Grid
Other (objects, etc.) concept
Uses a grid of any shape or type.
3587
games
148platforms
LIN 1998
GBA 2003-06-23
SPC 1982
OCS 1989
MAC 1989
GEN 1993-08-16
CSTM 1951-05-05
WIN 2009-08
IIE 1981
VIC 1982
MAC 1993
MAC 1994
Most non-polygon based games use grid of some sort in the background to align environments, props, etc. these should NOT be included in this tag. Most of these are much better described with the tile-based tag anyway. There are few games that are confusing in this, such as Minecraft and related games, but that is still tile-based and not grid-based (characters are not locked to that "grid").
Related:
* Grid move
Related: (environment rendering)
* Tile-based - can appear grid-based if the tiles are uniform sized/shaped, but notably character movement and other actions are not locked to that grid.
* Pre-rendered backgrounds
* Grid move
Related: (environment rendering)
* Tile-based - can appear grid-based if the tiles are uniform sized/shaped, but notably character movement and other actions are not locked to that grid.
* Pre-rendered backgrounds
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Games by year
The first Grid video game was released on August 25, 1950.
SSI, Koei and Paradox Interactive published most of these games.
Platforms
Linux | 797 | ||
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Windows | 362 | ||
MS-DOS | 223 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 209 | ||
Apple II E | 160 | ||
BeOS | 117 | ||
Mac OS X | 89 | ||
Amiga | 75 | ||
C64 | 65 | ||
TRS-80 | 58 | ||
BSD | 55 | ||
OS/2 | 49 | ||
PS | 46 | ||
Win3.1 | 44 | ||
Atari 400/800 | 43 | ||
NES | 42 | ||
Tandy Coco | 42 | ||
Atari ST | 42 | ||
custom | 40 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 38 | ||
SNES | 37 | ||
Nintendo DS | 31 | ||
Android | 30 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 30 | ||
GBA | 30 | ||
NeXT | 29 | ||
PS2 | 26 | ||
GB | 25 | ||
PSP | 25 | ||
Commodore PET | 23 |
Most common companies
SSI | 73 | |
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Koei | 66 | |
Paradox Interactive | 46 | |
Nintendo | 38 | |
SSG | 35 | |
Creative Computing | 33 | |
Sega | 31 | |
Interplay | 23 | |
Ubisoft | 20 | |
The Software Toolworks | 19 | |
Banpresto | 17 | |
Spiderweb Software | 16 | |
Mindscape | 16 | |
NCS Masaya | 15 | |
Gremlin Graphics | 15 |