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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.

532
games
51
platforms

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

Contagion (Windows)
Contagion
WIN 2013-10-24
Haunted House (Atari 2600 VCS)
Haunted House
VCS 1981
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
X360 2006-03-24
The Dallas Quest (Tandy Color Computer)
The Dallas Quest
COCO 1984
Aliens vs Predator (Windows)
Aliens vs Predator
WIN 2010-02-16
Dark Matter (Windows)
Dark Matter
WIN 2012-12
Metro Exodus (Windows)
Metro Exodus
WIN 2019-02-15
Hard Truck: Apocalypse (Windows)
Hard Truck: Apocalypse
WIN 2005-12
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of The Moon (Wii)
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of The Moon
WII 2009-01-22
Hatred (Windows)
Hatred
WIN 2015-06-01
Takedown: Red Sabre (Windows)
Takedown: Red Sabre
WIN 2013-09-20
The Fall (Windows)
The Fall
WIN 2014-05-30
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).

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

Sega, Deep Silver and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

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Child groups

Faulty portable light source, Powered portable light source

Platforms

Windows 191
Linux 120
Mac OS X 45
X360 31
PS3 28
PS4 18
PS2 10
Xbox One 10
Tandy Coco 8
Xbox 6
Wii 6
Apple II E 4
C64 3
BSD 3
Atari 400/800 2
Internet Only 2
Atari 2600 2
Android 2
iOS 2
Unix 2
Wii U 2
TRS-80 2
GameCube 2
Electron 2
PS Vita 2
Nintendo DS 2
GamePark 32 1
MS-DOS 1
Memotech MTX 1
OS/2 1

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