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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 [[wp:Article (grammar)|grammatical article]] (A, An, ''Das'', ''Der'', ''Die'' (German: the), ''L<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''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 ==
* {{c|Years}} - video game releases for each year
== Modes ==
:''For a full list of mode categories, see {{c|Modes}}''
* {{c|Single player}} - any game which has a section you play by yourself.
* {{c|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 [[:Category:Systems|system]].
*** In the case of handhelds, typically each person has their own [[:Category:Systems|system]].
** Online: Played through the internet with each person owning their own [[:Category:Systems|system]].
== Genres ==
:''For a full list of genre categories, see {{c|Genres}}''
{{listcol|2|list=
* {{c|Action}} - [[Grand Theft Auto]], third person shooters, etc.
* {{c|Adventure}} - {{c|Monkey Island}}, [[Myst]], etc.
* {{c|Action-adventure}} - [[The Legend of Zelda]], [[ICO]], etc.
* {{c|Beat 'em up}} - [[Double Dragon]], [[Golden Axe]], etc.
* {{c|Fighting}} - [[Street Fighter II]], [[Mortal Kombat]], [[Tekken]], etc.
* [[:Category:First-person shooter|FPS]] - first person shooter: [[Halo]], [[Unreal Tournament]], [[Quake]], etc.
* {{c|Music}} - [[Dance Dance Revolution]], [[Guitar Hero]], [[Rez]], etc.
* {{c|Platform}} - [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], [[Super Mario Bros.]], etc.
* {{c|Puzzle}} - [[Dr. Mario]], etc.
* {{c|Racing}} - [[Mario Kart DS]], [[Gran Turismo]], etc.
* {{c|RPG}} - [[Final Fantasy]], etc.
* {{c|RTS}} - real time strategy games: [[StarCraft]], etc.
* {{c|Simulation}} - [[Animal Crossing]], [[The Sims]], etc.
* {{c|Shooter}} - [[Xevious]], [[Gradius]], etc.
* {{c|Sports}} - [[Wii Sports]], [[Tony Hawk's American Sk8land]] etc.
* {{c|Strategy}} - turn-based strategy games: [[Final Fantasy Tactics]], etc.
* {{c|Survival horror}} - [[Resident Evil]], [[Fatal Frame]], etc.
* {{c|Turn-based strategy}} - [[Civilization]], [[Heroes of Might and Magic V]], etc.
}}
== Series ==
:''For a full list of series categories, see {{c|Series}}''
{{listcol|2|list=
* ''{{c|Call of Duty}}'' by Activision
* ''{{c|Castlevania}}'' by Konami
* ''{{c|Chrono}}'' by Square Enix
* ''{{c|Command & Conquer}}'' by Westwood Studios
* ''{{c|Contra}}'' by Konami
* ''{{c|Counter-Strike}}'' by Valve
* ''{{c|Dance Dance Revolution}}'' by Konami
* ''{{c|Disgaea}}'' by Nippon Ichi
* ''{{c|Dragon Quest}}'' by Square Enix
* ''{{c|Final Fantasy}}'' by Square Enix
* ''{{c|Golden Sun}}'' by Camelot Software Planning
* ''{{c|Grand Theft Auto}}'' by Rockstar
* ''{{c|Half-Life}}'' by Valve
* ''{{c|Halo}}'' by Bungie
* ''{{c|The Legend of Zelda}}'' by Nintendo
* ''[[:Category:Mario|Mario games]]'' by Nintendo
* ''{{c|Mario Party}}'' by Hudson, Nd Cube
* ''{{c|Mega Man}}'' by Capcom
* ''{{c|Megami Tensei}}'' by Atlus
* ''{{c|Metal Gear}}'' by Konami
* ''{{c|Metroid}}'' by Nintendo
* ''{{c|Monkey Island}}'' by Lucasarts
* ''{{c|Need for Speed}}'' by EA
* ''{{c|Persona}}'' by Atlus
* ''{{c|Pokémon}}'' by Nintendo
* ''{{c|Seiken Densetsu}}'' (also known as Mana) by Square Enix
* ''{{c|Shin Megami Tensei}}'' by Atlus
* ''{{c|StarCraft}}'' by Blizzard Entertainment
* ''{{c|Star Ocean}}'' by Square Enix
* ''{{c|Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' by Sega
* ''{{c|Super Smash Bros.}}'' by Nintendo
* ''{{c|Tenchu}}'' by Activision
* ''{{c|Unreal Tournament}}'' by Epic Games
* ''{{c|Warcraft}}'' by Blizzard Entertainment
}}
== Systems ==
:''For a full list of system categories, see {{c|Systems}}''
{{col|2|begin}}
* '''{{c|Atari}}'''
** {{c|Atari 2600}}
** {{c|Atari 5200}}
** {{c|Atari 7800}}
** [[:Category:Atari 8-bit|Atari 8-bit computers]]
** [[:Category:Atari ST|Atari ST computers]]
** {{c|Atari Jaguar}}
** {{c|Atari Lynx}}
* '''{{c|Bandai}}'''
** {{c|WonderSwan}}
** {{c|WonderSwan Color}}
<!-- The Swan Crystal was identical to the WonderSwan Color, with the exception of different LCD technology.
** {{c|Swan Crystal}}
-->
* '''{{c|Commodore}}'''
<!-- Virtually no games were ever developed for the PET.  Those that were used character (or text) graphics as opposed to proper sprite or pixel based graphics.
** {{c|Commodore PET}}
-->
<!-- The Commodore 16 was a commercial failure and not widely popular as a game machine.
** {{c|Commodore 16}}
-->
** {{c|Commodore VIC-20}}
** {{c|Commodore 64/128}}
** {{c|Commodore Amiga}}
* '''{{c|Microsoft}}'''
** {{c|Xbox}}
** {{c|Xbox 360}}
** {{c|Xbox One}}
** {{c|Xbox Series X}}
* '''{{c|Nintendo}}'''
** {{c|NES}} - Nintendo Entertainment System
** {{c|SNES}}
** {{c|Nintendo 64}}
<!-- Nintendo systems that are less popular outside of Japan and Asia:
** {{c|Nintendo 64 DD}}
** [[:Category:iQue|Nintendo iQue]]
-->
** {{c|Nintendo GameCube}}
** {{c|Wii}}
** {{c|Wii U}}
** {{c|Game Boy}}
** {{c|Game Boy Color}}
** {{c|Game Boy Advance}}
** {{c|Nintendo DS}}
** {{c|Nintendo 3DS}}
** {{c|Virtual Boy}}
{{col|2}}
* '''{{c|Sega}}'''
** {{c|Sega Master System}}
** {{c|Sega Genesis}}
** {{c|Sega CD}}
** {{c|Sega Saturn}}
** {{c|Sega Dreamcast}}
** {{c|Sega Game Gear}}
* '''{{c|SNK Playmore}}'''
** {{c|Neo Geo}}
<!-- Very few games of interest appeared exclusively on the NGCD.  Almost all were released on the NG.
** {{c|Neo Geo CD}}
-->
** {{c|Neo Geo Pocket}}
** {{c|Neo Geo Pocket Color}}
* '''{{c|Sony}}'''
** {{c|PlayStation}}
** {{c|PlayStation 2}}
** {{c|PlayStation 3}}
** {{c|PlayStation 4}}
** {{c|PlayStation 5}}
** [[:Category:PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
** {{c|PlayStation Vita}}
<!-- While VTech and it's products deserve proper System pages, the systems are so obscure, they hardly merit mention on this page.
* '''{{c|VTech}}'''
** {{c|V-Smile}}
-- Additionally, the V-Smile Pocket is to the V-Smile as the Turbo Express is to the Turbo GrafX-16; it should not be it's own system.
** {{c|V-Smile Pocket}}
-->
* '''Other'''
** '''{{c|Arcade}}'''
** '''{{c|PC}}'''
** '''{{c|Mac OS}}'''
** {{c|TurboGrafx-16}}
<!-- The TurboGrafx 16, not the Turbo Express, should be listed on this page.  The TurboExpress was merely a portable TurboGrafx 16.
** {{c|TurboExpress}}
-->
** {{c|3DO Interactive Multiplayer}}
** {{c|Game.com}}
** [[:Category:N-Gage|Nokia N-Gage]]
<!-- The following three systems do not have any entries associated with them:
** {{c|Gizmondo}}
** {{c|Infinium Labs Phantom}}
** {{c|Watara SuperVision}}
-->
{{col|2|end}}
== Companies ==
:''For a full list of company categories, see {{c|Companies}}''
{{listcol|2|list=
* {{c|Activision}}
* {{c|Atlus}}
* {{c|Bandai}}
* {{c|Blizzard Entertainment}}
* [[:Category:Bungie Studios|Bungie]]
* {{c|Capcom}}
* {{c|Electronic Arts}}
* {{c|EA Sports}}
* {{c|Eidos Interactive}}
* {{c|HAL Laboratory}}
* {{c|Konami}}
* {{c|Microsoft Game Studios}}
* {{c|Midway Games}}
* {{c|Namco}}
* {{c|Nintendo}}
* {{c|Nippon Ichi Software}}
* {{c|Rare}}
* {{c|Sega}}
* {{c|Sierra Entertainment}}
* {{c|Sony}}
* [[:Category:Square|Squaresoft]] (now [[Square Enix]])
* {{c|Square Enix}}
* {{c|Tecmo}}
* {{c|Tiburon}}
* {{c|Valve Corporation}}
* {{c|Vicarious Visions}}
}}
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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

  • Years - video game releases for each year

Modes

For a full list of mode categories, see 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

For a full list of genre categories, see Genres

Series

For a full list of series categories, see Series

Systems

For a full list of system categories, see Systems

Companies

For a full list of company categories, see Companies
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