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Xbox One

**NOTICE: This article is currently full of bias opinions and is not entirely factual, please be advised.**

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*"Jump ahead."*

The **Xbox One** is the ~~watercooler~~ successor to the Xbox 360.

## System Specs & Details

* 8GB DDR3 RAM
* 8 core "Jaguar" CPU
* *non-replaceable* 500 GB/1 TB internal Hard Drive, External Hard Drive support available
* Blu-Ray/DVD
* Wifi with ethernet port in back
* HDMI in-out
* USB 3.0, three ports
* Region-Free (physicial and digital, cross-region store purchases possible without needing alt accounts)
* Always Online by default- Internet + working servers needed to play many games.
* Mandatory use of cloud saves. All games and Apps (even Youtube) may fail if the Xbox network is acting up. More details.
* Day One update required to be able to use the system offline.
* Backwards compatibility to 360 limited, but expanding. Full list
* Xbox Live Gold Required for online play. Can import and use your Xbox 360 profile.
* Achievements will be ported from Xbox 360 along with your profile
* Mandatory game installs of even disc-based games
* Games with Gold: Every month, Xbox Live Gold users will receive two free Xbox One titles and two free Xbox 360 titles, all digitally. The Xbox One titles can be downloaded and played so long as you keep your subscription, while the 360 titles are yours to keep forever. All forthcoming 360 titles will be backwards-compatible, so you basically get four free games every month.

Spec Source and More Details

## The List

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**
* ***Xbox One Exclusive***

A-on is short for Always Online. For this list it means that the game requires an internet connection to have all it's features. If the game servers or the internet are down then the game will not work correctly. In short, this game will most likely not be functional outisde of this console gen as game servers are taken down due to games getting older. For a general rule of thumb, any game that holds multiplayer above single player and any Ubisoft title is suspect to A-on features.

### Xbox Live Downloadable Titles

The Xbox Live marketplace requires internet access for many downloadable titles. If you downloaded anything marked "Xbox Live Arcade", it is online only and will not function if the servers are down. Please keep this in mind when buying downloadable games!

## External links

* Confirmed Xbox One games

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Switch

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Switch, formerly known by the codename "NX", is a handheld/console hybrid by Nintendo released in March 2017.

## System Specs

* Chipset: NVidia Tegra X1
* Screen: 6.2" capacitive multi-touch, 1280 x 720 resolution.
* Detachable controllers

### Other details

* Dock: holds, powers, and charges the system, and outputs video and audio from the system to a TV or external display.
* Stand: A stand on the back of the main unit can be deployed to position the system upright in tabletop mode.
* Media: Game cards
* Video output: HDMI, up to 1080p resolution when played in TV mode
* Audio output: TV Mode supports 5.1 channel surround sound. Using the system's built-in audio jack, stereo speakers or headphones can be used when played in handheld or tabletop modes.
* Battery: can last for more than three hours, but will vary depending on the software and usage conditions. Can be charged with the dock or USB Type-C.
* Storage: 32GB of internal storage, expanded with microSDXC or microSDHC memory cards.
* Other: USB ports on the dock can be used to charge accessories, such as the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and Joy-Con attached to a Joy-Con charging grip. The USB ports can also be used with a USB LAN adaptor to connect to the Internet.
* Networking: Nintendo Switch can connect to the Internet via a wireless (IEEE 802.1 Iac) connection. Up to 8 systems can connect over a local wireless connection in compatible multiplayer games. While docked, Nintendo Switch can also use a wired Internet connection by connecting a LAN Adapter.

## Games

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**
* ***Switch Exclusive***

### Cart-Based

 File:Binding of Isaac Switch.jpg | The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ | Dungeon Crawler/Shooter
 File:BOTWSwitch.jpg | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Action-Adventure
 File:MK8D.jpg | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Racing
 File:Bomberman R.jpg | *Super Bomberman R* | Action/Party
  File:PS NSwitch UltraStreetFighter2TheFinalChallengers PEGI.jpg   | *Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers* | Action/Fighting

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The First Scale Wars

### Era of Dragons / ~ 10 million years ago

The period after dragons asserted themselves over the dinosaurs of the world and until the coming of giants is known by historians as the First Scale Wars. This long span of time, estimated at around five million years, includes few known details. What is known of this time is that dragons fought other dragons across the world for countless reasons. At first it was just primal instincts; however, during this age they grew rapidly in intelligence and evolved not only their cultural habits, but they also developed the first spoken and written language of Andaria, Draconic. It is thought this was when the various broods developed their preferences for terrain, and common personality traits.

Regardless, the period of dragons being the unchallenged master race of the world would change when the first true giants came to the world. The first written account of the appearance of giants dates this age to somewhere around five million years ago. However, the ancient tales from giant ruins indicate the giants first stepped upon the world when dragons were still young.

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Windows Phone

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"Reinvented around you."
Windows Phone is a mobile operating system by Microsoft. It is the successor to the Windows Mobile operating system.

## The list

 File:Earthworm Jim HD Windows Phone screenshot.jpg | Earthworm Jim HD | Platformer
 File:Gunhouse screenshot.png | Gunhouse | Puzzle / Defense
 File:Riptide GP 2 Windows Phone screenshot.png | Riptide GP 2 | Racing
 File:Snake Rewind screenshot.png | Snake Rewind | Casual

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Game Gear

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Ok let's get some things straight here: the base Game Gear model alone is just terrible. It has a horrible screen, eats enough batteries to choke a hungry hungry hippo, and it's hard to find certain games for it.

HOWEVER, if you're willing to do some modding and buy the proper accessories for your Game Gear it can be an absolutely wonderful little handheld.

1. Definitely LED mod, fixes both the screen and battery life is quadrupled.

2. Buy the rechargeable battery, not only will the also increase battery life but it's a damn rechargeable battery! No more wasting your money on those batteries.

3. You may or may not want the Wide Gear accesory, but it's pretty cool to have a screen that much larger than the GameBoy's!

4. I know it looks tempting but don't buy the Master System Converter. You won't be able to use it with the battery pack, most games look bad when converted, and most of them already have ports on the Game Gear.
A List and Guide to Game Genres

## The Genres

### A Brief Introduction

When adding a game to a list or even creating a new page, you're going to want to put something in the genre box. Here you will find a list of acceptable Genres that may be put in the Genre tabs. Usually you'll find that a game fits into more than one category, this is not only acceptable but totally encouraged. A good example would be Action/Adventure, or Puzzle/Platformer, two very common cross genres. Sometimes games will fit into three genres, this is also acceptable (such as *Lode Runner* for NES, which is Puzzle/Platformer/Arcade) . Four is also possible, but this is very rare and should be used very sparingly (an existing example is *Dark Cloud* for PS2, which has RPG/Action/Sim/Roguelike). Anything past four is unacceptable.  If you see any games labeled with a genre that doesn't fit or a genre that is not on this list, then you should edit it to something more appropriate. There are two categories for Genres, the *Legitimate* and *Joke Terms/Pet Terms*. If you don't post a Genre from this list, if it's funny enough, we'll usually let it slide. If it catches on, it will probably be added!

* **NOTE: There are exceptions to every rule.** Remember that this is a **guide*line***, and not absolute 100% requirement. If you feel a game fits more into a genre description not described, or that contradicts the description given here, put your Nathan Hermann in buttswn what your...uh...heart(?) tells you. If it's not considered the most appropriate given genre, it will probably just be changed by one of our butthurt editors.dt
	+ Basically. - MFGreth1 12:52, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

### Joke Term/Pet Term Genres

These genres, while not necessarily an accurate representation of the game's gameplay, should be used just to spice up the articles and keep people interested. We at /v/ love our in-jokes and sarcasm, so these flavor-enhancing genres should help keep people reading.
Users Games Of The Moment

## User Games of the Moment

If you're looking for some quick gaming suggestions, this page provides a place where this wiki's admins and editors list their 'game of the moment'. The game does not have a set date of time to stay on the list, nor does it adhere to any specifics. It's just the game that the user who put it up feels like promoting and sharing for the time being. Maybe it's what they're currently playing, or have just beaten, or just discovered, or are remembering fondly. Doesn't matter. It's simply a collection of personally recommended games by your bros.
Definitive Versions

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 File:Batman goty.png  Chances are your favorite game has at least seen a number of ports, re-releases, End of the Year editions, and more versions than you can shake a stick at. This is due to companies trying to either milk a franchise for all it's worth, expand their audience, or to introduce new-players on new consoles to their game.

While sometimes it is clear-cut as to which edition or port you should get, other times it's not that simple. A special edition isn't actually better when the game on disk is missing something that the original game had. New versions can sometimes end up with FPS issues, toned down features, bad camera angles, or even ugly graphics. There have been many times when JP and PAL regions have a more superior version of a game while others get mere scraps and vice-versa. Sometimes even ports make a difference with some ports of a game having extra features or being better designed just because it's on a different console. All of this can make a specific version more or less desirable than the others!

This page is made to help gamers sort through all the versions and editions of a game and pick out which one is the best out of the bunch. Please focus on games that have multiple editions/releases of the *same* game (ex: Game Of The Year, Special Edition, Anniversary Editions, HD re-release, ect) in order to select the best edition of that particular game. Things like statues and music CDs are nice, but fixing up gameplay, less lag, faster loading, adding new levels, more on-disc content and updating graphics is much nicer! Please note that HD graphics or more DLC by itself does not automatically make a game "better"- there need to be actual improvements to the on-disk game itself for it to be better than previous iterations. Bonus points for when an HD release actually has text that can be read on a smaller screen or a tube TV.

ROM hacks that do not significantly change the base game and are of a game that actually was released are allowed here. For example, a hack that simply fixes bugs the in a company-released game is OK; however, a Sonic game that is spliced with Metroid would not be appropriate. If the company releases a new version on par or better than the hack, please replace the hack with the official version.

 **It's also fine to give out honorable mentions of other editions that might not be as great but are better than the rest and well-worth checking out as well.**

## Versions Better Due to Content

Games to add: most 16 bit games, every 'Tales of' entry and a shitton more.
Saturn

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The Sega **Saturn** was a good system for its time, it even had games better than it's PS1 and N64 competitors. However, The Saturn was unfairly rejected by people because of its lack of games in the west (LOL BERNIE STOLAR), so ultimately the console was forced into an early grave by the Dreamcast, and it was a dark day for Sega. Almost like the company's 3DO or Jaguar, except this didn't suck ass. If you find yourself a Sega Saturn, BUY IT. It's worth your money. Don't belive me? Check out dat list and dem games.

## Recommendation copypasta

Saturn Recommended Games.jpgThe original image from /v/
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Virtual Boy

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*"A 3-D game for a 3-D world."*
Okay, so the **Virtual Boy** was a failure. You know, I know, we all know it. It strained your eyes if you played for more than fifteen to thirty minutes at a time, there were like, fourteen games, and it came out only a few months before the Nintendo 64. It even gave virtual reality a bad name, even though it was *not* a virtual reality machine (since it didn't do any form of head tracking).

So why bother? Well, to be fair, some of the games are really fun, for one. It's also an interesting anecdote in Nintendo's history, seeing how it was their first attempt at gaming in 3D, but most importantly, it was Gunpei Yokoi's last major project there (he would still create the WonderSwan for Bandai). Sadly enough, Yokoi never intended for the Virtual Boy to be released in that state, Nintendo's management pushed for it... so we basically got Yokoi's prototype. Who knows what would have happened if things had gone differently? What if he lived, and the Virtual Boy had been properly finished? We'll never know, we can just appreciate this small step in gaming history for what it is, and was.

## Videos

20 Games That Defined the Virtual Boy
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/v/iki

This is an experimental archive of /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki. **IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE PURPOSE OF THIS WIKI, FUCK OFF RIGHT NOW.**

This wiki, like all wikis, lives and breathes on the efforts of volunteers. If /v/ is going nuts over a new release or an unburied gem from the past or you can contribute to one of our lists, we appreciate it.

PROTIP: The new Wikia look sucks, so log in, click 'my preferences' at the top, scroll down to 'Site Layouts' and change it back to 'Monobook'. *Now in delicious Burichan flavor!*

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* Microsoft Xbox One
* Nintendo Switch
* Sony PlayStation 4
* File:MacOS Finder icon.png Apple macOS
* Linux
* Microsoft Windows
 **Current handhelds**
* Nintendo 3DS
* Sony PlayStation Vita
* Apple iOS (iPhone / iPod / iPad)
* Google Android
* Java ME mobile phones
* File:Sailfish icon.png Jolla Sailfish
* Microsoft Windows Phone
* File:Tizen icon.png Tizen
* Sony PlayStation 3 (2015 US, 2017 JP)
* Nintendo Wii U (2017)
* BlackBerry (2016)
* Microsoft Xbox 360 (2016)
* File:Mozilla Firefox icon.png Mozilla Firefox OS (2016)

Thanks to emulators and eBay, you can still play videogames that are even older than some of us have been alive.

## Contributions

/v/'s biggest contributor is Anonymous, so that includes you. Yes, you. We can't keep this thing up-to-date without you.

* Use the search box on the left and start typing. If you pause, it will offer suggested pages that match.
* If you're new to making wiki pages, check Wikia's *"Getting Started"'*
* See if there are pages on this wiki that want to be made.
* See if there are pages on this wiki that are asking for help.
* You should know the difference between a SHMUP and a rail-shooter; read A List and Guide to Game Genres
* We have a Forum here purely for the wiki. If you want the stream-of-consciousness record of what /v/ thinks, you may be better off not knowing.

## Legal Stuff

All materials not created specifically for this site are owned by their original creators and/or current owners within respective copyright and ownership law.
Low end computer games

This list is basically for people who think they have crappy and a slow computer that can't play recent games.
Odds are, people looking in this list for games are on laptops with integrated graphics and outdated desktop computers. Just remember that some pc's with integrated graphics may well reach the requirements but still have issues running games (portal, looking at you..etc)

**Some things to consider**

The system requirements here are taken from the developers, game sites, and other sources.

Your PC (with the exact specs) might not run the games or might run them crappily (minimum req usually mean with choppy framerate). Hardware T&L is not actually necessary, but your game might look crappy. Vertex shader (version required by game or higher) is required or the game won't run at all. A higher pixel shader can be used but the frame rate may drop to like 10FPS.

To find out what kind of card you have, pixel shader ver, vertex shader ver, etc, you can go to System Requirements Lab and check any game. The result should tell you what specs you have. Keep in mind that some games that the site tells you you can run, may not run, and vice versa.

Most importantly; some games will simply not work on newer hardware, a few may even straight up crash the system entirely. Good Old Games typically updates games to be able to run on newer hardware, but still check the game's requirements to make sure your computer can handle it.

Last but not least, be careful out there.
Ouya

File:Ouya logo.svg
*"The revolution will be televised."*
The **Ouya** was an Android-based microconsole, famous for being financed by a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, for crashing E3's parking lot on a guerrilla marketing campaign, and ultimately not living up to the hype.

It became quite controversial for the flawed launch: many backers did not receive their units in advance, early controllers had issues with lag (since fixed) and buttons getting stuck (requires a very simple hardware mod), poor wireless performance (the fix can be a setting on your router), and some games had performance issues for not being properly optimized for the Tegra 3 SoC (now there was no fix for that, it was a bit underpowered even back then).

On the other hand, it was dead-easy to port from Android (in fact you can just install most Android .apks without modding), so it quickly amassed a library of over a thousand titles — mostly mobile games, sure, but also media players and emulators for several classic systems (most up to PS1 run well, but N64 is very hit-and-miss). For a $99 machine, it was not a terrible deal. Then again, it was not a fantastic deal either.

So, well, it just didn't take off. Razer bought the company in July 2015 — not for the console, mind you, but for their online store, to be used on their own Forge TV console, and to be licensed to other companies' Android-based devices. Consequently, the Ouya system has been discontinued. At this point, it might be worth getting if you happen to find it dirt cheap in some clearance or garage sale. Otherwise, pass it up.

## The list

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Arcade games

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You can emulate most of these games released before 2002 with MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). Some games (Capcom, SNK) run better on WinKawaks and/or FinalBurn Alpha Playstation/Namco-based hardware runs better on ZiNc. NAOMI and NAOMI 2 games can be emulated in Demul, nullDC and Makaron, with varying compatibility. Nebula also has additional optimization for SNK, Capcom, Konami and PolyGameMaster systems, as well as the Sega Model 2 Emulator.

## Choose Your Destiny

* Beat'em Ups
* Fighting games
* Light Gun games
* Platformer games
* Puzzle games
* Racing games
* Retro games
* Rhythm games
* Shoot'em Ups
* Trackball games
Mickey Mouse

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Mickey Mouse is one of the, if not **the** most important cartoon characters to have ever been drawn onto a sheet of paper. People often lose sight of the character's great nature amazing cartoons and movies, and other great things because of their over-exposure to the character from Disney's over-exploitation of his image and the ever piling collection of useless merchandise. However, these video games serve to remind us what makes Mickey Mouse so damn awesome, and are also great games to boot. This list has been compiled in honor of Warren Spector's video game *Epic Mickey*.

* All games on this list appear in the Wiki on their respective pages.
* Game descriptions are largely unchanged from their appearance on the console pages, however, some were slightly altered or edited for this page.
* Any game appearing on this list has to have Mickey playable.
* Only good games will be here, so no crap like *Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse* (Which is on Gamecube if you're wondering), or *Mickey's Ultimate Challenge*, which is just abysmal.

### The Gallery

Castle of Illusion screen.jpgCastle of Illusion (Genesis)Mickey donald magical adventure 3 screen.jpgMagical Quest 3 (Super Famicom)KH2 Mickey.jpgKingdom Hearts 2 (PS2)KH DS Mickey.jpgKingdom Hearts 385/2 Days (NDS)Land of Illusion Screen.pngLand of Illusion (Master System)Mickey Mania Screen.jpgMickey Mania (Sega CD)Mickey Mousecapade Screen.jpgMickey Mousecapade (NES)Mickey Mouse Magic Wands GBC ScreenShot.gifMickey Mouse: Magic Wands! (Gameboy)Mickey's Speedway USA.gifMickey's Speedway USA (N64)Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibouken (2).gifMickey no Tokyo Disneyland Daibōken (S. Famicom)Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie Screen.gifGreat Circus Mystery (SNES)Magical Quest Mickey.jpgMagical Quest (SNES)World of Illusion Mickey Donald Screen.jpgWorld of Illusion (Genesis)Epic-Mickey4.jpgEpic Mickey (Wii)Cast.jpgCastle of Illusion (PS3)
Gamecube

*"Life is a game."*
Nintendo's 6th generation console. Vastly overshadowed by the massive success of the PS2, the NGC never truly achieved market acceptance during its production; still, it had a fuckwin game library which, among others, includes games from Nintendo's flagship franchises and some of the best versions of multiplatform titles such as Resident Evil 4, Killer7, and Skies of Arcadia. One of the last game consoles released to be entirely about just vidya and nothing else.

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**
WonderSwan

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The Bandai **WonderSwan** was a competitor to the Game Boy (interestingly, both were created by the same guy) that never made it outside of Japan, and so it doesn't have many games in English. Much of its titles are anime-licensed and RPGs, but it also has a decent number of (import-friendly) fighters, platformers, and action games.

The WonderSwan comes in three versions: the monochrome classic, the Color, and the Crystal. The Color and Crystal run on the same hardware, but the Crystal has a superior TFT screen and shorter battery life. All of them run on a single AA battery, with the following expected life:

* Classic: 30–40 hours
* Color: 20 hours
* Crystal: 12 hours

There are also AC adapter and rechargeable battery pack accessories for those who'd prefer less battery expenditure.
Invisibility

Joe "Are you invisible?"
Sam "No. We're wings and blood like you Joe. Don't overthink it big guy."
Joe "Hey, believe me, most things in life I don't overthink. This time though, I have put some thought into this."
When visiting Michelle's parents, the pixies are at moments clearly visible grabbing Joe's extremities, but when it cuts to the point of view of the others, it looks like Joe is on his own and they ask if he is playing charades.

This indicates that they are able to be invisible to humans other than Joe. He asks Sam and he denies this, but Joe remains skeptical.
MacOS

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*"It just works."*
Apple's macOS (formerly known as Mac OS X, then just OS X), is an operating system that powers their Macintosh (or simply Mac) computer line.

It is the successor to the "classic" Mac OS system that powered the Macs from 1984 to 2001, although technically it's based on the Unix-derived NeXTSTEP.

Macs are known for their ease of use, stylish design, and absurd prices. The system's game library is somewhat limited, compared to Windows, but many major games do get a Mac port these days. Also, by using WINE and Boxer, you can run PC games on a Mac.
SHITTY RPG MAKER /V/ GAME

This is the page for the SHITTY RPG MAKER /V/ GAME. Check this page often to know when the next thread for the game will be. And remember, be subtle.

## Wut's this

File:Game Island.jpg
You might be wondering "wut's this". Well, this is a random project born on /v/ about making a game. There's nothing too special or important to talk about, it's just a game /v/ is making all together, and almost everything in the game has been randomly suggested. It will be glorious, until EA will buy us and we'll start releasing DLC for it.

## How can I help?

If you just want to add random shit into the game, don't miss the threads to have your chance to help the game being retarded.
If you want to help at making sprites, musics and stuff like that just contact me on my user page and show your skill. Don't worry, we are not going to make a GOTY, just the BEST GOTY EVER.

## List of threads

* First thread:

http://chanarchive.org/4chan/v/24823

(new link: http://archive.is/dHttn)

* Second thread:

http://chanarchive.org/4chan/v/24873

(new link: http://archive.is/1Vtho)

* Third thread:

http://chanarchive.org/4chan/v/25781

(new link: http://archive.is/ryNGK)

## WHEN THE NEXT THREAD WILL COME OUT

STILL NO DATE OR ANYTHING. JUST WAIT AND CHECK THIS PAGE SOMETIMES.I KNOW I'M NOTCHING BUT GUESS WHAT I'M STILL WORKING ON ITNOTCH IS LAZY, I'M BEING LAZY, I'M BEING A NOTCH. AT LEAST I'M REPLYING, SO I DIDN'T RUN AWAYThis nigger ran away.
Welp.

Please Respond.

tfw
Incremental

## Incremental Games

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aka Idle Games or Clickers

The most efficient of Skinner Boxes. There's usually zero or one buttons to press, accumulating score, and you occasionally make choices on what to spend your score on to accumulate more score. It's the exception that has a story or exploration, it's all about watching numbers go up.

Incremental games usually feature:

* an **active mode** where you gain score by clicking repeatedly and quickly (thus the name "mousebreaker games") (autoclickers are cheating but everyone does it)
* a **passive mode** where you just leave the game alone for hours or days to accumulate score for spending. Some games require you to leave it running to accumulate score, other games you can shut off and it uses the system clock to let you "catch up".
* **ascension** events, where you discard all the progress you've made to start the game over with ascension-only advantages

jesus christ these things can get addictive.

The thread on /vg/ if there is one

## Smartphone Games

*note: we only have this ancient list from an /igg/ thread, but we're working on more.*

Android

Apple

## Making Idle Games

You'd think it would be damn easy, but it's hard not to make a clone of something already out there. Kongregate and Armor Games are flooded with idle games that aren't even worth your time to read the titles. It's worse than Flappy Bird.

* http://dhmholley.co.uk/incrementals.html
* http://orteil.dashnet.org/experiments/idlegamemaker/help
The Age Of The Council Of Wyrms

### Era of Dragons / ~4 million years ago

The Dragon-Giant Wars raged for such a long period that when it finally ended only the Dragon Avatars themselves remembered a time before. Dragons were only able to achieve this victory after finally banding together and cooperating on the world wide scale. Metallics fighting side by side with chromatic dragons, and their millions of warriors from the lesser races working together finally pushed back the giants. Once the balance was finally tipped in the favor of dragon-kind, after about a million years of war, it only took a few centuries to drive the giants back to their remote and isolated homes. The true giants would never really recover from their losses during this great war, and the species of the lesser giants would scatter to the far corners of the world never to be united together again.

From the ashes of the world arose a new order of dragon kind, in an unprecedented age of cooperation among them that came from the alliance made in the Dragon-Giant Wars. In the first true empire of the world, the ten broods of dragons ruled over all and managed their great empire with a Roman-like senate known as The Council of Wyrms. Hundreds of representatives debated and had heated arguments over every aspect of their rule. While the various broods ruled and lived very differently, they were able to agree upon the security and stability of their vast empire for millions of years. The ten Dragon Avatars stayed out of the day to day politicking of the Council, and lived out their lives how they saw fit, seeking out knowledge or ways to improve the status of their brood over the others.

During this age saw the coming of elves to the world, but their origin is not fully known even to their own people. Some tales say they were uplifted by dragons while others tell of a great migration through a portal from a plane of twilight. Perhaps this was opened by the dragons? Either way once here the elves became favored servants and slaves of the dragons due to their affinity for magic that the other lesser races lacked. Soon after, the race known as the Dragonborn first came to the world, and many scholars still today debate their origin. The most popular theory is that the Dragonborn came from the elves, due to manipulation by their dragon overlords to create the 'perfect servant'.

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Neo Geo CD

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*"Don't cross the line unless you're serious."*
The Neo Geo was truly a beast in 1990, but that came with a price tag: $650 for the AES console and past $200 for each game. The Neo Geo CD was released four years later, to offer the same games at a much lower cost. Well, you get what you pay for: it was plagued with annoying loading times (say, up to a minute between each round of a fighting game), and it came with a gamepad instead of the badass Neo Geo arcade-style controller. Still, its main problem was the bad timing: the 5th generation had already begun, and it was clear that a pure 2D console could not compete for much longer.

While it was technically almost identical to the Neo Geo, and most of its titles were ports, all of those had rearranged CD-based soundtracks; it also had a handful of exclusives, as well as some MVS ports that the original AES didn't get.

There's an updated version called the Neo Geo CDZ, which cuts down on load times, but it's very expensive and it's not that big of a difference.

## The list

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CD-i

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*"CD for your TV."*
The Philips CD-i is a failed system, best remembered for its peculiar connections to far more successful ones.

Here's how the story goes: Nintendo wanted to make a CD-ROM drive for the SNES to face Sega's upcoming Mega-CD. They had a deal with Sony, realized it was a bad deal, and jumped ship to Philips (which kinda makes sense, as Sony and Philips had invented the CD together). Sony was pissed and decided to make their own console with blackjack and hookers, and so the PlayStation was born. Meanwhile, Nintendo got cold feet again, the new deal went nowhere as well, so Philips also decided to do their own thing, and that was the CD-i.

The less-know part of this story, however, is that Philips actually had been working on the CD-i long before the SNES existed. And it was not even supposed to be a console, but an "interactive multimedia CD player" for educational titles, digital encyclopedias, museum tour kiosks, this sort of boring "rich old man" crap (that's why the original controller was more like a TV remote than a gamepad). The brief almost-partnership with Nintendo just convinced Philips to sell it as a game console, and it also explains how they got the rights to produce some Zelda and Mario games. The fact is, the CD-i was simply not designed for games, and this shows on its modest game library.

Similarly to the 3DO, Philips also licensed the CD-i standard to other hardware manufacturers.

## The list

 File:Burn Cycle CD-i cover.jpg | Burn:Cycle
 File:Hotel Mario CD-i Cover.jpg | Hotel Mario
 File:Link Faces of Evil CDI Cover.jpgFile:Zelda Wand of Gamelon CDI Cover.jpg | Link: The Faces of EvilZelda: The Wand of Gamelon
 File:Mutant Rampage CD-i cover.jpg | Mutant Rampage: BodySlam

## Videos

20 Games That Defined The Philips CD-i
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Neo Geo

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*"Bigger. Badder. Better."*
Getting a hold of these games might be difficult and costly; the NeoGeo was very expensive at the time because it literally brought arcade hardware to the living room, but you will NEVER see a better looking strictly 2D/16-bit console in your entire life. It is quite possibly the most sought after 'retro' home console with the largest cult following, thus making it highly collectible.

Even still, you can emulate Neo Geo games with Neo-RAGEX which uses dumps from the home version, but you're probably better off getting the MAME version of these games with **Winkawaks/Nebula** for optimal compatibility or MAME itself. They all come with Netplay; most of these games are multiplayer and will let you quickly jump in, being arcade games and all, try them with a friend. If you're not emulation prone, many of these games come in collections on the PS2, as well. Or if you're just plain cool, you can get a NeoGeo MVS, or get an MVS converter, or even a Supergun as the games are exactly the same only THEY'RE NOT THAT FUCKING EXPENSIVE. Like seriously they cost less than half of what most games go for, and like a quarter of rare games.

Neo Geo CD exclusives go on their own page.
SNES

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*"Now you're playing with power. Super power."*
A favorite of retro-gamers, many consider it to be the best system of all time due to it being the strongest 16-bit console (other than the Neo Geo but only the super rich kids had that) and a lot of companies really pushed it to its limits! The library really backs it up there, and it has something for everybody, especially in the RPG category. **SNES** is recommended over SFC because it's just easier to mod, though the SFC looks better and you could just buy a converter.

For portable SNES gaming, the **New**3DS(XL) is your best bet for SNES gaming via Virtual Console, and if you have it modded, you can inject other SNES games or romhacked versions as well, though you cannot play SuperFX games on it. 3DS Compatibility list.
But if you don't want to do that, or if you don't have a n3DS and just want to play from retail cartridges, then check out the SupaBoy S or the RetroDuo Portable, though be aware that the build quality for both are kinda shoddy and have crappy sound quality.

For flashcarts, the absolute best recommendation, albeit very pricey, is the SD2SNES, without question. The firmware is consistently updated on the occasion and has the largest ROM support of any SNES flashcarts. A secondary recommendation is the Super Everdrive v2, which is more cheaper and less ROM support, but is feasible if you're not looking to play games that utilize chips other than DSP-1 to -4 and/or you can't fork over 200-some dollars. Then there is the Retro-Bit Super UFO Pro 8, but it has less compatibility than the Everdrive and is also harder to manage files and saves. The upside of it is that it can backup your games' ROMs and save data, and can play other SuperFX games, but only if you have a retail copy. Video. **Don't** ever get the SNES Powerpak by retroUSB, as it has less compatibility than the Super Everdrive and is more pricier whenever it is available.
Needless to say, don't expect any of them to have 100% compatibility, so that means no Star Fox or Kirby Super Star for you.

Romhacks and translations can be found at romhacking.net under the relevant sections. Although you might luck out and find a pre-patched translated Rom image along with the original versions if you don't know how to correctly patch a rom.

In June 26th of 2017, Nintendo announced the Super NES Classic, which contains 20 SNES classics and the **final build of Star Fox 2**! But good luck trying to get your hands on it. If the NES Classic is of any indicator, this one will likely be sold out within the first day and be sold by scalpers for a much higher price. Thanks Nintendo.

## The list

Includes games released in North America and Europe. Japanese-only games go on the Super Famicom page. The Satellaview add-on also has its own page.

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IOS

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*"There's an app for that."*
Apple's iOS (formerly "iPhone OS") is the operating system that powers their iPhones, iPods, and iPads. It is derived from OS X, but applications are not compatible between the two, and no emulators capable of running commercial apps have been released yet. iOS is much more locked down than rival Android, and its app store is much more restrictive (no controversial or adult content, emulators, non-WebKit browsers, or GPL-licensed applications). Through a process called jailbreaking, you can bypass all of these restrictions (and void your warranty) to use iOS more flexibly; however, Apple keeps trying to stamp it out, so it gets more and more difficult with every new version.

## Jailbreak apps

 File:RetroArch screenshot iOS.png | RetroArch
Also features a really cool "rewind" feature that allows you to literally *rewind* your gameplay to an earlier state. It must be seen to be believed.
 File:Gpsphone.png | gpSPhone
 File:INES-ADX.png | NES.emu and other ".emu" series
 File:Ppsspp-icon.png | PPSSPP
Ad-hoc support is in the early stages, but a handful of games work flawlessly. Setup/networking tutorials and general info for ad-hoc can be found here.
Kinda laggy on iOS for more extensive games like God of War, Final Fantasy Type-0, KH:BBS and Gran Turismo.
 File:SNESADX.png | SNES9x EX
Games with User-Made Content

Sometimes you'd just like to satisfy that creative urge (but not as much to leave your computer, of course). For that, level editors, modding, ROM hacks, basically any games where players can do more than just play, hit the spot. In brief, this page is for listing **games with a significant community producing new content**. The description should include links to such communities, as well as info on how the reader could participate (does the game include an editor, is it open-source, how conveniently it can be modded).

For rom hacks, try http://www.romhacking.net/ for your needs, it includes translations, fan hacks and some rather good things for those who want a new twist on an old game.
BlackBerry

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*"Keep moving."*
BlackBerry is a line of smartphones and tablets produced by BlackBerry Ltd. (formerly Research In Motion Ltd.). Although they were a pioneer in this field, and their phones were hugely popular with corporate clients, their market share crumbled when Apple's iPhone made smartphones mainstream in a completely different style (large touch screen, no keyboard), and RIM was slow to adapt to the tastes of this new audience. The company attempted a migration to Android, but after poor sales, they gave up on hardware entirely to concentrate on corporate services.

## The list

 File:Real Racing 3 Blackberry screenshot.png | Real Racing 3 | Racing

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PlayStation 3

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*"It only does everything."*
The third son of the PlayStation family had a rough start in life; being quite expensive at first, and very difficult to code for, it remained in a distant third place for a while. Yet it swiftly recovered later, due to the very strong support from Japanese developers who would not touch the filthy gaijin dog machine Xbox 360. So each system has rather different sets of exclusives, which you should weigh (see: 360 vs PS3) before choosing one.

Backwards compatibility was part of the reason for the cost: early models did it by including part of the PS2 hardware. Later models cut that entirely. All models are compatible with games for the original PlayStation, as it was possible to emulate it fully in software.

A nice point of the PS3 is that it is also a Blu-ray player, while the Xbox 360 only does DVD ~~(not that this makes any difference for the games).~~ which meant that PS3 disc games could load faster and hold more on disc content

Just like its predecessor, the controller is a point of contention: while most people are okay with it, many find the design extremely uncomfortable, particularly due to the d-pad getting the "sweet spot" instead of the left analog stick. If you prefer the Xbox 360 style, worry not! There are several third-party accessory makers that do it the ergonomically correct way, such as PowerA, Gioteck, PDP, and Speedlink.

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **Lacking Metacritic Reviews**
* ***PS3 Exclusive***
* ***File:Move compatible.png***(Playstation Move *compatible*)
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## Recommendation Copypasta

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Nintendo 64

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*"Dinosaurs will fly."*
The Nintendo 64 was famous for bringing the astonishing 3D power of a Silicon Graphics workstation to vidya. It has a respectable library, especially in the 3D platformer / "collectathon" genre. Also, its built-in 4 controller slots helped spawn some epic multiplayer party games and racers. However, it is sorely lacking in genres like RPG, fighting, or shmups.

An essential add-on is the Expansion Pak, which doubles the console's RAM, allowing many games to run with better framerate, higher resolution, and extra effects. It is even obligatory for a number of games to run at all.

The controller slot offered 3 important features: the memory card, the rumble pak, and the transfer pak (which allowed connectivity with some GBC games).

There was a China-only variant, the iQue Player (or Shén Yóu Ji), which could load games from the internet or special kiosks - similarly to the Famicom Disk System or Super Famicom's Nintendo Power cartridges. But China being China, only 14 games were released before the system was abandoned due to rampant piracy.

The Nintendo 64 also had a short-lived disk add on called the 64DD, only released in Japan.

* **Positive Metacritic Reviews**
* **Neutral Metacritic Reviews**
* **Negative Metacritic Reviews**
* **No Review Listed**

## The list

*\* An asterisk means the game came out on the iQue Player.*

## Recommendation Copypasta

/v/'s list of must-have N64 games

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Space Games

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***I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.***

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**Space, the Final Frontier**

Ever since man laid his eyes on the cosmos their has been a desire to explore space. Famous spaceships such as the USS Enterprise, Millennium Falcon and the Death-Star have all captured our imagination. Who doesn't want to fly an X-Wing and blow shit up?

Note that a great many of the games on the Shmups page also take place in space.

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Game Boy

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*"Now you're playing with portable power."*
The "classic" Game Boy had quite the library despite such limited hardware! Games can be played on a Game Boy Color, Super Game Boy, or Game Boy Advance but the Super Game Boy both colorizes and even enhances some games!

* Anything with a star (\*) is SGB enchanced, even a few hybrid GBC games! (Or at least given borders and such)

Games marked with  are available on the 3DS' Nintendo eShop.

Please remember that Game Boy Color-bordered games go in the Game Boy Color page, even if they can be played on the original Game Boy.
3rd Introduction

## 3rd Campaign Introduction

It has been six months since the Battle at the Well of Dragons, and your characters are among the masses that have swarmed into the haven that is Black Landing. Only three months after that great battle did the invading armada from across the seas land at the city of Windhaven. The city was powerless against the five hundred ships and their fifty thousand soldiers. Word of the invasion, and the ensuing chaos, spread across the province. It was only two weeks until a large contingent sailed south to blockade the massive city of Ironbay.

Thousands evacuated south from Ironbay before the invaders arrived, and your characters are among those that either already live in, have fled towards, or otherwise reached Black Landing. Word is that Dragonfell to the north has closed its gates to everyone, and that has left the Landing as the last open city. While it is known as a haven for the Black Brotherhood, and friendly to pirates, the city, already rough and difficult to survive in, has become a cesspool of human despair as too many refugees flood the already cramped streets.

The Red Sun mercenaries, having cemented their control of the city's security forces, have clamped down without regard for the widespread suffering. Each of your characters, one way or another, found themselves on the wrong side of a Red Sun guardsman, and currently find one another in a prison cell.