Adapter for connecting video game machines to communications devices and networks, namely, telephones, cellular telephones, PCS telephones, wireless telephones, pagers, satellites, digital and analog cable transmission systems, and global and local area computer networks; cartridges, compact discs and optical discs featuring entertainment content; musical sound recordings; visual recordings and audio-visual recordings in the nature of entertainment content; compact disc players; compact disc drives; computers; computer programs and computer software for connectivity between computer game machines/video game machines and communication devices and networks, namely telephones, cellular telephones, PCS telephones, wireless telephones, pagers, satellites, digital and analog cable transmission systems, and global and local area computer networks; computer memory devices; computer peripheral devices; computer game equipment containing memory devices, namely, discs, computer game programs; computer game software; computer game discs; computer game peripherals; computer telephony equipment and software; headphones; electronic equipment to interface between video game machines and telephones, cellular telephones, pagers, satellites, digital and analog transmission systems, and global and local computer networks; electronic game programs; electronic game software; electronic game cartridges; electronic game discs; electronic game machines; electronic video game machines for use with a monitor or a television; computer floppy disc drives; computer hard disc drives; interactive video game programs; interactive video game software; interactive electronic game machines; keyboards; computer memory cards; microphones; modems; optical disc drives; optical disc players; photographic camera and software therefor for use in transmission, manipulation, and storage of images; television set top boxes for reception of audio, visual and/or digital signals; video camera and software therefor for use in transmission, manipulation, and storage of video images; video game equipment connectable to communications devices and networks, namely, telephones, cellular telephones, PCS telephones, wireless telephones, pagers, satellites, digital and analog cable transmission systems, and global and local area computer networks; video game software; video game cartridges; video game discs; video game programs; video game machines for use with a monitor or television; video game machine accessories, namely, video game controllers and video game joysticks