Aparty video game is a genre of video game that stems from in-personparty games, involving player-to-player interaction as the central gameplay element. These games are often defined by simple controls which can be easily picked up and understood by players of any skill level.
Party video games generally consist of short-term experiences which may be played in succession, and are sometimes characterized in the form ofminigames. These experiences may be played singularly or in a group, and usually feature several players competing simultaneously.[1]
The first party video game is thought to beOlympic Decathlon, releasing in 1980.[2]
In 1983,Party Mix was released for the Atari, and consisted of an anthology of five multiplayer games, which began the format of party video games releasing as a series of individually-selectable minigames.[3]
In 1995,You Don't Know Jack was released, the first of theYou Don't Know Jack franchise and the precursor to theJackbox Party Pack collection in 2014.[4]
In 1998,Mario Party was released on theNintendo 64.[5] Its launch eventually brought about the rest of theMario Party franchise, in wake of the game's success across markets.Mario Party 2 was released in 1999, andMario Party 3 was released in 2000.
The launch of theWii in 2006 led to the creation ofWii Play, a minigame collection that was bundled with certain copies of the Wii console.[6]
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