internet game | Internetspiele (A desktop application that connects to a public game service on the Internet. The game service is hosted by the MSN Gaming Zone) |
| massively multiplayer on-line game A game conducted over the Internet in which a large number of players (hundreds or thousands) participate simultaneously | MMO-Spiel (Massively Multiplayer Online) |
| video game | Videospiel (A class of computer program in which one or more users interact with the computer as a form of entertainment. Computer games run the gamut from simple alphabet games for toddlers to chess, treasure hunts, war games, and simulations of world events. The games are controlled from a keyboard or with a joystick or other device and are supplied on disks, on CD-ROMs, as game cartridges, on the Internet, or as arcade devices) |
| Windows Internet game | Windows-Internetspiele (A desktop application that connects to a public game service on the Internet. The game service is hosted by the MSN Gaming Zone) |
