List of video game franchises

This is a list of video game franchises organised alphabetically by name. This consists of long running series as well as characters that have been portrayed in many games. This list does not include non-gaming intellectual properties that have been adapted for use in games (such as James Bond or sports leagues).__NOTOC__

A

*"Ace Attorney" (also known as "Phoenix Wright" and "Gyakuten Saiban")
*"Ace Combat"
*"Advance Wars"
*"Adventure Island"
*"Age of Empires"
*"Age of Wonders"
*"Alex Kidd"
*"Alien Breed"
*"Alien vs. Predator"
*"Alone in the Dark"
*"Animal Crossing"
*"Ape Escape"
*"Arc the Lad"
*"Armored Core"
*"Army Men"
*"Art of Fighting" ("Ryuuko no Ken")
*"Asheron's Call"
*"Assassin's Creed"
*"Asteroids"
*"ATV Offroad Fury"

B

*"Baldur´s Gate"
*"Banjo-Kazooie
*"Bard's Tale"
*"Baten Kaitos"
*"Battle Isle"
*"BattleTech"
*"Battletoads
*"Battlefield"
*"Big Brain Academy"
*"Black and White"
*"Blinx the time sweeper
*"BloodRayne"
*"Bloody Roar"
*"Bobby Carrot"
*"Boktai"
*"Bomberman"
*"Bonk"
*"Boulderdash"
*"
*"Breakout"
*"Breath of Fire"
*"Broken Sword"
*"Brothers in arms"
*"Bubble Bobble"
*"Burnout"
*"Bust-A-Move" ("Puzzle Bobble")

C

*"Caesar (computer game)"
*"Call of Duty"
*"Castlevania"
*"Championship Manager"
*"Chibi Robo!
*"Chrono (series)"
*"Civilization"
*"Clock Tower"
*"Colony Wars"
*"Command & Conquer"
*"Commander Keen"
*"Contra"
*"Crash Bandicoot"
*"Crazy Taxi"
*"Cruis'n"
*"Custom Robo"

D

*"Dance Dance Revolution"
*"Darkstalkers"
*"Dark Cloud"
*"Dead or Alive"
*"Defender"
*"Destroy All Humans!"
*" Devil May Cry"
*"Disgaea"
*"Diablo"
*"Dino Crisis"
*"Dizzy series"
*"Donkey Kong"
*"Doom"
*"Double Dragon"
*"Dragon Slayer"
*"Dragon Quest" ("Dragon Warrior")
*"Drakan"
*"Drakengard"
*"Driver"
*"Duke Nukem"
*"Dungeon Keeper"
*"Dynasty Warriors" ("Shin Sangoku Musou")

E

*"Earthbound" ("Mother")
*"Earthworm Jim"
*"Ecco the Dolphin"
*"Eggerland" ("Adventures of Lolo")
*"The Elder Scrolls"
*"Empire Earth"
*"Europa Universalis"
*"EverQuest"
*"Excitebike"
*"Extreme-G"

F

*"F-Zero"
*"Fable"
*"Far Cry"
*"Fatal Fury" ("Garou Densetsu")
*"Fallout"
*"Fatal Frame"
*"F.E.A.R."
*"Fight Night"
*"Final Fantasy"
*"Final Fight"
*"Fire Emblem"
*"Fire Pro Wrestling"
*"Flight Simulator"
*"Football Manager"
*"Frogger"
*"Front Mission"
*"Full Auto"

G

*"Gabriel Knight"
*"Galactic Civilizations"
*"Gauntlet"
*"Genji"
*"Gex"
*"Gears of War"
*"Ghost Recon"
*"Ghouls 'n Ghosts"
*"God of War"
*"Golden Axe"
*"Gradius"
*"Gran Turismo"
*"Grand Theft Auto"
*"Grandia"
*"Guilty Gear"
*"Guitar Hero"

H

*".hack"
*"Half-Life"
*"Halo"
*"Harvest Moon"
*"Hearts of Iron"
*"Hebereke series"
*"Hercules no Eikō series"
*"Heroes of Might and Magic"
*"Hitman"
*"House of the Dead"

J

*"Jak and Daxter (series)"
*"The Journeyman Project (series)"
*"Jump Stars (series)"

K

*"Katamari Damacy"
*"Kid Icarus"
*"Kick Off"
*"Killzone"
*"Kingdom Hearts"
*"King of Fighters"
*"King's Quest"
*"Kirby"
*"Kunio-kun"

L

*"The Last Blade"
*"Legacy of Kain"
*"Legend of Legaia"
*"The Legend of Zelda"
*"Leisure Suit Larry"
*"Lemmings'
*"Lineage"
*"Lords of the Realm"
*"Lost Planet"
*"Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge"
*"Lufia"
*"Lunar"

M

*"Mario"
*"Marl Kingdom"
*"Mana"
*"Master of Orion"
*"Mass Effect"
*"Max Payne"
*"Medal of Honor"
*"Mega Man" ("Rockman")
*"Megami Tensei
*"Metal Gear"
*"Metal Slug"
*"Metroid"
*"Midtown Madness"
*"Might and Magic"
*"Miner Willy"
*"Monkey Island"
*"Monster Hunter"
*"Monster Rancher"
*"Mortal Kombat"
*"Moto GP"
*"Mr. Do"
*"Myst"
*"Mystical Ninja" ("Ganbare Goemon")
*"Myth"

N

*"Need for Speed"
*"Neverwinter Nights"
*"Nights"
*"Ninja Gaiden"

O

*"Oddworld"
*"Onimusha"
*"Out Run"

P

*"Pac-Man"
*"Panzer General"
*"Perfect Dark"
*"Phantasmagoria"
*"Phantasy Star"
*"Pikmin"
*"Pitfall!"
*"Pong"
*"Pokémon"
*"Police Quest"
*"Populous"
*"Power Stone"
*"Prince of Persia"
*"Pro Evolution Soccer"
*"Project Gotham Racing"
*"Pump It Up"
*"Puyo Puyo"

Q

*"Q*bert"
*"Quake"
*"Quest for Glory"

R

*"R-Type"
*"Railroad Tycoon"
*" Rainbow Six"
*"Rampage"
*"Ratchet & Clank"
*"Rayman"
*"Resident Evil" ("BioHazard")
*""
*"Ridge Racer"
*"Rival Schools"
*"Road Rash"
*"RollerCoaster Tycoon"
*"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
*"Rumble Roses"

*"SaGa"
*"Sakura Wars"
*"Samurai Showdown" ("Samurai Spirits")
*"Sega Rally"
*"The Settlers"
*"Sensible Soccer"
*"Shadowgate"
*"Shadow Hearts"
*"Shining"
*"Shinobi"
*"Silent Hill"
*"SimCity"
*"The Sims"
*"Sly Cooper"
*"Sonic the Hedgehog"
*"Soul"
*"Space Empires"
*"Space Invaders"
*"Space Quest"
*"Splinter Cell"
*"Spy Hunter"
*"Spy Fox
*"Spyro the Dragon"
*"StarCraft"
*"StarTropics"
*"Star Control"
*"Star Fox"
*"Star Ocean
*"Street Fighter"
*"Streets of Rage" ("Bare Knuckle")
*"Strike"
*"Stronghold"
*"Suikoden"
*"Summer Games"
*"Super Robot Wars"
*"Super Monkey Ball"
*"Super Smash Bros."
*"System Shock"

T

*"Tales"
*"Tekken"
*"Test Drive"
*"Tetris"
*"Tempest"
*"Tenchu"
*"Theme Park"
*"Thief"
*"Thunder Force"
*"Time Crisis"
*"TimeSplitters"
*"Toejam and Earl"
*"Tokimeki Memorial"
*"ToHeart"
*"Too Human"
*"Tomb Raider"
*"Tony Hawk"
*"Tony La Russa Baseball"
*"Total War"
*"Trauma Center"
*"Tribes"
*"Turok"
*"Twisted Metal"

U

*"Ultima"
*"Uncharted Waters"
*"Unreal"
*"Untold Legends"

V

*"Viewtiful Joe"
*"Virtua Fighter"
*"Virtual Woman"

W

*"Warcraft"
*"Wario"
*"Warlords"
*"Wii"
*"Wild Arms"
*"Wing Commander"
*"Wizardry"
*"Wolfenstein 3D"
*"Wonder Boy"
*"Worms"
*"WWE Smackdown"

X

*"X"
*"X-COM"
*"Xenosaga"

Y

*""
*"Ys"

Z

*"Zone of the Enders (series)"
*"Zork"
*"Zoo Tycoon"

See also

*List of best-selling video game franchises
*List of console game franchises
*Lists of video games