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System
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Year
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Description
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Game
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N64
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1998
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Save the kingdom of Hyrule in Link's first 3D Adventure
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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Playstation/N64/Dreamcast
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2000
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Skate in locations like NYC and Philadelphia in a sequel to a classic game
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
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PS3/Xbox 360
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2008
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Play as Nico Bellic exploring Liberty City and causing havoc committing crimes
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Grand Theft Auto IV
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Dreamcast
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1999
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Fighting game where multiple characters fight to obtain or destroy an evil sword know as Soul Edge
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SoulCalibur
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Wii
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2007
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Collect Power Stars in multiple galaxies as Mario
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Super Mario Galaxy
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Wii
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2010
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Collect More Power Stars in more galaxies as Mario
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Xbox One/PS4
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2018
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Follow Outlaw Arthur Morgan in this Wild West open world RPG created by Rockstar Games
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Red Dead Redemption 2
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Xbox One/PS4
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2014
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Roam the city of Los Santos stealing cars and causing havoc as one of three protagonists
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Grand Theft Auto V
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Xbox Series X/PS5/Switch
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2020
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Enhanced Edition of game where you play as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and battling Personas.
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Persona 5 Royal
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PC/PS5/Xbox Series X
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2020
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Amnesiac Detective RPG, Harry Dubois tries to solve a murder
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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
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Switch/Wii U
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2017
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Save Hyrule and defeat the Divine Beasts and Calamity Ganon
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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PS2/Xbox/Gamecube
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2001
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Skate in places like Canada, LA, and an Airport in this third classic adventure in a series
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
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N64
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2000
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Fight the Skedar as Joanna Dark in this spiritual successor to a classic N64 shooter
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Perfect Dark
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Gamecube
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2002
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Play as Samus in her first 3D game of the series, collect upgrades in a first person view
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Metroid Prime
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Switch
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2017
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Collect Power Moons and use Cappy to capture enemies in this Mario Adventure
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Super Mario Odyssey
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Xbox/Windows
|
2001
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Play as Master Chief and fight the Covenant with help from AI Cortana
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Halo: Combat Evolved
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Dreamcast
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2000
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An alternative to the Madden NFL series, the Basketball version is still running strong today
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NFL 2K1
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PC
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2004
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Defeat the Combine as Gordon Freeman in City 17
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Half-Life 2
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Xbox 360/PS3
|
2007
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Explore the underwater city of Rapture as you rescue or drain Little Sisters for the resource ADAM
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Bioshock
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N64
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1997
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Play as James Bond to stop a rogue agent from activating a satellite
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Goldeneye 007
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PS3
|
2009
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Play as Nathan Drake looking for Shambhala and battling warlord Zoran Lazarevic
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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Gamecube
|
2005
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Leon Kennedy rescues the president's daughter from a rural village in Spain
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Resident Evil 4
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PS3/Xbox 360/Windows
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2011
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Batman fights his gallery of rogues in a prison city
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Batman: Arkham City
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Playstation
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1998
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Third iteration of a fighting game series featuring characters like Jin Kazama, Eddy Gordo, and Hwoarang
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Tekken 3
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Xbox Series X/PS5/PC
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2022
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The latest From Software game and another popular Souls-like game in the series
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Elden Ring
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Xbox 360/PS3/Windows
|
2010
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Play as Commander Shepard to end the threat of the Collectors, who are abducting humans
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Mass Effect 2
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PS Vita/PS4/Switch
|
2019
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Play as an amnesiac spirit trying to regain lost memories with the help of the Maid in different time periods in a mansion
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The House in Fata Morgana
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Gamecube/Wii
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2006
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Link journeys as a human and a wolf in the twilight realm to stop Ganon with Midna's help
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
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Xbox 360/PS3/Windows
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2011
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Play as the Last Dragonborn to defeat Alduin the World-Eater on the continent of Tamriel
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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PC
|
1998
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Gordon Freeman defeats aliens in the Black Mesa Complex and their leader in Xen
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Half-Life
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Gamecube
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2003
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Link travels the Great Sea to awaken the sages and defeat Ganon with help from Tetra the pirate
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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Playstation
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1998
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The first in a Racing Simulation series that started before Forza Motorsport
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Gran Turismo
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PS2/Xbox/Windows
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2001
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Solid Snake stops a terrorist group that hijacks an offshore cleanup facility called Big Shell
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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Windows
|
2000
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The protagonist fights to defeat the evil wizard Irenicus in the country of Amn in this sequel
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
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Windows/Xbox/PS2
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2004
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Carl "CJ" Johnson returns home to the city Los Santos to rejoin his gang and cause chaos in the city
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Windows/Xbox/PS2
|
2002
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Protagonist Tommy Vercetti rises to power in a Miami-like city after being released from prison in the prequel to the above game
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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PS3
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2008
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The player controls Sackboy on a paradoxically name planet to defeat the Collector, who is stealing creations
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LittleBigPlanet
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PS3/Xbox 360
|
2010
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Follow John Marston as an outlaw whose family is kidnapped to make him take down his former gang
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Red Dead Redemption
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PS2
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2001
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The third in a simulation racing series similar to the Forza Motorsport series
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Grand Turismo 3
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Xbox/Windows
|
2004
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Master Chief's second adventure on a new ring defeating Aliens in the Covenant with help from AI Cortana
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Halo 2
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Super NES
|
1992
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Link fights Ganon in the dark world after Zelda is kidnapped by the wizard Agahnim
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
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N64
|
2000
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Following his defeat of Ganon in his first 3D adventure, Link travels to Termina to stop the moon from destroying Clock Town in three days
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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PS3/PS4
|
2013
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Joel and Ellie try to survive in a post-apocalyptic USA with mutated creatures
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The Last of Us
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PS2/Gamecube/Xbox
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2002
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Annual football game that is an EA franchise with a famous sportscaster
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Madden NFL 2003
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Windows/PS3/Xbox 360
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2011
|
Chell returns as the protagonist in the Aperature Science facility, with GlaDos and new character Wheatley
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Portal 2
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Windows/PS3/Xbox 360
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2013
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Booker DeWitt accompanies Elisabeth on the third game of the series in the city of Columbia, with a new Zipline feature
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BioShock Infinite
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