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Animal Crossing: New Horizons
A 2020 social simulation game by Nintendo for the Switch in which players develop a deserted island into a community of anthropomorphic animal villagers.
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Apex Legends
A 2019 free-to-play battle royale shooter by Respawn Entertainment set in the Titanfall universe, featuring squad-based play and distinct hero abilities.
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Assassin's Creed II
A 2009 action-adventure game by Ubisoft set in Renaissance Italy, following Florentine nobleman-turned-assassin Ezio Auditore.
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Asteroids
A 1979 vector-graphics space shooter by Atari where players pilot a triangular ship that shoots and dodges drifting asteroids and flying saucers.
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Baldur's Gate 3
A 2023 isometric RPG by Larian Studios set in the Forgotten Realms, in which a party of strangers infected by mind-flayer parasites tries to remove the tadpoles from their brains.
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BattleTech
A 2018 turn-based mech combat strategy game by Harebrained Schemes in which a mercenary captain pilots BattleMechs across a vast Inner Sphere wartorn frontier.
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BioShock
A 2007 first-person shooter by Irrational Games set in the underwater Objectivist city of Rapture, where the player navigates ruined corridors and genetically altered foes.
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Bloodborne
A 2015 action role-playing game by FromSoftware and Sony for the PlayStation 4, set in a Victorian-Gothic city consumed by a beast plague.
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Borderlands 2
A 2012 looter shooter by Gearbox Software in which four Vault Hunters return to Pandora to defeat the smug Hyperion CEO Handsome Jack and free the planet.
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Bratz: Rock Angelz
A 2005 multi-platform adventure game by Blitz Games in which the Bratz form a band and start a teen magazine called Bratz Magazine across multiple cities.
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Buzz!: The Mega Quiz
A 2007 PlayStation 2 trivia game by Relentless Software in which up to four players use buzzer controllers to compete on television-style quiz rounds.
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
A 2007 first-person shooter by Infinity Ward that moved the Call of Duty series from WWII to contemporary conflict and reshaped console multiplayer.
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
A 2010 action-adventure game by MercurySteam in which Gabriel Belmont battles the three Lords of Shadow in a reimagined Castlevania mythology.
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Centipede
A 1981 fixed shooter arcade game by Atari where players blast a multi-segment centipede descending through a field of mushrooms.
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Chrono Trigger
A 1995 Japanese role-playing game by Square for the Super Nintendo, in which a young inventor and his friends travel through eras to prevent a planetary catastrophe.
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Civilization V
A 2010 turn-based strategy game by Firaxis Games in which players guide a civilization from ancient origins to spaceflight, war, diplomacy, or cultural dominance.
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Counter-Strike
A 1999 tactical first-person shooter mod for Half-Life pitting counter-terrorists against terrorists in round-based objective gameplay.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
A 2012 tactical first-person shooter by Valve that became one of the dominant competitive esports through skin economies and a free-to-play transition.
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Cyberpunk 2077
A 2020 open-world role-playing game by CD Projekt Red set in the dystopian Night City, in which a mercenary's brain hosts the digital ghost of a dead rocker.
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Dark Souls
A 2011 action role-playing game by FromSoftware known for its punishing difficulty, intricate level design, and minimal narrative exposition.
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de Blob
A 2008 Wii platformer by Blue Tongue Entertainment in which a paint-splattering blob restores color to a black-and-white city occupied by the bleak INKT Corporation.
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Defender
A 1981 side-scrolling shooter arcade game by Williams Electronics where players pilot a starship defending humans on a planet's surface from alien abductors.
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Devil May Cry 5
A 2019 stylish action game by Capcom in which Dante, Nero, and the newcomer V battle the demon king Urizen rising from beneath Red Grave City.
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Diablo II
A 2000 action role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment that refined the loot-driven dungeon crawler formula and dominated PC gaming for years.
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Doki Doki Literature Club
A 2017 psychological horror visual novel by Team Salvato that masquerades as a high-school anime dating sim before destabilizing its own narrative and characters.
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Donkey Kong
A 1981 arcade platformer by Nintendo in which the player climbs construction beams to rescue a kidnapped woman from a giant ape.
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Doom (1993)
A 1993 first-person shooter by id Software pitting a space marine against demonic invaders on Mars's moons, defining the FPS genre.
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Dragon Quest XI
A 2017 Japanese role-playing game by Square Enix continuing the Dragon Quest franchise's tradition of turn-based combat and Akira Toriyama character design.
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EarthBound
A 1994 Super Nintendo RPG by Ape and HAL Laboratory in which a boy named Ness fights alien tyrant Giygas using PSI powers, baseball bats, and household items.
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Elden Ring
A 2022 open-world action role-playing game by FromSoftware, written by George R. R. Martin and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki.
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
A 2012 vehicle simulation by SCS Software in which the player runs a long-haul trucking company across a scaled-down map of Europe.
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Fallout 3
A 2008 open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game by Bethesda set in the irradiated remains of Washington, D.C., known as the Capital Wasteland.
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Fallout 4
A 2015 open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game by Bethesda set in a ruined Boston, the Commonwealth, where the player searches for their kidnapped son.
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Far Cry 3
A 2012 open-world first-person shooter by Ubisoft Montreal in which Jason Brody survives a Pacific island controlled by the unhinged pirate king Vaas Montenegro.
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Final Fantasy IX
A 2000 PlayStation RPG by Square in which Zidane and a band of outcasts uncover the queen of Alexandria's invasion plans and the cosmic mystery behind the world of Gaia.
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Final Fantasy VII
A 1997 Japanese role-playing game by Squaresoft for the PlayStation centered on ex-soldier Cloud Strife's fight against the megacorporation Shinra.
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Final Fantasy X
A 2001 Japanese role-playing game by Square for the PlayStation 2 following the young warrior Tidus on a pilgrimage to save the world of Spira.
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Final Fantasy XV
A 2016 action role-playing game by Square Enix following Prince Noctis and three companions on a road trip across the troubled kingdoms of Eos.
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Frogger
A 1981 action arcade game by Konami where players guide a frog across busy roads and a river of moving logs to reach safe lily pads.
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Galaga
A 1981 fixed-shooter arcade game by Namco where players control a starfighter battling waves of insect-like aliens that swoop down in formation.
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God of War (2018)
A 2018 action-adventure by Santa Monica Studio for the PlayStation 4 that relaunches the series with Kratos and his son Atreus traveling through Norse realms.
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Grand Theft Auto V
A 2013 open-world action-adventure by Rockstar Games set in a fictionalized Los Angeles, featuring three protagonists and an enduring online multiplayer mode.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
A 2004 open-world action-adventure by Rockstar Games set in a fictionalized California and Nevada, following gang member Carl Johnson's return home.
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Half-Life 2
A 2004 first-person shooter by Valve set in a dystopian Earth occupied by an interdimensional empire, starring theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman.
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Half-Life: Alyx
A 2020 virtual reality first-person shooter by Valve set between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, starring resistance member Alyx Vance.
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Halo 3
A 2007 first-person shooter by Bungie for the Xbox 360 that concluded the original Halo trilogy and dominated 360-era multiplayer.
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Halo: Combat Evolved
A 2001 first-person shooter by Bungie released alongside the original Xbox, defining console shooters with vehicle combat and Master Chief.
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Hey You, Pikachu!
A 1998 Nintendo 64 voice-controlled adventure by Ambrella in which the player befriends Pikachu and gives the Pokemon spoken instructions through the Voice Recognition Unit.
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Hot Shots Golf
A 1997 PlayStation golf game by Camelot Software Planning in which cartoonish characters with exaggerated drives compete across colorful courses.
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Icewind Dale
A 2000 isometric RPG by Black Isle Studios set in the Forgotten Realms, in which a hired adventuring party fights through icy ruins to save the Ten Towns.
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Ico
A 2001 PlayStation 2 puzzle-platformer by Team Ico in which a horned boy escapes a vast castle while leading a fragile, captive princess by the hand.
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Inside
A 2016 puzzle-platformer by Playdead in which a faceless boy escapes through a dystopian factory full of brain-controlled humans and grim industrial experiments.
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Jet Set Radio
A 2000 Dreamcast action game by Smilebit about a graffiti gang in cel-shaded Tokyo-to using inline skates to outrun rival crews and a fascist police chief.
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Journey
A 2012 PlayStation 3 indie adventure by Thatgamecompany in which a robed traveler crosses a desert toward a distant mountain, briefly joined by silent strangers.
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Just Cause 3
A 2015 open-world action game by Avalanche Studios in which agent Rico Rodriguez returns to his Mediterranean homeland of Medici to overthrow dictator General Di Ravello.
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Killer Instinct
A 1994 fighting arcade game by Rare in which characters from a tournament hosted by Ultratech battle to be named the Killer Instinct champion.
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Killzone 2
A 2009 PlayStation 3 first-person shooter by Guerrilla Games in which the ISA invades Helghan to capture Helghast leader Scolar Visari.
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King's Quest V
A 1990 point-and-click adventure by Sierra On-Line in which King Graham of Daventry travels to the land of Serenia to rescue his castle and family from the evil wizard Mordack.
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Kirby's Adventure
A 1993 NES platformer by HAL Laboratory in which the pink puffball Kirby copies enemy abilities to fix the broken Star Rod and restore Dream Land's fountain.
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L.A. Noire
A 2011 detective adventure by Team Bondi and Rockstar Games set in 1947 Los Angeles, in which LAPD detective Cole Phelps investigates murders across multiple desks.
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Left 4 Dead
A 2008 cooperative first-person shooter by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios in which four survivors escape a zombie-infected United States across four cinematic campaigns.
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Lemmings
A 1991 puzzle game by DMA Design in which the player assigns skills to a procession of mindless rodents to guide them safely from entrance to exit.
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Mario Golf
A 1999 Nintendo 64 golf game by Camelot Software in which Mario, Princess Peach, and friends compete on courses ranging from Toad Highlands to Bowser Badlands.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
A 2017 kart racing game by Nintendo for the Switch, an expanded port of the Wii U's Mario Kart 8 featuring 48 base tracks and extensive DLC.
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Metroid
A 1986 side-scrolling action-adventure by Nintendo for the NES in which bounty hunter Samus Aran explores a planet's labyrinthine caves to stop space pirates.
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Metroid Prime
A 2002 first-person action-adventure by Retro Studios for the GameCube that brought the Metroid series into 3D with a heavily exploration-driven design.
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Microsoft Golf
A 1992 PC golf simulation by Access Software and Microsoft featuring photo-rendered courses, multiple swing modes, and the legacy Links engine running on DOS and Windows.
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MotoGP 23
A 2023 motorcycle racing simulation by Milestone, the official game of the FIM MotoGP series, featuring dynamic weather and a story-driven career mode.
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NBA 2K23
A 2022 basketball simulation by Visual Concepts and 2K Sports featuring full NBA and WNBA rosters, a Michael Jordan Challenge mode, and the seafaring MyCareer setting.
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Need for Speed Most Wanted
A 2005 open-world racing game by EA Black Box in which the player climbs a Blacklist of 15 illegal street racers to become the most wanted driver in Rockport.
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New Super Mario Bros. U
A 2012 Wii U launch platformer by Nintendo in which Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Mii avatars cross the Mushroom Kingdom to recover Princess Peach's castle from Bowser.
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NFL Blitz
A 1997 arcade football game by Midway Games featuring exaggerated seven-on-seven action, with no penalties for late hits or excessive aggression.
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NieR Automata
A 2017 action RPG by PlatinumGames and Square Enix in which YoRHa androids 2B and 9S battle machine lifeforms on a far-future post-apocalyptic Earth.
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Octopath Traveler
A 2018 turn-based RPG by Acquire and Square Enix following eight travelers across the continent of Orsterra, told through HD-2D pixel art with cinematic depth.
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Outlast
A 2013 first-person survival horror game by Red Barrels in which investigative journalist Miles Upshur infiltrates the violent Mount Massive Asylum.
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Overwatch
A 2016 team-based first-person shooter by Blizzard featuring a roster of distinct heroes with unique abilities and roles.
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Pac-Man
A 1980 maze arcade game by Namco in which players guide a yellow circle through a maze, eating dots while avoiding four colored ghosts.
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Persona 5
A 2016 Japanese role-playing game by Atlus following a group of Tokyo high schoolers who change adult criminals' hearts as the supernatural Phantom Thieves.
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Pinball FX3
A 2017 digital pinball collection by Zen Studios offering dozens of original and licensed tables themed after Marvel, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, and classic Williams.
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Pokemon GO
A 2016 location-based augmented reality mobile game by Niantic in which players walk in the real world to find, catch, and battle Pokemon.
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Pokemon Red and Blue
A 1996 pair of role-playing games by Game Freak for the Game Boy that launched the global Pokemon franchise, centered on catching and battling 151 creatures.
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Pong
A 1972 two-dimensional table-tennis arcade game by Atari that became the first commercially successful video game and launched the gaming industry.
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Pop'n Music
A 1998 arcade rhythm game by Konami in which players tap nine colored buttons in time with a soundtrack spanning J-pop, anime, and crossover Konami originals.
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Portal
A 2007 first-person puzzle game by Valve in which test subject Chell uses a handheld portal gun to navigate the experiments of the sentient Aperture Science AI GLaDOS.
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Portal 2
A 2011 first-person puzzle sequel by Valve in which Chell reactivates GLaDOS and traverses a derelict Aperture Science facility alongside Wheatley and PotaTOS.
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Punch Club
A 2016 boxing management simulator by Lazy Bear Games inspired by 1980s action movies, in which a fighter trains his stats to climb the underground boxing ladder.
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Quake
A 1996 first-person shooter by id Software that introduced fully 3D environments and online multiplayer that became a cornerstone of competitive PC gaming.
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Quake II
A 1997 first-person shooter by id Software in which a marine wages a one-man war against the cybernetic Strogg invading Earth.
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Quake III Arena
A 1999 arena first-person shooter by id Software focused entirely on multiplayer deathmatch and tournament play across small high-speed maps.
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Ratchet and Clank
A 2002 PlayStation 2 platform shooter by Insomniac Games in which a Lombax mechanic and a small robot defy the genocidal industrialist Chairman Drek.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
A 2018 open-world Western action-adventure by Rockstar Games following the Van der Linde gang during the dying days of the American outlaw era.
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Resident Evil 4
A 2005 survival-horror action game by Capcom in which agent Leon S. Kennedy rescues the U.S. president's daughter from a rural Spanish cult.
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San Francisco Rush
A 1996 arcade racing game by Atari Games in which players careen across exaggerated San Francisco streets, hunting shortcuts and air-time off the city's iconic hills.
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Saw
A 2009 survival horror game by Zombie Studios based on the Saw film series, in which Detective David Tapp escapes the asylum traps of the serial killer Jigsaw.
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
A 2019 action-adventure game by FromSoftware set in a stylized late-1500s Japan, focused on sword-fighting, parries, and a stealth-capable ninja protagonist.
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Sonic Rush
A 2005 Nintendo DS platformer by Sonic Team and Dimps in which Sonic and the newcomer Blaze the Cat race through interdimensional zones using the Sol Emeralds.
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Space Invaders
A 1978 fixed shooter by Taito where players defend Earth from descending rows of alien invaders by moving a laser cannon along the bottom of the screen.
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Splatoon
A 2015 third-person shooter by Nintendo for the Wii U where ink-shooting characters compete in turf-coverage battles using paint instead of bullets.
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Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
A 2004 stealth action game by Ubisoft Shanghai in which NSA splinter cell Sam Fisher infiltrates a hostile Indonesian regime to stop a smallpox-based bioterror attack.
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
A 2003 BioWare role-playing game set 4,000 years before the films, in which an amnesiac Jedi recruit hunts the rogue Sith Lord Darth Malak across the galaxy.
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Steep
A 2016 open-world extreme sports game by Ubisoft Annecy in which players ski, snowboard, paraglide, and wingsuit across faithfully recreated peaks in the Alps and Alaska.
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Street Fighter II
A 1991 competitive fighting arcade game by Capcom featuring eight selectable world warriors with distinct movesets, launching the modern fighting game genre.
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Super Mario 64
A 1996 3D platformer by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 that established the template for analog-stick movement and open-environment 3D platforming.
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Super Mario Bros.
A 1985 side-scrolling platformer by Nintendo for the NES that revived the home console market and made Mario a global mascot.
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Super Mario Odyssey
A 2017 3D platformer by Nintendo for the Switch in which Mario explores varied kingdoms and uses a sentient hat to take control of enemies and objects.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
A 2018 platform fighter by Nintendo for the Switch featuring every fighter from prior Smash entries plus dozens of guest characters from gaming history.
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Tetris
A 1984 falling-block puzzle game by Alexey Pajitnov, where players rotate and stack seven-shape tetrominoes to clear horizontal lines.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
A 2011 open-world role-playing game by Bethesda set in the snowy northern province of Tamriel where the player is a Dragonborn destined to fight returning dragons.
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The Last of Us
A 2013 third-person action-adventure by Naughty Dog following smuggler Joel and teenager Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States ravaged by a fungal pandemic.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
A 1991 Super Nintendo action-adventure by Nintendo in which Link travels between Hyrule and the Dark World to rescue seven maidens and Princess Zelda from the wizard Agahnim.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
A 2017 open-world action-adventure by Nintendo for the Switch and Wii U featuring physics-based exploration of a vast, post-apocalyptic Hyrule.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
A 1998 action-adventure game by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 that brought the Zelda series into 3D and introduced the genre's lock-on combat template.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
A 2023 sequel by Nintendo to Breath of the Wild that expands Hyrule with sky islands and underground depths plus a build-anything physics toolkit.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
A 2015 open-world role-playing game by CD Projekt Red following the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia on a continent-spanning search for his adopted daughter.
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Ultima VII: The Black Gate
A 1992 fantasy RPG by Origin Systems in which the Avatar returns to Britannia to investigate the murderous Fellowship cult and the otherworldly Guardian behind it.
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
A 2016 third-person action-adventure game by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 4, the climactic chapter of treasure hunter Nathan Drake's saga.
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Undertale
A 2015 indie RPG by Toby Fox about a human child who falls into the Underground and can spare or kill every monster they encounter on the way home.
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Valheim
A 2021 open-world survival game by Iron Gate Studio in which fallen Viking warriors must conquer the Norse afterlife by defeating five great forsaken.
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Valorant
A 2020 free-to-play tactical first-person shooter by Riot Games combining Counter-Strike-style round-based objectives with hero abilities.
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Vampire Survivors
A 2022 indie roguelike shooter by Poncle in which auto-attacking heroes survive escalating swarms of monsters, defining the modern bullet-heaven subgenre.
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VVVVVV
A 2010 indie platformer by Terry Cavanagh in which Captain Viridian and his crew explore a dimensional rift by flipping gravity instead of jumping.
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Wii Fit U
A 2013 Wii U exercise game by Nintendo that updates the Wii Fit formula with the Fit Meter pedometer, GamePad integration, and refreshed yoga and balance routines.
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Wii Music
A 2008 motion-controlled music game by Nintendo in which up to four players use the Wii Remote to mime instruments and play covers of familiar songs.
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Wii Sports
A 2006 motion-controlled sports compilation by Nintendo bundled with the Wii console, featuring five accessible games including tennis, bowling, and boxing.
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Wolfenstein 3D
A 1992 shooter by id Software in which Allied spy B.J. Blazkowicz escapes the Nazi prison of Castle Wolfenstein, defining the first-person shooter genre for a generation.
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Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
A 1989 Master System action-platformer by Westone in which a knight cursed into animal forms must defeat a series of dragons to lift the curse and reclaim his humanity.
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World of Warcraft
A 2004 massively multiplayer online RPG by Blizzard Entertainment set in the fantasy world of Azeroth, in which Alliance and Horde players quest, raid, and battle each other.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
A 2012 turn-based tactics game by Firaxis Games in which the player commands the XCOM paramilitary unit defending Earth from an alien invasion.
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Xenoblade Chronicles
A 2010 Japanese open-world action RPG by Monolith Soft about Shulk wielding a sentient sword to defy a destined future and save his world.
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Xenogears
A 1998 PlayStation RPG by Square about Fei Fong Wong, an amnesiac villager whose past unravels a conspiracy spanning ten thousand years and giant mecha called Gears.
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Yakuza 0
A 2015 prequel by Sega Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio set in 1988 Tokyo and Osaka, following Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima as they navigate the bubble-era criminal underworld.
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Yoshi's Island
A 1995 Super Nintendo platformer by Nintendo in which Yoshi must carry baby Mario across a hand-drawn world while battling Kamek and Baby Bowser.
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
A 2016 action RPG by Nihon Falcom in which Adol Christin is shipwrecked on the cursed Isle of Seiren and uncovers the mystery of Dana, a girl from the ancient past.
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
A 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System action RPG sequel to The Legend of Zelda, in which Link awakens Princess Zelda by collecting crystals from six guarded palaces.
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Zork
A 1980 text adventure by Infocom set in the ruined Great Underground Empire, in which the player navigates dungeons by typing natural-language commands.
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Zuma
A 2003 tile-matching puzzle game by PopCap Games in which a stone frog spits colored balls to break up an advancing serpentine chain before it reaches a temple skull.
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