Media
Other (objects, etc.) theme
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games
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Notable people involved: Fabrice Decroix and François Garofalo
Games by year
Infogrames and SoftSide Magazine published all these games.
Most common companies
Child groups
2.8 inch floppy disk | Comes on one or more 2.8 inch magnetic floppy disks. This format was also known as "Quick Disk" and created by company Mitsumi. 2.8" disks can be packaged in a 3"x3" or 3"x4" housing. | 1984 / 1985 | 2 games | |
Media: 3 inch floppy disk | Comes on 1 or more 3 inch magnetic floppy disks. This format was only used for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum +3, Oric, early Amstrad PCW, & Tatung Einstein | 1983 / 2021 | 301 games | |
Media: 3½ inch floppy disk | Comes on one or more 3½ inch magnetic floppy disks. | 1981 / 2021 | 1610 games | |
Media: 3½ inch Super Drive floppy disk | Comes on one or more 3½ inch magnetic floppy disks that can only be read in an Apple Super Drive or compatible reader. | 3 games | ||
Media: 5¼ inch floppy disk | Comes on one or more 5¼ inch magnetic floppy disks. | 1976 / 2022 | 4447 games | |
Media: 8 inch floppy disk | Comes on one or more 8 inch magnetic floppy disks. | 1976 / 1983 | 28 games | |
Media: Blu-ray | Comes on one or more Blu-ray discs. | 2006 / 2020 | 8 games | |
Media: cartridge | Comes on a ROM cartridge. | 1977 / 2022 | 812 games | |
Media: cassette tape | Comes on a magnetic audio tape. | 1976 / 2022 | 3056 games | |
Media: CD-ROM | Comes on one or more CD-ROMs (Only for systems that allow more than one type of media). | 1984 / 2024 | 2409 games | |
Media: Download | Full game legally distributed as digital download. | 1982 / 2024 | 14558 games | |
Media: DVD-9 disc | Comes on one or more dual-layer DVD discs. | 2002 / 2009 | 29 games | |
Media: DVD-ROM | Comes on one or more DVD-ROM discs. | 1991 / 2019 | 379 games | |
Media: Flash Storage | Comes on a flash storage device, such as a USB drive or an SD card. | 2002 / 2018 | 8 games | |
Media: HD-DVD | Comes on one or more HD-DVD discs. | 1 game | ||
Media: Laserdisc | These games need not be for Laserdisc based game systems (or players) but make use of one or more Laserdisc in gameplay. | 1982 / 1985 | 4 games | |
Media: Magnetic Strip | Comes on a magnetic strip adhered to a rigid backing meant to be rolled through a reader. | 1975 / 1979 | 60 games | |
Media: Punchtape | Comes on one or more punch tapes. | 1976 / 1977 | 8 games | |
Media: Type-in | Distributed as printed computer code intended to be manually typed into computer software capable of running and/or compiling it. | 1972 / 2018 | 1498 games | |
VHD | VHD videodiscs are 25cm grooveless vinyl discs. Non-linear playback is easy, so they are suitable for games. They play back video much like a DVD. | 1 game |