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Radioactive glow

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Radioactive or irradiated substances, things or creatures glow. Commonly green, but occasionally orange.

23
games
6
platforms

Alternate names: Nuclear glow
Name variations: radiation glow

Half-Life (Windows)
Half-Life
WIN 1998-07-25
Fallout: New Vegas (Windows)
Fallout: New Vegas
WIN 2010-10-19
Fallout 3 (Windows)
Fallout 3
WIN 2008-10-28
Black Mesa (Windows)
Black Mesa
WIN 2020-03-06
Zombie Shooter 2 (Windows)
Zombie Shooter 2
WIN 2009-09
Fallout 3 (PlayStation 3)
Fallout 3
PS3 2008-10-28
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Windows)
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WIN 1999-11-18
Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
Fallout 3
X360 2008-10-28
Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour
WIN 2003-09-22
Half-Life (Dreamcast)
Half-Life
DC ? *
Half-Life: Blue Shift (Windows)
Half-Life: Blue Shift
WIN 2001-04-05
Universe at War: Earth Assault (Xbox 360)
Universe at War: Earth Assault
X360 2008-03-25
Related:
* Mutagen - commonly when radioactivity causes glow, it also causes stable mutations.

Similar:
* Bioluminescence - similar effect but actually scientifically correct

Contrast:
* Detector - in case of a Geiger counter.
In reality radioactive/irradiated things do not glow normally, not solely because they're radioactive at least. Nuclear reactors and similar may however produce visible blue glow due to Cherenkov radiation and some other instances of glow are due to radioluminescence.

Common for things that try to catch a 1920s to 1960s sense of sci-fi (see retro sci-fi).

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Parent group

Eyecandy

Games by year

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The first Radioactive glow video game was released on July 25, 1998.

Valve, Sierra On-Line and Bethesda Softworks published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 11
Linux 5
X360 3
PS3 2
Dreamcast 1
Mac OS Classic 1

Most common companies

Valve5
Sierra On-Line4
Bethesda Softworks4
EA Partners3
Sega2