StrategyWiki:Categories

Games are classified by release dates, modes, genres, systems and companies. A single game may be in one or more categories.

Note: due to convention, game names that begin with a grammatical article (A, An, Das, Der, Die (German: the), L ' , La, Las, Le, Los, or The) are listed under the next word given in the title. The Legend of Zelda, for instance, will be listed under the letter L in any categories it appears in. Due to technical restrictions, it will not also be listed under the letter T in those categories.

Release dates

 * See Also Dates


 * Years - video game releases for each year
 * Days - video game releases for each month/day

Modes

 * See Also Modes


 * Single player - any game which has a section you play by yourself.
 * Multiplayer - any game which can be played by two or more humans concurrently.
 * Local: Played by two people close to each other usually sharing a system.
 * In the case of handhelds, typically each person has their own system.
 * Online: Played through the internet with each person owning their own system.

Genres

 * See Also Genres

(This list will grow)
 * Action - Grand Theft Auto, third person shooters, etc.
 * Adventure - Monkey Island, Myst, etc.
 * Action-adventure - The Legend of Zelda, ICO, etc.
 * Beat 'em up - Double Dragon, Golden Axe, etc.
 * Fighting - Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, etc.
 * FPS - first person shooter: Halo, Unreal Tournament, Quake, etc.
 * Music - Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, Rez, etc.
 * Platform - Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., etc.
 * Puzzle - Dr. Mario, etc.
 * Racing - Mario Kart DS, Gran Turismo, etc.
 * RPG - Final Fantasy, etc.
 * RTS - real time strategy games: StarCraft, etc.
 * Simulation - Animal Crossing, The Sims, etc.
 * Shooter - Xevious, Gradius, etc.
 * Sports - Wii Sports, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land etc.
 * Strategy - turn-based strategy games: Final Fantasy Tactics, etc.
 * Survival horror - Resident Evil, Fatal Frame, etc.
 * Turn-based strategy - Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic V, etc.

Series

 * See Also Series

(This list will grow)


 * Call of Duty by Activision
 * Castlevania by Konami
 * Chrono by Square Enix
 * Command & Conquer by Westwood Studios
 * Contra by Konami
 * Counter-Strike by Valve
 * Dance Dance Revolution by Konami
 * Final Fantasy by Square Enix
 * Golden Sun by Camelot Software Planning
 * Grand Theft Auto by Rockstar
 * Half-Life by Valve
 * Halo by Bungie
 * The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo
 * Mario games by Nintendo
 * Mario Party by Hudson
 * Mega Man by Capcom
 * Metal Gear by Konami
 * Metroid by Nintendo
 * Monkey Island by Lucasarts
 * Need for Speed by EA
 * Pokémon by Nintendo
 * Seiken Densetsu (also known as Mana) by Square Enix
 * StarCraft by Blizzard Entertainment
 * Sonic the Hedgehog by Sega
 * Super Smash Bros. by Nintendo
 * Tenchu by Activision
 * Unreal Tournament by Epic Games
 * Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment

Systems

 * This list reflects more commonly used system categories, but others are available. For a complete list of all system categories, please see Systems


 * Atari
 * Atari 2600
 * Atari 5200
 * Atari 7800
 * Atari 8-bit computers
 * Atari ST computers
 * Atari Jaguar
 * Atari Lynx


 * Bandai
 * WonderSwan
 * WonderSwan Color


 * Commodore


 * Commodore VIC-20
 * Commodore 64/128
 * Commodore Amiga


 * Microsoft
 * Xbox
 * Xbox 360


 * Nintendo
 * NES - Nintendo Entertainment System
 * SNES
 * Nintendo 64


 * Nintendo GameCube
 * Wii
 * Game Boy
 * Game Boy Color
 * Game Boy Advance
 * Nintendo DS
 * Nintendo 3DS
 * Virtual Boy


 * Sega
 * Sega Master System
 * Sega Genesis
 * Sega CD
 * Sega Saturn
 * Sega Dreamcast
 * Sega Game Gear


 * SNK Playmore
 * Neo Geo


 * Neo Geo Pocket
 * Neo Geo Pocket Color


 * Sony
 * PlayStation
 * PlayStation 2
 * PlayStation 3
 * PSP


 * Other
 * Arcade
 * PC
 * Mac
 * TurboGrafx-16


 * 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
 * Game.com
 * Nokia N-Gage

Companies

 * See Also Companies

(This list will grow)
 * Activision
 * Bandai
 * Blizzard Entertainment
 * Bungie
 * Capcom
 * Electronic Arts
 * EA Sports
 * Eidos Interactive
 * HAL Laboratory
 * Konami
 * Microsoft Game Studios
 * Midway Games
 * Namco
 * Nintendo
 * Rare
 * Sega
 * Sierra Entertainment
 * Sony
 * Squaresoft (now Square Enix)
 * Square-Enix
 * Tecmo
 * Tiburon
 * Valve Corporation
 * Vicarious Visions