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). See list of computer and video games for related lists.

A

• Ace Combat
• Alone in the Dark
• Animal Crossing
• Ape Escape
• Army Men
• Art of Fighting (Ryuuko no Ken)
• Asheron's Call

B

• Boktai
• Bomberman
• Breath of Fire
• Bust-A-Move (Puzzle Bobble)

C

• Castlevania
• Chrono Trigger
• Civilization
• Command & Conquer
• Contra
• Crash Bandicoot
• Crazy Taxi
• Cruis'n

D

• Dance Dance Revolution
• Darkstalkers
• Dark Cloud
• Dead or Alive
• Devil May Cry
• Diablo
• Donkey Kong
• Doom
• Double Dragon
• Dragon Slayer
• Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest)
• Duke Nukem
• Dynasty Warriors (Shin Sangoku Musou)

E

• Earthworm Jim
• Ecco the Dolphin
• The Elder Scrolls
• EverQuest

F

• Fatal Fury (Garou Densetsu)
• Final Fantasy
• Final Fight
• Fire Emblem
• Frogger
• Front Mission
• F-Zero

G

• Gauntlet
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts
• Gradius
• Grand Theft Auto
• Gran Turismo
• Guilty Gear

H

• .hack
• Half-Life
• Halo
• Hitman
• House of the Dead

K

• King of Fighters
• King's Quest
• Kirby

L

• The Last Blade
• Legacy of Kain
• The Legend of Zelda
• Leisure Suit Larry
• Lemmings
• Lufia

M

• Make My Video!
• Mario
• Max Payne
• Mega Man (Rockman)
• Metal Gear
• Metal Slug
• Metroid
• Monkey Island
• Mortal Kombat
• Myst

N

• Need for Speed
• Nekketsu Koha: Kunio-Kun
• Ninja Gaiden
• Nintendo Wars

O

• Onimusha

P

• Pac-Man
• Phantasy Star
• Pikmin
• Pokémon
• Police Quest
• Prince of Persia
• Puyo Puyo

Q

• Quake
• Quest for Glory

R

• Rainbow Six
• Ratchet & Clank
• Resident Evil (BioHazard)
• Road Rash
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sangokushi)

S

• SaGa
• Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits)
• Seiken Densetsu
• Shining Force
• Shinobi
• Silent Hill
• SimCity
• The Sims
• Sly Cooper
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Soul Calibur
• Space Quest
• Splinter Cell
• Spy Hunter
• Spyro the Dragon
• Star Fox
• Street Fighter
• Streets of Rage (Bare Knuckle)
• Super Smash Bros.

T

• Tekken
• Tetris
• Tenchu
• Thief
• Time Crisis
• TimeSplitters
• Tomb Raider
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
• Tribes

U

• Ultima
• Unreal

V

• Viewtiful Joe
• Virtua Fighter

W

• Warcraft
• Wario Ware, Inc.
• Wizardry
• Worms

X

• Xenosaga

Y

• Ys

Z

• Zone of the Enders