info tags timeline video games list

Video games Games groups Media Characters Platforms Companies Events Reviews and magazines Forum Users and editors FAQs & Contacts

Search

Activities theme

40

platforms

Searching for an object, a place, a person or something else is a major element and activity in the story.

Notable people involved: Jaakko Peltonen, Alec Holowka, Alexandre Bonan, Patrick Daher and Knut Müller

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (Windows)

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits

WIN 2010-09-27

Weird Dreams (Atari ST)

Fallout 3 (Windows)

WIN 2008-10-28

Dead Island (Windows)

WIN 2011-09-09

Dun Darach (Amstrad CPC)

DarkPhear (MS-DOS)

Ecco the Dolphin (Master System)

Ecco the Dolphin

Xenomorph (Commodore 64)

Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive)

Ecco the Dolphin

GEN 1992-08-16

Homeworld Remastered (Windows)

Homeworld Remastered

WIN 2015-02-25

Back to the Golden Age (Amstrad CPC)

Back to the Golden Age

Where's My Bones? (Commodore 64)

Where's My Bones?

Does not necessarily involve any active searching on part of the player. This is only for the overarching goal or task described by the story.

Parent groups

Goals / objectives, Plot points

Games by year

The first Search video game was released in 1981.

Sega, Mindscape, DevTeam and Deep Silver published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows	57
Linux	31
MS-DOS	23
Amiga	10
C64	8
Atari ST	7
X360	7
Mac OS X	7
PS3	6
Amstrad CPC	5
Mega Drive	5
Wii	4
Apple II E	4
BeOS	4
ZX Spectrum	4
Mac OS Classic	4
NES	3
BSD	3
Pandora	3
Game Gear	2
OS/2	2
Atari 400/800	2
NeXT	2
Unix	2
Solaris	2
MSX	2
Nintendo DS	2
Mega-CD	1
Mobile	1
PS2	1

Most common companies

Mindscape	10
Sega	10
Deep Silver	9
DevTeam	6
Ubi Soft	6
Interceptor Micros	5
Ubisoft	5
MicroPlay Software	4
Bethesda Softworks	4
Topo Soft	4
Konami	4
Muse Software	4
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment	3
Winterwolves	3
Electronic Arts	3
U.S. Gold	3
Interplay Entertainment	3
Techland	3
Over the Top Games	3
CMC	3
Sierra	3