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Portals

Other (objects, etc.) entity

Includes portals of some sort, used for rapid transportation from one place to another. Often these have the outer appearance of door frames with fancy light show.

163
games
21
platforms
Overlord: Raising Hell (PlayStation 3)
Overlord: Raising Hell
PS3 2008-06
Prey (Mac OS X)
Prey
OSX 2006-07
SunAge (Windows)
SunAge
WIN 2007-11-16
Half-Life (PlayStation 2)
Half-Life
PS2 2001-11-15
Darksiders II (PlayStation 3)
Darksiders II
PS3 2012-08-14
King's Bounty: The Legend (Windows)
King's Bounty: The Legend
WIN 2008-04
The UnderGarden (Windows)
The UnderGarden
WIN 2010-11-10
Wolfenstein (Windows)
Wolfenstein
WIN 2009-08-18
Torchlight II (Windows)
Torchlight II
WIN 2012-09-30
Darksiders (Windows)
Darksiders
WIN 2010-06-24
Divinity II: Ego Draconis (Windows)
Divinity II: Ego Draconis
WIN 2009-11
Alganon (Windows)
Alganon
WIN 2009-10-31
These differ from teleportation by that both locations are effectively folded to meet at the portal. The portal may link to alternate dimension, or function as other method of entering new unknowns through something vaguely familiar.

In SciFi the portal is often shaped as a ring, especially if it's located in space.
Related:
* Teleportation
* Fast travel
* Warp drive
* Dimensional travel

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Games by year

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The first Portals video game was released in 1988.

Valve, THQ and Klei Entertainment published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 63
Linux 43
X360 10
Mac OS X 10
PS3 6
PS2 5
MS-DOS 4
Mac OS Classic 3
Android 3
Switch 2
Wii 2
BeOS 2
Wii U 2
Xbox 1
iOS 1
Internet Only 1
PS Vita 1
BSD 1
PS 1
Apple II E 1
Pandora 1

Most common companies

Valve12
THQ7
Klei Entertainment7
Capcom7
Codemasters5
Runic Games4
Activision4
Microsoft Game Studios4
Electronic Arts3
Pera Games 3
Stabyourself3
Polytron3
Sierra On-Line3
Mojang3
Michael Todd Games3