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A-Z Game Index
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
- 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.
- Single player - any game which has a section you play by yourself
Genres
- See Also Genres
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- Action - Grand Theft Auto, third person shooters, etc.
- Adventure - Monkey Island, King's Quest, etc.
- Action-adventure - The Legend of Zelda, Broken Sword, 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.
- MMOG - massively multiplayer online game: Everquest II, World of Warcraft, etc. Also known as MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game)
- Music - Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, Rez, etc.
- Platform - Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., etc.
- Puzzle - Tetris, 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 - Madden, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land etc.
- Strategy - turn-based strategy games: Final Fantasy Tactics, etc.
- Survival horror - Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc.
- Turn-based strategy - Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic V, etc.
Series
- See Also Series
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Systems
- This list reflects more commonly used system categories, but others are available. For a complete list of all system categories, please see Systems
Companies
- See Also Companies
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