Video game programmer facts for kids

A video game programmer is a person who can understand write in a programming language. They can know more than one programming language. They make games with programming. They sometimes give it to video game publishers to put it on places like the App Store and Google Play.

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  The Apple II series was a popular video game platform during the early home computer era. Despite being outperformed by later systems, it remained popular until the early 1990s.

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  The joystick was the primary input device for 1980s era games. Now game programmers must account for a wide range of input devices, but the joystick today is supported in relatively few games, though still dominant for flight simulators.