The main genres from class (edited 10-21)

The main genres from class was...

• 3rd Person -- (Third-person shooters (TPS) employ a third person perspective for the player. This is normally just behind the game character, but it is sometimes an isometric perspective. Some shooters default to either a first- or third-person perspective but allow the player to choose between the two; others switch between the two at predetermined points in the game.)
  
• Tomb Raider 1
  
• Designer: Core Design Ltd.
  
• Publisher: Eidos Interactive Ltd
  
• Date of Release: 1996
  
• Action/Adventure -- (Adventure games were some of the earliest games on the market. They cast the player as the protagonist of a story, normally requiring the player to solve various puzzles using various artifacts. The earliest adventure games were textual (text adventures or interactive fiction). In these early adventure games, the player uses a keyboard to enter commands such as "get rope" or "go west" and the computer describes what is happening.)
  
• Myst
  
• Designer: Cyan Worlds
  
• Publisher: Broderbund
  
• Date of Release: 1993
  
• Syberia
• Designer: Microids
  
• Publisher: DreamCatcher Interactive
  
• Date of Release: 2002
  
• Educational -- (Educational games, as the name implies, attempt to teach the user using the game as a vehicle. Most of these types of games target young user from the ages of about three years to mid-teens; past the mid-teens, subjects become so complex (e.g. Calculus) that teaching via a game is impractical. Numerous subgenres exist, each for a different field (math games, typing games and so on).)
  
• Finding Nemo: Learning with Nemo
• Designer: Pixar/Disney
  
• Publisher: Buena Vista Games
  
• Date of Release: September 27, 2005
  
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• Fighting -- (Fighting or beat 'em up games emphasize one-on-one combat between two players, one of whom may be computer controlled. These games usually focus on martial arts, which are usually dramatic and physically impossible, and other forms of unarmed combat. Some of these games may also employ handheld weapons such as swords, or ranged attacks such as chi-based energy blasts.)
  
• Tekken 1
  
• Designer: Namco
  
• Publisher: Namco
  
• Date of Release: 1994
  
• Multiplayer/Party -- (Party games are video games developed specifically for multiplayer games between many players. Normally, party games have a variety of different types of mini-games that range between collecting more of a certain item than other players or having the fastest time at something. Versus multiplayer games are not generally considered to be party games.)
  
• Mario Party 1
  
• Designer: Hudson Soft Company Ltd
  
• Publisher: Nintendo
  
• Date of Release: 1998



• Music -- (Music games are typically arcade games that challenge the player to follow sequences of movement or develop specific rhythms. Some games require the player to tap out rhythms using a game controller or keyboard while others require the player to actually dance in sync to music.)


• Dance Dance Revolution
  
• Designer: Konami
  
• Publisher: Konami
  
• Date of Release: 1998
  
• Puzzle -- (Puzzle games require the player to solve logic puzzles or even navigate complex locations such as mazes. This genre frequently crosses over with adventure and educational games. Some arcade games, in particular Tetris-variants, are often labeled puzzle games, despite the fact that gameplay depends on hand/eye coordination and quick reflexes, rather than thought and logic.)
  
• Bust a Move 99'
  
• Designer: Taito Corporation
  
• Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
  
• Date of Release: Apr 1, 1999
  
• Platform-- (Platform games, also called platformers, are games in which downward gravity restricts the player to travelling on horizontal surfaces, which are referred to as platforms. This is one of the earliest genres of computer games, and was once very popular and well-supported, but has declined with the increasing popularity of 3D graphics. )
  
• Super Mario Bros 3
  
• Designer: Nintendo
  
• Publisher: Mattel Inc.
  
• Date of Release: 1988
  
• Racing -- (Racing games are one of the most traditional of genres. They typically place the player in the driver's seat of a high performance vehicle and require the player to race against other drivers or sometimes just time. Emerging in the early 1980s, this genre is still very popular today and continues to push the envelope in terms of graphics and performance.)
  
• Grand Trismo 1
  
• Designer: Polyphony Digital, Sony
  
• Publisher: Sony America
  
• Date of Release: 1998
  
• Need For Speed: Underground
  
• Designer: EA
  
• Publisher: EA
  
• Date of Release: 2003
  
• RPG -- (Computer role-playing games (CRPGs or simply RPGs) often place the player in a fantasy or science fiction setting and drive the gameplay via a prominent storyline. Most of these games have the player acting in the role of a specific type of "adventurer" who specializes in a certain set of skills (such as combat, or casting magic spells). These various types of adventurer are called "classes" and players can normally control one or more of these characters.)
  
• Final Fantasy 7
  
• Designer: Square Co., Ltd.
  
• Publisher:Square Co., Ltd. (Japan); SCE America (North America)
  
• Date of Release:August 31, 1997
  
• World of Warcraft
  
• Designer: Blizzard Entertainment
  
• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
  
• Date of Release: November 23, 2004
  
• Shooter -- (First-person shooters (FPS) emphasize shooting and combat from a specific perspective. Most FPSs place the player behind a gun or other weapon with the player's "hand" holding the weapon. This perspective is meant to give the player the feeling of "being there." Most FPSs are very fast-paced and require quick reflexes.)
  
• Doom
• Designer: id Software
  
• Publisher: Activision
  
• Date of Release: 1993
  
• Unreal Tournament
• Designer: Epic Games
  
• Publisher: GT Interactive (PC), Infogrames Entertainment (DC + PS2)
  
• Date of Release: 1999
  
• Simulation -- (Simulation games aim to simulate the experience of controlling a vehicle (such as flying an airplane) as realistically as practically possible, taking into account physics and other real-world limitations. Some require a great deal of reading before the game can even be attempted, while others include a simple tutorial. Microsoft Flight Simulator is perhaps the most well known flight simulator.)
  
• The Sims
• Designer: EA
  
• Publisher: EA, Maxis
  
• Date of Release: 2000
  
• Theme Park
• Designer: Peter Molyneux
  
• Publisher: EA Games, (i seem to remember a company named Bullfrog being involved in this somehow. not sure though)
  
• Date of Release: 1994
  
• Sports -- (Sports games emulate the playing of traditional physical sports such as cricket, baseball, soccer, American football, boxing, golf, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, bowling, rugby, etc. Some emphasize actually playing the sport, while others emphasize the strategy behind the sport (such as Championship Manager). Others satirize the sport for comic effect (such as Arch Rivals). One of the best selling series in this genre is the Madden NFL series.)
  
• Madden 2005
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• Adult/Sexual -- (Adult video games, like adult movies or other media, are intended for an adult audience. There exists a wide variety of adult games, though many lack mainstream appeal and represent a niche category. The object of an adult game may differ from a mainstream video game or computer game, in that the reward can be a visual representation of nudity, partial nudity, or sexual activity rather than points, etc. Some games may focus on humor or drama rather than arousal, or simply have normal gameplay accompanied by nudity.)
  
• Spend The Night (description)
  • Designer: Republik Games
    
  • Publisher: Republik Games
    
  • Date of Release: TBD
    
• Gambling ( i think this category should be changed into "Luck" games. dice, card games..etc because any game could be gambled on

(Sorry if i'm missing a few, but my laptop decided to shut down on me on the way home. If you could add the rest i would greatly appreciate it. Everyone should have admin rights to the blog and should be able to make changes to this post :) )