The world of 3-D video games, any gamer will tell you, is almost as old as video games in color: Nintendo titles in the late 1980s like Rad Racer and 3-D WorldRunner each had 3-D modes that used red and blue passive eyeglasses to produce images that jumped off the screen just like 1950s era movie monsters.

What's new in 2010 is the prospect of 3-D games running on the new 3-D television sets coming onto the market place. Sony is promoting 3-D video games on its PlayStation 3-firmware upgradable to run on 3-D TVs.