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Video game concept

The information given (mainly what it claims to be loading or processing) by the load screen(s) is nonsense, has little to nothing to do with what is actually loaded.

56
games
14
platforms
Don't Starve (Windows)
Don't Starve
WIN 2013-04-23
Spore (Mac OS X)
Spore
OSX 2008-09-05
The Sims 2 (PlayStation 2)
The Sims 2
PS2 2004
SimCity 4 (Windows)
SimCity 4
WIN 2003-01-13
The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff (Windows)
The Sims 3: Town Life Stuff
WIN 2011-07-26
SimCity 2000 Special Edition (Windows)
SimCity 2000 Special Edition
WIN 1995
The Sims 2 Pets (PlayStation 2)
The Sims 2 Pets
PS2 2006-10
Redshirt (Windows)
Redshirt
WIN 2013-11-13
The Sims 2 (GameCube)
The Sims 2
GC 2004
The Sims 2 (Xbox)
The Sims 2
XBOX 2004
The Sims 2: Pets (Windows)
The Sims 2: Pets
WIN 2006-10
Democracy 3 (Windows)
Democracy 3
WIN 2013-10-14
One of the earliest well known examples of this is "reticulating splines" that has appeared in numerous Maxis games.

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Games by year

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The first Loading nonsense video game was released in 1994.

Electronic Arts, Klei Entertainment and Cellar Door Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 22
Mac OS X 9
Linux 9
GameCube 2
X360 2
PS3 2
Mac OS Classic 2
PS2 2
Wii 1
PS4 1
PS Vita 1
Amiga AGA 1
MS-DOS 1
Xbox 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts16
Klei Entertainment7
Cellar Door Games6
EA Games5
Maxis4
MinMax Games3
Terrible Posture Games3
Ubisoft2
Blizzard Entertainment2
Positech Games2