require players to press buttons in a sequence dictated on the screen. Party video games: games commonly designed as a collection of simple minigames, designed to be intuitive and easy to control and to be played in multiplayer. Puzzle video game – video games that emphasize puzzle solving, including logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion. Serious game – a video game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment, generally referring to products used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, religion, and politics. Other types of video games Casual game – a game of any genre that is targeted for a mass audience of casual gamers. Casual games typically have simple rules and require no long-term time commitment or special skills to play. Indie game – games created by individuals or small teams without video game publisher financial support as well as often focus on innovation and rely on digital distribution. Minigame – a short or more simplistic video game often contained within another video game. Non-game – software that lies on the border between video games, toys and applications, with the main difference between non-games and traditional video games being the apparent lack of goals, objectives and challenges. Programming game – a game where the player has no direct influence on the course of the game, instead a computer program or script is written that controls the actions of the characters. Video game hardware platforms Arcade game – a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Arcade games include video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers (such as claw cranes). Video game arcade cabinet – the housing within which a video arcade game's hardware resides. List of arcade games List of pinball machines Video game console – a consumer entertainment device consisting of a customized computer system designed to run video games. Console game – a video game played on a video game console. List of video game consoles List of best-selling game consoles Dedicated console – a video game console that is dedicated to a built in game or games, and is not equipped for additional games, via cartridges or other media. Console wars – a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between video game console manufacturers. Handheld game