Computer and video game franchises

.hack is the title of a series of four video games for the PlayStation 2 produced by Bandai and Cyber Connect 2. Set after the events of .hack//SIGN, the plot of the games follow the story of the .hackers Kite (カイト) and Black Rose (ブラックローズ) and their attempts to find out what caused the sudden coma of Kite's friend, Orca (オルカ) whilst he played the MMORPG The World. Over the course of the games, a virus begins to spread through The World, causing many players to also fall into comas; this event is usually referred to as The Twilight Incident. CC Corp., the fictional corporation behind The World, plans to take the game servers offline, killing all comatose victims, including Orca. Kite and his party must hack through the servers and AIs to discover the truth behind The World before time runs out. ...more on Wikipedia about ".hack (video games)"

3-D Ultra Pinball is a series of pinball computer games developed by Sierra Entertainment's Dynamix. ...more on Wikipedia about "3-D Ultra Pinball"

Aleste ( Japanese: アレスタ Arresta) is a long running series of scrolling shooter video games by the Japanese developer Compile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aleste (Series)"

Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). In most of the series, the gamer plays as private investigator Edward Carnby, who usually goes to investigate a haunted mansion or town that is full of undead creatures. The story is based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, although later games in the series drew inspiration from other sources including Voodoo, the Wild West, and the works of H.R. Giger. Though many credit the popular "Resident Evil" game series for creating the genre of survival horror, it was truly Alone In The Dark that began that genre when it first appeared for the PC in 1992. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alone in the Dark (series)"

Angelique is a series of Neoromance dating sims by KOEI from Ruby Party with character designs by shoujo manga artist Kairi Yura and music by Kuzuu Chinatsu. The gimmick is that the games are by women for women. Due to its popularity, many spin-offs were made, including a manga series, several OVAs and numerous CDs and dramas. A TV anime series is in the works for 2006. ** Starting in 1994, it is possibly the first GxB dating sim to have ever been produced, predating the 1995 American Laser Games title McKenzie & Co which is often claimed as such. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angelique"

Ape Escape is a series of video games made by Sony Computer Entertainment, starting with Ape Escape for Sony PlayStation in 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ape Escape series"

Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳: Ryūko no Ken, in Japan and in video game music archives), or AOF (or RnK in video game music archives) for short, is a fighting game series created by SNK. It is one of the many SNK series that ties into The King of Fighters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Art of Fighting"

Baldur's Gate is a popular series of computer role-playing games that take place on Faerûn, the main continent from Dungeons & Dragons's Forgotten Realms campaign setting, set in the years following the cataclysmic Time of Troubles (1358 DR). ...more on Wikipedia about "Baldur's Gate series"

The Banpresto Originals are various characters and machines from Japanese gaming company Banpresto's games, mostly Super Robot Wars sagas. This term only applies to characters and machines created for their crossover games; it does not apply to any of Banpresto's non-crossover titles. Super Robot Wars: Original Generation is the exception, given that all of the characters therein are Banpresto Originals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banpresto Originals"

Ben's Game is a video game about fighting cancer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ben's Game"

Blaster Master is a video game released by Sunsoft in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the localized version of a Japanese Famicom game titled Chô Wakusei Senki Metafight (超惑星戦記メタファイト, which loosely translates to Super Planetary War Records: Metafight). Though both versions of the game share identical graphics and gameplay, the plot was completely changed for the American release. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blaster Master"

BloodRayne, developed by Terminal Reality, is a franchise of two horror-themed third-person action video games (with at least a third on the way), a movie and a series of self-contained comic books. The mainstream appeal of its unique blend of action, horror and sex has allowed it to transcend the video game genre and enter other forms of media, like several other video game franchises such as Resident Evil and Tomb Raider. ...more on Wikipedia about "BloodRayne"

Bloody Roar is an arcade-style fighting game, where the player takes control of one of several Zoanthropes, mutant humans with the ability to assume the form of a super-powerful half-animal half-human creature. The basic plotline of the series is that humans have recently discovered the existence of the Zoanthropes and persecute them due to fear. The player takes control of one Zoanthrope and then fights a series of battles against the other Zoanthropes to complete the game. Though the Zoanthropes want (generally speaking) nothing more than to be left alone, humans insist on causing them to fight. In the most recent game of the series; Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (ported to the Xbox with minor additional features as Bloody Roar Extreme), the Zoanthropes have established their own kingdom, but the rulers are secretly experimenting on their subjects, with plans to deal with the threat posed by the humans once and for all. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bloody Roar"

Bomberman is a puzzle-like maze-based computer game franchise developed by Hudson Soft. The goal is to complete the levels by strategically placing bombs throughout them to defeat enemies and blast a path through obstacles. It is considered to be a classic by many video game players. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bomberman" Things go better with shortopedia.

Bonk is a video game character from NEC's TurboGrafx 16 console. Known in Japan as "PC-Genjin" (ＰＣ原人, PC- Caveman, a pun on " PC Engine"), Bonk was a mascot for NEC's console, though some Bonk games eventually saw releases on other consoles as well. A large-headed, bald caveman, his favored form of attack was the headbutt. The "PC" part of his Japanese name stands for " Pithecanthropus Computerurus", a fictitious species name for Bonk. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bonk (video game)"

Four official video game adaptations of the cult television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer have been released. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buffy video games"

The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is an action puzzle game series by Kemco released on the Nintendo Game Boy starring the popular Warner Brothers cartoon character Bugs Bunny. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Series"

Burning Monkey is a series of computer games developed by Freeverse Software. The games all feature a colorful cast of cartoon monkeys, many of whom can be set on fire, usually when the user hits ⌘W. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burning Monkey"

Burnout is a series of high-speed racing games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube game consoles ...more on Wikipedia about "Burnout (game)"

The Choro Q video games are a series of console games based on Takara's Choro Q toy cars (also known as Penny Racers in English-speaking markets). The games have been localised for Western release under many different names, including Gadget Racers, Penny Racers and Road Trip. ...more on Wikipedia about "Choro Q video games"

Colin McRae Rally is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters for the PC, Sony's PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable consoles, Nintendo's GameCube and GameBoy Advance, Microsoft's Xbox and the N-Gage. Colin McRae Rally, the first title of the franchise, became a critical and commercial success, generally acknowledged as the pioneer of realistic rally racing games with its damage-modelling and enduring courses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colin McRae Rally"

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Commander Keen is the main character in a series of video games developed by id Software in the early 1990s, which were successful at replicating the side-scrolling action of the NES Super Mario Bros. games in MS-DOS. The cartoon-style platformers are notable for their pioneering use of EGA graphics and shareware distribution, and because they were the first games by id Software, who went on to develop blockbusters like Doom and Quake. The games were also exciting to the PC gaming community of the time because of John Carmack's revolutionary smooth-scrolling graphics engine. Although developed by id, most of the Commander Keen games were published by Apogee Software, an already established PC shareware game publisher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commander Keen"

Two-player simultaneous play – One of the hallmarks of the Contra series (excluding the titles by Appaloosa Interactive) has been the ability for two players to play cooperatively in a simultaneous fashion. Even the most recent title Neo Contra, although many gameplay changes have been made, keeps the two player simultaneous mode intact. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contra series"

Crash Bandicoot, or simply Crash, is a popular video game character created by Naughty Dog, who stars in a video game franchise of the same name. Originally a straightforward platformer for the PlayStation, it has since expanded to the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox with various spin-off games in different genres. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crash Bandicoot"

Crazy Taxi is a series of video games, developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega, first released to arcades in 1999. The success of the arcade version prompted Sega to release the game on their Dreamcast console in 2000. It was the fourth best-selling game on that system, selling over a million copies. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2, GameCube and PC with sequels also appearing on Microsoft Xbox and Game Boy Advance systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crazy Taxi series"

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