Video Game hardware and software operating system in an Arcade, or Commercial location as pay-to-play or free promotional setting to be used for recreation and/or multimedia presentation with televisions and/or display monitors and computers, and operating system software programs and computer utility programs for use therewith; electronic devices, namely, computer hardware for accessing local and global computer and communication networks; and operating system software programs and computer and communication networks, and operating system software programs and computer utility programs for use therewith; computer hardware and peripherals; computer game controllers; computer software for playing video games and computer games and for accessing and browsing global computer and communication networks; computer software for compressing and decompressing data and video images; computer game programs and computer video game programs downloadable from global computer networks and global communications networks; manage and operate game playing communities with software processing player registration, player profile development, game configuration, automatic tournament management, game results tracking, player rating, player prizes and payments, system wide accounting; including instant messenger, player avatars, lobby systems, subscriptions, pay-to-play, and virtual merchandise sales