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{{Video Games Subgroup}}
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{{Image|WoWCharacterCreation.jpg|right|350px|'''Did you know that...''' [[World of Warcraft]] currently holds the Guinness World Record for Most Popular MMORPG.}}
{{Image|JSW Master Bedroom.gif|right|350px|'''Did you know that...''' [[Jet Set Willy]] had four major bugs when it was released making it impossible to complete.}}
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* Our third article has been approved - [[Jet Set Willy]]!
* We now have a total of [[:Category:Video Games Approved|{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Video Games_Approved}} approved articles]] out of a [[:Category:Video Games Subgroup|total of {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Video Games_Subgroup}} video games articles]].
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*Invite more editors and authors to join us.
*Invite more editors and authors to join us.
*Participate in our [[CZ Talk:Video Games Subgroup|talk page]].
*Participate in our [[CZ Talk:Video Games Subgroup|talk page]].
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* Articles about a particular video game should include the template [[Template:Infobox_CVG|Infobox_CVG]].
* Articles about a series of games should have one article about the series itself, and then one article for each game within the series.
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#{{pl|History of video games}}
#{{pl|History of video games}}
#{{pl|Video game controversy}}
#{{pl|Video game controversy}}
#{{pl|Military use of video games}}
#{{pl|Surgery and video games}}


==Companies==
==Companies==
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'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|Grand Theft Auto (series)}}
#{{pl|Grand Theft Auto (series)}}
#{{pl|Pac-Man}}
#{{pl|Pac-man}}


====Beat 'em up====
====Beat 'em up====
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#{{pl|Platform game}}
#{{pl|Platform game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|Dizzy (series)}}
#{{pl|Donkey Kong (series)}}
#{{pl|Donkey Kong (series)}}
#{{pl|Jet Set Willy}}
#{{pl|Manic Miner}}
#{{pl|Mario (series)}}
#{{pl|Mario (series)}}


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'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|Space Invaders}}
#{{pl|Space Invaders}}
#{{pl|Call of Duty (series)}}


=====First-person shooter=====
=====First-person shooter=====
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#{{pl|First-person shooter}}
#{{pl|First-person shooter}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|Doom}}
#{{pl|Doom (video game)}}
#{{pl|Half-Life (series)}}
#{{pl|Half-Life (series)}}
#{{pl|Left 4 Dead}}
#{{pl|Left 4 Dead}}
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#{{pl|Tactical shooter}}
#{{pl|Tactical shooter}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|Delta Force}}
#{{pl|Delta Force (video game)}}
#{{pl|Seal team}}
#{{pl|Seal team}}
#{{pl|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (series))}}
#{{pl|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (series))}}
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#{{pl|Dead Space}}
#{{pl|Dead Space}}
#{{pl|Haunted House (game)}}
#{{pl|Haunted House (game)}}
#{{pl|Left 4 Dead}}
#{{pl|Resident Evil (series)}}
#{{pl|Resident Evil (series)}}


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'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|The Sims}}
#{{pl|The Sims}}
#{{pl|Spore}}


====Vehicle simulation====
====Vehicle simulation====
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#{{pl|Vehicle simulation game}}
#{{pl|Vehicle simulation game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|18 Wheels of Steel (series)}}
#{{pl|Microsoft Flight Simulator}}
#{{pl|Space Shuttle Mission 2007}}
#{{pl|Wing Commander}}


===Sports game===
===Sports game===
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#{{pl|Sports management game}}
#{{pl|Sports management game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Championship Manager (series)}}


===Racing game===
===Racing game===
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#{{pl|Racing game}}
#{{pl|Racing game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Gran Trak 10}}
#{{pl|Mario Kart (series)}}


===Strategy game===
===Strategy game===
'''Core topic defining this genre:'''
'''Core topic defining this genre:'''
#{{pl|Strategy game}}
#{{pl|Strategy game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!


====Turn-based Strategy Game====
====Turn-based Strategy Game====
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#{{pl|Party video game}}
#{{pl|Party video game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Mario Party (series)}}
#{{pl|Rayman Raving Rabbids (series)}}


===Puzzle game===
===Puzzle game===
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#{{pl|Traditional video game}}
#{{pl|Traditional video game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Chess (video game)}}
#{{pl|Monopoly (video game)}}
#{{pl|Video poker}}


===Educational game===
===Educational game===
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#{{pl|Educational video game}}
#{{pl|Educational video game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Big Brain Academy}}
#{{pl|The Typing of the Dead}}


===Adult game===
===Adult game===
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#{{pl|Adult game}}
#{{pl|Adult game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em}}
#{{pl|BMX XXX}}
#{{pl|Kanon}}
#{{pl|Leisure Suit Larry (series)}}
#{{pl|Playboy: The Mansion}}
#{{pl|Princess Maker (series)}}


===Massively multiplayer online game===
===Massively multiplayer online game===
'''Core topic defining this genre:'''
'''Core topic defining this genre:'''
#{{pl|Massicely multiplayer online game}}
#{{pl|Massively multiplayer online game}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
#{{pl|Second Life}}
#{{pl|Second Life}}
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#{{pl|Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter}}
#{{pl|Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Neocron}}


====Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy====
====Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy====
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#{{pl|Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy}}
#{{pl|Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy}}
'''Core games within this genre:'''
'''Core games within this genre:'''
* None yet - please list some!
#{{pl|Tom Clancy's EndWar}}

Latest revision as of 10:16, 9 August 2010

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Did you know that... Jet Set Willy had four major bugs when it was released making it impossible to complete.
NEWS!!
How you can help
  • Join this subgroup by adding [[Category:Video Games Members|YOUR LAST NAME, FIRST NAME]] to your user page.
  • Collaborate to develop our main video game article.
  • Reviewing our list of articles and add important ones we forgot to add to the list.
  • Start any of the red linked articles in our list below, or any other related to the field.
  • Help to develop any of the articles that are already started.
  • Add this subgroup category when lacking on existing articles that belong here.
  • Add screenshots or box covers to articles.
  • Invite more editors and authors to join us.
  • Participate in our talk page.
Video Game Article Conventions
  • Articles about a particular video game should include the template Infobox_CVG.
  • Articles about a series of games should have one article about the series itself, and then one article for each game within the series.
High priority articles

Legend:

  • Purple/Pink text means that the page is either a redirect or a lemma article.

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(This is just a preliminary list, please help us adding to it any important article or topic we missed.)

  1. Developing Article Video game

Meta

  1. Stub Gameplay
  2. History of video games
  3. Developing Article Video game controversy
  4. Military use of video games
  5. Surgery and video games

Companies

  1. Atari
    1. Nolan Bushnell
  2. Magnavox
    1. Ralph Baer
  3. Stub Microsoft
  4. Stub Nintendo
    1. Stub Shigeru Miyamoto
  5. Stub Sega
  6. Sony

Consoles

  1. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
  2. Amstrad CPC 464
  3. Atari 2600
  4. ColecoVision
  5. Developing Article Commodore 64
  6. External Article Dreamcast
  7. Game Boy Advance
  8. Game Boy
  9. Game Gear
  10. Intellivision
  11. Master System
  12. Stub Mega Drive (Genesis)
  13. Mega-CD
  14. Neo Geo Pocket
  15. N-Gage
  16. Nintendo 64
  17. Nintendo DS
  18. Nintendo DSi
  19. Developing Article Nintendo Entertainment System
  20. Nintendo GameCube
  21. Developing Article PlayStation
  22. PlayStation 2
  23. PlayStation 3
  24. PlayStation Portable
  25. Stub Sega Nomad
  26. Sega Saturn
  27. Stub Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  28. TurboExpress
  29. TurboGrafx-16
  30. Stub Wii
  31. Stub Xbox
  32. Stub Xbox 360


Specific Games or Series by Genre

See Video game/Genre for definitions of these genres

Action game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Action game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Developing Article Grand Theft Auto (series)
  2. Stub Pac-man

Beat 'em up

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Beat 'em up

Core games within this genre:

  1. Double Dragon
  2. Streets of Rage

Fighting game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Fighting video game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Stub Street Fighter (video game)

Platform game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Platform game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Developing Article Dizzy (series)
  2. Donkey Kong (series)
  3. Approved Article Jet Set Willy
  4. Manic Miner
  5. Stub Mario (series)

Shooter game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Shooter game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Stub Space Invaders
  2. Call of Duty (series)
First-person shooter

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. First-person shooter

Core games within this genre:

  1. Approved Article Doom (video game)
  2. Half-Life (series)
  3. Developing Article Left 4 Dead
  4. Quake
Third-person shooter

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Third-person shooter

Core games within this genre:

  1. Gears of War
  2. Syphon Filter
Shoot 'em up

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Shoot 'em up

Core games within this genre:

  1. Spacewar!
Light gun shooter

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Light gun shooter

Core games within this genre:

  1. Duck Hunt
  2. The House of the Dead (series)
  3. Virtua Cop
Rail shooter

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Rail shooter

Core games within this genre:

  1. The House of the Dead (series)
  2. Time Crisis (series)
Tactical shooter

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Tactical shooter

Core games within this genre:

  1. Delta Force (video game)
  2. Seal team
  3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (series))

Adventure game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Adventure game

Graphic adventure game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Graphic adventure game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Myst

Interactive fiction

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Interactive fiction

Core games within this genre:

  1. Colossal Cave
  2. Developing Article Zork

Interactive movie

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Interactive movie

Core games within this genre:

  1. Dragon's Lair

Visual novel

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Visual novel

Core games within this genre:

  1. Kanon

Action-adventure game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Action-adventure game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Tomb Raider (series)

Stealth game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Stealth game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Castle Wolfenstein
  2. Hitman (series)
  3. Metal Gear (series)
  4. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (series)

Survival horror game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Survival horror game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Alone in the Dark (series)
  2. Dead Space
  3. Haunted House (game)
  4. Developing Article Left 4 Dead
  5. Resident Evil (series)

Role-playing video game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Stub Role-playing video game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Stub Final Fantasy
  2. Pokémon (video game)
  3. Ultima

Music and rhythm game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Music and rhythm game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Dance Dance Revolution

Simulation game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Simulation game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Elite (game)

Career simulation

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Career simulation game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Stub SimCity

Life simulation

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Life simulation game

Core games within this genre:

  1. The Sims
  2. Spore

Vehicle simulation

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Vehicle simulation game

Core games within this genre:

  1. 18 Wheels of Steel (series)
  2. Microsoft Flight Simulator
  3. Space Shuttle Mission 2007
  4. Wing Commander

Sports game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Sports game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Pong

Sports management game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Sports management game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Championship Manager (series)

Racing game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Racing game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Gran Trak 10
  2. Mario Kart (series)

Strategy game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Strategy game

Turn-based Strategy Game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Turn-based strategy game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Civilization (computer game)

Real-time strategy game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Real-time strategy game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Populous
  2. StarCraft

Party game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Party video game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Mario Party (series)
  2. Rayman Raving Rabbids (series)

Puzzle game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Puzzle game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Stub Tetris

Traditional Game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Traditional video game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Chess (video game)
  2. Monopoly (video game)
  3. Video poker

Educational game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Educational video game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Big Brain Academy
  2. The Typing of the Dead

Adult game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Adult game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em
  2. BMX XXX
  3. Kanon
  4. Leisure Suit Larry (series)
  5. Playboy: The Mansion
  6. Princess Maker (series)

Massively multiplayer online game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Stub Massively multiplayer online game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Developing Article Second Life

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Developing Article Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Core games within this genre:

  1. Asheron's Call
  2. City of Heroes
  3. Everquest
  4. Approved Article World of Warcraft

Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter

Core games within this genre:

  1. Neocron

Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy

Core topic defining this genre:

  1. Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy

Core games within this genre:

  1. Tom Clancy's EndWar
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