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Psychic Powers

Activities theme

Player character wields psychic powers.

238
games
49
platforms

Alternate name: Psionics

Mortal Kombat II (Sega 32X)
Mortal Kombat II
32X 1994-12-04
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
X360 2008-09-17
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager (MS-DOS)
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
DOS 1994-10
Psycho Soldier (Amstrad CPC)
Psycho Soldier
CPC 1988
Mortal Kombat (Super Nintendo)
Mortal Kombat
SNES 1993-09-13
Street Fighter II (Game Boy)
Street Fighter II
GB 1995
Blood Omen 2 (PlayStation 2)
Blood Omen 2
PS2 2002-03-26
CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars (PlayStation 3)
CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars
PS3 2009-06-01
Ancient Domains Of Mystery (Linux)
Ancient Domains Of Mystery
LIN 1994
EarthBound (Super Nintendo)
EarthBound
SNES 1995-02
Mortal Kombat (Arcade)
Mortal Kombat
ARCD 1992-08-01
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (Nintendo 64)
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
N64 1997-12-08
Related: (gameplay)
* Finite energy

Contrast:
* Naturalistic
Some of the more popularly known powers associated with psychics:
- Astral projection
- Psychokinesis
- Pyrokinesis
- Telepathy / mind reading
- Mind control
- Scrying

And there are some even more fantastic magic-like powers to this.

Ki and similar subjects about personal energy can be tied to psionics as well, though these are more in the form of potential energy in the body rather than mind, even though mind is part of it.
Implies the presence of either fantasy or sci-fi genre on the game entries.

This can be used even in some cases where the powers used appear to have fantastic properties to them (appear more magical than psychic), but the canon implies they're related to the psyche rather than something arcane.

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Parent groups

Psychics, SciFi elements, Superhuman powers, Supernatural phenomena

Child groups

Mind-reading, Telekinesis

Related groups

Video game
Psionics theme, No energy regeneration

Other
Magic, Technomagic, Visions, Energy regeneration, Super powers

Fiction genre
Paranormal

Games by year

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The first Psychic Powers video game was released on December 1982.

LucasArts, Midway and Capcom published most of these games.

Related site

Psychokinesis at Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows 36
Linux 26
Xbox 11
PS2 11
MS-DOS 11
PS 10
Arcade 9
PS3 9
SNES 8
Mac OS X 7
Mega Drive 6
X360 6
GB 5
GBA 5
Saturn 5
Amiga 5
Game Gear 4
Master System 4
GameCube 4
Mac OS Classic 3
Nintendo DS 3
ZX Spectrum 3
BeOS 3
N64 3
PS4 3
3DS 3
BSD 3
Wii 3
Pandora 3
PSP 2

Most common companies

LucasArts25
Midway17
Capcom16
2K Games9
Acclaim7
Acclaim Entertainment7
Codemasters7
SSI6
Bally Midway6
U.S. Gold5
Nintendo3
Eidos3
Atlus3
Imagine3
Double Fine Productions3