Shopping
Activities theme
Includes shops, merchants, traders or item dispensers where the player can purchase new items.
1766
games
92platforms
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Unlike with trading, these items are useful for the player as something else besides tradegoods.
The first Shopping video game was released on December 3, 1971.
Sega, Nintendo and Pony Canyon published most of these games.
Parent groups
Resource acquisition, RPG elements, Trade
Child groups
Mail order, Shop restocking, No shop restocking, Infinite shop stock, Limited shop stock
Platforms
| Windows |  | 443 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | | 273 | |
| Mac OS X | | 95 | |
| MS-DOS | | 86 | |
| NES | | 81 | |
| X360 | | 49 | |
| PS3 | | 46 | |
| Apple II E | | 34 | |
| Amiga | | 33 | |
| Atari ST | | 24 | |
| Mac OS Classic | | 24 | |
| C64 | | 22 | |
| PS4 | | 22 | |
| Android | | 19 | |
| NEC PC9801 | | 18 | |
| MSX2 | | 18 | |
| SNES | | 18 | |
| PS2 | | 17 | |
| NEC PC8801 | | 15 | |
| PS Vita | | 15 | |
| PS | | 15 | |
| Internet Only | | 15 | |
| BeOS | | 15 | |
| Mega Drive | | 14 | |
| Famicom Disk System | | 14 | |
| GB | | 13 | |
| Master System | | 13 | |
| X68000 | | 13 | |
| Xbox | | 12 | |
| Apple IIGS | | 12 |