List of console game franchises
This is a list of console video game franchises organized by the generations in which they first appeared.
Franchises listed as "Internationalizations" are those that were introduced to foreign markets after being marketed exclusively in their country of origin (usually Japan) for one or more generations.
Legend Arc The franchise debuted on arcade machines. JP All games in the series have only been released in Japan. PC The franchise debuted on personal computers.
First generation[edit]
- Pong Arc
Second generation[edit]
- Asteroids Arc
- Breakout Arc
- Choplifter PC
- Defender Arc
- Dig Dug Arc
- Donkey Kong Arc
- Frogger Arc
- Galaxian Arc
- Gun Fight Arc
- Lode Runner PC
- Mario Arc
- Mario Bros. Arc
- Mr. Do! Arc
- Pac-Man Arc
- Pole Position Arc
- Pitfall!
- Skate Boardin'
- Space Invaders Arc
- Spy Hunter Arc
- Tempest Arc
- Track & Field Arc
- Ultima PC
- Wizardry PC
- Wolfenstein PC
Third generation (8-bit era)[edit]
- 19XX Arc
- Adventure Island
- Adventures of Lolo
- After Burner Arc
- Alex Kidd
- Alien Syndrome Arc
- Alone in the Dark PC
- Arkanoid Arc
- Baseball Stars
- Bases Loaded
- Battletoads
- Bionic Commando Arc
- Blaster Master
- Bomb Jack Arc
- Bomberman
- A Boy and His Blob
- Bubble Bobble Arc
- Castlevania
- Contra Arc
- Darius Arc
- Deep Dungeon JP
- Derby Stallion JP
- Double Dragon Arc
- Double Dribble Arc
- Dragon Quest1
- Dragon Slayer PC
- EarthBound (Mother in Japan)
- Excitebike
- Final Fantasy
- Fire Emblem
- Gauntlet Arc
- Ghosts'n Goblins Arc
- Glory of Heracles
- Gradius Arc
- The Great Giana Sisters PC
- Hanjuku Hero JP
- Hydlide PC
- Itadaki Street
- Kid Icarus
- Konami Wai Wai World JP
- Kunio-kun Arc
- The Legend of Kage Arc
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- The Legend of Zelda
- Mega Man (Rockman in Japan)
- Megami Tensei
- Metal Gear PC
- Metal Max
- Metroid
- Ninja Gaiden
- Nintendo Wars2
- Nobunaga's Ambition PC
- Paperboy Arc
- Phantasy Star
- Pocky & Rocky Arc
- Portopia Serial Murder Case PC
- Power Blade
- Punch-Out!! Arc
- R.C. Pro-Am
- R-Type Arc
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- Rygar Arc
- SaGa
- Shadow of the Beast PC
- Shinobi Arc
- Skate or Die! PC
- StarTropics
- Super Mario
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Tetris PC
- TwinBee Arc
- Valkyrie
- Wave Race
- Wonder Boy Arc
- Ys PC
1Dragon Quest was known as Dragon Warrior in North America due to a trademark conflict. It wasn't until the sixth generation, and the release of Dragon Quest VIII that Square-Enix (formerly Enix) was able to release games in the series with their original names.
2 Nintendo Wars debuted on the Famicom in Japan as Famicom Wars during the third generation era. It was introduced to international markets on the Game Boy Advance during the sixth generation era, where it was marketed as Advance Wars. Interestingly, Advance Wars was not released in Japan until the Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 compilation, due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Fourth generation (16-bit era)[edit]
- ActRaiser
- Art of Fighting Arc
- Bonk
- Brandish PC
- Breath of Fire
- Bubsy
- Civilization PC
- Cho Aniki
- Chrono
- Clock Tower
- Doom PC
- Duke Nukem PC
- Earthworm Jim
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Fatal Fury Arc
- FIFA
- Final Fight Arc
- Front Mission
- F-Zero
- Gunstar Heroes
- Golden Axe Arc
- International Superstar Soccer
- Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū
- Killer Instinct Arc
- The King of Fighters Arc
- Kirby
- Langrisser
- Last Armageddon PC
- Lemmings
- Lethal Enforcers
- Lufia
- Lunar
- Madden NFL
- Mana (known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu)
- Metal Slug Arc
- Mortal Kombat Arc
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
- NBA Jam
- NBA Live
- NHL series
- Ogre Battle
- Pilotwings
- Pokémon
- Prince of Persia PC
- Puzzle League
- Raiden
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- Road Rash
- Samurai Shodown Arc
- Shining
- Simulation Pro Yakyuu JP
- Snow Bros Arc
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Soul Blazer
- Splatterhouse Arc
- Star Cruiser PC
- Star Fox
- Star Ocean
- Story of Seasons
- Street Fighter Arc
- Streets of Rage
- Super Stardust PC
- Sword World RPG JP PC
- Tokimeki Memorial JP PC
- Tales
- ToeJam & Earl
- Wonder Project J JP
- Worms PC
- Zero4 Champ JP
Spin-offs of pre-existing franchises[edit]
Internationalizations[edit]
Fifth generation[edit]
- 1080° Snowboarding
- Ace Combat
- Ape Escape
- Arc the Lad
- Armored Core
- Army Men
- Atelier
- Baldur's Gate (on consoles)
- Bangai-O
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Battle Arena Toshinden series
- Bloody Roar
- Chōkūkan Night: Pro Yakyū King JP
- Choro Q
- Collin McRae Rally
- Colony Wars
- Crash Bandicoot
- Cruis'n series
- Culdcept
- Custom Robo
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Daytona USA
- Dead or Alive
- Densha de Go! JP
- Destruction Derby
- Diablo
- Digimon World
- DonPachi
- Doubutsu no Mori (known internationally as Animal Crossing)
- Dragon Force
- Driver
- Dynasty Warriors
- Extreme-G
- Fallout PC
- Formula One
- Gex
- Grandia
- Grand Theft Auto
- Gran Turismo
- Guilty Gear
- Half-Life
- House of the Dead
- Jet Moto
- Klonoa
- Legacy of Kain
- Medal of Honor
- MediEvil
- Moto Racer
- Mr. Driller
- Need for Speed
- NFL Blitz
- Nights
- Oddworld
- Panzer Dragoon
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Perfect Dark
- Petz
- Poy Poy JP
- Pro Evolution Soccer
- Quake
- Rayman
- Resident Evil
- Ridge Racer
- Robopon
- Sakura Wars
- San Francisco Rush
- Sega Rally Championship
- Shantae
- Silent Hill
- Sin and Punishment
- Snowboard Kids
- Soul
- Spyro the Dragon
- StarCraft
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
- Strikers 1945 Arc
- Suikoden
- Summon Night
- Super Robot Wars
- Super Smash Bros.
- Syphon Filter
- Team Fortress
- Tekken
- Tenchu
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour
- Time Crisis
- To Heart JP
- Tobal
- TOCA Touring Car series
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
- Tomb Raider
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Twisted Metal
- Turok
- Unreal
- Vandal Hearts
- Vib-Ribbon
- Virtua Fighter
- Virtual Pro Wrestling JP
- X-COM
- Wild Arms
- wipEout
- WWE SmackDown
Spin-offs of pre-existing franchises[edit]
- Chocobo
- Dragon Quest Monsters
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Marvel vs. Capcom
- Mario Party
- Mega Man Legends
- Metal Gear Solid
- Pac-Man World
- Paper Mario
- Power Pro Kun Pocket
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
- Street Fighter Alpha (Zero in Japan) series
Internationalizations[edit]
Sixth generation[edit]
- 2K Sports series
- 50 Cent
- Ace Attorney
- AeroWings
- Alien Hominid
- All Star Pro-Wrestling JP
- Amped
- Another Century's Episode JP
- Area 51
- ATV Offroad Fury
- Baten Kaitos
- Battlefield series
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Big Mutha Truckers
- BloodRayne
- Boktai
- Brothers in Arms
- Burnout
- Buzz!
- Chibi-Robo!
- Call of Duty
- Crazy Taxi
- Crimson Sea
- Dark Cloud
- Dead to Rights
- Def Jam
- Destroy All Humans!
- Devil May Cry
- Deus Ex
- Disaster Report
- Disgaea
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- Drakengard
- EA "Street" series (FIFA Street, NBA Street, NFL Street)
- Everblue
- EyeToy games
- Fable
- Fatal Frame
- Far Cry
- Fight Night
- FlatOut
- Forza Motorsport
- Fuzion Frenzy
- Genji
- Geometry Wars
- The Getaway
- Giga Wing
- God of War
- The Godfather
- Golden Sun
- Guitar Hero
- Gungrave
- .hack
- Halo
- Headhunter
- Hitman
- Jak and Daxter
- Jet Set Radio
- Juiced
- Karaoke Revolution
- Katamari
- Kessen
- Killzone
- Kingdom Hearts
- Kururin
- The Legendary Starfy
- Lego Star Wars
- Lost Kingdoms
- Luigi's Mansion
- Mafia
- Magical Vacation
- Manhunt
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
- Maximo
- Max Payne
- MechAssault
- Mercenaries
- Midnight Club
- Monster Hunter
- MotoGP
- Ōkami
- Onimusha
- Pikmin
- Phantom Dust
- Power Stone
- Project Gotham Racing
- Rallisport Challenge
- Ratchet & Clank
- Red Dead
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
- Rhythm Tengoku
- Rumble Roses
- Samba de Amigo
- Sega GT
- Shadow Hearts
- Shenmue
- Shikigami no Shiro
- Shinobido: Way of the Ninja
- Shuffle!
- Silent Scope
- The Sims
- SingStar
- Siren
- Sly Cooper
- Smuggler's Run
- SOCOM
- Soldier of Fortune
- Space Channel 5
- SSX
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Summoner
- Super Monkey Ball
- Taiko no Tatsujin
- Tak
- Thrillville
- TimeSplitters
- Toki Tori
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- Top Spin
- True Crime
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
- Viewtiful Joe
- Virtua Tennis
- Wrestle Kingdom JP
- Xenosaga
- Yakuza
- Zone of the Enders
Spin-offs of pre-existing franchises[edit]
- Battalion Wars
- Donkey Konga
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
- Guilty Gear Petit JP
- Mario & Luigi
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (a spin-off series to Donkey Kong for the Game Boy)
- Mega Man Battle Network
- Mega Man Zero
- Namco X Capcom
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
- SNK vs. Capcom
- Sega Superstars
- Super Mario Strikers
- Tales of the World
- WarioWare, Inc.
Internationalizations[edit]
Seventh generation[edit]
- Alan Wake
- Angry Birds
- Another Code (Trace Memory in North America)
- Army of Two
- Asphalt Urban GT
- Assassin's Creed
- Batman: Arkham
- Battlestations
- Bayonetta
- BioShock
- BlazBlue
- Blue Dragon
- Boogie
- Boom Blox
- Borderlands
- Brain Age
- Carnival Games
- Coded Arms
- Condemned
- The Conduit
- Cooking Mama
- Crackdown
- Crysis
- Daigasso! Band Brothers
- Danganronpa
- Darksiders
- Dark Souls
- Days of Memories JP
- de Blob
- Dead Island
- Dead Rising
- Dead Space
- Death Jr.
- Deathsmiles Arc
- Dishonored
- DJMax
- Draglade
- Dragon Age
- Drawn to Life
- Dungeon Hunter
- EA Sports Active
- Elebits
- Endless Ocean
- Etrian Odyssey
- Exit
- F.E.A.R.
- Full Auto
- Game Party
- Gears of War
- The Idolmaster JP
- Imagine
- Inazuma Eleven
- Infamous
- Injustice
- Invizimals
- Izuna
- Just Cause
- Just Dance
- Kinect Sports
- Kinectimals
- Kororinpa
- Left 4 Dead
- LittleBigPlanet
- LocoRoco
- Lost Planet
- LostWinds
- Lumines
- Luminous Arc
- Mass Effect
- Mercury
- Meteos
- Mirror's Edge
- Minecraft
- ModNation Racers
- MotorStorm
- My Coach
- Ninety-Nine Nights
- Nintendogs
- No More Heroes
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- Ouendan
- Overlord
- Patapon
- Peggle
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Portal
- PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient
- Prey
- Professor Layton
- Pursuit Force
- Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
- Red Steel
- Resistance
- Retro Game Challenge
- Rock Band
- Saints Row
- Scene It?
- Scribblenauts
- Skate
- Sleeping Dogs
- Spectrobes
- Spore
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Super Swing Golf
- Tales from Space
- The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series
- Touch Detective
- Trauma Center
- Uncharted
- Valhalla Knights
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Viva Piñata
- We Ski
- White Knight Chronicles
- Wii
- Wii Fit
- Wii Party
- Wii Play
- Wii Sports
- Zen Pinball
Spin-offs of pre-existing franchises[edit]
Internationalizations[edit]
- Ace Attorney
- Art Style
- Corpse Party PC
- Cho Aniki
- Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
- Earth Defense Force 2017 (North America)
- Fortune Street
- Glory of Heracles
- The Legendary Starfy
- Magical Starsign
- MLB Power Pros
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
- Rhythm Heaven
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
- Sin and Punishment
- Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage
Eighth generation[edit]
- Bravely Default
- The Denpa Men
- Dillon's Rolling Western (The Rolling Western in Japan)
- Mutant Mudds
- Pushmo (Pullblox in Europe, Hikuosu in Japan)'
- Steel Diver
- Tearaway
Spin-offs of pre-existing Franchises[edit]
- NES Remix (Famicom Remix in Japan)
- Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy
- Harvest Moon (Natsume series)
See also[edit]
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