List of computer and video games by genre
Encyclopedia : L : LI : LIS : List of computer and video games by genre
This article gives a list of computer games and video games by category, i.e. arranged alphabetically by genre. Some categories/genres are briefly defined at the beginning of their respective sections. For an alphabetical list of games sorted by title, see list of computer and video games by name.
Contents
Action-adventure
Action-adventure games are those where action is the predominant aspect of gameplay, but puzzle-solving and the exploration of, and interaction with, the environment are also key to gameplay; as opposed to "pure" adventure games, where action sequences are the exception rather than the rule. With technological limitations on gameplay becoming less of an issue to game designers, more action games are overlapping into this category.
- Adventure (the game that started the genre)
- Exile (BBC computer game)
- [[Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone|Demon Stone]]
- Killer 7
- Legend of Zelda series
- [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)]]
- [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)]]
- Star Fox Adventures
- [[SunDog: Frozen Legacy]]
- Tomb Raider series
Survival horror
Survival horror games focus on fear and attempt to scare the player via traditional horror elements such as atmospherics, death, the undead, blood and gore. Most of these games include third- or first-person shooter elements.- Alone in the Dark series
- [[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]
- Clive Barker's Undying
- Clock Tower series
- Dino Crisis series
- Fatal Frame (Project Zero) series
- House of the Dead series
- Resident Evil series
- Silent Hill series
- Sweet Home (believed to have originated the genre)
- System Shock series
(see also puzzle games)Graphical-adventure
Needs to be fixed.
- The 11th Hour
- Beneath a Steel Sky
- Broken Sword
- Colossal Cave Adventure
- The Colonel's Bequest
- Dark Fall
- Day of the Tentacle
- Full Throttle
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure]]
- The Infinite Ocean
- King's Quest series
- Last Rose In A Desert Garden
- The Longest Journey
- LOOM
- Maniac Mansion
- Monkey Island series
- Myst series
- ''The Neverhood
- Normality
- Sam & Max Hit the Road
- [[Schizm: Mysterious Journey]]
- Space Quest series
- The 7th Guest
- Sentimental Graffiti
- Simon the Sorcerer series
- [[Skyborg: Into the Vortex]]
- Spellbound
- The Dig
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
- Zork series
Text-adventure
- Amnesia
- Ballyhoo
- Beyond Zork
- Border Zone
- Bureaucracy
- Curses
- Cutthroats
- Deadline
- [[Deja Vu:(Video game)]]
- Enchanter
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Hollywood Hijinx
- Infidel
- James Clavell's Shogun
- Leather Goddesses of Phobos
- Lurking Horror
- Mind Forever Voyaging
- Moonmist
- Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
- Planetfall
- Plundered Hearts
- Seastalker
- [[Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels]]
- Slouching Towards Bedlam
- Sorcerer
- Spellbreaker
- Starcross
- Stationfall
- Suspect
- Suspended
- Trinity
- Wishbringer
- Witness
- Zork: The Great Underground Empire
- Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
- Zork III: The Dungeon Master
- Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
Arcade games
Platformers, also called side-scrollers, view the game area from a side or "cutaway" perspective. In these games, the background or playing area smoothly scrolls as the player moves about, hence the name. These games are traditionally 2D, but some have employed 3D computer graphics effectively. Traditional elements of these games include running, jumping and some fighting. Side-scrollers were some of the first types of video games and are still popular today, usually with younger players.
- Abuse
- Alex Kidd
- Balloon Fight
- Banjo-Kazooie series
- Castlevania series
- Captain Claw
- Commander Keen series
- Conker's Bad Fur Day
- Contra / Probotector series
- Crash Bandicoot series
- Dig Dug
- Donkey Kong
- Duke Nukem I and II
- Ice Climber
- Jak and Daxter
- Kirby series
- Gex series
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts series
- ''Gish
- Lionheart
- Lode Runner
- Metroid series
- Mega Man (Japan: RockMan) series
- Pitfall
- Prince of Persia series
- Ratchet & Clank series
- Rayman series
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Super Mario Bros. series
- [[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|Wario Land]] series
- Wonderboy series
- Carmen Sandiego series
- Giraffe
- Granny's Garden
- Hang Man
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing series
- Number Munchers
- The Oregon Trail series
- Robocode
- [[Star Wars: DroidWorks]]
- The Typing of the Dead
- Barbarian
- Battletoads
- Battle of the Gods
- Darkstalkers series
- Dead or Alive series
- Final Fight
- Guilty Gear series
- King of Fighters series
- Lugaru
- Mortal Kombat series
- Power Stone series
- Soul Edge/Soul Calibur series
- Street Fighter series
- Streets of Rage series
- Super Smash Bros. series
- Tekken series
- Virtua Fighter series
- The Way of the Exploding Fist
- Yie Ar Kung Fu
Game-controlled environment
This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters")
Player-controlled environment
- America's Army
- Area 51 (different from the above)
- Avara
- Battlefield series
- Blake Stone series
- Blood series
- Call of Duty series
- [[Condemned: Criminal Origins]]
- Corridor 7
- Delta Force series
- Descent
- Deus Ex FPS/RPG hybrid
- Doom series
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Far Cry
- F.E.A.R.
- Ghost Recon series
- GoldenEye 007
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Halo series
- Half-Life series
- Hardwar
- Heretic
- HeXen series
- Hired Guns
- Global Operations
- [[Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In|I.G.I.]] series
- Killzone
- [[Kingpin: Life of Crime]]
- Magic Carpet series
- Marathon series
- MechWarrior series
- Medal of Honor series
- Metroid Prime series
- Neocron FPS/MMORPG hybrid
- No One Lives Forever series
- Operation Body Count
- Quake series
- Timesplitters series
- Rainbow Six series
- ''[[Terra Nova: Strike Force Centuari]]
- [[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter|Turok]] series
- ''Redneck Rampage
- Rise of the Triad
- Serious Sam series
- Undying
- Unreal series
- Wolfenstein 3D series
- [[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]
- XIII
- Star Wars Battlefront series (Can switch between first and third person)
Vehicle-based
- BattleTanx series
- Descent series
- Necrodome
- Redline
- Twisted Metal series
Mech
- MechWarrior series
- Heavy Gear series
These titles may be FPS depending on your definition:
- Damage Inc
- [[Giants: Citizen Kabuto]]
- Hardwar
- Heavy Gear
- Hidden and Dangerous
- Hired Guns
- Magic Carpet series
- Phantom Crash
- Special Force
- Under Ash
Third-person shooters/Third-person action
Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a specific perspective for the player. This is normally just behind and above the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric perspective.
- American McGee's Alice
- BloodRayne
- Dynasty Warriors
- Grand Theft Auto series (later games)
- Heretic II
- Hitman series
- [[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven|Mafia]]
- Max Payne series
- [[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]
- Mount & Blade TPS/RPG hybrid
- Space Harrier
- Tomb Raider series
- Battalion Wars
Stealth action
- Metal Gear series (later games)
- Splinter Cell series
- Thief series
- Tenchu series
- Cold War
Games played over the Internet with other human players in a shared environment. The gameplay is coordinated by a game server. While many games can be played on a computer network, online games are characterized by the game environment being persistent and shared among a significant number of players. The genre's expansion accelerated in 1995 when the internet became popular. Not all game types lend themselves easily to online gaming. (Note that many, if not most, gmaes today are capable of online play, but still are not "online games").
Platformers, also called side-scrollers, view the game area from a side or "cutaway" perspective. In these games, the background or playing area smoothly scrolls as the player moves about, hence the name. These games are traditionally 2D, but some have employed 3D computer graphics effectively. Traditional elements of these games include running, jumping and some fighting. Side-scrollers were some of the first types of video games and are still popular today, usually with younger players.
- Abuse
- Alex Kidd
- Balloon Fight
- Banjo-Kazooie series
- Castlevania series
- Captain Claw
- Commander Keen series
- Conker's Bad Fur Day
- Contra / Probotector series
- Crash Bandicoot series
- Dig Dug
- Donkey Kong
- Duke Nukem I and II
- Ice Climber
- Jak and Daxter
- Kirby series
- Gex series
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts series
- ''Gish
- Lionheart
- Lode Runner
- Metroid series
- Mega Man (Japan: RockMan) series
- Pitfall
- Prince of Persia series
- Ratchet & Clank series
- Rayman series
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Super Mario Bros. series
- [[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|Wario Land]] series
- Wonderboy series
- Carmen Sandiego series
- Giraffe
- Granny's Garden
- Hang Man
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing series
- Number Munchers
- The Oregon Trail series
- Robocode
- [[Star Wars: DroidWorks]]
- The Typing of the Dead
- Barbarian
- Battletoads
- Battle of the Gods
- Darkstalkers series
- Dead or Alive series
- Final Fight
- Guilty Gear series
- King of Fighters series
- Lugaru
- Mortal Kombat series
- Power Stone series
- Soul Edge/Soul Calibur series
- Street Fighter series
- Streets of Rage series
- Super Smash Bros. series
- Tekken series
- Virtua Fighter series
- The Way of the Exploding Fist
- Yie Ar Kung Fu
Game-controlled environment
This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters")
Player-controlled environment
- America's Army
- Area 51 (different from the above)
- Avara
- Battlefield series
- Blake Stone series
- Blood series
- Call of Duty series
- [[Condemned: Criminal Origins]]
- Corridor 7
- Delta Force series
- Descent
- Deus Ex FPS/RPG hybrid
- Doom series
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Far Cry
- F.E.A.R.
- Ghost Recon series
- GoldenEye 007
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Halo series
- Half-Life series
- Hardwar
- Heretic
- HeXen series
- Hired Guns
- Global Operations
- [[Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In|I.G.I.]] series
- Killzone
- [[Kingpin: Life of Crime]]
- Magic Carpet series
- Marathon series
- MechWarrior series
- Medal of Honor series
- Metroid Prime series
- Neocron FPS/MMORPG hybrid
- No One Lives Forever series
- Operation Body Count
- Quake series
- Timesplitters series
- Rainbow Six series
- ''[[Terra Nova: Strike Force Centuari]]
- [[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter|Turok]] series
- ''Redneck Rampage
- Rise of the Triad
- Serious Sam series
- Undying
- Unreal series
- Wolfenstein 3D series
- [[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]
- XIII
- Star Wars Battlefront series (Can switch between first and third person)
Vehicle-based
- BattleTanx series
- Descent series
- Necrodome
- Redline
- Twisted Metal series
Mech
- MechWarrior series
- Heavy Gear series
These titles may be FPS depending on your definition:
- Damage Inc
- [[Giants: Citizen Kabuto]]
- Hardwar
- Heavy Gear
- Hidden and Dangerous
- Hired Guns
- Magic Carpet series
- Phantom Crash
- Special Force
- Under Ash
Third-person shooters/Third-person action
Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a specific perspective for the player. This is normally just behind and above the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric perspective.
- American McGee's Alice
- BloodRayne
- Dynasty Warriors
- Grand Theft Auto series (later games)
- Heretic II
- Hitman series
- [[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven|Mafia]]
- Max Payne series
- [[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]
- Mount & Blade TPS/RPG hybrid
- Space Harrier
- Tomb Raider series
- Battalion Wars
Stealth action
- Metal Gear series (later games)
- Splinter Cell series
- Thief series
- Tenchu series
- Cold War
Games played over the Internet with other human players in a shared environment. The gameplay is coordinated by a game server. While many games can be played on a computer network, online games are characterized by the game environment being persistent and shared among a significant number of players. The genre's expansion accelerated in 1995 when the internet became popular. Not all game types lend themselves easily to online gaming. (Note that many, if not most, gmaes today are capable of online play, but still are not "online games").
- Carmen Sandiego series
- Giraffe
- Granny's Garden
- Hang Man
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing series
- Number Munchers
- The Oregon Trail series
- Robocode
- [[Star Wars: DroidWorks]]
- The Typing of the Dead
- Barbarian
- Battletoads
- Battle of the Gods
- Darkstalkers series
- Dead or Alive series
- Final Fight
- Guilty Gear series
- King of Fighters series
- Lugaru
- Mortal Kombat series
- Power Stone series
- Soul Edge/Soul Calibur series
- Street Fighter series
- Streets of Rage series
- Super Smash Bros. series
- Tekken series
- Virtua Fighter series
- The Way of the Exploding Fist
- Yie Ar Kung Fu
Game-controlled environment
This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters")
Player-controlled environment
- America's Army
- Area 51 (different from the above)
- Avara
- Battlefield series
- Blake Stone series
- Blood series
- Call of Duty series
- [[Condemned: Criminal Origins]]
- Corridor 7
- Delta Force series
- Descent
- Deus Ex FPS/RPG hybrid
- Doom series
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Far Cry
- F.E.A.R.
- Ghost Recon series
- GoldenEye 007
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Halo series
- Half-Life series
- Hardwar
- Heretic
- HeXen series
- Hired Guns
- Global Operations
- [[Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In|I.G.I.]] series
- Killzone
- [[Kingpin: Life of Crime]]
- Magic Carpet series
- Marathon series
- MechWarrior series
- Medal of Honor series
- Metroid Prime series
- Neocron FPS/MMORPG hybrid
- No One Lives Forever series
- Operation Body Count
- Quake series
- Timesplitters series
- Rainbow Six series
- ''[[Terra Nova: Strike Force Centuari]]
- [[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter|Turok]] series
- ''Redneck Rampage
- Rise of the Triad
- Serious Sam series
- Undying
- Unreal series
- Wolfenstein 3D series
- [[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]
- XIII
- Star Wars Battlefront series (Can switch between first and third person)
Vehicle-based
- BattleTanx series
- Descent series
- Necrodome
- Redline
- Twisted Metal series
Mech
- MechWarrior series
- Heavy Gear series
These titles may be FPS depending on your definition:
- Damage Inc
- [[Giants: Citizen Kabuto]]
- Hardwar
- Heavy Gear
- Hidden and Dangerous
- Hired Guns
- Magic Carpet series
- Phantom Crash
- Special Force
- Under Ash
Third-person shooters/Third-person action
Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a specific perspective for the player. This is normally just behind and above the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric perspective.
- American McGee's Alice
- BloodRayne
- Dynasty Warriors
- Grand Theft Auto series (later games)
- Heretic II
- Hitman series
- [[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven|Mafia]]
- Max Payne series
- [[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]
- Mount & Blade TPS/RPG hybrid
- Space Harrier
- Tomb Raider series
- Battalion Wars
Stealth action
- Metal Gear series (later games)
- Splinter Cell series
- Thief series
- Tenchu series
- Cold War
Games played over the Internet with other human players in a shared environment. The gameplay is coordinated by a game server. While many games can be played on a computer network, online games are characterized by the game environment being persistent and shared among a significant number of players. The genre's expansion accelerated in 1995 when the internet became popular. Not all game types lend themselves easily to online gaming. (Note that many, if not most, gmaes today are capable of online play, but still are not "online games").
Game-controlled environment
This category includes games where the player's point of view does not change, and those where the player's movements are (usually) entirely predetermined by the game design ("rail shooters")Player-controlled environment
- America's Army
- Area 51 (different from the above)
- Avara
- Battlefield series
- Blake Stone series
- Blood series
- Call of Duty series
- [[Condemned: Criminal Origins]]
- Corridor 7
- Delta Force series
- Descent
- Deus Ex FPS/RPG hybrid
- Doom series
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Far Cry
- F.E.A.R.
- Ghost Recon series
- GoldenEye 007
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Halo series
- Half-Life series
- Hardwar
- Heretic
- HeXen series
- Hired Guns
- Global Operations
- [[Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In|I.G.I.]] series
- Killzone
- [[Kingpin: Life of Crime]]
- Magic Carpet series
- Marathon series
- MechWarrior series
- Medal of Honor series
- Metroid Prime series
- Neocron FPS/MMORPG hybrid
- No One Lives Forever series
- Operation Body Count
- Quake series
- Timesplitters series
- Rainbow Six series
- ''[[Terra Nova: Strike Force Centuari]]
- [[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter|Turok]] series
- ''Redneck Rampage
- Rise of the Triad
- Serious Sam series
- Undying
- Unreal series
- Wolfenstein 3D series
- [[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]
- XIII
- Star Wars Battlefront series (Can switch between first and third person)
Vehicle-based
- BattleTanx series
- Descent series
- Necrodome
- Redline
- Twisted Metal series
Mech
- MechWarrior series
- Heavy Gear series
- Damage Inc
- [[Giants: Citizen Kabuto]]
- Hardwar
- Heavy Gear
- Hidden and Dangerous
- Hired Guns
- Magic Carpet series
- Phantom Crash
- Special Force
- Under Ash
Third-person shooters/Third-person action
Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a specific perspective for the player. This is normally just behind and above the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric perspective.- American McGee's Alice
- BloodRayne
- Dynasty Warriors
- Grand Theft Auto series (later games)
- Heretic II
- Hitman series
- [[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven|Mafia]]
- Max Payne series
- [[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]
- Mount & Blade TPS/RPG hybrid
- Space Harrier
- Tomb Raider series
- Battalion Wars
Stealth action
- Metal Gear series (later games)
- Splinter Cell series
- Thief series
- Tenchu series
- Cold War
Games played over the Internet with other human players in a shared environment. The gameplay is coordinated by a game server. While many games can be played on a computer network, online games are characterized by the game environment being persistent and shared among a significant number of players. The genre's expansion accelerated in 1995 when the internet became popular. Not all game types lend themselves easily to online gaming. (Note that many, if not most, gmaes today are capable of online play, but still are not "online games").
Online
- see list of MMORPGs''
Online
- America's Army
- Battlefield series
- Counter Strike
- Halo series
- Killzone
- PlanetSide
- [[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]]
- Tribes series
- Unreal Tournament
- World War II Online
Online
- AMFA Manager
- Baseball Mogul Online
- BattleMaster
- Battle Mines
- [Blackstar Kennels]
- [Cobblestone Stables]
- Game of God
- Kings of Chaos
- NukeZone
- [[Jennifer Government: NationStates|Nationstates]]
- Ogame
- Outwar
- [Pawpets]
- [Simulated Dog Network]
- [Small Critters]
- [Torn City]
- [Turf Horse]
- [White Oak Stables]
- [Whoa-Horsie]
- [TDZK] [www.tdzk.com]
Puzzle
Many games in the adventure and maze genres could arguably fit into this category as well. See list of puzzle-based computer and video games for a listing of puzzle games by type.
- America's Army
- Battlefield series
- Counter Strike
- Halo series
- Killzone
- PlanetSide
- [[Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror]]
- Tribes series
- Unreal Tournament
- World War II Online
Online
- AMFA Manager
- Baseball Mogul Online
- BattleMaster
- Battle Mines
- [Blackstar Kennels]
- [Cobblestone Stables]
- Game of God
- Kings of Chaos
- NukeZone
- [[Jennifer Government: NationStates|Nationstates]]
- Ogame
- Outwar
- [Pawpets]
- [Simulated Dog Network]
- [Small Critters]
- [Torn City]
- [Turf Horse]
- [White Oak Stables]
- [Whoa-Horsie]
- [TDZK] [www.tdzk.com]
Puzzle
Many games in the adventure and maze genres could arguably fit into this category as well. See list of puzzle-based computer and video games for a listing of puzzle games by type.
- Ballance
- Dr. Mario
- The Incredible Machine series
- Inhabitants
- Lemmings
- Marbol
- Puyo Puyo
- Puzzle Bobble (or Bust-A-Move) series
- Tetris
(See also List of dance games, List of drumming games)
- 3DDX
- Amplitude
- beatmania, beatmania IIDX and variants
- Britney's Dance Beat
- Bust a Groove (Japan: Bust a Move'')
- Canmusic (at now: Voshall/[here])
- Crackin' DJ
- Cyber Groove
- Daigasso! Band Brothers
- Dance Aerobics
- Dance Dance Revolution series
- Dance ManiaX
- [[Dance:UK]]
- Dance With Intensity
- Disney's Jungle Book Groove Party
- DJMAX
- DJ Wars
- Donkey Konga
- Donkey Konga 2
- Dream Audition
- DrumMania
- Electroplankton
- EZ2DJ
- EZ2Dancer
- Feet of Fury
- Flash Flash Revolution
- Frequency and its sequel Amplitude
- Gitaroo Man
- GuitarFreaks
- Guitar Hero
- Guitar Jam
- Guitar Revolution
- In The Groove
- ''Daigasso! Band Brothers
- Karaoke Revolution
- Keyboardmania
- Lumines
- Mad Maestro
- Mambo A Go Go
- Martial Beat
- MC Groovz Dance Craze
- NeoDrumX
- O2Jam
- ''Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan
- PacaPaca Passion
- PaRappa the Rapper and sequel UmJammer Lammy
- ParaParaParadise
- Pop'n Music
- Puyo Puyo Da
- Pump It Up
- Rez
- Samba de Amigo
- Shakkato Tambourine
- Shamisen Brothers (三味線ブラザーズ)
- SingStar
- Sound Fantasy
- Space Channel 5 and its sequel
- Spice World
- StepMania
- Stepping Stage
- Superstar Dance Club
- [[Taiko: Drum Master]] (aka Taiko no tatsujin)
- Technic Beat
- Technictix
- Technomotion
- TeknoWerk
- Unison
- Vib Ribbon
Role-playing games
- Alternate Reality series
- Ambermoon
- Amberstar
- Anachronox
- Arc the Lad series
- [[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]
- Astonia
- Avernum series
- Bahamut Lagoon
- Baldur's Gate series
- Bard's Tale (1985)
- Bard's Tale (2004)
- Breath of Fire series
- The Changeling
- Chrono series:
- *Chrono Trigger
- *Radical Dreamers
- *Chrono Cross
- Deathlord
- Deus Ex and [[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]
- Diablo series
- Dot.Hack series
- Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warrior) series
- Dragon Wars
- Drakengard
- Dungeon Master series
- Dungeon Siege series
- EarthBound\Mother series
- The Elder Scrolls series
- * [[The Elder Scrolls: Arena|Arena]]
- * [[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall|Daggerfall]]
- * [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind]]
- * [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Oblivion]]
- Exile (aka Avernum) series
- Fable
- Fallout series
- Fate
- Final Fantasy series
- Fire Emblem series
- Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
- Front Mission
- Gateway to the Savage Frontier
- Geneforge series
- ''Gold Box D&D series
- *Pool of Radiance
- *Curse of the Azure Bonds
- *Secret of the Silver Blades
- *Pools of Darkness
- *Gateway to the Savage Frontier
- *Treasures of the Savage Frontier
- *Champions of Krynn
- *Death Knights of Krynn
- *Dark Queen of Krynn
- Golden Sun
- Grand Theft Auto series
- King of Dragon Pass
- [[Kingdom Conflicts: The Hammer Of Thor]]
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Lufia series (known as the Estopolis series in Japan)
- Martial Heroes Martial Arts ***
- Magebane
- Mars Saga
- Might and Magic series
- Mobius
- Mount & Blade
- Neverwinter Nights series
- Ogre Battle series
- The Palace
- Paper Mario
- Phantasy Star series
- Planescape: Torment
- Pokémon series
- Quest for Glory (aka Hero's Quest) series
- Rudora no Hihou (aka Treasure of the Rudras)
- SaGa series (including the Final Fantasy Legend titles)
- Seiken Densetsu (Mana) series:
- *Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden)
- *Sword of Mana (Shin'yaku Seiken Densetsu)
- *Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2)
- *Seiken Densetsu 3
- *Dawn of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 4)
- *Legend of Mana
- *Children of Mana
- Space Rangers series
- Star Ocean series
- [[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]] series
- Suikoden series
- ''Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars
- Tales series (Namco's Tales)
- The Temple of Elemental Evil
- Tunnels of Doom
- Ultima series
- [[Vampire: the Masquerade]]
- [[Vampire: Bloodlines]]
- Wasteland
- Wild Arms series
- Windwalker
- Wizardry series
- Wrath of Denethenor
- Ys series
- Yu-Gi-Oh series
- Xenogears
- Xenosaga series
- [[X-Men 2: Fall of the Mutants]]
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO's)
see also MMORPG
- Anarchy Online
- Auto Assault
- City of Heroes
- City of Villains
- Dungeons & Dragons Online
- Everquest
- Guild Wars
- Martial Heroes
- Meridian 59
- Ragnarok Online
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Torn City
- Ultima Online
(See also List of popular roguelikes (and other descendents of rogue).)
- Ancient Domains Of Mystery
- Angband
- Castle of the Winds
- Diablo real-time graphical roguelike
- The Dungeon Revealed / The Dungeon of Doom
- Falcon's Eye graphical port of NetHack
- FuryBand / FuryBand
- GearHead graphical/ASCII roguelike
- Hack
- Iter Vehemens ad Necem
- Linley's Dungeon Crawl
- Moria
- NetHack
- Rogue
- [Transcendence] real-time graphical roguelike
- Tyrant
Simulation games
Simulation, or simulator, games attempt recreating the experience of controlling a some kind vehicle, like a ship, airplane or car, often as realistically as practically possible, taking into account physics and other real-world limitations.
- 3DDX
- Amplitude
- beatmania, beatmania IIDX and variants
- Britney's Dance Beat
- Bust a Groove (Japan: Bust a Move'')
- Canmusic (at now: Voshall/[here])
- Crackin' DJ
- Cyber Groove
- Daigasso! Band Brothers
- Dance Aerobics
- Dance Dance Revolution series
- Dance ManiaX
- [[Dance:UK]]
- Dance With Intensity
- Disney's Jungle Book Groove Party
- DJMAX
- DJ Wars
- Donkey Konga
- Donkey Konga 2
- Dream Audition
- DrumMania
- Electroplankton
- EZ2DJ
- EZ2Dancer
- Feet of Fury
- Flash Flash Revolution
- Frequency and its sequel Amplitude
- Gitaroo Man
- GuitarFreaks
- Guitar Hero
- Guitar Jam
- Guitar Revolution
- In The Groove
- ''Daigasso! Band Brothers
- Karaoke Revolution
- Keyboardmania
- Lumines
- Mad Maestro
- Mambo A Go Go
- Martial Beat
- MC Groovz Dance Craze
- NeoDrumX
- O2Jam
- ''Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan
- PacaPaca Passion
- PaRappa the Rapper and sequel UmJammer Lammy
- ParaParaParadise
- Pop'n Music
- Puyo Puyo Da
- Pump It Up
- Rez
- Samba de Amigo
- Shakkato Tambourine
- Shamisen Brothers (三味線ブラザーズ)
- SingStar
- Sound Fantasy
- Space Channel 5 and its sequel
- Spice World
- StepMania
- Stepping Stage
- Superstar Dance Club
- [[Taiko: Drum Master]] (aka Taiko no tatsujin)
- Technic Beat
- Technictix
- Technomotion
- TeknoWerk
- Unison
- Vib Ribbon
Role-playing games
- Alternate Reality series
- Ambermoon
- Amberstar
- Anachronox
- Arc the Lad series
- [[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]
- Astonia
- Avernum series
- Bahamut Lagoon
- Baldur's Gate series
- Bard's Tale (1985)
- Bard's Tale (2004)
- Breath of Fire series
- The Changeling
- Chrono series:
- *Chrono Trigger
- *Radical Dreamers
- *Chrono Cross
- Deathlord
- Deus Ex and [[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]
- Diablo series
- Dot.Hack series
- Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warrior) series
- Dragon Wars
- Drakengard
- Dungeon Master series
- Dungeon Siege series
- EarthBound\Mother series
- The Elder Scrolls series
- * [[The Elder Scrolls: Arena|Arena]]
- * [[The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall|Daggerfall]]
- * [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind]]
- * [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Oblivion]]
- Exile (aka Avernum) series
- Fable
- Fallout series
- Fate
- Final Fantasy series
- Fire Emblem series
- Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures
- Front Mission
- Gateway to the Savage Frontier
- Geneforge series
- ''Gold Box D&D series
- *Pool of Radiance
- *Curse of the Azure Bonds
- *Secret of the Silver Blades
- *Pools of Darkness
- *Gateway to the Savage Frontier
- *Treasures of the Savage Frontier
- *Champions of Krynn
- *Death Knights of Krynn
- *Dark Queen of Krynn
- Golden Sun
- Grand Theft Auto series
- King of Dragon Pass
- [[Kingdom Conflicts: The Hammer Of Thor]]
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Lufia series (known as the Estopolis series in Japan)
- Martial Heroes Martial Arts ***
- Magebane
- Mars Saga
- Might and Magic series
- Mobius
- Mount & Blade
- Neverwinter Nights series
- Ogre Battle series
- The Palace
- Paper Mario
- Phantasy Star series
- Planescape: Torment
- Pokémon series
- Quest for Glory (aka Hero's Quest) series
- Rudora no Hihou (aka Treasure of the Rudras)
- SaGa series (including the Final Fantasy Legend titles)
- Seiken Densetsu (Mana) series:
- *Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden)
- *Sword of Mana (Shin'yaku Seiken Densetsu)
- *Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2)
- *Seiken Densetsu 3
- *Dawn of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 4)
- *Legend of Mana
- *Children of Mana
- Space Rangers series
- Star Ocean series
- [[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]] series
- Suikoden series
- ''Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars
- Tales series (Namco's Tales)
- The Temple of Elemental Evil
- Tunnels of Doom
- Ultima series
- [[Vampire: the Masquerade]]
- [[Vampire: Bloodlines]]
- Wasteland
- Wild Arms series
- Windwalker
- Wizardry series
- Wrath of Denethenor
- Ys series
- Yu-Gi-Oh series
- Xenogears
- Xenosaga series
- [[X-Men 2: Fall of the Mutants]]
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO's)
see also MMORPG- Anarchy Online
- Auto Assault
- City of Heroes
- City of Villains
- Dungeons & Dragons Online
- Everquest
- Guild Wars
- Martial Heroes
- Meridian 59
- Ragnarok Online
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Torn City
- Ultima Online
(See also List of popular roguelikes (and other descendents of rogue).)
- Ancient Domains Of Mystery
- Angband
- Castle of the Winds
- Diablo real-time graphical roguelike
- The Dungeon Revealed / The Dungeon of Doom
- Falcon's Eye graphical port of NetHack
- FuryBand / FuryBand
- GearHead graphical/ASCII roguelike
- Hack
- Iter Vehemens ad Necem
- Linley's Dungeon Crawl
- Moria
- NetHack
- Rogue
- [Transcendence] real-time graphical roguelike
- Tyrant
Simulation games
Simulation, or simulator, games attempt recreating the experience of controlling a some kind vehicle, like a ship, airplane or car, often as realistically as practically possible, taking into account physics and other real-world limitations.
- Ace Combat
- FlightGear
- Flight Sim Toolkit
- Flight Unlimited series
- Microsoft Flight Simulator series
- Orbiter
- Pilotwings series
- Silent Hunter
- Stunt Island
- X-Plane
Space simulations tend to be much like flight simulations but generally have to take many liberties to adapt the "true" physics of spaceflight to be more player-friendly.
- Celestia
- [[Descent: Freespace|Freespace]] series
- Darklight Conflict
- Elite
- * Frontier
- * First Encounters
- Earth & Beyond (a massive multiplayer online game set in space)
- Escape Velocity series
- EVE Online (a massive multiplayer online game set in space)
- Freelancer
- Galaxy Trek
- [[Hegemonia: Legions of Iron]]
- Homeworld
- *[[Homeworld: Cataclysm]]
- *Homeworld 2
- Independence War (aka I-War)
- *[[Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos]]
- [[Nexus: The Jupiter Incident]]
- Noctis (simulates a galaxy of stars, planets and moons for pure exploration)
- Starflight
- Starlancer
- Star Fleet Command
- [[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]
- [[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron]]
- [[Star Wars: Starfighter]]
- [[Tachyon: The Fringe]]
- TDZK
- Wing Commander and Privateer series
- [[X: Beyond the Frontier]]
- * [[X2: The Threat]]
- X-Wing series
- *[[Star Wars: X-wing|X-Wing]]
- *[[Star Wars: TIE Fighter|TIE Fighter]]
- *X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
- *X-Wing Alliance
- 4D Sports Driving
- ATV Off-Road Fury series
- Colin McRae Rally series
- Gran Turismo series
- Grand Prix Legends
- Motocross Madness series
- MX Unleashed
- MX vs. ATV Unleashed
- Stunts
- Street Rod series
Arcade styled
- Armagetron
- Carmageddon series
- Excitebike
- Final Lap
- F-Zero series
- Grand Theft Auto series
- High Octane
- Mach Rider
- Marble Madness
- Mario Kart series (belive to have started the kart-racing genre)
- Midnight Club series
- Need For Speed series
- Out Run
- Pole Position series
- Project Gotham Racing
- Road Rash
- Sega Rally series
- The Simpsons Road Rage
- Test Drive series
- TrackMania series
- wipEout series
- Activision Boxing
- Activision Tennis
- All Star Baseball 2003
- Arch Rivals
- Arena Football series (EA Sports)
- Auto Racing (Intellivision)
- Backyard Sports series
- Baseball, (1971)
- Baseball Mogul series
- ''Bode Miller Alpine Skiing
- Championship Manager series (Eidos/Sports Interactive)
- Earl Weaver Baseball series (EA Sports)
- FIFA Soccer series (EA Sports)
- Ghetto Pong
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Hardball series
- High Heat Baseball series
- Intellivision World Series Baseball
- Jose Canseco Baseball
- Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball
- Kick Off
- Knockout Kings series (EA Sports)
- Madden NFL series (EA Sports)
- Major League Baseball (Intellivision)
- Motocross (Intellivision)
- Mutant League series
- NASCAR Racing series (EA Sports)
- NASL Soccer (Intellivision)
- NBA Jam series (EA Sports)
- NBA ShootOut series
- NFL Football (Intellivision)
- NHL series (EA Sports)
- Pete Rose Baseball
- Pong
- Premier Manager 2005/2006
- ''Pro Evolution Soccer series
- Rumble in the Rink
- Shot-Online
- Tecmo Super Bowl series
- Tiger Woods Golf series (EA Sports)
- Tony La Russa Baseball series
Strategy
General strategy
- Defender of the Crown
- Europa Universalis series
- Lords of Conquest
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- Superpower 2
- Wargame Construction Set
- Democracy Game
- 1503 A.D., a city builder game set in the New World (Americas)
- Caesar III, a city builder game set in ancient Rome
- Zeus, a city builder game set in ancient Greece
- Pharaoh, a city builder game set in ancient Egypt
- The Settlers series
- SimCity series
- Many economic simulator games are sub-classified as Tycoon games.
Some do not consider some games of this genre to be games at all, but rather "digital toys" or "software toys". Indeed, this is how Will Wright, the designer of the most popular video game of all time, The Sims, describes his games.
- Celestia
- [[Descent: Freespace|Freespace]] series
- Darklight Conflict
- Elite
- * Frontier
- * First Encounters
- Earth & Beyond (a massive multiplayer online game set in space)
- Escape Velocity series
- EVE Online (a massive multiplayer online game set in space)
- Freelancer
- Galaxy Trek
- [[Hegemonia: Legions of Iron]]
- Homeworld
- *[[Homeworld: Cataclysm]]
- *Homeworld 2
- Independence War (aka I-War)
- *[[Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos]]
- [[Nexus: The Jupiter Incident]]
- Noctis (simulates a galaxy of stars, planets and moons for pure exploration)
- Starflight
- Starlancer
- Star Fleet Command
- [[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]
- [[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron]]
- [[Star Wars: Starfighter]]
- [[Tachyon: The Fringe]]
- TDZK
- Wing Commander and Privateer series
- [[X: Beyond the Frontier]]
- * [[X2: The Threat]]
- X-Wing series
- *[[Star Wars: X-wing|X-Wing]]
- *[[Star Wars: TIE Fighter|TIE Fighter]]
- *X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
- *X-Wing Alliance
- 4D Sports Driving
- ATV Off-Road Fury series
- Colin McRae Rally series
- Gran Turismo series
- Grand Prix Legends
- Motocross Madness series
- MX Unleashed
- MX vs. ATV Unleashed
- Stunts
- Street Rod series
Arcade styled
- Armagetron
- Carmageddon series
- Excitebike
- Final Lap
- F-Zero series
- Grand Theft Auto series
- High Octane
- Mach Rider
- Marble Madness
- Mario Kart series (belive to have started the kart-racing genre)
- Midnight Club series
- Need For Speed series
- Out Run
- Pole Position series
- Project Gotham Racing
- Road Rash
- Sega Rally series
- The Simpsons Road Rage
- Test Drive series
- TrackMania series
- wipEout series
- Activision Boxing
- Activision Tennis
- All Star Baseball 2003
- Arch Rivals
- Arena Football series (EA Sports)
- Auto Racing (Intellivision)
- Backyard Sports series
- Baseball, (1971)
- Baseball Mogul series
- ''Bode Miller Alpine Skiing
- Championship Manager series (Eidos/Sports Interactive)
- Earl Weaver Baseball series (EA Sports)
- FIFA Soccer series (EA Sports)
- Ghetto Pong
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Hardball series
- High Heat Baseball series
- Intellivision World Series Baseball
- Jose Canseco Baseball
- Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball
- Kick Off
- Knockout Kings series (EA Sports)
- Madden NFL series (EA Sports)
- Major League Baseball (Intellivision)
- Motocross (Intellivision)
- Mutant League series
- NASCAR Racing series (EA Sports)
- NASL Soccer (Intellivision)
- NBA Jam series (EA Sports)
- NBA ShootOut series
- NFL Football (Intellivision)
- NHL series (EA Sports)
- Pete Rose Baseball
- Pong
- Premier Manager 2005/2006
- ''Pro Evolution Soccer series
- Rumble in the Rink
- Shot-Online
- Tecmo Super Bowl series
- Tiger Woods Golf series (EA Sports)
- Tony La Russa Baseball series
Strategy
General strategy
- Defender of the Crown
- Europa Universalis series
- Lords of Conquest
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- Superpower 2
- Wargame Construction Set
- Democracy Game
- 1503 A.D., a city builder game set in the New World (Americas)
- Caesar III, a city builder game set in ancient Rome
- Zeus, a city builder game set in ancient Greece
- Pharaoh, a city builder game set in ancient Egypt
- The Settlers series
- SimCity series
- Many economic simulator games are sub-classified as Tycoon games.
Some do not consider some games of this genre to be games at all, but rather "digital toys" or "software toys". Indeed, this is how Will Wright, the designer of the most popular video game of all time, The Sims, describes his games.
- Activision Boxing
- Activision Tennis
- All Star Baseball 2003
- Arch Rivals
- Arena Football series (EA Sports)
- Auto Racing (Intellivision)
- Backyard Sports series
- Baseball, (1971)
- Baseball Mogul series
- ''Bode Miller Alpine Skiing
- Championship Manager series (Eidos/Sports Interactive)
- Earl Weaver Baseball series (EA Sports)
- FIFA Soccer series (EA Sports)
- Ghetto Pong
- Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D
- Hardball series
- High Heat Baseball series
- Intellivision World Series Baseball
- Jose Canseco Baseball
- Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball
- Kick Off
- Knockout Kings series (EA Sports)
- Madden NFL series (EA Sports)
- Major League Baseball (Intellivision)
- Motocross (Intellivision)
- Mutant League series
- NASCAR Racing series (EA Sports)
- NASL Soccer (Intellivision)
- NBA Jam series (EA Sports)
- NBA ShootOut series
- NFL Football (Intellivision)
- NHL series (EA Sports)
- Pete Rose Baseball
- Pong
- Premier Manager 2005/2006
- ''Pro Evolution Soccer series
- Rumble in the Rink
- Shot-Online
- Tecmo Super Bowl series
- Tiger Woods Golf series (EA Sports)
- Tony La Russa Baseball series
Strategy
General strategy
- Defender of the Crown
- Europa Universalis series
- Lords of Conquest
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- Superpower 2
- Wargame Construction Set
- Democracy Game
- 1503 A.D., a city builder game set in the New World (Americas)
- Caesar III, a city builder game set in ancient Rome
- Zeus, a city builder game set in ancient Greece
- Pharaoh, a city builder game set in ancient Egypt
- The Settlers series
- SimCity series
- Many economic simulator games are sub-classified as Tycoon games.
Some do not consider some games of this genre to be games at all, but rather "digital toys" or "software toys". Indeed, this is how Will Wright, the designer of the most popular video game of all time, The Sims, describes his games.
- 1503 A.D., a city builder game set in the New World (Americas)
- Caesar III, a city builder game set in ancient Rome
- Zeus, a city builder game set in ancient Greece
- Pharaoh, a city builder game set in ancient Egypt
- The Settlers series
- SimCity series
- Many economic simulator games are sub-classified as Tycoon games.
Some do not consider some games of this genre to be games at all, but rather "digital toys" or "software toys". Indeed, this is how Will Wright, the designer of the most popular video game of all time, The Sims, describes his games.
- Black and White series
- Populous series
- SimAnt
- SimEarth
- ''SimLife
- The Sims series
- Simutrans
- ''Utopia, for Mattel Intellivision (1982)
- Virtual U
- Spore
Real-time
- Age of Empires series
- Age of Mythology series
- Armies of Exigo
- Battle Realms
- ''Blitzkrieg series
- Codename Panzers series
- Command and Conquer series
- The Corporate Machine
- ''[[Cossacks: European Wars|Cossacks]] series
- Dark Reign
- Dune II
- Dungeon Keeper series
- Earth 2150 series
- Homeworld series
- Impossible Creatures
- Kill Krush 'N Destroy series
- Metal Fatigue
- Outlive
- Outpost Kaloki X
- Perimeter
- Pikmin series
- Rise of Nations
- Rise of Legends
- Sins of a Solar Empire
- StarCraft & add-on
- Stronghold (castle building) series
- Stronghold (D&D)
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- Total Annihilation
- Warcraft series
- [[Warlords: Battlecry]] series
- Close Combat series
- Commandos series
- Desperados series, from [link]
- Chicago 1930 series, from [link]
- Ground Control series
- MechCommander series
- Myth series
- Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
- Sid Meier's Antietam!
- Sudden Strike
- Strength & Honour
- Syndicate series
- Takada II
- Total War series
- [[Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat]]
- [[Warhammer: Dark Omen]]
- [[Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle]]
- Full Spectrum Warrior series
- [[Soldiers: Heroes of World War II]]
- Faces of War
- [[Squad Assault: West Front]]
- Scorched Earth
- Worms series (includes action game elements)
- Advance Wars series
- Age of Wonders series
- Alpha Centauri
- Ascendancy
- Battle Isle series
- Battle for Wesnoth
- [Battles of Norghan]
- Chaos series
- Civilization series
- Colonization
- [[Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket]]
- Dominions II: The Ascension Wars
- Empire Deluxe
- Fire Emblem series
- Galactic Civilizations series
- King of Dragon Pass
- Heroes of Might and Magic series
- Lux
- Master of Magic
- Master of Orion series
- Nintendo Wars series
- Panzer General series
- ''Patton Versus Rommel
- ''Shattered Union
- Space Empires series
- Stars!
- Steel Panthers series
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- To Boldly Go
- TripleA
- VGA Planets (for play-by-email)
- [War: Age of Imperialism]
- Warlords series
- Combat Mission series
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Front Mission series
- Jagged Alliance series
- Laser Squad
- Shining Force series
- Silent Storm series
- X-COM series
- Vandal Hearts series
- Nectaris aka Military Madness series
- Mission Force: Cyberstorm (Sierra)
Hybrid strategy
- Strange Adventures in Infinite Space and [[Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space]]
Miscellany
- Animal Crossing series
- Blockland
- Katamari Damacy
- Mario Party series
Collectible card game
- [[Magic: The Gathering]] has had computer versions for some time.
- There is also a Pokemon Trading Card game for the Game Boy Color.
Notable People
See list of computer and video game industry people.
- Age of Empires series
- Age of Mythology series
- Armies of Exigo
- Battle Realms
- ''Blitzkrieg series
- Codename Panzers series
- Command and Conquer series
- The Corporate Machine
- ''[[Cossacks: European Wars|Cossacks]] series
- Dark Reign
- Dune II
- Dungeon Keeper series
- Earth 2150 series
- Homeworld series
- Impossible Creatures
- Kill Krush 'N Destroy series
- Metal Fatigue
- Outlive
- Outpost Kaloki X
- Perimeter
- Pikmin series
- Rise of Nations
- Rise of Legends
- Sins of a Solar Empire
- StarCraft & add-on
- Stronghold (castle building) series
- Stronghold (D&D)
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- Total Annihilation
- Warcraft series
- [[Warlords: Battlecry]] series
- Close Combat series
- Commandos series
- Desperados series, from [link]
- Chicago 1930 series, from [link]
- Ground Control series
- MechCommander series
- Myth series
- Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
- Sid Meier's Antietam!
- Sudden Strike
- Strength & Honour
- Syndicate series
- Takada II
- Total War series
- [[Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat]]
- [[Warhammer: Dark Omen]]
- [[Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle]]
- Full Spectrum Warrior series
- [[Soldiers: Heroes of World War II]]
- Faces of War
- [[Squad Assault: West Front]]
- Scorched Earth
- Worms series (includes action game elements)
- Advance Wars series
- Age of Wonders series
- Alpha Centauri
- Ascendancy
- Battle Isle series
- Battle for Wesnoth
- [Battles of Norghan]
- Chaos series
- Civilization series
- Colonization
- [[Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket]]
- Dominions II: The Ascension Wars
- Empire Deluxe
- Fire Emblem series
- Galactic Civilizations series
- King of Dragon Pass
- Heroes of Might and Magic series
- Lux
- Master of Magic
- Master of Orion series
- Nintendo Wars series
- Panzer General series
- ''Patton Versus Rommel
- ''Shattered Union
- Space Empires series
- Stars!
- Steel Panthers series
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- To Boldly Go
- TripleA
- VGA Planets (for play-by-email)
- [War: Age of Imperialism]
- Warlords series
- Combat Mission series
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Front Mission series
- Jagged Alliance series
- Laser Squad
- Shining Force series
- Silent Storm series
- X-COM series
- Vandal Hearts series
- Nectaris aka Military Madness series
- Mission Force: Cyberstorm (Sierra)
Hybrid strategy
- Strange Adventures in Infinite Space and [[Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space]]
Miscellany
- Animal Crossing series
- Blockland
- Katamari Damacy
- Mario Party series
Collectible card game
- [[Magic: The Gathering]] has had computer versions for some time.
- There is also a Pokemon Trading Card game for the Game Boy Color.
Notable People
See list of computer and video game industry people.
- Scorched Earth
- Worms series (includes action game elements)
- Advance Wars series
- Age of Wonders series
- Alpha Centauri
- Ascendancy
- Battle Isle series
- Battle for Wesnoth
- [Battles of Norghan]
- Chaos series
- Civilization series
- Colonization
- [[Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket]]
- Dominions II: The Ascension Wars
- Empire Deluxe
- Fire Emblem series
- Galactic Civilizations series
- King of Dragon Pass
- Heroes of Might and Magic series
- Lux
- Master of Magic
- Master of Orion series
- Nintendo Wars series
- Panzer General series
- ''Patton Versus Rommel
- ''Shattered Union
- Space Empires series
- Stars!
- Steel Panthers series
- Supreme Ruler 2010
- To Boldly Go
- TripleA
- VGA Planets (for play-by-email)
- [War: Age of Imperialism]
- Warlords series
- Combat Mission series
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Front Mission series
- Jagged Alliance series
- Laser Squad
- Shining Force series
- Silent Storm series
- X-COM series
- Vandal Hearts series
- Nectaris aka Military Madness series
- Mission Force: Cyberstorm (Sierra)
Hybrid strategy
- Strange Adventures in Infinite Space and [[Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space]]
Miscellany
- Animal Crossing series
- Blockland
- Katamari Damacy
- Mario Party series
Collectible card game
- [[Magic: The Gathering]] has had computer versions for some time.
- There is also a Pokemon Trading Card game for the Game Boy Color.
Notable People
See list of computer and video game industry people.
- Combat Mission series
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Front Mission series
- Jagged Alliance series
- Laser Squad
- Shining Force series
- Silent Storm series
- X-COM series
- Vandal Hearts series
- Nectaris aka Military Madness series
- Mission Force: Cyberstorm (Sierra)
Hybrid strategy
- Strange Adventures in Infinite Space and [[Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space]]
Miscellany
- Animal Crossing series
- Blockland
- Katamari Damacy
- Mario Party series
Collectible card game
- [[Magic: The Gathering]] has had computer versions for some time.
- There is also a Pokemon Trading Card game for the Game Boy Color.
Notable People
See list of computer and video game industry people.Traditional
Most popular board games, card games, and the like have been computerized to some degree or another. Computer game programs can be worthy opponents and can help you improve your skill at traditional games.
- ''Chess, Checkers, Othello (a.k.a. Reversi), and Backgammon have world class computer programs.
- ''Mah-jongg and related games are immensely popular in Japan.
- ''Maqiupai
- ''I-go, popular in Asia.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.
