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Attract mode

Video game concept

Includes either optional demo mode or occasionally enters it on its own if there's no player interaction (usually limited to main menu).

82
games
13
platforms

Alternate names: Demonstration mode
Name variations: Attraction mode

Marble Blast Gold (Linux)
Marble Blast Gold
LIN 2002-11-10
Rise of the Triad: Dark War (Linux)
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
LIN 2003-01-07
Pits & Stones (MS-DOS)
Pits & Stones
DOS 1983
Bayonetta (Windows)
Bayonetta
WIN 2017-04-11
Treasure Island (Apple II E)
Treasure Island
IIE 1985
Doom (Linux)
Doom
LIN ? *
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
WII 2006-12-07
Zelda Classic (Linux)
Zelda Classic
LIN 2007-09-28
KGoldrunner (Linux)
KGoldrunner
LIN 2003
N (Linux)
N
LIN 2005-05
Dogfight (Apple II E)
Dogfight
IIE 1980
See also: title screen demo reel background

This is present in possibly all arcade games and thus should not be marked for them.

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Games by year

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The first Attract mode video game was released in 1980.

SNK, Vblank Entertainment and id Software published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 59
Apple II E 7
Windows 4
MS-DOS 2
C64 2
Win3.1 1
Switch 1
TRS-80 1
Apple IIGS 1
SNES 1
Amstrad CPC 1
Wii 1
PS3 1