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Psychic Powers

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49
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Player character wields psychic powers.

Notable people involved: Ralph Thomas 'Cooksey', Ron Calonje, Caron White, Chris Carr and Tim August

Alternate name: Psionics

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 November 1982.

LucasArts, Midway and Capcom published most of these games.

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Platforms

Windows36
Linux26
MS-DOS11
Xbox11
PS211
PS10
PS39
Arcade9
SNES8
Mac OS X7
X3606
Mega Drive6
GB5
GBA5
Saturn5
Amiga5
Game Gear4
Master System4
GameCube4
Mac OS Classic3
Nintendo DS3
ZX Spectrum3
BeOS3
N643
PS43
3DS3
BSD3
Wii3
Pandora3
C642

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