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console game

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noun

  1. a video game requiring the use of a games console

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Muir and Jones have been playing Rummikub - a tile-based game inspired by the card game Rummy - while Kildunne has brought the Guitar Hero console game into camp.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Regulators asked what advantages and disadvantages game developers and publishers and console game distributors would face if a game is distributed exclusively on one console.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2022

So, you could use the LG Flex to play a PC or console game, while watching a YouTube video streamed to the TV from a phone at the same time.

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2022

That same year, Amazon released its first-ever console game, a racing simulation based on the Prime Video show “The Grand Tour,” a car review series starring the original British stars of “Top Gear.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2021

The console game “fails to hit even the lowest bar of technical quality one should expect,” the review said.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2020