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Portable light source

Tools entity

Player can employ a lamp, flashlight, torch, or any other device, magic, or natural phenomena that produces light to better see in darkness.

536
games
52
platforms

Alternate names: Flashlight, Torch, Lamp, Portable light source, Floodlight, Headlight

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Windows)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WIN 2010-09-08
Dragon's Dogma (Xbox 360)
Dragon's Dogma
X360 2012-05-24
Risen 3: Titan Lords (Xbox 360)
Risen 3: Titan Lords
X360 2014-08-12
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (Windows)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
WIN 2008-09-05
NecroVisioN (Windows)
NecroVisioN
WIN 2009-02-20
Eschalon: Book II (Windows)
Eschalon: Book II
WIN 2010-05-12
Mad Max (Windows)
Mad Max
WIN 2015-09-01
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PlayStation 3)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
PS3 2007-04-27
Starbound (Windows)
Starbound
WIN 2016-07-22
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Windows)
Rise of the Tomb Raider
WIN 2016-01-28
Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage (Windows)
Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage
WIN 2010-05-28
The Count (VIC-20)
The Count
VIC 1981
Related:
* Vision modes
* Vision enhancer
* Light
* Flares
* Glow sticks

Implied:
* Dark
* Circadian cycle

Contrast:
* Stealth - usually no stealth game has the player carrying a light source no matter how dark it gets.
This does NOT include night vision goggles or others that enhance the user's vision in general in certain capacity.

This is applicable to strategy/management games where you can manage the lighting conditions of your domain (e.g. installing additional lighting).

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Games by year

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The first Portable light source video game was released in 1979.

Sega, Deep Silver and 2K Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 193
Linux 120
Mac OS X 45
X360 31
PS3 28
PS4 18
PS2 10
Xbox One 10
Tandy Coco 8
Wii 6
Xbox 6
Apple II E 4
BSD 3
C64 3
Unix 2
Wii U 2
TRS-80 2
GameCube 2
Electron 2
PS Vita 2
Nintendo DS 2
Switch 2
Atari 400/800 2
Internet Only 2
Atari 2600 2
Android 2
iOS 2
BBC 1
BeOS 1
Flash 1

Most common companies

Sega14
Deep Silver13
2K Games9
Electronic Arts9
Klei Entertainment8
Codemasters8
Atari8
Square Enix8
Activision8
Capcom7
Studio Wildcard7
Almost Human Games6
Wolfire Games6
Devolver Digital6
Vivendi Universal6