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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.


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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 third-person perspective, using a combination of buttons to jump and perform tricks ...
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1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
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3D Ultra Minigolf ''3D Ultra Minigolf'' is a series of arcade-style miniature golf titles. It began in 1997 with ''3D Ultra Minigolf'', with ''3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures'' and its sequel, ''3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures 2'' developed by Wanako Games. ''3D Ultra Mi ...
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A Boy and His Blob ''A Boy and His Blob'' is a puzzle-platform game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Majesco Entertainment. It is a re-imagining of the 1989 video game, '' A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia'', which was originally dev ...
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Ace Combat is an arcade-style combat flight simulation video game franchise published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Debuting in 1995 with '' Air Combat'' for the PlayStation, the series includes eight mainline installments, multiple sp ...
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ActRaiser is a 1990 hybrid platformer, god game, and city-building game with light action RPG elements for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Quintet and published by Enix, combining traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban ...
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Adventures of Lolo ''Adventures of Lolo'' is a puzzle video game released in 1989 by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a compilation of puzzles from ''Eggerland: Meikyū no Fukkatsu'' and ''Eggerland: Sōzō he no Tabidachi''. It is the f ...
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After Burner is an arcade vehicular combat game developed and released by Sega in 1987. The player assumes control of an American F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, and must clear each of the game's eighteen unique stages by destroying incoming enemies, using both a m ...
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Age of Wonders ''Age of Wonders'' is a 1999 turn-based strategy game co-developed by Triumph Studios and Epic MegaGames, and published by Gathering of Developers. ''Age of Wonders'' underwent a long production cycle, and was originally developed under the n ...
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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 ...
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Alex Kidd is a platform video game series developed by Sega, and starring the titular Alex Kidd. Games The franchise includes seven titles. * ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' - 1986, Master System * '' Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars'' - 1986, Arcade, 1988 ...
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Alien Breed ''Alien Breed'' is a series of top-down science fiction shoot 'em up video games developed by Team17 primarily for the Amiga in the 1990s, heavily inspired by the ''Alien'' films and featuring game play reminiscent of the classic arcade game Ga ...
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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 controll ...
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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 underworl ...
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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 devic ...
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Angry Birds ''Angry Birds'' is a Finnish action-based media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment. The game series focuses on the eponymous flock of angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game ''Crush the Castl ...
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Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...
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Another Century's Episode is a 2005 third-person shooter video game published by Banpresto in Japan for the PlayStation 2. The player controls a mech from one of nine different anime robot franchises to destroy opposing forces before they steal a prized energy source fo ...
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Another Code released as ''Trace Memory'' in North America, is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Cing and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS portable video game console. A sequel, '' Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories'', was r ...
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Ape Escape ''Ape Escape'' is a series of video games developed primarily by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, starting with '' Ape Escape'' for PlayStation in 1999. The series incorporates ape-related humour, unique gameplay, and a ...
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Arc the Lad is a series of tactical role-playing games created by Toshiro Tsuchida and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Each ''Arc the Lad'' game often features recurring characters and locations, as well as a consistent timeline. Most of the ...
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Arkanoid is a 1986 block breaker arcade game developed and published by Taito. In North America, it was published by Romstar. Controlling a paddle-like craft known as the Vaus, the player is tasked with clearing a formation of colorful blocks by deflect ...
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Armored Core is a third-person shooter mecha video game series developed by FromSoftware. The series centers on a silent protagonist who takes on work as a mercenary pilot in the far future, operating large robot combat units known as Armored Cores at the be ...
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Army of Two ''Army of Two'' is a third-person shooter video game series developed by EA Montreal. The first game in the series, ''Army of Two'', was released on March 6, 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. Focusing on cooperative strategies, ' ...
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Art Academy An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-seco ...
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Ar Tonelico is a multimedia project series made in collaboration by Gust Corporation and Banpresto (currently subsidiaries of Tecmo Koei and Namco Bandai Games respectively) consisting of video games, manga, and an OVA. The name of the series is also the name ...
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Asheron's Call ''Asheron's Call'' (AC) was a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows PCs, developed and published by Turbine Entertainment Software. Though it was developed by the Turbine team (with Microsoft's ex ...
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Asphalt Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term a ...
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Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice D ...
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Assault Heroes ''Assault Heroes'' is an arcade-style, Shoot 'em up, top-down shooter video game developed by Wanako Games. The game has the player driving 4x4 vehicles, piloting speedboats, or proceeding on foot against enemy hordes. Players can play alone or co ...
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Asteroids An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...
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Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), ...
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Atelier An atelier () is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts or an architect, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or v ...
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ATV Offroad Fury ''ATV Offroad Fury'' is a 2001 racing video game developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in North America and Europe. A sequel, ''ATV Offroad Fury 2'', was released in 2002. Ga ...
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Backyard Sports ''Backyard Sports'' (originally branded as ''Junior Sports'') is a video game series released for consoles, computers and mobile devices. The series is best known for starring kid-sized versions of popular professional sports stars, such as Alb ...
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Baldur's Gate ''Baldur's Gate'' is a series of role-playing video games set in the Forgotten Realms '' Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting. The game has spawned two series, known as the ''Bhaalspawn Saga'' and the ''Dark Alliance'', both taking place mostl ...
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Baraduke also known as ''Alien Sector'', is a run-and-gun shooter arcade game originally released by Namco in 1985. Gameplay The player takes control of a spacewoman in a biohazard suit. Player 1 is Kissy and Player 2 is Takky. They must clear eight wor ...
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Baseball Stars ''Baseball Stars'' is a baseball video game developed by SNK. It was released for the NES in 1989. It became a major hit in many countries worldwide, particularly in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Features ''Baseball Stars'' was th ...
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Bases Loaded B backdoor breaking ball :A breaking pitch, usually a slider, curveball, or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after seeming as if it would miss the p ...
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Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...
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Battle Arena Toshinden is a weapons-based fighting game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara and Sony Computer Entertainment in 1995 for the PlayStation, followed by 1996 ports for the Sega Saturn, Game Boy and MS-DOS. It was one of the first fighting games ...
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Battlefield A battlefield, battleground, or field of battle is the location of a present or historic battle involving ground warfare. It is commonly understood to be limited to the point of contact between opposing forces, though battles may involve troops ...
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Battle Isle ''Battle Isle'' is a series of turn-based tactics video games developed in the 1990s by Blue Byte and released for Amiga and MS-DOS and later for Microsoft Windows. The settings are wars on a fictional planet, Chromos. Plot The ''Battle Isle'' ...
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Battletoads ''Battletoads'' is a video game media franchise by Rare that began with the original beat 'em up game '' Battletoads'' in 1991. Starring three anthropomorphic toads named after skin conditions, Rash, Zitz, and Pimple, the series was created to ...
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Bayonetta is a series of action-adventure games created by Hideki Kamiya and developed by PlatinumGames. The franchise was introduced in 2009 with '' Bayonetta''. Two sequels were released, ''Bayonetta 2'' (2014) and ''Bayonetta 3'' (2022), as well as a ...
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Beat Hazard ''Beat Hazard'' is a music-themed video game developed and published by British studio Cold Beam Games on October 28, 2009 for Xbox Live Indie Games. Gameplay ''Beat Hazard'' is a shoot 'em up where the player controls a small spaceship that mu ...
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Beatmania (styled as ''beatmania'') is a rhythm video game developed and distributed by Japanese game developer Konami and first released in December 1997. It contributed largely to the boom of music games in 1998, and the series expanded not only wit ...
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Bejeweled ''Bejeweled'' (also referred as ''Bejeweled Deluxe'' in some releases) is a tile-matching puzzle video game by PopCap Games, developed for browsers in 2001. The first game developed by PopCap under their current name, ''Bejeweled'', involves ...
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Bionic Commando ''Bionic Commando'' is a video game franchise consisting of an original arcade game released in 1987 and several later versions and sequels. Background The original Japanese arcade game and its Famicom counterpart (''Hitler's Resurrection'' ...
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BioShock ''BioShock'' is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K Games. The first game in the ''BioShock'' series, it was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 pla ...
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Blaster Master ''Blaster Master'' is a video game series that was originally developed and published by Sunsoft. It began with the 1988 video game ''Blaster Master'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the series has been rebooted twice. The first reboo ...
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BlazBlue ''BlazBlue'' is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in Autumn 2013. The series has sold 1. ...
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Blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the c ...
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BloodRayne ''BloodRayne'' is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series originally developed by Terminal Reality and published by Majesco Entertainment which began with the game of the same name in 2002. The franchise ...
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Blue Dragon Blue Dragon may refer to: Biology * '' Glaucus atlanticus'', a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Glaucidae * '' Glaucus marginatus'', a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Glaucidae * '' Pteraeolidia ianthina'', a she ...
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Bobby Carrot ''Bobby Carrot'' is a video game series developed and published by German company FDG Mobile Games. The series currently consists of five games, all originally developed for mobile phones. The fifth game was also released for iOS as well as a WiiW ...
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Boktai is a video game series created by Hideo Kojima and published by Konami. The series consists entirely of portable games for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, and is notable for its unique inclusion of a built-in solar sensor required for game ...
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Boku no Natsuyasumi is a video game developed by Millennium Kitchen and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in Japan on June 22, 2000. It is first game in the ''Boku no Natsuyasumi'' series, which also includes sequels released in 2002, ...
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Bomberman is a video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft and currently owned by Konami. The original game, also known as ''Bakudan Otoko'' (''爆弾男''), was released in Japan in July 1983 and has since spawned multiple sequels and sp ...
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Bomb Jack ''Bomb Jack'' is a platform video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades in and later ported to various home systems. The game was a commercial success for arcades and home computers. It was followed by several sequels: the console a ...
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Bonk Bonk may refer to: People * Bonk (surname) Arts and entertainment * ''Bonk'' (video game series), a caveman character and video game series *Bonk!, a soft drink company in the first-person shooting game ''Team Fortress 2'' * ''Bonk'' (al ...
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Boom Blox ''Boom Blox'' is a puzzle video game for the Wii console, mobile devices and N-Gage 2.0 developed by EA Los Angeles in conjunction with film director Steven Spielberg. It was released on May 6, 2008 in North America and on May 9, 2008 in Europe. ...
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Border Break , is a third-person mecha action arcade game developed by Sega. It is the first title to run on Sega's RingEdge arcade system board, and was released on September 9, 2009 in Japan, in Hong Kong on January 25, 2010, and in Taiwan on April 1, ...
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Borderlands A borderland or borderlands are the geographical space or zone around a territorial border. Borderland or borderlands may refer to: Places * Borderland, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia * Borderland (ele ...
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Bosconian is a multidirectional scrolling shooter arcade game which was developed and released by Namco in Japan in 1981. In North America, it was manufactured and distributed by Midway Games. The goal of the game is to earn as many points as possible ...
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Boulder Dash ''Boulder Dash'' is a 2D maze-puzzle video game released in 1984 by First Star Software for Atari 8-bit computers. It was created by Canadian developers Peter Liepa and Chris Gray. The player controls Rockford, who collects treasures while e ...
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BoxBoy! is a series of puzzle-platform games developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The series centres around Qbby, a square-shaped character who can produce a string of connected boxes. The boxes are used to overcome obstacles in stag ...
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Brain Age ''Brain Age'', known as ''Dr Kawashima's Brain Training'' in PAL regions, is a series of video games developed and published by Nintendo, based on the work of Ryuta Kawashima. Video games The ''Brain Age'' games, known as ''Brain Training'' ...
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Breath of Fire ''Breath of Fire'' is a role-playing video game series developed by Capcom. It originated on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The series is notable for its recurring characters and ambiguous continuity; though each game is its ...
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Broken Sword ''Broken Sword'' is a series of adventure games. The first game in the series, '' Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars'', was released and developed in 1996 by British developer Revolution Software. Its sequel, '' Broken Sword II: The Smok ...
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Bubble Bobble is a 1986 platform arcade game developed and published by Taito. It was distributed in the United States by Romstar, and in Europe by Electrocoin. Players control Bub and Bob, two dragons that set out to save their girlfriends from a world know ...
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Bubsy ''Bubsy'' is a series of platforming video games created by Michael Berlyn and developed and published by Accolade. The games star an anthropomorphic bobcat named Bubsy, a character that takes inspiration from '' Super Mario Bros.'' and '' So ...
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Burgertime originally released as in Japan, is a 1982 arcade game developed by Data East initially for its DECO Cassette System. The player is chef Peter Pepper, who must walk over hamburger ingredients located across a maze of platforms while avoiding c ...
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Buster Bros. ''Pang '', originally released in Japan as and known in North America as ''Buster Bros.'', is a 1989 action game released by Mitchell Corporation for arcades in 1989. It was the tenth game released for Capcom's CP System arcade hardware. The ...
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Bust a Groove ''Bust a Groove'' is a hybrid music/fighting video game for the Sony PlayStation released in 1998. The game was developed by Metro and published by Enix in Japan, brought to the U.S. by 989 Studios and to Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment Eu ...
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Buzz! ''Buzz!'' is a series of video games originated by Sleepydog Ltd., developed by Relentless Software and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles. They are quiz games that ...
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Cabela's Cabela's Inc. is an American retailer that specializes in hunting, fishing, boating, camping, shooting and other outdoor recreation merchandise. The chain is based in Sidney, Nebraska. Cabela's was founded by Richard N. Cabela in 1961. Cabela' ...
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Call of Duty ''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter video game Media franchise, franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold W ...
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Call of Juarez ''Call of Juarez'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Paweł Selinger in 2006. Released primarily on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, there are four games in the series; '' Call of Juarez'' (2006), '' Call of ...
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Candy Crush ''Candy Crush Saga'' is a free-to-play tile-matching video game released by King on April 12, 2012, originally for Facebook; other versions for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Windows 10 followed. It is a variation of their browser game ''Ca ...
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Cannon Fodder Cannon fodder is an informal, derogatory term for combatants who are regarded or treated by government or military command as expendable in the face of enemy fire. The term is generally used in situations where combatants are forced to deliberatel ...
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Capcom Vs. SNK , also known as simply ''Capcom vs. SNK'' in international releases, is a 2000 head-to-head fighting game produced by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for Segas NAOMI hardware and later ported to the Dreamcast. It is th ...
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Carmageddon ''Carmageddon'' is a vehicular combat video game released for personal computers in 1997. It was produced by Stainless Games and published by Interplay Productions and Sales Curve Interactive. It was later ported to other platforms, and spawned ...
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Carmen Sandiego ''Carmen Sandiego'' (sometimes referred to as ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'') is a media franchise based on a series of computer games created by the American software company Broderbund. While the original 1985 '' Where in the World ...
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Carnival Games A carnival game is a game of chance or skill that can be seen at a traveling carnival, charity fund raiser, amusement arcade and amusement park, or on a state and county fair midway. They are also commonly played on holidays such as Mardi Gras, ...
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Castlevania ''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early system ...
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Centipede Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...
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Chaos Rings ''Chaos Rings'' is a role-playing video game series released primarily on mobile platforms. It is developed by Media.Vision and published by Square Enix. The eponymous first game in the series was released for iOS in 2010, then later ported to ...
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Chase H.Q. is a vehicular combat racing game, originally released as an arcade video game by Taito in 1988. It is sometimes seen as a spiritual successor to Taito's earlier '' Full Throttle''. The player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gib ...
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Chessmaster ''Chessmaster'' is a chess-playing computer game series, which is owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold . Timeline *1986: '' The Chessmaster 2000''. First pub ...
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Chibi-Robo! is a series of adventure video games developed by Skip Ltd. and published by Nintendo. The franchise follows a series of tiny Robotic units known as Chibi-Robo, whose purpose is to spread Happiness. Recurring game elements of the franchise inc ...
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Chivalry Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220. It was associated with the medieval Christianity, Christian institution of knighthood; knights' and gentlemen's behaviours we ...
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Choplifter ''Choplifter'' (stylized as ''Choplifter!'') is military themed scrolling shooter developed by Dan Gorlin for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1982. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit family the same year and also to the VIC-20, Com ...
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Chrono Chrono may refer to: Prefix ''chrono-'' a Greek combining form relating to time * chronometry, science of the measurement of time *"chrono", colloquialism for chronograph in watch and clock collectors' language Games * ''Chrono'' (series), a Ja ...
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City Connection is a 1985 platform game developed by NMK_(company), NMK and published in arcade video game, arcades by Jaleco. It was released in North America by Kitkorp as ''Cruisin. The player controls Clarice in her Honda City (AA), Honda City hatchback an ...
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Civilization A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of a state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language (namely, a writing system). Ci ...
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ClayFighter ''ClayFighter'' is a fighting/beat 'em up series of video games. The series is noted for having character sprites rendered from clay-animated figures, and for having humorous parodies of other fighting games such as ''Street Fighter'' and ''M ...
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Clicker Heroes ''Clicker Heroes'' is an idle game that was developed by American independent studio Playsaurus. It was originally released for browsers in 2014, for mobile devices in 2015, and for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles in 2017. The game is a sp ...
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Clock Tower Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another buildi ...
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Clockwork Knight ''Clockwork Knight'' is a side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. It was released in Japan in November 1994, in North America on the 1995 launch, and in Europe on July 8, 1995. Reviews were mixed, ...
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Clubhouse Games ''Clubhouse Games'', known in some European countries as ''42 All-Time Classics'' and in Japanese as is a compilation video game developed by Agenda and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, consisting of board, card, and tabletop games f ...
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Colin McRae Rally ''Dirt'' and ''Dirt Rally'' (stylized as ''DiRT'' and ''DiRT Rally'', formerly known as ''Colin McRae Rally''), also known as ''EA Sports Rally'', is a rally racing video game series developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts und ...
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Colony Wars ''Colony Wars'' is a space combat simulator video game for the PlayStation developed and released by Psygnosis in 1997. Players complete space combat missions using preselected starfighters equipped with various weapons. The game features mul ...
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Columns A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression membe ...
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Command & Conquer ''Command & Conquer'' (''C&C'') is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise, first developed by Westwood Studios. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself based on Westwood Studios' influential strategy game '' Dune ...
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Company of Heroes ''Company of Heroes'' is a real-time strategy video game series developed by Relic Entertainment. The series is set during World War II. Games ''Company of Heroes'' The first game in the series was released on September 12, 2006 in North ...
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Condemned Condemned or The Condemned may refer to: Legal * Persons awaiting execution * A condemned property, or condemned building, by a local authority, usually for public health or safety reasons * A condemned property seized by power of eminent domain ...
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The Conduit ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
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Contra Contra may refer to: Places * Contra, Virginia * Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California * Contra Costa County, California * Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland ...
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Cooking Mama ''Cooking Mama'' (stylized as ''cookıng mama'') is a video game series and media franchise owned by Cooking Mama Limited. The series is a cookery simulation-styled minigame compilation of many video games and adventures for Nintendo gaming plat ...
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Cool Boarders ''Cool Boarders'' is a series of snowboarding video games published by Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), is a multinational video game and digital enterta ...
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Corpse Party is an adventure, and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin and developed by Team GrisGris. The first game in the series was developed using the RPG Maker software version RPG Tsukūru Dante 98 and released on April 2 ...
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Cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...
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Counter-Strike ''Counter-Strike'' (''CS'') is a series of multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video games in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) while counter-terrorists try to preven ...
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Crackdown Crackdown may refer to * ''Crackdown'' (web series) * ''Crackdown'' (video game series) ** ''Crackdown'' (video game) ** ''Crackdown 2 ''Crackdown 2'' is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Ruffian Games and published by ...
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Crash Bandicoot ''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...
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Crazy Castle The ''Crazy Castle'' series is a platform game series created by Kemco and released on the Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. It stars different popular cartoon characters, most ...
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Crazy Taxi ''Crazy Taxi'' is a series of racing video games that was developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega. The first game appeared in arcades in 1999 and was very successful, prompting Sega to port the arcade version to their Dreamcast console ...
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Crimson Skies ''Crimson Skies'' is a tabletop and a video game media franchise created by Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy, first released as a board game in 1998 and then as a PC game in 2000. The series' intellectual property is currently owned by Microsoft C ...
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Croc Croc or CROC may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * Croc (game designer), a French video game designer * '' Croc: Legend of the Gobbos'', a 3D platform video game ** ''Croc'' (2000 video game), a 2D sidescrolling port of the abov ...
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Cruis'n ''Cruis'n'' is a series of racing video games originally developed by Eugene Jarvis for Midway Games and published by Midway and Nintendo. The series distinguishes itself from other racing games with its over-the-top presentation and fast-pace ...
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Crysis ''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...
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Custom Robo is an action role-playing video game series developed by Noise and published by Nintendo. The series currently spans five games, and has titles on the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and Nintendo DS. Only the two most recent titles h ...
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Cut the Rope Cut may refer to: Common uses * The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of wound ** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment ** Cut ( ...
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Cyber Sled is a two-player 3D vehicle combat shooter game released by Namco for arcades in 1993. The game's perspective is third-person by default, but can be switched to a first-person perspective. The game was nominated for Most Innovative New Techno ...
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Dance Central ''Dance Central'' is a music rhythm game series developed by Harmonix, creators of the ''Guitar Hero'' and '' Rock Band'' franchises. Series Dance Central (2010) ''Dance Central'' was released exclusively for the Xbox 360 and was a launch tit ...
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Dance Dance Revolution (''DDR'') is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance ...
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Danganronpa is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high school students who are forced into murdering each other ...
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Dark Souls is a series of action role-playing games created by Hidetaka Miyazaki of FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The series began with the release of '' Dark Souls'' (2011) and has seen two sequels, ''Dark Souls II'' (2014) ...
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Darksiders ''Darksiders'' is a hack and slash action-adventure video game franchise created by Vigil Games, now developed by Gunfire Games, which consists of some of the original members of Vigil. The series is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where mank ...
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Daytona USA is an arcade racing video game developed by Sega AM2 in 1993 and released by Sega in 1994. Players race stock cars on one of three courses. The first game released on the Sega Model 2 three-dimensional arcade system board, a prototype debuted ...
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DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
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de Blob ''De Blob'' (stylized as ''de BLOB'') is a puzzle-platform game. Players explore and liberate an alien city from the evil, monochromatic INKT Corporation that has taken over the city and outlawed all color and fun from daily life. Playing as Blob, ...
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Dead Frontier ''Dead Frontier'' is a free-to-play, browser-based survival horror game which takes place in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested setting. It is operated by Creaky Corpse Ltd. ''Dead Frontier'' was released for open beta on April 21, 2008, and has ...
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Dead Island ''Dead Island'' is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver. Released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game is centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infeste ...
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Deadly Premonition ''Deadly Premonition'' is an open world survival horror video game developed by Access Games. Set in the fictional, rural American town of Greenvale, Washington, the story follows FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan as he investigates the mur ...
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Dead Rising is a series of action-adventure games created by Keiji Inafune. It was originally developed by Capcom until Capcom Vancouver took over developing the franchise. As of March 31, 2022, the game series has sold 15 million units worldwide and is ...
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Dead Space ''Dead Space'' is a science fiction/ horror media franchise created by Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, developed by Visceral Games, and published and owned by Electronic Arts. The franchise's chronology is not presented in a linear format; ...
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Dead to Rights ''Dead to Rights'' is a neo-noir video game series focusing on Jack Slate, a police officer in the fictional Grant City, and his K-9 partner Shadow. There are four games in the series. Games ''Dead to Rights'' ''Dead to Rights'', the fir ...
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Deathsmiles is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game by Japanese developer Cave, released in late 2007. It has heavy occult and gothic influences. It is the second Cave shooter to be played using a horizontally-oriented monitor (the first being ...
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DeathSpank ''DeathSpank'', also known as ''DeathSpank: Orphans of Justice'', is an action role-playing video game developed by Hothead Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was created by game designers Ron Gilbert and Clayton Kauzlaric. The game was ...
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Def Jam Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The ...
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Delta Force The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (1st SFOD-D), referred to variously as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), Army Compartmented Elements (ACE), "The Unit", or within Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Task Fo ...
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Densha de Go! is a Japanese train simulation game series originally produced by Taito and more recently by Square Enix (who purchased Taito) and Railfan Holdings Co., Ltd. The series started with a 1996 arcade version and was first released in a home versi ...
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Descent Descent may refer to: As a noun Genealogy and inheritance * Common descent, concept in evolutionary biology * Kinship, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology **Pedigree chart or family tree ** Ancestry ** Lineal descendant **Heritag ...
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Desperados Desperado may refer to: * Outlaw, particularly in the American Old West Books * ''Desperadoes'' (comics), a comic book series * ''Desperadoes'' (novel), a 1979 novel by Ron Hansen * Desperado Publishing, an American independent comic book publ ...
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Destroy All Humans! ''Destroy All Humans!'' is an open world action-adventure video game franchise that is designed as a parody of Cold War-era alien invasion films. '' Destroy All Humans!'' and '' Destroy All Humans! 2'' are available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbo ...
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Deus Ex ''Deus Ex'' is a series of role-playing video games, set during the mid 21st century. Focusing on the conflict between secretive factions who wish to control the world by proxy, and the effects of transhumanistic attitudes and technologies in a ...
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Devil May Cry is a series of action-adventure games created by Hideki Kamiya. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom. The series centers on the demon hunter Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invasions of Earth. Its gameplay consists o ...
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Dig Dug is a maze arcade game developed by Namco in 1981 and released in 1982, distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player controls Dig Dug to defeat all enemies per stage, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rock ...
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Dino Crisis is a survival horror and action-adventure video game series created by Shinji Mikami and developed and published by Capcom. The plot focuses on recurring outbreaks of deadly dinosaurs in closed environments, such as a laboratory on an islan ...
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Disaster Report ''Disaster Report'', known in Japan as and in the PAL region as ''SOS: The Final Escape'', is a PlayStation 2 survival action-adventure video game created by Irem. It was released in Japan in 2002 by Irem, and in North America and Europe in 2003, ...
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Disgaea is a series of tactical role-playing video games created and developed by Nippon Ichi. The series debuted in Japan on January 30, 2003, with '' Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'', later re-released as ''Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness'' and ''Disgaea D ...
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Dishonored ''Dishonored'' is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, ''Dishonored'' follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to th ...
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Disney Infinity ''Disney Infinity'' is an action-adventure sandbox toys-to-life video game series developed by Avalanche Software. The setting of the series is a giant customizable universe of imagination, known as the Toy Box, populated with toy versions of i ...
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Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and owned by Nintendo. It follows the adventures of a gorilla named Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong and his clan of other Ape, apes and monkeys. The franchise primarily consists of plat ...
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DonPachi is a 1995 Vertically scrolling video game, vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Cave (company), Cave and published by Atlus in Japan. Players assume the role of a recruit selected to take part on a secret military program by assa ...
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Doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (born 1934), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitcher * ...
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Dota ''Dota'' is a series of strategy video games by Valve. The series began in 2003 with the release of ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a fan-developed multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game '' Warcraft III: Reign o ...
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Double Dragon is a beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The origina ...
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Dragon Age ''Dragon Age'' is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The fra ...
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Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters colle ...
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Dragon Buster is a platform, action role-playing dungeon crawl game developed by Namco and released in 1984. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware, modified to support vertical scrolling. In Japan, the game was ported to the Family Computer (Famicom), ...
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Dragon Force ''Dragon Force'' is a real-time strategy and tactical role-playing game from Sega created for the Sega Saturn. It was created in Japan and translated for North American release by Working Designs in 1996, a translation that was also used by Sega ...
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Dragon Slayer A dragonslayer is a person or being that slays dragons. Dragonslayers and the creatures they hunt have been popular in traditional stories from around the world: they are a type of story classified as type 300 in the Aarne–Thompson classifica ...
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Dragon Spirit is a 1987 vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. In North America, it was distributed by Atari Games. Controlling the dragon Amul, the player must complete each of the game's nine areas to rescue the princess Al ...
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Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television a ...
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Drakengard ''Drakengard'', known in Japan as is a series of action role-playing video games created by Yoko Taro. The eponymous first game in the series was released in 2003 on the PlayStation 2, and has since been followed by a sequel, a prequel and se ...
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Duke Nukem ''Duke Nukem'' is a video game series named for its main character, Duke Nukem. Created by the company Apogee Software Ltd. (now 3D Realms) as a series of video games for personal computers, the series expanded to games released for various co ...
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Dungeon Keeper ''Dungeon Keeper'' is a strategy video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts in June 1997 for MS-DOS and Windows 95. In ''Dungeon Keeper'', the player builds and manages a dungeon, protecting it from invading ' ...
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Dying Light ''Dying Light'' is a 2015 survival horror video game developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game's story follows an undercover agent named Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a ...
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Dynasty Warriors is a series of Japanese hack and slash action video games created by Omega Force and Koei (now is Koei Tecmo). The series is a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy '' Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' series, based upon the Chinese novel of ...
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Earthworm Jim ''Earthworm Jim'' is a series of platform games featuring an earthworm named Jim who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil. The series is noted for its platforming and shooting gameplay, surreal humor, and edgy art style. Four game ...
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Ecco the Dolphin ''Ecco the Dolphin'' is a series of action-adventure video games developed by Appaloosa Interactive (previously known as Novotrade International) and published by Sega. They were originally developed for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Dreamcast video ...
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The Elder Scrolls ''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of Action role-playing game, action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on Nonlinear gameplay, free-form gameplay in an ...
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Elevator Action is a platform shooter game released in arcades by Taito in 1983. The player assumes the role of Agent 17, a spy infiltrating a 30-story building filled with elevators and enemy agents who emerge from closed doors. The goal is to collect secret ...
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Empire Earth ''Empire Earth'' is a series of real-time strategy video games developed by Stainless Steel Studios and Mad Doc Software, and published by Sierra Entertainment. The games in the series are historical RTS games that are similar to '' Age of Emp ...
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Eternal Champions ''Eternal Champions'' is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was one of the few fighting games of its time developed from the ground up as a home console title, rather than being released in arcades fi ...
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Etrian Odyssey ''Etrian Odyssey'' is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game series. It is primarily developed and published by Atlus and currently owned by Sega. By 2016, the series had sold a combined total of 1.5 million copies worldwide. Titles Main se ...
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Europa Universalis ''Europa Universalis'' is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published in 2000 by Strategy First. Development The game was originally based on a French board game of the same name by Philippe Thibaut that ...
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EverQuest ''EverQuest'' is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed by Verant Interactive and 989 Studios for Windows PCs. It was released by Sony Online Entertainment in March 1999 in North Amer ...
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Everybody's Golf ''Everybody's Golf'', known in Japan as and formerly known as ''Hot Shots Golf'' in North America, is a series of golf video games published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation series of video game consoles. The series ha ...
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The Evil Within ''The Evil Within'' is a survival horror video game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game was directed by ''Resident Evil'' series creator Shinji Mikami and was released worldwide in October 2014 for PlayStat ...
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eXceed is a series of Japanese shoot 'em up video games developed by the dōjin circle (formerly FLAT). The first game, ''eXceed'', was released in 2005, and the latest game, ''eXceed3rd JADE PENETRATE BLACK PACKAGE'', was released in 2009. The series ...
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Excite Excitation, excite, exciting, or excitement may refer to: * Excitation (magnetic), provided with an electrical generator or alternator * Excite Ballpark, located in San Jose, California * Excite (web portal), web portal owned by IAC * Electron ex ...
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Exerion is a fixed shooter Shoot 'em ups (also known as shmups or STGs ) are a sub-genre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and c ...
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Exit Exit(s) may refer to: Architecture and engineering * Door * Portal (architecture), an opening in the walls of a structure * Emergency exit * Overwing exit, a type of emergency exit on an airplane * Exit ramp, a feature of a road interchange ...
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EyeToy The EyeToy is a color webcam for use with the PlayStation 2. Supported games use computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the EyeToy. This allows players to interact with the games using motion, color detection, and a ...
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F1 Circus is a series of Formula One-based racing video games developed and published by Nichibutsu starting on the PC Engine in 1990. Games The following is a list of games released in the series. None of the series was released outside Japan. The in ...
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F-Zero is a series of futuristic racing video games originally created by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo EAD with multiple games developed by outside companies. The F-Zero (video game), first game was released for the Super Fa ...
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Fable Fable is a literary genre: a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse (poetry), verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphized, and that illustrat ...
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Fallout Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioac ...
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Family Stadium also known as ''Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium'' and ''Famista'', is a series of baseball sports video games initially developed and released by Namco in Japan, and later developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first entry in t ...
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The Fancy Pants Adventures ''The Fancy Pants Adventures'' is a series of free side-scrolling Flash games created by American developer Brad Borne. Four worlds have been released so far. ''World 1'' was released on March 14, 2006 and ''World 2'' was released on January 9, ...
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Fantasy Zone is a 1986 arcade game by Sega, and the first game in the ''Fantasy Zone'' series. It was later ported to a wide variety of consoles, including the Master System. The player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-Opa who fights an enemy inv ...
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Far Cry ''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The first game, '' Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequen ...
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Farming Simulator ''Farming Simulator'' is a farming simulation video game series developed by GIANTS Software. The locations are based on American and European environments. Players are able to farm, breed livestock, grow crops and sell assets created from farm ...
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Fatal Frame ''Fatal Frame'', titled in Japan and ''Project Zero'' in Europe and Australia, is a Japanese survival horror video game series created, published and developed by Koei Tecmo (originally Tecmo). Debuting in 2001 with the first entry in the seri ...
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Fatal Fury ''Fatal Fury'', known as in Japan, is a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo Geo system. Games Canon * ''Fatal Fury'' – The first game of the ''Fatal Fury'' series allowed players to select one of three characters, Terry B ...
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Fat Princess ''Fat Princess'' is an action real-time strategy video game developed by Titan Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It was released in North America, Europe and Australia on J ...
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FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
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Fighting Vipers ''Fighting Vipers'' (ファイティングバイパーズ'' Faitingu Vaipāzu'') is a 3D fighting video game developed by Sega AM2. It uses the same game engine as AM2's ''Virtua Fighter 2'' but features enclosed arenas and an armor mechanic, and ...
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Final Fantasy is a Japanese video game, Japanese science fantasy anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and ...
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Fire Emblem is a fantasy tactical role-playing game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. First produced and published for the Famicom in 1990, the series currently consists of sixteen core entries and five spinoffs. Game ...
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Five Nights at Freddy's ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' (''FNaF'') is a media franchise created by Scott Cawthon. The first video game of the same name was released on August 8, 2014, and the resultant series has since gained worldwide popularity. The main series cons ...
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Flowers A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechani ...
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Football Manager ''Football Manager'' (also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game bega ...
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Fossil Fighters ''Fossil Fighters'' is a role-playing video game series published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS consoles. Its gameplay revolves around digging up and extracting dinosaur fossils, reviving them into supernatural "vivosaurs" a ...
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Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. It is also occasionally referred to as ''temporal frequency'' for clarity, and is distinct from ''angular frequency''. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz) which is eq ...
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Frogger is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega. In North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct a series of frogs to their homes by crossing a busy road and a hazardous rive ...
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Front Mission is a collection of video games and related media produced by Square (video game company), Square, now Square Enix. The series was created by Toshiro Tsuchida and developed by G-Craft, a studio that was later absorbed by Square and existed withi ...
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Game Party ''Game Party'' is a video game developed by FarSight Studios and published by Midway Games. ''Game Party'' was retailed as a budget title for the Wii. It is the first game in the ''Game Party'' series. It was released on November 27, 2007, in ...
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G-Police ''G-Police'' is a 1997 combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Psygnosis for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. The game has a science fiction setting inspired by ''Blade Runner''. This story goes on during 2097, on a c ...
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Gabriel Knight ''Gabriel Knight'' is a series of point-and-click adventure games released by Sierra On-Line in the 1990s created by Jane Jensen. The titular character is an author and book store owner in New Orleans who is investigating a strange series of murde ...
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Gal Gun , stylized as ''Gal*Gun'', is a Japanese bishōjo game, bishōjo rail shooter game developed by Inti Creates and published by Alchemist (company), Alchemist. It was first released on Xbox 360 in 2011, followed by a PlayStation 3 port a year later. ...
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Galaxian is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. The player assumes control of the Galaxip starfighter in its mission to protect Earth from waves of aliens. Gameplay involves destroying each formation of aliens, wh ...
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Galaxy Force is a third-person space combat simulator game developed and released by Sega for arcades in 1988. The player assumes control of a starship named the TRY-Z, as it must prevent the Fourth Empire from taking over the entire galaxy. Gameplay involv ...
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Game Tengoku is a 1995 vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Jaleco. The game is a parody of arcade shooters in a vein similar to the ''Parodius'' series. It was followed up with a sequel, ''Gun Bare! Game Tengoku 2''. An updated ...
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Ganbare Goemon , known as ''Goemon'' and ''Mystical Ninja'' internationally, is a video game series created and produced by Konami. Etsunobu Ebisu is the joint producer of the franchise. These games revolve around the main character, Goemon a ...
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Genpei Tōma Den is a side-scrolling hack and slash produced by Namco that was released as a coin-operated video game in 1986 in Japan. It runs on Namco System 86 hardware. Over a decade later, the game was released in America and Europe in the video game compil ...
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Geometry Wars ''Geometry Wars'' is a series of top-down multi-directional shooter video games developed by Bizarre Creations, and, later, Lucid Games. Originally published by Microsoft Games Studios, the first title was included as a minigame in '' Project Got ...
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Ghosts 'n Goblins ''Ghosts 'n Goblins'', known in Japan as , is a run-and-gun platform video game series created by Tokuro Fujiwara and developed by Capcom. The first entry in the series was '' Ghosts 'n Goblins'', released in arcades on July 7, 1985. The seri ...
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Glory of Heracles is a Japanese role-playing video game series initially developed and published by Data East and owned by the Paon Corporation and Nintendo. The series began in 1987 with ''Tōjin Makyō Den: Heracles no Eikō'', and three sequels were released ...
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God of War A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been p ...
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Golden Axe is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video games developed by Sega. The series takes place in a medieval fantasy world where several heroes have the task of recovering the legendary Golden Axe, the mainstay element of the series. ...
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Golly! Ghost! is a 1991 shoot'em up, light gun shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. It employs a diorama which is controlled by the game's driver board to open and close mechanical doors which are connected to solenoids, much like the moveable ...
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Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
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Gradius is a series of shooter video games, introduced in 1985, developed and published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper. Games *''Scr ...
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Grand Theft Auto ''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones (video game developer), David Jones and Mike Dailly (game designer), Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan Hous ...
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Grandia is a series of role-playing video games developed by Game Arts and published over the years by Entertainment Software Publishing, Sony Computer Entertainment, Ubisoft, Hudson Soft, Enix, Square Enix and GungHo Online Entertainment. Games in th ...
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Groove Coaster The ''Groove Coaster'' series is an iOS / Android and arcade rhythm game franchise developed by Matrix Software and published by Taito. The first ''Groove Coaster'' was released for iOS on July 28, 2011. This rhythm game follows a r ...
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Guacamelee! ''Guacamelee!'' is a Metroidvania action platforming video game developed and published by DrinkBox Studios, initially launched in April 2013 for platforms PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita and was later ported to Microsoft Windows in August a ...
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Guardian Heroes ''Guardian Heroes'' is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game in the vein of ''Final Fight'' or ''Golden Axe'', but with RPG elements. The development team called it a "fighting RPG". ''Guardian Heroes'' was developed by Treasure and release ...
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Guild A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...
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Guild Wars ''Guild Wars'' is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSOFT. The games were critically well received and won many editor's choice awards, as well as awards such as Best Value, Best Massively Multiplaye ...
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Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works, created and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game was published in 1998, and has spawned several sequels. It has also adapted to other media such as manga and drama CD. ''Gu ...
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Guitar Hero ''Guitar Hero'' is a series of music rhythm game video games first released in November 2005, in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing primarily lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar across numerous songs ...
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Gunbird is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Psikyo and released in Arcade game, arcades in 1994. In the US, it was published by Jaleco. It has been re-released multiple times, including on the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and Steam (service), ...
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Gundam is a Japanese military fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ''Mobile ...
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Gunpey , often written as ''Gun Pey'' or ''GunPey'', is a series of handheld puzzle games released by Bandai. It was originally released for the WonderSwan, and has been ported to WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable. Th ...
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Gunstar Heroes ''Gunstar Heroes'' is a run-and-gun shooter video game developed by Treasure and published by Sega. It was Treasure's debut game, originally released on the Sega Genesis in 1993. The game's premise is centered around a pair of characters, the G ...
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H

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'' *''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'' *''Halo (series), Halo'' *''Hammerin' Harry'' *''Hang-On'' *''Hard Drivin''' *''Harry Potter video games, Harry Potter'' *''Harvest Moon (2007 video game series), Harvest Moon'' *''Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA'' *''Football Champ, Hat Trick Hero'' *''Hearts of Iron'' *''Hebereke (series), Hebereke'' *''Heiankyo Alien'' *''Herzog (video game), Herzog'' *''Hexic'' *''Hidden & Dangerous'' *''Hitman (franchise), Hitman'' *''Homeworld'' *''Hotline Miami'' *''The House of the Dead (series), The House of the Dead'' *''Hyperdimension Neptunia'' *''Hydlide'' *''Hydro Thunder''


I

*''Icewind Dale (series), Icewind Dale'' *''The Idolmaster'' *''Ikari Warriors'' *''Illusion (series), Illusion'' *''Image Fight'' *''Imagine (video game series), Imagine'' *''Inazuma Eleven (series), Inazuma Eleven'' *''Infamous (series), Infamous'' *''Infinity (video game series), Infinity'' *''Infinity Blade'' *''International Superstar Soccer'' *''Iron Soldier'' *''Itadaki Street''


J

*''Jagged Alliance (series), Jagged Alliance'' *''Jak and Daxter'' *''Jake Hunter'' *''James Bond in video games, James Bond'' *''Jazz Jackrabbit'' *''J.B. Harold Murder Club, J.B. Harold'' *''Jetpac'' *''Jet Moto'' *''Jet Set Radio (series), Jet Set Radio'' *''Joe & Mac'' *''Joe Danger'' *''The Journeyman Project (series), The Journeyman Project'' *''Juiced (video game), Juiced'' *''Jumping Flash!'' *''Just Cause (video game), Just Cause'' *''Just Dance (video game series), Just Dance''


K

*''Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Kane & Lynch'' *''Katamari (series), Katamari'' *''Keyboardmania'' *''Kid Icarus (series), Kid Icarus'' *''Kid Niki: Radical Ninja, Kid Niki'' *''KiKi KaiKai'' *''Killer Instinct'' *''Killing Floor (video game), Killing Floor'' *''Killzone (series), Killzone'' *''Kinect Sports'' *''Kingdom Hearts'' *''The King of Fighters'' *''King's Quest'' *''Kirby (series), Kirby'' **''Kirby Fighters'' *''Klonoa'' *''Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade, Knights of the Old Temple'' *''Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan, Kotoba no Puzzle'' *''Kunio-kun'' *''Kuru Kuru Kururin, Kururin'' *''Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Kyle Hyde''


L

*''Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, Lands of Lore'' *''Langrisser'' *''The Last Blade'' *''Last Ninja'' *''The Last of Us'' *''League of Legends'' *''Left 4 Dead (series), Left 4 Dead'' *''Legacy of Kain'' *''Legend of Legaia'' *''The Legendary Starfy (series), The Legendary Starfy'' *''The Legend of Heroes'' **''Trails (series), Trails'' *''The Legend of Kage'' *''The Legend of Zelda'' **''Hyrule Warriors'' *''List of Lego video games, Lego'' *''Leisure Suit Larry'' *''Lemmings (video game), Lemmings'' *''Lethal Enforcers'' *''Life Is Strange (series), Life Is Strange'' *''Lineage (series), Lineage'' *''Lips (video game), Lips'' *''LittleBigPlanet'' *''Little Nightmares'' *''Lode Runner'' *''Middle-earth in video games, The Lord of the Rings'' *''Lost Kingdoms'' *''Lost Planet'' *''The Lost Vikings (series), The Lost Vikings'' *''Lotus (series), Lotus'' *''LovePlus'' *''Lucky's Tale'' *''Lufia'' *''List of Luigi video games, Luigi'' *''Lumines'' *''Lunar (series), Lunar''


M

* ''Madden NFL'' * ''Mafia (series), Mafia'' * ''Magical Drop'' * ''Mana (series), Mana'' *''Manhunt (video game series), Manhunt'' * ''Maniac Mansion'' * ''Mappy'' * ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' ** ''Dr. Mario'' ** ''Mario Kart'' ** ''Mario Party'' ** List of Mario sports games, ''Mario'' sports ** List of Mario role-playing games, ''Mario'' RPG ** ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' ** ''Super Mario (series), Super Mario'' * ''Marvel video games, Marvel'' * ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' * ''Mass Effect'' * ''Master of Orion'' * ''Blaster Learning System, Math Blaster'' * ''Max Payne (series), Max Payne'' * ''MechAssault'' * ''MechWarrior (video game series), MechWarrior'' * ''Medal of Honor (video game series), Medal of Honor'' * ''MediEvil (series), MediEvil'' * ''Mega Man'' * ''Megami Tensei'' * ''Mercenaries (series), Mercenaries'' * ''Metal Gear'' * ''Metal Max (series), Metal Max'' * ''Metal Slug (series), Metal Slug'' * ''Metro (franchise), Metro'' * ''Metroid'' * ''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator'' * ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' * ''Midnight Club'' * ''Midtown Madness (series), Midtown Madness'' * ''Might and Magic'' * ''Milon's Secret Castle'' * ''Minecraft (franchise), Minecraft'' * ''Mirror's Edge'' * ''MLB 2K'' * ''MLB: The Show'' * ''Momoko 120%'' * ''Momotaro Densetsu'' * ''Momotaro Dentetsu'' * ''Monaco GP (video game), Monaco GP'' * ''Monkey Island (series), Monkey Island'' * ''Monster Hunter'' * ''Monster Rancher'' * ''Monster Truck Madness'' * ''Monument Valley (video game), Monument Valley'' * ''Mortal Kombat'' * ''Mother (video game series), Mother'' * ''Motocross Madness (1998 video game), Motocross Madness'' * ''Grand Prix motorcycle racing#In media, MotoGP'' *''Moto Racer'' * ''MotorStorm (series), MotorStorm'' * ''Mount & Blade (series), Mount & Blade'' * ''Mr. Do!'' * ''Mr. Driller'' * ''MX vs. ATV'' * ''Myst (series), Myst'' * ''Mystery Dungeon'' * ''Myth (series), Myth''


N

*''N (video game), N'' *''Namco Anthology'' *''Namco Museum'' *''List of Nancy Drew video games, Nancy Drew'' *''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja'' *''List of NASCAR video games, NASCAR'' *''Navy Field 2, Navy Field'' *''NBA 2K'' *''NBA Live'' *''NBA Jam'' *''NCAA Football (video game series), NCAA Football'' *''Nectaris series, Nectaris / Military Madness'' *''Need for Speed'' *''Nekopara'' *''NES Remix'' *''Neutopia'' *''Neverwinter Nights (series), Neverwinter Nights'' *''NFL 2K'' *''NHL (video game series), NHL'' (EA Sports) *''Nidhogg (video game), Nidhogg'' *''Ni no Kuni'' *''Nights into Dreams..., Nights'' *''Ninja Gaiden'' *''Ninja JaJaMaru-kun'' *''Nintendogs'' *''Nobunaga's Ambition'' *''No More Heroes (series), No More Heroes'' *''Numan Athletics''


O

*''Oddworld'' *''Ogre Battle, Ogre'' *''Ōkami'' *''List of One Piece video games, One Piece'' *''One Must Fall'' *''Onimusha'' *''Operation Wolf'' *''Orcs Must Die!'' *''The Oregon Trail (series), The Oregon Trail'' *''Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan'' *''Otogi: Myth of Demons, Otogi'' *''Otomedius'' *''Outlast'' *''Out Run'' *''Overcooked''


P

*''List of Pac-Man video games, Pac-Man'' **''Pac-Man World'' *''Panzer Dragoon (series), Panzer Dragoon'' *''PaRappa the Rapper'' *''Parasite Eve (video game), Parasite Eve'' *''Parkan (series), Parkan'' *''Parodius'' *''Patapon'' *''Pathologic'' *''Payday: The Heist, Payday'' *''Peggle'' *''Pengo (video game), Pengo'' *''Penumbra (video game series), Penumbra'' *''Perfect Dark (series), Perfect Dark'' *''Persona (series), Persona'' *''Petz'' *''PGA Tour (video game series), PGA Tour'' *''Phantasy Star'' *''Pikmin (series), Pikmin'' *''Pillars of Eternity'' *''Pilotwings (series), Pilotwings'' *''Pinball FX'' *''Pirate Ship Higemaru'' *''Pitfall!'' *''PixelJunk'' *''PlanetSide'' *''Plants vs. Zombies'' *''Point Blank (1994 video game), Point Blank'' *''Pokémon (video game series), Pokémon'' **''Pokémon Pinball'' **''Pokémon Play It!'' **''Pokémon Puzzle'' **''PokéPark'' **''Pokémon Snap'' **''Pokémon Stadium'' *''Pole Position'' *''Pong'' *''Populous (series), Populous'' *''Portal (video game series), Portal'' *''Postal (video game series), Postal'' *''Power Pros'' *''Power Stone (video game), Power Stone'' *''Prince of Persia'' *''Princess Maker'' *''Pro Evolution Soccer'' *''Professor Layton'' *''Project Gotham Racing'' *''Project X Zone'' *''Prototype (video game), Prototype'' *''Psychonauts'' *''Punch-Out!!'' *''Pushmo'' *''Putt-Putt (series), Putt-Putt'' *''Puyo Puyo (series), Puyo Puyo'' *''Puzzle Bobble'' *''Puzzle & Dragons'' *''Puzzle League (series), Puzzle League''


Q

*''Q*bert (franchise), Q*bert'' *''Qix'' *''Quake (series), Quake'' *''Quest for Glory''


R

*''List of R-Type video games, R-Type'' *''Raiden (series), Raiden'' *''Railroad Tycoon (series), Railroad Tycoon'' *''Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color, Rakugaki Ōkoku'' *''Rampage (series), Rampage'' *''Rally-X'' *''Rastan Saga, Rastan'' *''Ratchet & Clank'' *''RayForce'' *''Rayman'' **''Raving Rabbids'' *''R.C. Pro-Am'' *''Red Dead'' *''Red Faction (series), Red Faction'' *''Red Steel'' *''Resident Evil'' *''Resistance (video game series), Resistance'' *''Retro Game Challenge'' *''Return Fire'' *''Rhythm Heaven'' *''Rick Dangerous'' *''Ridge Racer (series), Ridge Racer'' *''Risen (series), Risen'' *''Risk of Rain'' *''Road Fighter'' *''Road Rash'' *''Robopon Sun, Star, and Moon Versions, Robopon'' *''Gyromite, Robot'' *''Robotron: 2084'' *''Rock Band'' *''Rod Land'' *''Rogue Legacy'' *''RollerCoaster Tycoon (series), RollerCoaster Tycoon'' *''Rolling Thunder (video game), Rolling Thunder'' *''Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series), Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' *''RPG Maker'' *''Rugby League (video game series), Rugby League'' *''Rumble Roses'' *''Rune Factory'' *''Runescape'' *''Rush (video game series), Rush'' *''Rush'n Attack'' *''Rygar''


S

*''Sabreman'' *''SaGa (series), SaGa'' *''Saints Row (series), Saints Row'' *''Sakura Wars'' *''Salamander (video game), Salamander'' *''Sam & Max'' *''Samurai Shodown (series), Samurai Shodown'' *''Samurai Warriors'' *''Sanctum (2011 video game), Sanctum'' *''Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action, Scene It?'' *''Schoolgirl Strikers'' *''Science Adventure'' *''Scramble (video game), Scramble'' *''Scribblenauts (series), Scribblenauts'' *''Sea Battle'' *''Seaman (video game), Seaman'' *''Sega Ages'' *''Sega Bass Fishing'' *''Sega Rally'' *''Sengoku Basara'' *''Senran Kagura'' *''Serious Sam'' *''The Settlers'' *''Shadowgate'' *''Shadow Man (video game), Shadow Man'' *''Shadow of the Beast (1989 video game), Shadow of the Beast'' *''Shadow Warrior (1997 video game), Shadow Warrior'' *''Shank (video game), Shank'' *''Shantae (series), Shantae'' *''Shenmue'' *''Shining (series), Shining'' *''Shinobi (series), Shinobi'' *''Jump (magazine line), Shōnen Jump'' *''Shoot Away'' *''Silent Hill'' *''Silent Scope'' *''Silpheed'' *''SimCity'' *''Simple series, Simple'' *''The Sims'' *''Sin and Punishment'' *''SingStar'' *''Skate (series), Skate'' *''Skylanders'' *''Sly Cooper'' *''Snake Rattle 'n' Roll'' *''Sniper Elite'' *''Snowboard Kids'' *''SOCOM (series), SOCOM'' *''Soldier of Fortune (video game), Soldier of Fortune'' *''Sonic Blast Man'' *''Sonic the Hedgehog (series), Sonic the Hedgehog'' *''Soulcalibur'' *''Space Channel 5'' *''Space Harrier'' *''Space Invaders'' *''Space Quest'' *''Speedball (video game), Speedball'' *''Spider-Man in video games, Spider-Man'' *''Splashdown (video game), Splashdown'' *''Splatoon'' *''Splatterhouse'' *'''Splosion Man'' *''List of SpongeBob SquarePants video games, SpongeBob SquarePants'' *''Spy Hunter'' *''Spyro (series), Spyro'' *''SSX (series), SSX'' *''S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'' *''Star Control'' *''Star Force'' *''Star Fox (series), Star Fox'' *''Star Luster'' *''Star Ocean'' *''Star Raiders'' *''Star Wars video games, Star Wars'' *''StarCraft'' *''Star Soldier'' *''StarTropics'' *''State of Decay (video game), State of Decay'' *''SteamWorld'' *''Steel Battalion'' *''Steel Division: Normandy 44, Steel Division'' *''Steel Gunner'' *''Story of Seasons'' *''Street Fighter'' *''Streets of Rage (series), Streets of Rage'' *''Strider (arcade game), Strider'' *''Strikers 1945'' *''Stronghold (2001 video game), Stronghold'' *''Subnautica'' *''Suikoden'' *''Summon Night'' *''Super Mega Baseball'' *''Super Monkey Ball (series), Super Monkey Ball'' *''Super Robot Wars'' *''Super Smash Bros. (series), Super Smash Bros.'' *''Supreme Commander (video game), Supreme Commander'' *''Surgeon Simulator'' *''Sutte Hakkun'' *''Swordquest'' *''Syberia'' *''Syphon Filter (series), Syphon Filter'' *''System Shock''


T

*''Taiko no Tatsujin'' *''Taito Memories'' *''Tak and the Power of Juju, Tak'' *''Tales (video game series), Tales'' *''Tank Battalion'' *''Team Fortress'' *''Tecmo Bowl'' *''List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' *''Tekken'' *''Tempest (video game), Tempest'' *''Tenchu'' *''Terra Cresta'' *''Test Drive (series), Test Drive'' *''Tetris'' *''Thief (series), Thief'' *''Thunder Ceptor'' *''Thunder Cross (arcade game), Thunder Cross'' *''Thunder Force (series), Thunder Force'' *''Tiger Heli'' *''Time Crisis (series), Time Crisis'' *''Time Pilot'' *''TimeSplitters (series), TimeSplitters'' *''Titanfall'' *''Tobal No. 1, Tobal'' *''TOCA (series), TOCA'' *''ToeJam & Earl'' *''Tokimeki Memorial (series), Tokimeki Memorial'' *''Tom Clancy's'' **''Tom Clancy's The Division'' **''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon'' **''Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X'' **''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' **''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' *''Tomb Raider'' *''Tomodachi Collection'' *''Tony Hawk's (series), Tony Hawk's'' *''Torchlight'' *''Total Annihilation'' *''Total War (video game series), Total War'' *''Touch! Generations'' *''Touhou Project'' *''Toukiden: The Age of Demons, Toukiden'' *''Track & Field (video game), Track & Field'' *''Train Simulator series, Train Simulator'' *''List of Transformers video games, Transformers'' *''Trauma Center (video game series), Trauma Center'' *''Trials (series), Trials'' *''Tribes (video game series), Tribes'' *''Trine (video game), Trine'' *''Tropico (video game), Tropico'' *''Truck Simulator'' *''True Crime (series), True Crime'' *''Truxton (video game), Truxton'' *''Turok (video game series), Turok'' *''Turrican'' *''TwinBee (series), TwinBee'' *''Twisted Metal'' *''Two Worlds (video game), Two Worlds''


U

*''Ultima (series), Ultima'' *''Uncharted'' *''Unravel (video game), Unravel'' *''Unreal (video game series), Unreal'' *''Uridium''


V

*''Valis (video game series), Valis'' *''Valkyria Chronicles'' *''Valkyrie no Densetsu, Valkyrie'' *''Valkyrie Profile'' *''Vampire: The Masquerade#Video games, Vampire: The Masquerade'' *''Vandal Hearts'' *''Vanguard (video game), Vanguard'' *''Vectorman'' *''Vib-Ribbon'' *''Viewtiful Joe'' *''Vigilante 8'' *''Violence Fight'' *''Virtua Cop'' *''Virtua Fighter (series), Virtua Fighter'' *''Virtua Striker'' *''Virtua Tennis'' *''Virtual On'' *''Viva Piñata'' *''V-Rally''


W

*''Wagan Land'' *''The Walking Dead (video game series), The Walking Dead'' *''Wangan Midnight'' *''Warcraft'' *''List of Games Workshop video games#Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer 40,000'' *''List of Games Workshop video games#Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer Fantasy'' *''Wario (franchise), Wario'' **''Wario (series)#WarioWare series, WarioWare'' **''Wario (series)#Wario Land series, Wario Land'' *''Warlords (game series), Warlords'' *''Wars (series), Wars'' *''Wasteland (video game), Wasteland'' *''Watch Dogs'' *''Wave Race'' *''White Knight Chronicles'' *''Wii (video game series), Wii'' *''Wild Arms'' *''Wing Commander (franchise), Wing Commander'' *''Winning Run'' *''Wipeout (Psygnosis video game series), Wipeout'' *''The Witcher (video game series), The Witcher'' *''Wizardry'' *''Wizards & Warriors'' *''Rohga: Armor Force, Wolf Fang'' *''Wolfenstein (series), Wolfenstein'' *''Wonder Boy'' *''Wonder Momo'' *''Wonder Project J, Wonder Project'' *''World Heroes'' *''World Stadium'' *''Worms (series), Worms'' *''Wrecking Crew (video game), Wrecking Crew'' *''WWE 2K''


X

*''X (video game series), X'' (Egosoft) *''X (1992 video game), X'' (Nintendo) *''Xanadu (video game)#Sequels, Xanadu'' *''X-COM'' *''Xeno (series), Xeno'' **''Xenogears'' **''Xenosaga'' **''Xenoblade Chronicles'' *''List of Xevious video games, Xevious''


Y

*''Yakuza (series), Yakuza'' *''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' *''Yo-kai Watch'' *''Yooka-Laylee'' *''List of Yoshi video games, Yoshi'' *''You Don't Know Jack (franchise), You Don't Know Jack'' *''Ys (series), Ys'' *''List of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games, Yu-Gi-Oh!''


Z

*''Zanac'' *''Zaxxon'' *''Zero Escape'' *''Zill O'll'' *''Zombie Tycoon'' *''Zone of the Enders'' *''Zool'' *''Zoombinis'' *''Zoo Tycoon (series), Zoo Tycoon'' *''Zork'' *''Zuma (video game), Zuma'' *''Zumba Fitness (video game), Zumba Fitness''


See also

*List of best-selling video game franchises *List of longest-running video game franchises *Lists of video games


References

{{Media series Video game franchises, Lists of video game franchises,