Jinn
Creatures theme
Supernatural beings of Arab folklore, commonly depicted (in the west) as blue, muscular humanoids with smoke in place of legs and feet.
29
games
14platforms
Alternate names: Djinnis, Genies, جني, Jinnī
WIN 2011-10-19
WIN 2015-02-20
IIE 1985-09
CPC 1985
WIN 2006-05-23
MAC 1993-05
WIN 2010-06-08
DOS 1994
LIN 2005
WIN 2012-09-30
MSX 1985
DOS 1993
This is for the Arabic Jinn daemons as well as the spirit of the lamp style westernized Genies.
This is applicable regardless if the genies are blue, reside in a lamp, grant wishes, challenge people with trick questions or any of the sort.
Usually named djinni (genie) but other common ones besides the basic (unspecificed) are marid and ifrit (efreeti). Less commonly ghul, iblis/saytan, or malak. But in fiction the jinn are usually divided to represent the four classic/alchemical elements with marid as water, ifrit as fire, and others (possibly made up names) as the rest.
This is applicable regardless if the genies are blue, reside in a lamp, grant wishes, challenge people with trick questions or any of the sort.
Usually named djinni (genie) but other common ones besides the basic (unspecificed) are marid and ifrit (efreeti). Less commonly ghul, iblis/saytan, or malak. But in fiction the jinn are usually divided to represent the four classic/alchemical elements with marid as water, ifrit as fire, and others (possibly made up names) as the rest.
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Games by year
The first Jinn video game was released in 1981.
Activision, SSI and Trendy Entertainment published most of these games.