Franchises

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2715 Franchises: Grid; Compact

Gun Fight

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Gun Fight
First Queen

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Silver Ghost
Keyboardmania

Keyboardmania is a subseries of Konami's Bemani games.

Contains 4 games

First appeared in Keyboardmania
Total Recall

Games based on films based on the novel "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Total Recall
To Love-Ru

Games based on the To Love-Ru manga and anime about a Japanese teenager who finds himself betrothed to an alien princess.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in To Love-Ru: Waku Waku! Rinkangakkou-Hen
Hammerin' Harry

Hammerin' Harry is a series of puzzle platformers that stars a construction worker.

Contains 5 games

First appeared in Hammerin' Harry
Yanchamaru

The Yanchamaru series was a popular franchise blending traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern Japanese weirdness. The first game released in the west as "Kid Niki: Radical Ninja", but subsequent entries stayed within the borders of the homeland.

Contains 4 games

First appeared in Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
Mystic Ark

An RPG series developed by Produce and Enix.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Mystic Ark
Persona 4

Persona 4 was not only a fan favorite, but lead to several spin-offs. Some of these titles crossover with characters from Persona 3 as well.

Contains 5 games

First appeared in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Death Trap

A trilogy of adventure games, this was Squaresoft's first series/franchise. It was a success in the Japanese computer game industry, paving the way for their later mainstream success in the console game industry.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in The Death Trap
Psychic City

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Psychic City
Earth Fighter Rayieza

Contains 2 games

First appeared in The Earth Fighter Rayieza
Star Cruiser

A trilogy of early 3D Role-Playing Shooter games, released from 1986 to 1992. The series was groundbreaking for its time, with the games variously featuring free-roaming polygonal 3D environments, RPG elements, open-ended gameplay, third-person exploration, and first-person shooter combat.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Wibarm
Rebel Moon

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Rebel Moon
Sokoban

Sokoban is a classic puzzle game where players shove boxes and/or crates into specific configurations. It has gone under many different names in the west.

Contains 5 games

First appeared in Sokoban
Cosmic Soldier

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Cosmic Soldier
Phantom Breaker

Phantom Breaker is a series of brawlers and fighting games.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Phantom Breaker
Muv-Luv

A series of visual novels created by Age. The franchise contains both non-fantastical stories of romantic drama and comedy, along with darker alternate timelines where humanity is fighting a desperate battle against alien invaders.

Contains 5 games

First appeared in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
CalcioBit

Contains 2 games

First appeared in CalcioBit
Sqrxz

Sqrxz is a series of platformers

Contains 4 games

First appeared in !Sqrxz!
E.T.

Despite the first game being a major critical and financial failure, there have been many games based on Steven Spielberg's popular sci-fi family film.

Contains 10 games

First appeared in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Akiba's Trip

Akiba's Trip games feature players fighting the undead in Tokyo's Akihabara district.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Akiba's Trip 2
MicroMan

MicroMan is a series of games starring Bob Jones, a man who was shrunk as part of a lab experiment.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in The Adventures of MicroMan
The Chronicles of Shakespeare

Contains 2 games

First appeared in The Chronicles of Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
Knack

Knack is first and foremost an action platformer designed by Mark Cerny.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Knack's Quest
Cosmo Gang

A duo of Arcade games that were ported to the Super Famicom. Both feature a set of characters that originally appeared on one of Namco's token-dispensing redemption games.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Cosmo Gang: The Video
Questprobe

Questprobe was a trilogy of graphical text adventures featuring Marvel Super Heroes. A fourth adventure, starring the X-Men, was planned, but never released.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man
Kaijuland

Kaijuland games allow players to train and fight their kaiju and battle for supremacy.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Kaijuland
Colossal Kaiju Combat

Colossal Kaiju Combat! is a fighting game series starring giant monsters, from former developers of the Godzilla fighting games (Destroy All Monsters Melee/Save the Earth/Unleashed)

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Kaijuland Battles
Pokédex

Stand-alone releases of Pokémon directories with player interaction.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Pokédex 3D
Rick Ribbit

The Rick Ribbit series were a pair of educational games released in the early '90's.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Rick Ribbit: Adventures in Early Learning
Shadow Tower

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Shadow Tower
Covert Front

A series of browser-based adventure games set during an alternate version of World War I.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Covert Front: Episode One - All Quiet on Covert Front
The Typing of the Dead

A series of spin-off typing games based on the House of the Dead franchise.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in The Typing of the Dead
FAST Racing

Contains 2 games

First appeared in FAST Racing League
Indiemon

Indiemon is an Indie Pokémon-like series.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Indiemon: Earth Nation
Head Shot

Head Shot is a series of indie games focusing on piercing human skulls with bullets.

Contains 4 games

First appeared in Headshot
Candy Box

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Candy Box
A-Men

A series of multi-character puzzle platformers made by Bloober Team.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in A-Men
Attack on Titan

First appeared in Attack on Titan Tribute
Sid Meier's Ace Patrol

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol is a series of strategy game from Firaxis.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Sid Meier's Ace Patrol
Rocksmith

Rocksmith is a series of games that teach players how to play guitar and bass.

Contains 2 games

First appeared in Rocksmith
My-Hime Project

A cross-media franchise featuring teenage girls with fantastical powers created by Sunrise.

Contains 4 games

First appeared in Mai-HiME: Unmei no Keitouju
Julkalendern

Julkalendern, Swedish for "the Advent Calender" is an annual TV show on Swedish national public broadcaster SVT, that has been running since 1960, and had it's current name since 1971. Since the late 80's, many of the shows have had tie-in video games.

Contains 3 games

First appeared in Mysteriet på Greveholm

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