Video game

Video games, also called computer games, were games played on computers which had video screens.

In the 1980s, the Eighth Doctor once played Super Mario Bros in a pub in Bradford. (EDA: Halflife)

The Celestial Toymaker used deadly video games in Blackpool as part of his revenge against the Sixth Doctor. (TME: The Nightmare Fair)

Brendan Richards played computer games on K9 since he was faster than any other computer at that time. (ST: The Sow in Rut) Similarly, Luke Smith and Clyde Langer enjoyed playing computer games on Mr Smith. (SJA: The Last Sontaran)

Izzy Sinclair used the Time-Space Visualiser to play video games, including Happy Deathday. (DWM: Happy Deathday)

In the early 21st century, many teenage kids were addicted to computer games, especially ones that featured sex or graphic violence. Serial killer Bobby Prescott targeted these kids. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)

Mickey Smith was had several video games for his Playstation and Xbox. In 2006, he assisted the Ninth Doctor in defeating the Quevvils, who had created the video game Death to Mantodeans to abduct humans for their war against the Mantodeans. (NSA: Winner Takes All) In 2007, the Tenth Doctor played video games with Mickey while he was separated from the TARDIS; he managed to win one game, a shoot-em-up, without firinng a single shot. (DWM: The Lodger)