Entertainment and game products may be accessed on standard computer workstations via CD-ROM or networks.

Multimedia-based entertainment and game products depend on the use of graphics, audio, animation and video.

Entertainment and game products rely on fairly simple navigation controls to enable the user to participate in the product.  Joystick and Track ball devices are often used for moving character objects, pointing guns or flying aircraft while mouse buttons and key strokes are used to trigger events or fire guns and missiles.

Most game product depends on a timer and a scorekeeping system that may also track top scores between sessions and managed between two or more players.