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This is a list of video game franchises, organized alphabetically. All entries include multiple video games, not counting ports or altered re-releases. 0–9 *''1080° Snowboarding'' *''1942'' *''3D Ultra Minigolf'' *'' 3-D Ultra Pinball'' *'' 7th Dragon'' A *''A Boy and His Blob'' *'' Ace Attorney'' *''Ace Combat'' *''ActRaiser'' *'' Adventure Island'' *''Adventures of Lolo'' *'' Aero Fighters'' *'' Aero the Acro-Bat'' *''After Burner'' *'' Age of Empires'' *''Age of Wonders'' *'' Airforce Delta'' *''Aleste'' *''Alex Kidd'' *''Alien Breed'' *'' Alien Syndrome'' *'' Alone in the Dark'' *''Alpine Racer'' *''Altered Beast'' *'' Alundra'' *'' American McGee's Alice'' *''America's Army'' *'' Amnesia'' *'' Amped'' *''Angry Birds'' *''Animal Crossing'' *'' Anno'' *'' Anomaly'' *''Another Century's Episode'' *''Another Code'' *''Ape Escape'' *''Arc the Lad'' *''Arkanoid'' *'' ARMA'' *''Armored Core'' *'' Army Men'' *''Army of Two'' *''Art Academy'' *''Ar Tonelico'' *''Asheron's Call' ...
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1080° Snowboarding
is a snowboarding video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. In the game, the player controls one of five snowboarders from a Virtual camera system#Third-person view, third-person perspective, using a combination of buttons to jump and perform tricks over eight Level (video games), levels. ''1080°'' was announced in November 1997 and developed over the course of nine months; it garnered critical acclaim and won an Interactive Achievement Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. ''1080°'' sold over two million units. A sequel, ''1080° Avalanche'', was released for the GameCube in November 2003. The game was re-released in 2008 and 2016 for the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console, and is set to be re-released on the Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in 2023. Gameplay Players control snowboarders in one of several modes. ''1080°'' has two trick modes (trick attack and contest), three race modes (race, t ...
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Aleste
is a 1988 shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile, originally published by Sega for the Master System and then by CP Communications for the MSX2. The Master System version was released outside Japan as ''Power Strike''. The game spawned the ''Aleste'' and '' Power Strike'' franchises. Plot The story of ''Aleste'' concerns the manmade supercomputer DIA 51, which has been infected by a hybrid virus that is spreading like wildfire, eventually leading DIA 51 to eliminate the human race. When Yuri, Ray's girlfriend, gets injured in DIA's assault, Raymond Waizen has all the reason in the world to get rid of DIA 51 once and for all in his Aleste fighter. Releases The game was originally released for the Master System in February 1988. This version was released outside Japan, as ''Power Strike''. The US release was initially a mail-only limited edition, however it did later see some retail distribution at Toys R' Us and other chains in North America. The European release was a ...
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Freestyle Snowboarding
Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott Laboritories Media * '' FreeStyle'', a television show on HGTV * ''Free Style'' (film), a 2009 American film * ''Freestyle'' (radio program), a radio program on CBC's Radio One * FreeStyleGames, a UK video game developer * Freestyle Releasing, an independent film studio * Freestyle (software), a renderer for non-photorealistic line drawing from 3D scenes * '' Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme'', a 2000 documentary film about freestyle rap Music * Freestyle music * Freestyle rap Performers and groups * Freestyle (rapper), a member of Arsonists * Freestyle (Swedish band), a short-lived Swedish electronic band * Freestyle (Filipino band), an alternative-soul jazz-RnB band from the Philippines * Freestyle (Russian group), a Soviet group with fr ...
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The Dark Descent
''Amnesia: The Dark Descent'' is a survival horror adventure video game by Frictional Games, released in 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems, in 2016 for the PlayStation 4 platform and in 2018 for the Xbox One. The game features a protagonist named Daniel exploring a dark and foreboding castle called ''Brennenburg'', while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and unsettling events.Amnesia: The Dark Descent – PC Hands On
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America's Army
''America's Army'' is a series of first-person shooter video games developed and published by the U.S. Army, intended to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers. Launched in 2002, the game was branded as a strategic communication device designed to allow Americans to virtually explore the Army at their own pace, and allowed them to determine whether becoming a soldier fits their interests and abilities. ''America's Army'' represents the first large-scale use of game technology by the U.S. government as a platform for strategic communication and recruitment, and the first use of game technology in support of U.S. Army recruiting. The Windows version 1.0, subtitled ''Recon'', was the first released version on July 4, 2002. As of January 2014, there have been over 41 versions and updates released including updates to ''America's Army: Proving Grounds'', which was released in August 2013. All versions have been developed on the Unreal Engine. The game is financed by th ...
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American McGee's Alice
''American McGee's Alice'' is a 2000 third-person action-adventure video game developed by Rogue Entertainment under the direction of designer American McGee and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Games banner. The game was originally released for personal computers running Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. Although a planned PlayStation 2 port was cancelled, the game was later released digitally for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, via downloadable content for its sequel. The game's premise is based on the Lewis Carroll novels ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (1871), but presents a gloomy, cruel and violent version of the setting. The game centers on the novels' protagonist Alice, whose family is killed in a house fire years before the story of the game takes place. After several years of treatment in a psychiatric clinic, the emotionally traumatized Alice makes a mental retreat to Wonderland, which has been disfigured by her ...
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Alundra
, released in Europe as ''The Adventures of Alundra'', is an action-adventure video game developed by Matrix Software for the PlayStation, originally released in 1997. The game's protagonist is a young man named Alundra, who learns that he has the power to enter people's dreams. He is shipwrecked on an island, near the village of Inoa, where locals have been suffering from recurring nightmares that sometimes cause death. With his dream walking ability, Alundra proceeds to try to help the locals. The narrative becomes gradually darker and more twisted as the game progresses, dealing with mature themes such as death, clinical depression, fate, religion, and the essence of human existence. The gameplay involves extensive exploration of the island and various dungeons, with an emphasis on challenging puzzle solving, real-time action combat, and platforming, as well as interaction with non-player characters in the village of Inoa. The main gameplay innovation is a dream walking mech ...
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Polygon (website)
''Polygon'' is an American entertainment website that publishes blogs, reviews, guides, videos, and news primarily covering video games, as well as movies, comics, television and books. At its October 2012 launch as Vox Media's third property, ''Polygon'' sought to distinguish itself from competitors by focusing on the stories of the people behind the games instead of the games themselves. It also produced long-form magazine-style feature articles, invested in video content, and chose to let their review scores be updated as the game changed. The site was built over the course of ten months, and its 16-person founding staff included the editors-in-chief of the gaming sites ''Joystiq'', '' Kotaku'' and '' The Escapist''. Its design was built to HTML5 responsive standards with a pink color scheme, and its advertisements focused on direct sponsorship of specific kinds of content. Vox Media produced a documentary series on the founding of the site. History The gaming blog ''Poly ...
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Altered Beast
''Altered Beast'' is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld, Neff. Through the use of power-ups, the player character can assume the form of different magical beasts (wolf, dragon, bear, tiger, and golden wolf). It was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers. It was the pack-in game for the Sega Genesis when that system launched in 1988. The game was developed by Makoto Uchida (game developer), Makoto Uchida, who developed the game as his first project as a lead developer. Uchida and his team used the List of Sega arcade system boards, System 16 arcade system board for its graphical capabilities with Sprite (computer graphics), sprites. ''Altered Beast'' was ported numerous times in addition to its Genesis conversion, including for the Master System by Sega and to several com ...
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Alpine Racer
is a racing sports video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It had a limited release in December 1994, followed by a wide release in July 1995. It ran on the Namco System 22 arcade hardware. The player uses a handlebar controller to move a skier down a course situated on a snow-covered mountain, the objective being to make it to the end of the course without falling off the slope or colliding with obstacles. It features three different courses to select, alongside a standard race mode and a time-attack mode where the player must pass through gates to replenish a time limit. It was an arcade hit, among the top five highest-grossing dedicated arcade games of 1996 in both Japan and the United States. The arcade success of ''Alpine Racer'' led to a wave of similar sports games capitalizing on its success during the late 1990s. Gameplay ''Alpine Racer'' is a racing video game based on the sport of alpine skiing. It uses a handlebar controller for movement with ro ...
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Alien Syndrome
is a run and gun game developed by Sega and released in arcades in 1987. Gameplay Two players control two soldiers, named Ricky and Mary, who fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels while rescuing their comrades who are being held by aliens. After they have rescued a certain number of hostages, the exit opens and they can pass through it in order to fight the end-of-level guardian. If this monstrosity is defeated, they are then able to move onto the next stage. ''Alien Syndrome'' features two player simultaneous gameplay and pickups which assist the player, including better weapons and maps of the current level. Ports In 1988, the game was ported to the Master System, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System (published by Tengen without a Nintendo license). Later, the game was ported to the ZX Spectrum (1989), Game Gear (1992), and X68000 (1992). Reception In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Alien Syndrome'' ...
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