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| .hack// (dot Hack) | A franchise spawning several anime serieses, novels, mangas and games set in The World, a MMORP game world. The games are set in a virtual variant of this instead of being a real MMORPG. | 8 games (5 characters) |
| 7th Guest | | 4 games |
| ActRaiser | | 2 games |
| Advance Wars | Sub-series of Nintendo Wars | 4 games |
| Advanced Dungeons & Dragons | Games based on the 2nd edition of the D&D paper & dice RPG. | 149 games |
| Age of Armageddon (The Guardian Saga) | A story arc in the Ultima series. Begins with the founding of the Fellowship. | 21 games |
| Age of Empires | | 10 games |
| Age of Wonders | | 3 games |
| Alex Kidd | Alex Kidd was Sega's mascot prior to Sonic the Hedgehog and made his first appearance on the Master System in 1986. | 8 games |
| Alien Breed | | 11 games |
| Alien Syndrome | | 13 games |
| Allods series (Аллоды;Rage of Mages;Проклятые Земли;Evil Islands) | | 4 games |
| Alone in the Dark | | 24 games (4 characters) |
| Altered Beast (獣王記;Jūōki) | | 16 games |
| American McGee's Grimm | An episodic game series telling twisted versions of some of the stories collected by Grimm brothers. | 8 games |
| Angelique | Angelique is a series of Neoromance dating sims by Ruby Party and published by Koei with character designs by shōjo manga artist Kairi Yura and music by Kuzuu Chinatsu. The gimmick is that the games are by women for women. (Source: Wikipedia) | 25 games |
| Animal Crossing (どうぶつの森;Dōbutsu no Mori) | | 5 games |
| Anno-series (A.D.-series) | | 5 games |
| Another World | | 12 games (1 characters) |
| Anstoss (Anstoß;On the Ball) | | 7 games |
| Ape Escape | | 3 games |
| AquaNox | | 3 games |
| Ar tonelico | | 2 games (11 characters) |
| Arc the Lad | Arc the Lad is a tactical-RPG series. | 8 games (16 characters) |
| Arcus | Game series by japanese Wolf Team. | 11 games |
| Arkanoid | | 41 games |
| Armored Core | | 15 games |
| Art of fighting | | 8 games (14 characters) |
| Assassin's Creed | | 5 games (4 characters) |
| Assault Suit | Series of futuristic robotic war games featuring giant robots equipped with Assault Suits. | 4 games |
| Atelier | | 18 games |
| Atlantis | Series of [[gametag:myst Myst]]-like video games. | 0 games |
| Atlantis Series | Series of [[gametag:myst Myst]]-like video games.
| 7 games |
| Avernum | | 10 games |
| Bad Dudes | | 6 games (2 characters) |
| Baldr Series | A series of hentai games developed by [[company:Baldrhead]], a [[company:Giga]] developing team. | 11 games |
| Baldur's Gate | Baldur's Gate series, excluding the [[game:Dark Alliance]] action/adventure spin-offs. | 8 games (19 characters) |
| Baten Kaitos | | 2 games (6 characters) |
| Battle Arena Toshinden | | 12 games (50 characters) |
| Battle Isle | | 9 games |
| Battle Moon Wars (BMW;バトルムーンウォーズ銀) | | 4 games (10 characters) |
| Battletoads | Series of beat 'em up games where the main characters are anthropomorphic toads. | 14 games |
| Battlezone | The new Battlezone series from Activision. | 6 games |
| BeatMania | | 59 games |
| Bible Black (バイブル ブラック) | | 4 games |
| BioHazard | Original name of the [[tag:residentevil Resident Evil]] series. | 37 games |
| Bionic Commando | | 17 games (2 characters) |
| Black/Matrix (Black Matrix) | | 6 games |
| Blackwell | | 3 games (2 characters) |
| Blood | A game series following the misdeeds of Caleb. | 0 games |
| Blood | A game series following the misdeeds of Caleb. | 4 games (2 characters) |
| BloodRayne | | 8 games (5 characters) |
| Bloody Roar (ブラッディロア) | | 9 games (22 characters) |
| Bomberman Series | Bomberman, its sequels and spin offs. | 39 games |
| Bonk (PC Genjin;ＰＣ原人;BC Kid) | | 12 games |
| Brandish (ブランディッシュ) | | 9 games |
| Breath of Fire (ブレス オブ ファイア;BoF) | | 9 games (40 characters) |
| Broken Sword | | 7 games |
| Bubble Bobble | Spawned [[gametag:puzzlebobble Puzzle Bobble]] spin-off. | 32 games |
| Bubsy | | 8 games |
| Burnout series | | 15 games |
| Buzz! | A quiz game series, except for the Buzz! Junior games which are mini-game collections. All intended for parties and such. | 10 games |
| Call of Duty | | 17 games |
| Can Can Bunny | | 24 games |
| Captain Blood | | 10 games |
| Captain Commando | | 3 games (8 characters) |
| Captive series | | 4 games |
| Castlevania (悪魔城ドラキュラ;Akumajō Dracula) | Konami saga | 39 games (19 characters) |
| Champions Return to Arms | | 0 games (8 characters) |
| Chrono series (クロノ) | | 4 games |
| Chzo Mythos (X Days a Sauerkraut) | An award winning series of survival-horror games that borrow styles from well known Hollywood horror movies. | 4 games (15 characters) |
| Civilization | | 23 games |
| Clayfighter | | 7 games |
| Comanche series | | 5 games |
| Command & Conquer series | | 25 games |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert | Red Alert is a spin-off series from C&C that shows a different timeline to the original Tiberian universe as shown in the intro movie where Einstein used time-travelling to meet and stop Hitler, eliminating Nazi Germany from RA's world history. | 9 games |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberium universe (Command & Conquer: Tiberian universe) | The main CnC series most recognizable from the presence of Tiberium. | 16 games (2 characters) |
| Commander Keen | | 10 games (4 characters) |
| Condemned | | 4 games (2 characters) |
| Contra (Probotector; Gryzor) | Series of platform / shoot 'em up games created by Konami in 1987. The early console versions were called "Probotector" in the PAL region and humans were replaced by robots. Uncensored PAL versions were called "Gryzor". | 21 games |
| Cotton | | 14 games (5 characters) |
| Crash Bandicoot | Crash Bandicoot games and spinoffs: Crash Bash, Crash Boom Bang, Crash Nitro Kart, Crash Team Racing, etc... | 19 games |
| Creatures series | An artificial life simulator series. | 6 games |
| Crysis | Game series by Crytek. | 2 games (3 characters) |
| Culdcept | A strategy card-game series. | 6 games |
| Cybernoid | | 11 games |
| D no Shokutaku series (D;Dの食卓) | | 8 games (3 characters) |
| Daisenryaku | | 30 games |
| Dance Dance Revolution (Dancing Stage;DDR) | | 58 games |
| Darius | Horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up series created by Taito in 1986. | 27 games |
| Darkstalkers (Vampire;ヴァンパイア;Dark Stalkers) | | 17 games (23 characters) |
| Darkwatch | Darkwatch is a first-person shooter video game about an outlaw turned vampire. | 2 games (6 characters) |
| Dawn of War | Warhammer 40,000 strategy game series by Relic Entertainment featuring multiple factions and a gameplay concerning capturing and holding strategic points to acquire resources and to win the battles. | 5 games (27 characters) |
| Dead or Alive | | 14 games (21 characters) |
| Deep Dungeon (ディープダンジョン) | | 4 games |
| Dengeki Bunko | | 4 games |
| Densha de Go | | 11 games |
| Desblood | | 6 games (3 characters) |
| Descent | | 11 games |
| Desert Strike series | A series of videogames starting with Desert Strike in 1991. | 24 games |
| Deus Ex | | 9 games (17 characters) |
| Devil Dice (XI) | | 4 games |
| Devil May Cry | | 8 games (13 characters) |
| Dezaemon | Shoot 'em up series that feature a "game maker". | 6 games |
| Diablo series | A fantasy franchise set in the world of Sanctuary, continuously beset by demonic forces, often led by Diablo and his brothers. | 10 games (14 characters) |
| Dig Dug | | 27 games |
| Disciples | | 6 games |
| Disgaea (魔界戦記 ディスガイア;Makai Senki Disgaea) | | 6 games (5 characters) |
| Dizzy | | 91 games (7 characters) |
| Dominions series | | 9 games |
| Donkey Kong | | 58 games (5 characters) |
| Doom | A game series featuring high-tech, space marines and invasion of hellish forces. | 38 games (3 characters) |
| Double Dragon | | 0 games |
| Double Dragon | | 35 games (13 characters) |
| Dragon Ball Z | Games, Sequels and spin-offs related to the Dragon Ball Z, derived from the original Dragon Ball manga. | 0 games |
| Dragon Knight (龍騎士) | | 23 games |
| Dragon Lore | | 5 games |
| Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト;Dragon Warrior) | Most successfull RPG series in Japan. | 38 games (9 characters) |
| Dragon Slayer | | 16 games |
| Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest) | Dragon Warrior is called Dragon Quest in Japan. | 0 games |
| Drakan | | 2 games (3 characters) |
| Duck Tales | | 10 games (4 characters) |
| Duke Nukem | | 16 games (3 characters) |
| Dungeon Keeper | | 4 games (2 characters) |
| Dungeon Siege | | 6 games |
| Dunjonquest | A game series by Epyx | 20 games |
| Dynasty Warriors (Sangoku Musou;三國無双) | Spin-off series of Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國志). | 20 games (2 characters) |
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| Earth 21xx series | A game series started with Earth 2140. | 10 games |
| EarthBound | aka Mother 2 | 5 games (4 characters) |
| Earthsiege | Part of the [[tag:starsiege Starsiege universe]] | 3 games (1 characters) |
| Earthworm Jim | Earthworm Jim is a platform / shoot 'em up series starring an earthworm named Jim in a robot suit, created by Shiny Entertainment in 1994. | 18 games (12 characters) |
| Ecco the Dolphin | | 11 games |
| Echo Night | | 3 games |
| Eggerland (Adventures of Lolo) | King Egger kidnaps Lala (RaRa) & is rescued by Lolo (RoRo) the master musician by solving puzzles full of deadly enemies. Repeat. A series ensues. | 12 games (14 characters) |
| Egypt series | A series of games from various companies in cooperation. Cryo Interactive, DreamCatcher, and Kheops Studios. | 6 games |
| Elite | | 21 games |
| Empire Earth | | 4 games |
| Escape Velocity | Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity series. | 4 games |
| Europa Universalis | | 5 games |
| EverQuest | | 23 games |
| Exile | | 6 games |
| Exile series | A game series by Spiderweb Software. | 9 games |
| Eye of the Beholder (EoB) | A game series in the D&D Forgotten Realms campaign setting. | 11 games |
| F-Zero | | 11 games (1 characters) |
| F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault and Recon) | | 9 games (7 characters) |
| Fable | | 4 games |
| Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII (ファブラ ノヴァ クリスタリス ファイナルファンタジーXIII) | | 3 games |
| Fairlight | | 6 games |
| Fallout | | 10 games |
| Fantasy Zone | | 17 games (1 characters) |
| Far Cry | | 8 games (10 characters) |
| Fatal Frame (Project Zero;零;Zero) | | 6 games |
| Fatal Fury | SNK fighting game. | 34 games (47 characters) |
| Fate/ | A game series by Type-Moon | 4 games |
| Fighting Vipers | delete | 0 games |
| Fighting Vipers | | 7 games (15 characters) |
| Final Fantasy | | 88 games (76 characters) |
| Final Fight | This group is obsolete. Please don't use it, use "finalfight" instead. | 0 games |
| Final Fight | | 16 games (36 characters) |
| Fire Emblem (ファイアーエムブレム) | A popular strategy and role-playing video game, developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. The first episode is often considered as the very first Tactical-RPG. | 15 games (27 characters) |
| First Kiss | | 0 games |
| Flashback series | A game series following the adventures of Conrad B. Hart and his fight against the Morphs. | 13 games (1 characters) |
| free group #n | | 0 games |
| Freespace | | 2 games |
| Front Mission | | 10 games |
| Gabriel Knight | | 5 games |
| Galaxy Angel | Video game series by [[company:Broccoli]], created in 2000.
Due to its success, spawned a manga, a TV animation and a live musical. | 9 games |
| Galaxy Fraulein Yuna (銀河お嬢様伝説ユナ) | | 8 games (4 characters) |
| Gauntlet series | Gauntlet series and its clones | 43 games |
| Geometry Wars | | 6 games |
| Ghosts 'n Goblins | | 31 games |
| God of War | | 4 games (1 characters) |
| Golden Axe | | 23 games (23 characters) |
| Gorky | | 5 games (3 characters) |
| Gothic series | | 8 games (14 characters) |
| Gradius (グラディウス) | | 39 games |
| Grand Theft Auto | Originally with a simple top-down view, the game offered various criminal missions to accomplish like killing mafia bosses, steal cars, etc. | 22 games |
| Grandia | RPG series developped by Game Arts. The first episode was released on Saturn on 1997 then on Playstation two years later. | 10 games (7 characters) |
| Granturismo | | 9 games |
| Growlanser | | 7 games |
| Guild Wars | | 5 games |
| Guitar Hero | | 9 games |
| Half-Life | Game series that tells the tale of the seemingly mute MIT graduate with Ph.D in theoretical physics, Gordon Freeman. | 17 games (12 characters) |
| Half-Life 2 Episodes | The [[link:/groups/info/episodic episodic]] sequel to [[game:Half-Life 2]] slated to cover three episodes. | 0 games |
| Halo | | 7 games (3 characters) |
| Harvest Moon | | 20 games |
| Headhunter | | 4 games (2 characters) |
| Heretic and Hexen (Serpert Riders saga) | Heretic and Hexen games, which for the most part revolve around the Serpent Riders storyline and the aftermath of their passing. | 17 games (7 characters) |
| Heroes of Dragonlance series | Games in this series varied from the RPG norm, other D&D computer games, and each other. Elements of action, strategy, and management are included. | 21 games |
| Heroes of Might and Magic | A turn-based strategy game series in an epic high fantasy setting of the [[tag:mightandmagic Might and Magic]] fame. | 13 games |
| Hydlide | Japanese Action/RPG series. | 22 games |
| Ice Climber | | 5 games (2 characters) |
| Icewind Dale | | 5 games |
| Ico | | 2 games (4 characters) |
| Illusion of Gaia series | Action/RPG Soul Blazer and its sequels. | 3 games |
| Impossible Mission | | 18 games |
| Infinite Space | | 6 games |
| Infocom's Enchanter series | | 8 games |
| Interstate | | 9 games |
| Invention verse Natural (Machine vs Nature) | dc | 0 games |
| Ishar series | | 3 games |
| Itadaki Street | | 7 games |
| Ivalice | Set in Ivalice, but not part of the Ivalice Alliance series. | 4 games |
| Ivalice Alliance | Final Fantasy sub-series | 4 games |
| Jagged Alliance | | 8 games |
| Jak & Daxter | | 5 games |
| James Pond | | 24 games |
| Jane's Combat Simulations | | 0 games |
| Jill of the Jungle | | 3 games |
| Jojo's Bizarre Adventures | | 7 games (39 characters) |
| K.C. Munchkin series | This series was a major victory for consumers who buy systems that will never have their favorite game due to the evil aspects of intellectual property. | 2 games |
| Katamari Damacy (塊魂) | | 5 games (3 characters) |
| Keio Flying Squadron (Keio Yugekitai;慶応遊撃隊) | | 3 games (1 characters) |
| Kid Icarus Series | | 2 games (1 characters) |
| Kids Music Stage series | Musical edutainment. | 6 games |
| Killer Instict | | 5 games (3 characters) |
| King of Fighters | Great fighting saga. | 68 games (95 characters) |
| King's Quest series | Popular graphic adventure series. Some text interpreter, others point & click. References classic literature, Sierra games, & many, many fairy tales | 37 games (4 characters) |
| Kingdom Hearts | Series of action RPG by Square Enix that features both Disney and Final Fantasy characters, plus "The Nightmare Before Christmas" characters. | 6 games (6 characters) |
| Kirbi | | 0 games |
| Kirby | | 12 games (3 characters) |
| Kizuna Encounter | | 0 games (1 characters) |
| Klonoa (クロノア;Kuronoa;風のクロノア;Kaze no Kuronoa;Klonoa of the Wind) | | 7 games (1 characters) |
| Kunio | | 38 games |
| Kurushi (Intelligent Qube) | | 6 games |
| Kyrandia | | 4 games (3 characters) |
| Lancer universe | | 3 games |
| Lands of Lore | | 3 games (10 characters) |
| Langrisser | | 17 games |
| Last Bronx | | 1 games (1 characters) |
| Legacy of Kain | Legacy of Kain started with the old PSX/Windows title, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, and has spanned several games until its apparent end in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. The series has a recurring theme of fatalism and fight against destiny. | 13 games (17 characters) |
| Legend of Heroes (英雄伝説) | | 7 games |
| Legend of Zelda | The Legend of Zelda was inspired by Tolkienian fantasy, visible in the fantasy medieval world atmosphere in most of the games. | 40 games (6 characters) |
| Leisure Suit Larry | | 20 games (11 characters) |
| Let's Ride! | | 10 games |
| Little Big Adventure | | 4 games (3 characters) |
| Lode Runner | | 52 games |
| Lords of Midnight | | 11 games |
| Lufia (エストポリス伝記;Estpolis Denki) | | 4 games |
| Lumines | | 6 games |
| Lunar | | 10 games |
| Madou Monogatari | Series of first person dungeon RPG by Compile. Characters have been later adapted to the [[tag:puyopuyo Puyo Puyo]] series. | 9 games (2 characters) |
| Magi Nation (Magi-Nation) | Games set in the fictional universe of Magi-Nation, originally created as a collectible card game. | 3 games |
| Magic Carpet | | 5 games |
| Magical Drop | | 18 games |
| Magna Carta (마그나카르타) | | 2 games |
| Maniac Mansion | | 8 games |
| Marathon Trilogy | A sci-fi shooter series originally for Mac. The story started out on U.E.S.C. Marathon, a gigantic interstellar colony ship, where the player worked as a security guard. | 15 games (3 characters) |
| Mario | Mario also known as Super Mario, is the character of a video game character created by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. | 117 games (38 characters) |
| Mario Party | The Mario Party games | 10 games |
| Master of Monsters | Series of strategy games developed by [[company:SystemSoft]]. | 5 games |
| Master of Orion | | 5 games |
| Match 3 | A type of visual matching puzzle games where you match 3 (or more) visually matching pieces to progress. | 30 games |
| Max Payne | | 5 games |
| MDK | | 6 games (6 characters) |
| MechWarrior | A spin-off franchise from [url=/groups/info/battletech]BattleTech[/url]. | 18 games |
| Medal of Honor | | 24 games |
| Mega Man (ロックマン;Rockman) | | 46 games (11 characters) |
| Megami Tensei (女神転生;MegaTen) | Megami Tensei is a Japanese role-playing game series that began from the Digital Devil Story novels by Nishitani Aya, and is one of the major franchises of the genre in its native country (Source: Wikipedia). | 48 games |
| Melty Blood | | 4 games (1 characters) |
| Metal Gear | | 0 games |
| Metal Gear series | [[gameid:16449 Metal Gear]], its sequels and spin-offs. | 19 games (12 characters) |
| Metal Max | | 5 games |
| Metal Slug | When first released, it was considered one of the greatest games mainly because of it’s frantic gameplay. | 31 games (8 characters) |
| Metroid series | [[gameid:8012 Metroid]], its sequels and spin-offs. | 13 games (6 characters) |
| MicroProse's Command series | MicroProse's Command series of games. | 3 games |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator series | | 8 games |
| Might and Magic | A long running game series that was started by the now defunct 3DO.
The old world was scrapped in [[gameid:159684 HoMM5]] and a new, outwardly almost identical, put in its place. | 39 games |
| Miner 2049er series | | 17 games (3 characters) |
| Monster Farm (モンスターファーム) | | 14 games |
| Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター) | | 9 games |
| Moorhuhn | | 12 games |
| Mortal Kombat | Famous fighting game series where the characters are digitized (from real actors) instead of simply drawn. | 65 games (61 characters) |
| Mr. Do! | Clown character created by [[company:Universal]] in 1982. | 19 games |
| Myst | | 22 games |
| Mysterious Dungeon (Fushigi no Dungeon;不思議のダンジョン) | | 20 games |
| Myth series | A fantasy strategy game series originally by Bungie. | 7 games |
| Need For Speed | Line of racing games by Electronic Arts. | 50 games |
| Nekketsu | | 38 games |
| Neocron | | 3 games |
| Neophyte | | 3 games |
| Nightmare Creatures | | 5 games |
| Nightshade | | 0 games (1 characters) |
| Ninja Gaiden | | 19 games (2 characters) |
| Nintendo Wars and spinoffs (ファミコンウォーズ; Famicom Wars; Gameboy Wars; Advance Wars; Battalion Wars) | Series of turn-based (Famicom Wars, Advance Wars) and real-time (Battalion Wars) strategy games developed by Intelligent Systems and released by Nintendo. | 12 games (24 characters) |
| No One Lives Forever series | A spy game series set in the 60s, following the adventures of Cate Archer. | 4 games (1 characters) |
| Oddworld | | 9 games (2 characters) |
| Ogre Battle | | 6 games |
| OnēChanbara | | 6 games (7 characters) |
| Operation Wolf | Operation Wolf is a series of gun shooting (light gun) games by Taito that originated in the coin-op market. | 20 games |
| OutRun (Out Run) | | 40 games |
| Pacman | | 122 games |
| Panzer Dragoon | | 7 games |
| Paperboy | | 24 games |
| Parasite Eve (パラサイト・イヴ) | A game series based on Hideaki Sena's novel of the same name. | 3 games (2 characters) |
| Parodius | | 18 games |
| Pastel Chime | Hentai (or Eroge) game that creators define it as a "Romance & Character-Development RPG with swords and magics" game. | 3 games |
| Penumbra | | 7 games |
| Perimeter | | 3 games |
| Persona (ペルソナ) | RPG series by Atlus, spin-off of [[tag:megaten Shin Megami Tensei]]. | 6 games |
| Petz (Catz and Dogz) | | 8 games |
| Phantasie | | 15 games |
| Phantasy Star | | 30 games (3 characters) |
| Phoenix Wright | | 7 games |
| Pikmin | | 2 games (1 characters) |
| Pitfall series | | 13 games |
| Point Blank | | 6 games |
| Policequest | Adventure game series from Sierra On-Line. | 5 games |
| Populous | | 20 games |
| Postal | | 17 games |
| Power Stone | An anime series started from the games, just like Pokemon. | 6 games (16 characters) |
| Prince of Persia | A game series set in ancient Persia following the adventures of a nameless street urchin, originally created by Jordan Mechner. | 49 games (8 characters) |
| Princess Maker (プリンセスメーカー) | A game series where you're tasked to raise a girl to adulthood. | 19 games |
| Puyo Puyo (Puyo Pop) | A japanese puzzle series, later adapted in Europe and United States under the name "Puyo Pop". Characters come from the series Madou Monogatari. | 52 games (12 characters) |
| Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move) | Spin-off of [[gametag:bubblebobble Bubble Bobble]]. | 29 games |
| Quest for Glory | | 9 games |
| R-Type | | 27 games |
| Raiden | A series of the best vertical shooters, started in 1990 by Seibu Kaihatsu. | 23 games |
| Rampage | | 25 games |
| Rance (ランス) | Perhaps the longest running eroge series in existence. | 13 games |
| Ray~ series | | 5 games |
| Rayman | | 32 games |
| Red Faction | | 12 games |
| Resident Evil (BioHazard;バイオハザード) | A survival horror game series and franchise by Capcom. | 37 games (56 characters) |
| Rick Dangerous | | 14 games |
| Ridge Racer | | 13 games (2 characters) |
| Rival Schools | | 7 games (25 characters) |
| Robot Odyssey | | 8 games |
| Rock n Roll Racing | | 5 games |
| Rockman | Rockman is the original name of Mega Man and is still used in Japan as the name of the franchise. | 20 games |
| Roland | The Roland series was created to give the Amstrad CPC a recognisable mascot. However, this never worked and nobody remembers "Roland" anymore. This name was chosen because of "Roland Perry", who was a technical manager at Amstrad. | 10 games |
| Rolling Thunder | | 11 games (10 characters) |
| RPG Maker | delete | 0 games |
| Rune Factory (ルーンファクトリー) | A fantasy farm simulation series. | 2 games |
| Rushing Beat ( ラッシング・ビート) | Games in the Rushing Beat series, released with wildly differing names outside of Japan. | 3 games |
| SaGa-series (Sa・Ga;サガ) | A game series created by Akitoshi Kawazu [河津 秋敏]. | 11 games |
| Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars) | | 18 games (9 characters) |
| Sam & Max | Games based on the Sam & Max comics by Steve Purcell. | 8 games (2 characters) |
| Sam & Max Season One | An [[link:/groups/info/episodic episodic]] Sam & Max game series. | 6 games |
| Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits) | | 36 games |
| Samurai Spirits | | 0 games (4 characters) |
| Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms;三國志;San Goku Shi;Sankokushi) | A game series loosely based on a Chinese epic of the same name. | 41 games |
| Savage Reign | | 3 games (13 characters) |
| SCUMM | SCUMM stands for 'Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion', a scripting engine used by many LucasArts games. | 24 games |
| Seiken Densetsu (聖剣伝説) | The so called Mana series. | 11 games |
| Sentimental Graffiti | | 7 games |
| Serious Sam | A humorous sci-fi shooter series from Croteam. | 5 games |
| Serpent Riders | The Serpent Riders story told across the [[tag:heretichexen Heretic and Hexen]] games, how they broke through into the three worlds and were finally defeated by nameless heroes. | 0 games |
| Sexy Beach | Game series by Illusion | 3 games (6 characters) |
| Shadow of the Beast | | 18 games |
| Shining Force (シャイニング・フォース) | An RPG series famous for its tactical games. | 25 games (54 characters) |
| Shinobi | | 30 games (7 characters) |
| Shiren the Wanderer (Fuurai no Shiren) | | 7 games |
| Silent Hill | | 13 games (4 characters) |
| Silpheed | | 4 games |
| SimCity | | 34 games |
| Simon the Sorcerer | | 6 games (1 characters) |
| SIMPLE 1500 | A budget PSX game series in Japan from D3 Publisher. | 110 games |
| SIMPLE 2000 | Budget PS2 game series in Japan by D3. | 16 games |
| Sims | The Sims are the most well known simulation (Sims) games. Basically the same concept in all the games.Build a house, make a family, have people over, get a job, have fun. | 29 games |
| SiN | | 6 games (3 characters) |
| SiN Episodes | An [[link:/groups/info/episodic episodic]] sequel to [[gameid:18744 SiN]]. | 0 games |
| Siren (サイレン;Forbidden Siren) | | 3 games |
| Skyfox | | 11 games |
| Slam dunk | | 11 games |
| Soldier of Fortune | | 8 games |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | | 85 games (25 characters) |
| Soukoban | Soukoban is a transport puzzle in which the player pushes boxes around a maze and tries to put them in designated locations. | 2 games |
| Soul Calibur | Fighting series based on swords and other hand weapons developed by Hiroaki Yotoriyama of [[company:Namco]]. | 13 games (50 characters) |
| Spacequest | Humorous SciFi adventure game series from Sierra On-Line. | 10 games |
| Speedball | | 17 games |
| SpellForce | | 5 games |
| SplatterHouse | | 6 games |
| Spyro the Dragon | A game series following the story of a purple fledgling dragon. | 15 games (3 characters) |
| SSX | | 13 games (15 characters) |
| Star Control | | 12 games |
| Star Fox | | 7 games (9 characters) |
| Star Gladiator | | 4 games (1 characters) |
| Star Ocean (スターオーシャン) | | 7 games (10 characters) |
| Star Raiders | | 11 games |
| StarCraft | | 11 games (18 characters) |
| StarFight | A sci-fi game series by Jukka Paajanen, best known for the sixth game in the series. | 6 games |
| Starflight | | 8 games |
| Street Fighter | Street Fighter is a popular series of fighting games, the first really playable, created by Capcom that put contestants from around the world against each other. | 127 games (60 characters) |
| Streets of Rage | | 7 games |
| Strider | | 22 games (1 characters) |
| Strogg | Games that tie with the Strogg war storyline started with Quake 2. | 15 games (3 characters) |
| Sudeki | | 2 games (7 characters) |
| Suikoden (水滸伝) | | 15 games |
| Summoner | | 4 games (6 characters) |
| Super Robot Taisen (Super Robot Wars) | | 20 games (11 characters) |
| Super Smash Bros. | Nintendo All-Stars Fighting Each Other. 4 player fighting game at its best. | 3 games (41 characters) |
| Switchblade | | 10 games |
| Syndicate series | A game series where the player assumes the role of syndicate executive and leads a squad of cybernetically enhanced operatives in various missions that usually involve eliminating or capturing key personnel. | 12 games |
| Syphon Filter | | 9 games |
| System Shock | | 3 games (4 characters) |
| Taisen Hot Gimmick | | 14 games |
| Tales of | "Tales of ..." is a series of Namco's RPGs. The first episode was "Tales of Phantasia" on Super Nintendo, but the series was better known with "Tales of Symphonia" on GameCube. Every game of this series have a title which begin by "Tales of". | 25 games (10 characters) |
| Tao Feng | | 1 games (13 characters) |
| Tarr Chronicles (Хроники Тарр) | An action scifi spaceflight sim series from Quazar. | 2 games |
| Tekken | | 24 games (56 characters) |
| Tempo | | 3 games |
| Tenchu | A popular stealth-based video game series based in the Feudal Japan. | 10 games (17 characters) |
| Tetris (TETЯIS;ТЕТРИС;ТЕТРИ☭;ТЕТРИІС) | A genre founding puzzler of Soviet origin the has lasting international appeal. | 9 games |
| Tex Murphy | | 3 games |
| The Age of Darkness | A story arc within the Ultima series. It begins when Mondain creates the Gem of Immortality and ends after the Battle on the Bloody Plains. | 38 games |
| The Age of Enlightenment | A story arc within the Ultima series. Begins with The City-states of Sosaria banding together as Britannia with Lord British as King. Ends 70 years after the collapse of the Stygian Abyss. | 30 games |
| The Bard's Tale series | An RPG series reminiscent of AD&D and inspired by the Wizardry series. Originally by Michael Cranford, passed to Interplay. | 18 games |
| The Elder Scrolls series | Games set in the world of Tamriel and its canonical hell, Oblivion. | 16 games (16 characters) |
| The Excalibur series | Game series based on Arthurian myth by Virgin Games. | 9 games |
| The House of the Dead (ザ ハウス オブ ザ デッド) | | 17 games |
| The Longest Journey | The Longest Journey is a small series of adventure games from Funcom that revolve around the twin worlds of Stark and Arcadia. | 2 games (5 characters) |
| The Monkey Island | A humorous series of adventure games from LucasArts starring Guybrush Threepwood. | 13 games (12 characters) |
| The Neverhood | The Neverhood game series, or Klaymen Klaymen as it's known in Japan. | 3 games |
| The Settlers | | 8 games |
| The various parts & the game engine of Ultima VII [Ultima VII Engine] | Ultima VII is in 2 parts & each has add-ons. Arthurian Legends used the engine. & various hacks, mods, cloned engines, & reconstructions accompany it. | 19 games (16 characters) |
| Theme Park | | 17 games |
| Thief (Dark Project) | | 6 games (7 characters) |
| Thunderforce | Shoot 'em Up series from Japanese developer Technosoft. | 15 games |
| Tobal | | 2 games |
| Tokimeki Memorial (TokiMemo;ときめきメモリアル) | A dating sim series by Konami. | 38 games (5 characters) |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | | 16 games |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | | 19 games |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | | 23 games |
| Tomb Raider | | 48 games (41 characters) |
| Touch! Generations | Nintendo's NDS and Wii brand. | 6 games |
| Train Simulator series (トレインシミュレータ) | A long running train simulator game series by Ongakukan. | 31 games |
| Trauma Center | | 3 games |
| Tsukihime (月姫) | | 3 games (11 characters) |
| Turok | | 18 games (10 characters) |
| Turrican | | 24 games |
| Twilight Syndrome (トワイライトシンドローム) | | 5 games |
| Twisted Metal | A car combat game series. | 9 games |
| UFO | A strategy game series from ALTAR, heavily influenced and inspired by the old [[tag:xcom X-COM]] series. | 3 games |
| Ultima | One of the first and most successful RPG series ever. | 138 games (3 characters) |
| Ultima Underworld | A bit different side-series for the [[gametag:ultima Ultima]] series. | 7 games |
| Ultima VI Engine | Origin's attempt to extract bits of U6, make tools & make multiple games based on the U6 engine to quickly create better games in less time, & cheaper | 3 games |
| Ultima Worlds of Adventure [Worlds of Ultima] Series | A set of spin-offs of Ultima VI that use the same engine. Originally "Worlds of Ultima" then renamed "Worlds of Adventure" | 5 games |
| Under Ash series (Under Siege series) | | 2 games |
| Universe at War | | 2 games (10 characters) |
| Unreal | The story-driven Unreal series. | 3 games (4 characters) |
| Unreal Tournament (Unreal Championship) | A multiplayer-only spin-off of the story-driven [[link:/groups/info/unreal Unreal]] series. | 16 games (9 characters) |
| Untold Legends | | 3 games |
| Valis | | 24 games |
| Valkyrie Profile (ヴァルキリープロファイル) | A game series by tri-Ace. | 4 games (3 characters) |
| Variable Geo (V.G.;ヴァリアブル・ジオ) | | 13 games (1 characters) |
| Viewtiful Joe | | 7 games |
| Virtua Fighter | | 44 games (19 characters) |
| Virtual On | | 9 games |
| Virtual Villagers | | 6 games |
| Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer | | 2 games (4 characters) |
| Waku Waku 7 | | 2 games (8 characters) |
| Warcraft | | 13 games (19 characters) |
| Wario | | 16 games |
| Warlords series | A strategy game series originally by SSG. | 16 games |
| Warzard | Capcom fighter | 2 games (12 characters) |
| When Cicadas Cry (ひぐらしのなく頃に;Higurashi no Naku Koro ni;When They Cry) | | 11 games |
| Wild Arms | | 6 games |
| Wing Commander | | 20 games |
| Winning Eleven (Pro Evolution Soccer;PES) | Konami's long soccer series. | 50 games |
| Wipeout | | 12 games |
| Wizardry | The brainchild of Sir-Tech, the Wizardry series was especially popular in Japan. | 60 games (1 characters) |
| Wizball series | | 10 games |
| Wolfenstein | | 28 games |
| Wonder Boy | Famous platform game series by Sega | 30 games |
| World Heroes | | 11 games (21 characters) |
| World of Aden | "SSI's all-new World of Aden is a big, brawny, boisterous realm! Driven by mechamagic - a crude marriage of steam-age technology and powerful sorcery! - Aden is a huge world of unbridled imagination and limitless possibilities." | 2 games |
| World of Warcraft | | 3 games |
| Worms Series | Initially developed on the Amiga using BlitzBasic, was then released in 1995 on the main gaming platforms (Amiga, Megadrive, MS-DOS, Playstation) | 35 games |
| X-COM (Extraterrestrial Combat Unit) | A game series originally designed by Julian Gollop where the player has to counter various alien invasions. | 14 games |
| X-Universe | A game series that started with [[gameid:45002 X: Beyond the Frontier]]. | 5 games |
| Xenosaga | | 4 games |
| Xevious | | 25 games |
| XnGine game engine | | 7 games |
| xuānyuán jiàn (軒轅劍;Sword of Xuan Yuan) | Game series by Softstar. | 2 games |
| Yendor (Yendorian Tales) | | 3 games |
| Ys | | 42 games |
| Zan | | 4 games |
| Zone of the Enders series (Z.O.E.) | | 3 games |
| Zool series | A British born series originally for the Amiga to compete with [[gametag:sonic Sonic]]. | 14 games (3 characters) |
| Zork | One of the first an most popular "text" adventure, where the player has to type-in commands like "examine", "take", etc. | 39 games |
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| 4X (eXploration, eXpansion, eXploitation and eXtermination) | Strategy sub-genre.
Unlike other strategy games, political conquest is often possible, and perhaps others as well, such as cultural, instead of only by military might where you crush all your opponents. | 37 games |
| Abandonware | Games that are no longer produced nor sold at any retail store is the most common type of [[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware Abandonware]]. | 0 games |
| Achievements (Unlockable content) | You're given rewards for accomplishing something exceptional or impressive. | 6 games |
| Across ages (Panhistoric) | The game story or gameplay goes through ages; from one era to another. | 23 games |
| Action sequences | Games with action sequences where the player is required to press a button when a timed cue appears on screen which if the player doesn't do fast enough usually ends up in the character's gruesome death. These are common in "movie-like" sequences. | 11 games |
| Advergame | Games that were produced to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint. Mostly freeware. | 20 games |
| Alchemy | Games where you can concoct potions and/or create other alchemical substances. | 5 games |
| Alternate campaigns (Alternate storylines) | Games with different storyline depending on which character or faction the player chooses, each with a different ending. | 8 games |
| Alternating protagonist | The protagonist changes between chapters or other events completely outside of player's control. | 29 games |
| Animal protagonist | The main protagonist is an animal. | 0 games |
| Anti-hero protagonist | Protagonists who lack traits commonly attributed to heroes, such as nobility. Generally any villainous and/or selfish protagonist. | 68 games |
| Arabian mythos | Games presenting a theme similar to that of Arabian Nights but not (necessarily) directly referencing any tale from it. | 13 games |
| Arcade port | This tag is deprecated! Replace uses with port relation to the original arcade game! | 78 games |
| Arena shooter (Multi-directional shooter) | Sub-genre of shoot 'em up. | 15 games |
| Artificial life (Life simulation) | | 110 games |
| Artillery game | Strategy sub-genre. Involves lobbing shots long distances with aim based mainly on angle, but often force applied to the projectile is a factor. | 29 games |
| Automap (Automatic mapping) | Automatic world mapping is included, either by default or by some additional in-game device. | 33 games |
| Automatic regeneration (Automatic healing) | A feature in many FPS games where the player is automatically restored to full health after a moment out of danger regardless of how injured or if the player even has any healing items available. | 40 games |
| Award: Game Developer's Choice Award for Best Writing | The Writing award recognizes the overall excellence of writing in a game - including, but not limited to, story, plot construction, dialogue, branching narratives, etc. | 13 games |
| Biological simulation | Sub-genre of artificial life | 33 games |
| Black Sheep | When 1 game of a series or a version of a game is widely perceived as far different from the others & thus inferior, even in cases of higher quality. | 4 games |
| Blood & gore | Displays unnecessarily large amounts of blood, gore and gibs. Including detailed wounds, corpses and other visceral scenes. | 72 games |
| Bossrush | Game features at least one battle or mode where the player must face multiple bosses back-to-back without interruption. | 7 games |
| Boulder Dash remakes and clones | | 37 games |
| Breakout | | 89 games |
| Browser-based | Games played in an internet browser. Usually requires account registration. | 13 games |
| Build engine | The game engine by Ken Silverman perhaps best known for its use in [[gameid:32887 Duke Nukem 3D]]. | 17 games |
| Cancelled games | Any games that were cancelled or forgotten. | 68 games |
| Car combat (Auto combat) | Sub-genre of vehicular combat. | 46 games |
| Cave-flyer | A genre where the player controls a ship with 360 degree movement all around and usually physics playing a role in either the ship's control or otherwise. | 12 games |
| Child victims | Games with children appearing as victims of violence or abuse, whether by the player or others. | 9 games |
| City-building | Games involving city-building and planning. | 60 games |
| Cliffhanger ending | Games which end rather suddenly in middle of something important while there's obviously still story left to tell. | 3 games |
| Co-operative multiplayer | Games that have co-op multiplayer option available. | 43 games |
| Collectible | Games where one of your main aims is to collect something. Such as cards, creatures, recipes, etc. | 7 games |
| Colonization | Games involving colonization of a new continent(s) or even planet(s). | 11 games |
| Competitive/Cooperative Online Role-Playing Game | A genre of MMORPG that focuses heavily on players joining together to compete with other players. | 0 games |
| Computer player/s can cheat | Blatantly cheating AI seem taboo for game authors. Not just speedboost or similar kludge. This tag's for those 'adding pieces to the board' | 3 games |
| Construction & management simulation game | Sub-genre of simulation | 11 games |
| Construction puzzle | | 45 games |
| Continuous play | Includes a mode where the game continues indefinitely with no final "victory" condition. | 5 games |
| Cooperation | Games that need cooperation between two or more characters to progress. The player can simply switch from a character to another. | 44 games |
| Culture | Games where culture is part of the gameplay mechanics or plays a strong part as theme. | 5 games |
| Dark | Games that are unusually dark, either forcing you to use provided light source/s or cope with what little you can find in the environment. | 26 games |
| Dating Simulation | Dating simulations (dating sims) are a video game subgenre of simulation games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements. The most common objective of dating sims is to date to achieve a romantic relationship (Source: Wikipedia) | 36 games |
| Death of protagonist (Death of a main character) | Games where one or more of the main characters die as part of the plot, especially in case of the main protagonist. | 9 games |
| Defunct | Games that are no longer playable, e.g. MMOGs which have no official servers running anymore. | 17 games |
| Dementia (Insanity;Madness) | Dementia, madness and general insanity. Especially cases where the main character suffers or can suffer from this. | 10 games |
| Destiny (Fate;Fatalism) | Games that deal with the subject of destiny and fate. | 1 games |
| Destructible environment | Games that have destructible environments. | 50 games |
| Dismemberment | Limbs get chopped off. | 12 games |
| Dog protagonist | | 0 games |
| Dreams | Features dreams or dreaming as a significant theme. | 8 games |
| Driving | Features driving as the whole point or prominent side activity. | 21 games |
| Dual wielding (Guns akimbo) | Games where you can dual wield weapons. | 18 games |
| Dystopian | Games that give the image of society gone bad. Literally the opposite of what utopia would be. | 14 games |
| ECTS Award | The European Computer Trade Show (ECTS) was an annual trade show for the European computer and video game industry which first ran in 1988 with the last event occuring in 2004. The exposition was only open to industry professionals and journalists. | 29 games |
| Endless games | Games that have no end. When you reach the last level, there is no ending screen, just the same levels that come back from the very first, endlessly, until you decide to stop the system. | 4 games |
| Episodic | "... refers to a distribution system of selling computer and video games in a sequence of episodes, akin to a serialized novel, where each episode is sold as a separate purchase and in the end together form a continuous story or experience." | 37 games |
| Faith | Games featuring faith prominently. | 1 games |
| Falling blocks | Sub-genre of visual matching puzzles (think of Tetris). | 206 games |
| False ending | Games which have a false ending. | 8 games |
| Film grain | Game is depicted as if through some old or poor quality film by overlaying film grain or other effects that simulate deteriorated film over the whole screen, possibly muting or tinting colors as well. | 1 games |
| Finite resources | Games where the available resources are finite. No regenerating or re-spawning nor external sources for resources. Meaning that in the end it likely will become a war of attrition because of resources running out. | 7 games |
| Food | Games that are about food. | 8 games |
| Forgotten past (Forgotten history) | | 6 games |
| Free will | Games that deal with the subject of free will. | 9 games |
| Free-to-play | MMO games that offer free gameplay to all, but usually offer premium membership for added content or sell special items to those who want to dish out their real money. | 64 games |
| Futuristic | Games that have more advanced technology than their time period would suggest, or games that have currently theoretical technology in practical use. | 19 games |
| Game show (Reality show) | Made-up game show. | 3 games |
| Gameplay innovation | Games that really started something new. | 28 games |
| Gender choice | Player can choose the gender of the main character. | 118 games |
| Genetic assimilation | Games featuring the assimilation of genetic data, which is used to evolve or upgrade the characters automatically or through "voluntary evolution" (player picks). | 6 games |
| Gestures (Mouse gestures) | Games that use gestures for control. Draw shapes on the screen to cause something to happen. The mouse is common but any pointing device can use them. | 5 games |
| God game | Strategy sub-genre where the player assumes the role of a god and leads their fanatical followers to whatever future he or she deems them worthy of. | 38 games |
| Government simulation (Political simulation) | Simulation sub-genre | 38 games |
| Greatest hits | PS1, PS2 and PSP budget range in the US. | 12 games |
| Group (Party;Squad) | Player is part of a group and can issue some form of instructions to (or, in some instances, assume full control of) the other members. | 186 games |
| Gunslinger (Gunfighter) | Games with any gunslinger character. Often mistakenly called cowboy. Gunslinger usually linked with the western genre. But not always, Han Solo is a gunslinger. | 8 games |
| Hack and Slash (Hack and Slay;Hack & Slash) | A sub-genre of beat 'em ups that originated from P&P RPGs where it's seen as derogatory. Differentiated from most beat 'em up by the fact that you use edged melee weapons instead of bare hands. | 165 games |
| Helping pet | The main character has a pet that can help, sometimes, during the game (i.e. fight with you, solve puzzles, ...) | 20 games |
| Hidden object | A type of puzzle games where the aim is to find some hidden object, often several, which are used to solve a puzzle. | 12 games |
| High fantasy | Fantasy sub-genre. Takes place in an large & detailed invented or parallel world. Good verses evil forces. Multi-episode implied by story (even if it's a single episode) | 12 games |
| Homebrew games (Unprofessionally produced games) | The first public released was not for profit or under the sponsorship or supervision of a professional company; intended as a hobbyist project. | 66 games |
| Human weapon | Features humans that have been or are turned into living weapons. | 6 games |
| Hunger and thirst | Games where the player is forced to keep their characters fed and watered lest they suffer starvation or dehydration and possibly death. | 4 games |
| Immortality | Games featuring immortality. | 2 games |
| In-game cinematics | Games that use the game engine itself to run cinematic sequences rather than playing some pre-rendered FMVs or similar. | 4 games |
| In-person cinematics | All cinematics, in-game or not, are displayed as if from the eyes of the protagonist. | 2 games |
| Independence war | Features any factual or fictitious war of independence. | 3 games |
| Independent aiming | Games where aiming is independent of moving or viewing. | 19 games |
| Koei best (光栄ベスト) | Re-released japanese games published by Koei, sold for ¥2,800 (Saturn, PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2) or ¥3,800 (PlayStation 2). | 8 games |
| Konami Code | Games contain some variation of the code. First used in Gradius and famously in Contra. Has been adapted to many systems & even used by other companies
The code: ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A | 24 games |
| Last hope | The protagonist is presented as the last hope to prevent some great disaster. | 7 games |
| Last official game for the platform | The last game, or games if published on the same day, sold in retail outlets for a retired platform in the last region sold. Often these are the best ones. | 21 games |
| Launch title | Published at the same time as the system.
These games were first made available for purchase exactly the same day as the game system was. | 168 games |
| Legend of the Red Dragon | A MORPG game that inspired many others. | 2 games |
| Light (Illumination) | Games where light and illumination plays a vital role in gameplay. | 5 games |
| Limited capacity (Limited munitions) | Carry capacity is limited in more ways than the quantity of ammo you can carry. | 10 games |
| Luminous Arc (ルミナスアーク) | A fantasy strategy game series from imageepoch. | 2 games |
| Manic shooter (Bullet hell;Curtain fire;Danmaku;弾幕) | A sub-genre of shmup where the whole screen is literally filled with projectiles. | 29 games |
| Massively Multiplayer Online Game | | 265 games |
| Massively Multiplayer Online Real-Time Strategy [Game] | A subset of [[link:/groups/info/mmog MMOG]]. | 0 games |
| Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game | Subset of [[tag:MMOG MMOG]]. | 0 games |
| Maxis Sim games | All those "sim-all" games | 0 games |
| Metagame | Game layered atop a game | 5 games |
| Might and Magic: Ashan | A whole new universe for the M&M series. First introduced in [[game:HoMMV]]. | 6 games (15 characters) |
| Mii | Uses or can use your personal Mii as the game character. | 10 games |
| Missile Command | A classic videogame where player tries to protect a city or cities from increasingly dense missile barrages. | 19 games |
| Morale | Games featuring simulated morale. | 10 games |
| MUD (Multi-User Dungeon;Multi-User Domain;MU*) | Text-based role-playing, simulation and/or action games that can usually be played with any telnet compatible client. | 19 games |
| Multiplayer instances (Instanced dungeons) | Games which use "dungeon instances". Private copies of areas dedicated for single player, group or several groups to battle out some scenario without outside interference. | 10 games |
| Multiplayer only | For non-MMO and non-Web games that have no single-player mode. | 41 games |
| Multiple endings | Games with more than one possible ending. | 66 games |
| Mystery | Includes investigation of a mystery. | 38 games |
| Neverwinter Nights | D&D Neverwinter Nights series of games. | 13 games |
| Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable | Games that make use of the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable, to connect the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy Advance to trade informations. | 6 games |
| No subscriptions (No monthly fee) | For non-free MMOs that do not function on subscriptions; there's only one-time purchase fee which grants unlimited play. | 6 games |
| Off-screen action | Characters continue life even when unseen. Specifically, important events that require (or could benefit from) player attention, happen without it. | 34 games |
| Optional running commentary | Supplemental material by the game creators that plays in a synchronized way durring a significant portion of the game. | 14 games |
| Other puzzle | Puzzle games that defy categorization. | 5 games |
| Out of print (Out of production) | Games that are no longer produced. The games may still be found in retail with luck or more commonly as used. | 16 games |
| Packaging Variations | When the packaging, label, instructions, parts, or cartridge of a game came in more than one version for the same sales region by the same company. | 4 games |
| Photographing | | 6 games |
| Physics | Games with physics playing a role in gameplay, usually puzzles that rely in understanding or manipulation of physics. | 43 games |
| Platinum range | PS1, PS 2 and PSP budget range in the PAL regions. To become a Platinum release it was required that a game have over 600,000 total worldwide sales after generally one year on the market. --[[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_range Wikipedia]] | 113 games |
| Player's Choice | Player's Choice is a marketing label utilized by Nintendo to promote video games on Nintendo game consoles which have sold many copies. --[[link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player%27s_Choice Wikipedia]] | 28 games |
| Point-n-click adventure | | 0 games |
| Premade characters | Games with a set of premade characters the player can choose from. | 64 games |
| Prétendre (Rebranded) | A game that is retooled or merely renamed in order that it be marketed as a belonging to a totally unrelated series of games. | 10 games |
| Prison break | Your task is to break out of a prison or similar institution. Be this the main point or not. | 8 games |
| Programming is part of the game | May be script based, visual, assembly/machine code, high-level, low-level, logic based, mathematical, use preexisting or custom method, & be optional. | 12 games |
| Protagonist designing | You can highly design your protagonist. For example, you can choose color of the skin, hair and eyes, size, weight, face shape, tatoos, clothes, etc... Should not apply to games in which you can just change the color of your protagonist. | 39 games |
| PS the best (PlayStation the Best;PS2 the Best;PSP the Best) | PS1, PS2 and PSP budget range in Japan. | 7 games |
| Puzz Loop clones and variants | Puzz Loop, its clones and variants. | 26 games |
| Qix | Games with gameplay based on Taito's arcade game Qix. | 6 games |
| Railshooter | Player is stuck on a relatively linear path with few or no branches, can't stray far from it and viewing angles are limited (usually none but what the virtual "rails" dictate). | 19 games |
| Real-time limit | Game is entirely without pause and time is limited.
Rarely used mode of play whereby a game can't be completed unless done so in a limited time. No pausing, no breaks in the action. | 34 games |
| Real-time strategy | | 0 games |
| Roguelike | Games that were inspired and/or imitate the old Rogue interface or game type. | 68 games |
| Run and Gun | Shoot 'em up sub-genre. | 53 games |
| Rush strategy | A type of strategy games where the games last around 15 minutes at most. Favoured by people who are more into competition, tourneys and such. These usually involve micro-optimizing your resource income and unit production as early as possible. | 0 games |
| Sandbox game | Open-ended and non-linear style of gameplay.
May include 'tasks' or 'scenarios' to complete usually in no particular order but there is no main goal of gameplay. A 'win' situation usually doesn't exist. | 39 games |
| Satakore (サタコレ) | Satakore means "Saturn collection". Satakore games are japanese Saturn games re-released and sold for ¥2,800. | 67 games |
| Save Passwords (Level codes) | Games are continued via a password system. Often used when games were ported from systems with magnetic disk drives to systems that had no disk drive peripherals | 175 games |
| Seamless world | The game world is without level or map transitions. | 12 games |
| Seeminly Not complient with Nintendo's Content Guidlines | Some games were inexplicably approved by Nintendo despite content that they demanded be removed from other games. | 5 games |
| Sega Meganet | The Sega Meganet was a network service in Japan for people using the Sega Mega Drive. Debuting in 1991, this was the first time multiplayer console gaming was possible to a second console. (Source: Wikipedia) | 26 games |
| SegaNet | SegaNet is Sega's online service for the Sega Saturn in Japan. (Source: Wikipedia) | 6 games |
| Self-awareness | First person games where when you look down you see your body instead of nothing. | 18 games |
| Serious game | Games that deal seriously with real life subjects.
Main goal isn't entertainment but to change, persuade or educate players. Subjects include politics, training, health, advertising, history and more. | 17 games |
| Simulated fear | Simulates fear and its effects on the player character or their friends. | 7 games |
| Simulated insanity | Games which try to simulate insanity in one form or another. | 4 games |
| Social simulation | Sub-genre of artificial life | 16 games |
| Spaceflight simulation | Flight simulations in space | 46 games |
| Sports mix | Games that are a combination of several different sport disciplines. Often under the roof of one big competition or event (like the Olympic games). | 51 games |
| Starsiege universe | Related series: [[tag:Earthsiege Earthsiege]] | 12 games (1 characters) |
| Start by going left | Most games have the player start by going right. Rarely, the player may proceed left to progress in the game. | 4 games |
| Survival horror | A sub-genre related to action-adventures | 103 games |
| Tactical RPG | | 0 games |
| Text adventure | | 0 games |
| Tiling puzzle | Sub-genre of puzzle games | 9 games |
| Time limit | Imposes a time limit on either the whole game or for each level. | 7 games |
| Tingle (チンクル;Chinkuru) | A short, fat man (35yo) obsessed with fairies. Also interested in collectibles. Says, "Tingle-Tingle, Kooloo-Limpah!" a lot. | 12 games |
| Tombstones (Gravestones;Headstones) | Many games seem to have humorous quips or references found in the graveyards. | 1 games |
| Trading | Features buying and selling goods to and from merchants, manufacturers, prospectors, potential enemies and others for profit. | 38 games |
| Train simulator | Sub-genre of simulation | 85 games |
| Ultima remakes and ports | | 3 games |
| Ultimate hits | PS1 and PS2 budget range in the NTSC-J regions. | 7 games |
| User Generated Content (Consumer Generated Media;CGM;User Created Content;UCC) | Publishers/developers actively support & intend for end users to autonomously create 'mainstream' content for these game ever from the release moment. | 10 games |
| Vehicular combat | | 32 games |
| Video games | Video games about video games. The plot of the game is based around video games, or the main protagonist is a video games platform, etc... | 9 games |
| Virtual pets (Digital pets;Artificial pets;Pet-raising simulation) | Sub-genre of artificial life | 41 games |
| Visual matching | A type of puzzle games where you match colors, symbols or shapes together to progress. | 31 games |
| Visual novel | Sug-genre of adventure games. Easily confusable with dating sims with which visual novels share their outward appearance, but the emphasis is on non-gamelike elements and the lack of use of statistics or other numerical data. | 26 games |
| WiiConnect24 | Games that support WiiConnect24. | 8 games |
| Word input | Games where words are required to be entered by player(s). | 48 games |
| xyzzy reference | xyzzy was a magic word in [[gameid:160294 Adventure]] but it didn't do anything. Since, coders use it in place of unimplemented features & games jokingly reference it | 13 games |
