List of television series based on video games
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This page is a list of television programs based on video games (both computer and console). Series adapted from novels, such as The Witcher and its spinoff The Witcher: Blood Origin, are not included.
Animated television series
[edit]Japanese anime
[edit]- 11eyes (2009)
- 18if (2017)
- 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams (2018)
- A3! (2020)
- Ace Attorney (2016–2019)
- Afterlost (2019)
- Air (2005)
- Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka (2008)
- Akiba's Trip: The Animation (2017)
- Akindo Sei no Little Peso (2017)
- Alice Gear Aegis Expansion (2023)
- Amagami SS / Amagami SS+ plus (2010–2012)
- Amnesia (2013)
- Angelique
- Koi suru Tenshi Angelique (2006–2007)
- Neo Angelique Abyss (2008)
- Angels of Death (2018)
- Ao Oni: The Animation (2016–2017)
- Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue (2016)
- Ape Escape
- Ape Escape (2002)
- Saru Get You -On Air- (2006–2007)
- Arc the Lad (1999)
- Arknights (2022–present)
- Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (2014)
- Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (2023)
- Atri: My Dear Moments (2024)
- Ayakashi (2007–2008)
- Azur Lane (2019–2020)
- Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! (2021–present)
- Baboo Factory (2001–2002)
- Bakumatsu / Bakumatsu Crisis (2018–2019)
- Battle Girl High School (2017)
- Between the Sky and Sea (2018)
- Bible Black (2001–2007)
- Blade & Soul (2014)
- BlazBlue Alter Memory (2013)
- Blue Archive the Animation (2024)
- Blue Dragon (2007–2009)
- Blue Reflection Ray (2021)
- Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden (1998–1999)
- Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden V (1999–2000)
- Bomberman Jetters (2002–2003)
- Bonjour Sweet Love Patisserie (2014–2015)
- Bungo and Alchemist: Gears of Judgement (2020)
- Caligula (2018)
- Canaan (2009)
- Canvas 2: Niji-iro no Sketch (2005–2006)
- Cerberus (2016)
- Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas (2017)
- Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter (2012–2013)
- Cinderella Nine (2019)
- Circlet Princess (2019)
- Clannad / Clannad After Story (2007–2009)
- Code:Realize − Guardian of Rebirth (2017)
- Comic Party / Comic Party Revolution (2001–2005)
- Conception (2018)
- La Corda d'Oro
- La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo (2006–2007)
- La Corda d'Oro: Blue Sky (2014)
- Cosmo Warrior Zero (2001)
- Cue! (2022)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
- D.C. ~Da Capo~ (2003–2005)
- D.C. II ~Da Capo II~ (2007–2008)
- D.C. III ~Da Capo III~ (2013)
- Dame×Prince Anime Caravan (2018)
- Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
- Devil May Cry (2007)
- Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (2013)
- Diabolik Lovers (2013–2015)
- Diamond Daydreams (2004)
- Dies Irae (2017)
- Digimon (1997–present)
- Digimon Adventure (2020–2021)
- Dinosaur King (2007–2008)
- Divine Gate (2016)
- Dragon Collection (2014–2015)
- Dragon Quest (1989–1991)
- Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1991–1992)
- Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020–2022)
- Dragon's Dogma (2020)
- DRAMAtical Murder (2014)
- Dynamic Chord (2017)
- Ef: A Tale of Memories / Ef: A Tale of Melodies (2007–2008)
- Ensemble Stars! (2019)
- F-Zero: GP Legend (2003–2004)
- Fantasia Sango: Realm of Legends (2022)
- Fate
- Fate/stay night (2006)
- Fate/Zero (2011–2012)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (2013–2016)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014–2015)
- Fate/Apocrypha (2017)
- Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2018–2019)
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018)
- Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace note (2019)
- Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019–2020)
- Fate/Grand Order: You've Lost Ritsuka Fujimaru (2023–present)
- Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators (2019)
- Final Approach (2004)
- Final Examination Kujira (2007)
- Final Fantasy
- Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (1994) – A sequel to Final Fantasy V
- Final Fantasy: Unlimited (2001–2002)
- Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
- Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku (2010)
- The Fruit of Grisaia
- The Fruit of Grisaia (2014)
- The Eden of Grisaia (2015)
- Gaist Crusher (2013–2014)
- Gakuen Handsome (2016)
- Gakuen Heaven (2006)
- Galaxy Angel (2001–2004)
- Gate Keepers (2000)
- Gift: Eternal Rainbow (2006)
- Girl Friend Beta (2014)
- Girls Beyond the Wasteland (2016)
- Girls' Frontline (2022)
- Glamorous Heroes (2017)
- God Eater (2015–2016)
- A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd (2014)
- Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (2017–2019)
- Grand Blues! (2020)
- Green Green (2003)
- Grimms Notes: The Animation (2019)
- Gungrave (2003–2004)
- Gunparade March (2003)
- Gunparade Orchestra (2005–2006)
- Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation (2015)
- H2O: Footprints in the Sand (2008)
- Hagane Orchestra (2016)
- Hakuoki (2010–2012)
- Hakuoki: Otogisōshi (2016)
- Hamidashi Creative (2024)
- Happiness! (2006)
- Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians (2004–2005)
- Hero Bank (2014–2015)
- Higurashi When They Cry (2006–2007)
- Higurashi When They Cry – Gou & Sotsu (2020–2021)
- Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga (2012)
- Honey Bee in Toycomland (1986–1987)
- Hortensia Saga (2021)
- Hoshi no Shima no Nyanko (2018–2019)
- Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi (2011)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (2013)
- I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol (2021)
- Idolish7 (2018–2023)
- The Idolmaster
- Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (2007)
- The Idolmaster (2011)
- Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster (2013–2014)
- The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (2015)
- The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater (2017–2019)
- The Idolmaster SideM (2017)
- The Idolmaster SideM Wake Atte Mini! (2018)
- The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149 (2023)
- The Idolmaster Million Live! (2023)
- The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (2024–present)
- Ikémen Sengoku: Bromances Across Time (2017)
- Ikuze! Gen-san (2008)
- In Search of the Lost Future (2014)
- Inazuma Eleven
- Inazuma Eleven (2008–2011)
- Inazuma Eleven GO (2011–2014)
- Inazuma Eleven: Outer Code (2016–2017)
- Inazuma Eleven: Ares (2018)
- Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin (2018–2019)
- Ingress: The Animation (2018)
- Irodorimidori (2022)
- Island (2018)
- Ixion Saga DT (2012–2013)
- Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki (2005)
- Kaginado (2021–2022)
- Kakyūsei (1999)
- Kakyūsei 2 (2004)
- Kamigami no Asobi: Ludere Deorum (2014)
- Kanon (2002, 2006–2007)
- Kantai Collection (2015)
- KanColle: Let's Meet at Sea (2022–2023)
- Kemono Friends (2017–2019)
- Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys (2017)
- Kētai Shōjo (2007)
- Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de (2008)
- Kimi to Fit Boxing (2021)
- KimiKiss: Pure Rouge (2007–2008)
- The King of Fighters: Another Day (2005–2006)
- King's Raid: Successors of the Will (2020–2021)
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001–2003)
- Kishin Houkou Demonbane (2006)
- Koi-ken!: Watashitachi Anime ni Nacchatta! (2012)
- Koihime Musō (2008–2010)
- Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o: Yōkoso Tsugumi Ryō e (2007)
- Lamune (2005)
- Last Period: The Journey to the End of the Despair (2018)
- Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File (2018–2019)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War (2023)
- Legend of Himiko (1999)
- Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal (2022)
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja (1997–1998)
- Leviathan: The Last Defense (2013)
- Lilpri (2010–2012)
- Lime-iro Senkitan (2003)
- Lime-iro Ryūkitan X (2005)
- Little Battlers Experience
- Little Battlers eXperience (2011–2012)
- Little Battlers eXperience W (2012–2013)
- Little Battlers eXperience Wars (2013)
- LBX Girls (2021)
- Little Busters! / Little Busters! Refrain (2012–2013)
- Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King (2018)
- Love, Election and Chocolate (2012)
- Love Get Chu: Miracle Seiyū Hakusho (2006)
- Lunar Legend Tsukihime (2003)
- Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst- (2020)
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2020–2022)
- Magical Canan (2005)
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series (2004–2016) – Based on Triangle Hearts 3 Lyrical Toybox
- Mahjong Soul Pong (2022–2024)
- Majikoi: Oh! Samurai Girls (2011)
- Makai Senki Disgaea (2006)
- MapleStory (2007–2008)
- Marginal Prince (2006)
- Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers (2011)
- Master of Epic: The Animation Age (2007)
- Medabots (1999–2001)
- MegaMan NT Warrior (2002–2006)
- Mega Man Star Force (2006–2008)
- Meiji Tokyo Renka (2019)
- Meine Liebe (2004–2006)
- Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle (2018)
- Million Arthur
- Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur (2015–2018)
- Million Arthur (2018–2019)
- Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (2014–2015)
- Moegaku★5 (2008)
- Moeyo Ken (2005)
- Momotarō Densetsu (1989–1990)
- Peach Command Shin Momotarō Densetsu (1990–1991)
- MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura Airū Kiki Ippatsu (2010–2011)
- Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On (2016–2018)
- Monster Rancher (1999–2000)
- Monster Strike (2015–2019)
- Mr Love: Queen's Choice (2020)
- Mushiking: The King of Beetles (2005–2006)
- Muv-Luv
- Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2012)
- Schwarzesmarken (2016)
- Muv-Luv Alternative (2021–2022)
- Myself ; Yourself (2007)
- Nameko-ke no Ichizoku (2013–2014)
- Nameko: Sekai no Tomodachi (2016–2017)
- Namu Amida Butsu! Rendai Utena (2019)
- Nanatsuiro Drops (2007)
- Neko no Nyahho (2019)
- Nekopara (2020)
- Nier: Automata Ver1.1a (2023–2024)
- Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective (1998)
- Nil Admirari no Tenbin (2018)
- Ninjala (2022–present)
- Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat (2017)
- Norn9 (2016)
- Nyaaaanvy (2024)
- Obey Me! (2021–2022)
- Odoriko Clinoppe (2013)
- Ōkami Kakushi (2010)
- Onigiri (2016)
- Onimusha (2023)
- Oreca Battle (2014–2015)
- Otoboku: Maidens Are Falling For Me! (2006)
- Ozmafia!! (2016)
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013–2015)
- Parappa the Rapper (2001–2002)
- Pastel Memories (2019)
- Persona
- Persona: Trinity Soul (2008) – A spin-off of Persona 3
- Persona 4: The Animation (2011–2012) & Persona 4: The Golden Animation (2014)
- Persona 5: The Animation (2018–2019)
- Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation (2016)
- Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle (2019–2020)
- Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009)
- Photo Kano (2013)
- Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet (2016)
- Pokémon (1997–present)
- Pokémon Chronicles (2002–2004)
- Popotan (2003)
- Power Stone (1999)
- Pretty Series
- Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (2011–2012)
- Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future (2012–2013)
- Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live (2013–2014)
- Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection (2014)
- PriPara (2014–2017)
- Idol Time PriPara (2017–2018)
- Kiratto Pri Chan (2018–2021)
- Idol Land PriPara (2021–2024)
- Waccha PriMagi! (2021–2022)
- Himitsu no AiPri (2024–present)
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive (2020–2022)
- Princess Lover! (2009)
- Prism Ark (2007)
- Puzzle & Dragons
- Puzzle & Dragons X (2016–2018)
- Puzzle & Dragons (2018–present)
- Rage of Bahamut
- Rage of Bahamut (2014–2017)
- Mysteria Friends (2019)
- Ragnarok the Animation (2004)
- Ragnastrike Angels (2016)
- Rail Romanesque (2020–2023)
- Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
- Rewrite (2016–2017)
- Rio: Rainbow Gate! (2011)
- Rumbling Hearts (2003–2004)
- Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (2024)
- Sakura Wars (2000)
- Sakura Wars: The Animation (2020)
- Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock- (2014)
- Samurai Warriors (2015)
- Sands of Destruction (2008)
- Scared Rider Xechs (2016)
- Scarlet Nexus (2021)
- School Days (2007)
- Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel (2017)
- Science Adventure
- Chaos;Head (2008)
- Steins;Gate (2011)
- Robotics;Notes (2012–2013)
- Chaos;Child (2017)
- Steins;Gate 0 (2018)
- Sengoku Basara
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings (2009–2010)
- Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement (2014)
- Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School (2018)
- Sengoku Collection (2012)
- Sengoku Night Blood (2017)
- Sengoku Paradise Kiwami (2011–2012)
- Senran Kagura (2013–2018)
- Sentimental Journey (1998)
- Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor (2021)
- Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! (2020)
- Shadowverse (2020–2021)
- Shadowverse Flame (2022–2024)
- Shenmue: The Animation (2022)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (2000–2001)
- Shining
- Shining Tears X Wind (2007)
- Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan (2012)
- Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica (2007)
- Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle (2020)
- Show by Rock!!
- Show by Rock!! (2015)
- Show By Rock!! Short!! (2016)
- Show by Rock!!# (2016)
- Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!! (2020)
- Show By Rock!! Stars!! (2021)
- Shuffle! (2005–2006)
- Shuffle! Memories (2007)
- Shukufuku no Campanella (2010)
- Slap-up Party: Arad Senki (2009)
- Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation (2022)
- Sonic X (2003–2005)
- Soul Link (2006)
- Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth (2019)
- Star Ocean EX (2001) – Based on Star Ocean: The Second Story
- Starry Sky (2010–2011)
- La storia della Arcana Famiglia (2012)
- Street Fighter II V (1995)
- Sukisho (2005)
- Super Robot Wars
- Cybuster (1999)
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (2006–2007)
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector (2010–2011)
- Taiko no Tatsujin (2005–2006)
- Taiko no Tatsujin Anime Ba-Jon! (2021–present)
- Taishō Mebiusline Chicchai-san (2017)
- Tales
- Tales of Eternia: The Animation (2001)
- Tales of the Abyss (2008–2009)
- Tales of Zestiria the X (2016–2017)
- Tank Knights Fortress (2003–2004)
- Tanken Driland (2012–2013)
- Tanken Driland: 1000-nen no Mahō (2013–2014)
- Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (2009)
- Tears to Tiara (2009)
- Tekken: Bloodline (2022)
- The Thousand Noble Musketeers (2018)
- To Heart (1999)
- To Heart: Remember My Memories (2004)
- To Heart 2 (2005)
- Togainu no Chi (2010)
- Tōka Gettan (2007)
- Tokimeki Memorial Only Love (2006–2007)
- Tokyo Majin (2007)
- Tōma Kishinden Oni (1995–1996)
- Touken Ranbu
- Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (2016–2018)
- Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu (2017)
- The Tower of Druaga (2008–2009)
- True Tears (2008)
- Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary (2004)
- Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet (2006)
- Umineko When They Cry (2009)
- Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love (2011–2016)
- Utawarerumono (2006)
- Utawarerumono: The False Faces (2015–2016)
- Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (2022)
- Valkyria Chronicles (2009)
- Vampire Holmes (2015)
- Venus Project: Climax (2015)
- Viewtiful Joe (2004–2005)
- Virtua Fighter (1995–1996)
- Virus Buster Serge (1997)
- W Wish (2004)
- Wagamama High Spec (2016)
- Walkure Romanze (2013)
- We Without Wings (2011)
- White Album (2009)
- White Album 2 (2013)
- Wild Arms: Twilight Venom (1999–2000)
- Wind -a breath of heart- (2004)
- The World Ends with You: The Animation (2021)
- Xenosaga: The Animation (2005)
- Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary (2018)
- Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003)
- Yo-kai Watch
- Yo-kai Watch (2014–2018)
- Yo-kai Watch Shadowside (2018–2019)
- Yo-kai Watch! (2019)
- Yo-kai Watch! Jam: Yo-kai Gakuen Y – N to no Sōgū (2019–2021)
- Yo-kai Watch ♪ (2021–2023)
- Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love (2006)
- Yosuga no Sora (2010)
- Ys (1989–1993)
- YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (2019)
- Yumeria (2004)
- Z.O.E. Dolores, i (2001) – Set within the Zone of the Enders universe
International
[edit]There have also been several one-off video game-based cartoons, including specials such as Battletoads (1992), Bubsy (1993) and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2006–2009).
- Adiboo Adventure (2007–2009)
- The Adventures of Hyperman (1995–1996)
- AFK Arena: Just Esperia Things (2022)
- Age of Gunslingers (2017–2020)
- Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series (2019)
- Angry Birds
- Angry Birds Toons (2013–2016)
- Piggy Tales (2014–2019)
- Angry Birds Stella (2014–2016)
- Angry Birds Blues (2017)
- Angry Birds MakerSpace (2019–present)
- Angry Birds Slingshot Stories (2020–present)
- Angry Birds Bubble Trouble (2020–2023)
- Angry Birds: Summer Madness (2022)
- Angry Birds Mystery Island (2024–present)
- Ape Escape (2009)
- Arcane (2021–present)
- Ark: The Animated Series (2024–present)
- Astar-eul Hyanghae Chaguchagu (2014–2015)
- Blaster's Universe (1999–2000)
- Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix (2023)
- Captain N: The Game Master (1989–1991)
- Carmen Sandiego
- Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994–1999)
- Carmen Sandiego (2019–2021)
- Castlevania (2017–2021)
- Castlevania: Nocturne (2023–present)
- Clash-A-Rama! (2016–2019)
- Closers: Side Blacklambs (2016–2019)
- Costume Quest (2019)
- The Cuphead Show! (2022)
- Dao & Bazzi Boomhill Adventure (2007–2008)
- Darkstalkers (1995)
- Dead Cells: Immortalis (2024–present)
- Dofus
- Wakfu (2008–present)
- Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim (2013–2014)
- Donkey Kong Country (1997–2000)
- Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021–2022)
- Double Dragon (1993–1994)
- Dragon Age: Absolution (2022)
- Dragon's Dogma (2020)
- Dragon's Lair (1984)
- Earthworm Jim (1995–1996)
- Elsword: El Lady (2016–2017)
- Fantasy Westward Journey (2014–2016)
- Flower Angel (2014–2023)
- Fruit Ninja: Frenzy Force (2017)
- Genesis (2023)
- Gift (2005)
- Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Raven Brooks (2022–present)
- Invizimals (2014–2015)
- Jurassic War (2002)
- The King of Fighters: Destiny (2017–2018)
- Koongya Koongya (2006–2007)
- The Legend of Zelda (1989)
- Legends of Dawn: The Sacred Stone (2021)
- Marvel's Midnight Suns Prequel Shorts (2022)
- Meet the Team (2007–2012)
- Mega Man (1994–1996)
- Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018–2019)
- Minecraft Mini Series (2017–2018)
- Mini Ninjas (2015–2019)
- Mix Master: King of Cards (2005–2006)
- Mix Master: Final Force (2010–2011)
- Mole's World (2011–2013)
- Moorhuhn (2001)
- Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996)
- Mutant League (1994–1996)
- Nightmare Ned (1997)
- Ninjin (2019–2020)
- Om Nom Stories (2012–present)
- Pac-Man (1982–1983)
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013–2015)
- Pat the Dog (2017–2021)
- Pole Position (1984)[a]
- The Power Team (1990–1991)
- Rabbids Invasion (2013–2018)
- Rayman: The Animated Series (1999–2000)
- Revelation (2017–2018)
- The Running Heroes (2017–2018)
- Saturday Supercade (1983–1984)
- Seer (2012–2023)
- Skipper & Skeeto (2001)
- Skylanders Academy (2016–2018)
- Smighties (2017)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994)
- Sonic Underground (1999)
- Sonic Boom (2014–2017)
- Sonic Prime (2022–2024)
- Soul Knight Strange Tales (2022–2024)
- Stone Age: The Legendary Pet (2017–2018)
- Street Fighter (1995–1997)
- Subway Surfers: The Animated Series (2018–2019)
- Super Mario
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
- Super Mario World (1991)
- Taichi Panda (2017)
- Tak and the Power of Juju (2007–2009) - Game and television series were developed in tandem.
- Talking Tom & Friends
- Talking Friends (2012)
- Talking Tom Shorts (2014–present)
- Talking Tom & Friends (2014–2021)
- Talking Tom and Friends Minis (2016–2018)
- Talking Tom Heroes (2019–2021)
- Tomb Raider
- Revisioned: Tomb Raider (2007)
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (2024–present)
- Trivia Crack
- Triviatopia (2019)
- Trivia Quest (2022)
- Video Mods (2004–2005)
- Viva Piñata (2006–2009)
- Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures (2012–2013)
- Wing Commander Academy (1996)
- Wooparoo Adventure (2015)
Upcoming
[edit]- Secret Level (2024)
- Devil May Cry (2025)
- Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super (2025)
Live-action television series
[edit]Scripted
[edit]Unscripted
[edit]- A*mazing (1994–1998)
- Candy Crush (2017)
- Frogger (2021)
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1995)
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (1996–1997)
- You Don't Know Jack (2001)
Web series
[edit]- Dishonored - Tales from Dunwall (2012)
- Dragon Age: Redemption (2011)
- The Far Cry Experience (2013)
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)
- Hay Day: Meet the Farmer! (2018–2022)
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011–2013)
- Payday: The Web Series (2013)
- Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014)
- Street Fighter: Resurrection (2016)
- Twisted Metal: Black (2008)
In development
[edit]Animated
[edit]- Among Us[11]
- Earthworm Jim: Beyond the Groovy[12]
- Final Fantasy IX[13]
- Golden Axe[14]
- Grounded[15]
- Hungry Shark Squad[16]
- Hyper Light Drifter[17]
- Kingdom Hearts[18]
- Minecraft[19]
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch[20]
- Vampire Survivors[21][22]
- Watch Dogs[23]
Live-action
[edit]- Assassin's Creed[24]
- Brothers in Arms[25]
- Child of Light[26]
- Disco Elysium[27]
- Final Fantasy[28]
- God of War[29][30]
- Hunt: Showdown[31]
- Life Is Strange[32]
- Mass Effect[33][34]
- My Friend Pedro[35]
- A Plague Tale[36]
- Untitled Pokémon series[37]
- Skull & Bones[38]
- Steins;Gate[39]
- System Shock[40][41]
- Tomb Raider[42][43]
- Vampyr[44]
Series about video games
[edit]- 16bit Sensation: Another Layer (2023)
- Aaron Stone (2009–2010) – A boy turns into his favorite online superhero
- Accel World (2012) – A series about a boy who plays VR video games to escape bullies in school and discovers a secret program that is able to accelerate the human cognitive process to the point at which time appears to stop.
- Ace Lightning (2002–2004) – Children's television series centered on a teenage boy's life after his video game characters come to life.
- Alice in Borderland (2020–present) – Series about a group of gamers trapped in a parallel dimension.
- The Amazing Digital Circus (2023–present) – A group of people find themselves trapped in a virtual reality game.
- And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (2016)
- Arcade Gamer Fubuki (2002–2003)
- Arcadia (2008) – Guatemalan TV series about video games
- Bad Influence! (1992–1996) – UK TV series aimed at a younger audience covering contemporary video games and technology
- BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (2020–2023)
- Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (2021–2024)
- Breadwinners (2014–2016) – The Breadwinners "level up" like video game characters.
- Bubble Bip (2014)
- Close Enough (2020–2022) – Josh Singleton, the lead male protagonist, works as a video game developer.
- Code Monkeys (2007–2008) – About the lives of video game programmers and animated to resemble and parody the tropes of 1980s 8 and 16-bit video games.
- Crash Zone (1999–2001)
- Crossfire (2020)
- Da Boom Crew (2004)
- Darwin's Game (2020)
- Dead Pixels (2019–2021) – Sitcom about online gaming.
- Deadly Games (1995–1996) – plot centered on video game villains that have escaped into reality.
- Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (2018)
- Defiance (2013–2015) – The series is connected with a video game of the same name.
- Demon Lord, Retry! (2019–present)
- Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (2019)
- Don't Call Us a Junk Game! (2020–2021)
- Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (2023)
- Epic NPC Man (2016–present)
- Everything for Demon King Evelogia (2021)
- The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) – One of the main characters, Leo, works as a video game publisher.
- Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light (2017)
- Fish Hooks (2010–2014) – Oscar, one of the main characters, is an avid gamer.
- Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life! (2021)
- Future Man (2017–2020)
- Game Center Arashi (1982)
- GameCenter CX (2003–present)
- Game Grumps (2012–present, web series) – Let's Play series centering around its hosts Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson playing video games while adding comedic commentary.
- Game Grumps Animated
- Game Grumps Vs
- Guest Grumps
- Steam Train
- Game Over (2004) – TV series about the lives of video game characters after the game was over. Aired on UPN originally.
- Game Shakers (2015–2019)
- Game World Reincarnation (2022)
- Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015–2017)
- Gamers! (2017)
- The Gamers: Shadow Dance (2017)
- GamesMaster (1992–present)
- gdgd men's party (2018)
- Glitch Techs (2020) – Netflix/Nickelodeon animated series about a secret group of gamers who fight glitch monsters.
- Good Night World (2023)
- The Guild (2007–2013)
- .hack
- .hack//Sign (2002)
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight (2003)
- Harsh Realm (1999–2000) – Hobbes, a soldier about to retire, is put into a virtual reality where the only way to get out alive and get back to his wife and the love of his life, is to kill Omar Santiago, another soldier in the game and has taken it over.
- Heroes of Envell (2017–2021)
- Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls (2014)
- Hi Score Girl (2018–2019)
- The Hollow (2018–2020)
- How Not to Summon a Demon Lord (2018–2021)
- I'm in Love with the Villainess (2023)
- I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (2022)
- In the Land of Leadale (2022)
- Infinite Dendrogram (2020)
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (2016–2017) – The 18th installment of the Heisei era Kamen Rider series. This show utilizes game cartridges called Rider Gashats and the rider's motifs are inspired by retro video games.
- King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989–1990) – not based on a game, just a framing device for cartoons and toy giveaways.
- The King's Avatar (2017–2024)
- The King's Avatar (2019) – live-action web series based on the web novel and donghua series of the same name.
- Kiss Me First (2018)
- Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (2020–2023)
- Let Me Check the Walkthrough First!? (2022)
- Level Up (2012–2013)
- Log Horizon (2013–2021) – The series follows the strategist, Shiroe, and the other players of the long-lived MMORPG Elder Tales after they find themselves whisked away into the game world following a game update.
- Love O2O (2016)
- Magic Micro Mission (1983) – UK TV series aimed at a younger audience covering contemporary video games and technology.
- Magic of Stella (2016)
- Marcus Level (2014)
- The Melee Mage (2023)
- Memories of the Alhambra (2018–2019) – South Korean television series about an augmented reality game based on the Alhambra palace.
- Meta Runner (2019–2022)
- The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021–2022) – Koob, a member of the Don't Bothers, is a gamer.
- Monster But Wild (2023)
- Moosebox (2018)
- The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior (2023)
- MP4orce
- Mudpit (2012–2013)
- My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023)
- My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (2020–2021)
- Mythic Quest (2020–present)
- New Game! (2016–2017)
- The New Gate (2024)
- Nick Arcade (1992)
- No Game No Life (2014)
- The Ones Within (2019)
- Overlord (2015–2022) – Japanese anime series about a VRMMO that is in the process of getting shut down but becomes real.
- Parker Plays (2017–2018) – A Disney XD show featuring YouTube personality Parker Coppins, aka ParkerGames, playing video games, the series also features other YouTubers such as CaptainSparklez, Strawburry17, Shubble, and Steve Zaragoza, as well as Jimmy Wong and Whitney Moore.
- Players (2022) – Mockumentary about a fictional team of professional League of Legends gamers.
- A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (2023)
- The Podcats (2009)
- Protocol: Rain (2023)
- ReBoot (1994–2001) – The characters commonly assume the roles of enemy NPCs in "Game Cubes".
- ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018)
- Recovery of an MMO Junkie (2017)
- The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019–present) – A gamer is sent to a parallel world.
- Russian Doll (2019–2022) – Series about a game developer stuck in a time loop.
- Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015–2017)
- Seven Senses of the Reunion (2018)
- Shangri-La Frontier (2023–present)
- She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (2022)
- The Silver Guardian (2017–2018)
- The Sinbad Show (1993–1994) – The main character, David Bryan, works as a video game designer.
- Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022)
- Slasher (2019) – In the third season, Solstice, one of the main characters, Amy Chao, is a professional gamer.
- Sparta (2018)
- Starcade (1982–1984) – Arcade game-based game show hosted by Geoff Edwards (with early episodes being hosted by Mark Richards)
- Sword Art Online (2012–2020) – A series where players get trapped in a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Game) named Sword Art Online.
- Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018–present)
- Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs (2022–present)
- The Tribe (1999–2003) – Series four focuses on tribes addicted to a virtual-reality game.
- Tron: Uprising (2012–2013)
- Video & Arcade Top 10 (1991–2006)
- Video Game High School (2012–2014)
- Video Power (1990–1992)
- Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord (2024)
- Virtual Hero (2018–2020)
- Virtual Insanity Advance (2012) – Sketch-comedy series centered on video games where people simulate popular and ancient corresponding video games while interacting with real people and features short animated segments of cartoons based on popular video games.
- Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006) – Tatsuhiro Sato, the lead male protagonist, works as a writer for gal games
- World War Blue (2012–2013)
- Zixx (2004–2009)
- Zomboat! (2019) – One of the main characters, an avid gamer, uses her gaming skills to survive a zombie apocalypse.
Series episodes with plots centered on video games
[edit]- 3-2-1 Penguins!
- Season 1 Episode 1: "Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn" (2006) – The twins fight over a video game.
- 6teen
- Season 1 Episode 3: "The Slow and Even-Tempered" (2004) – Caitlin practices driving using a virtual driving game.
- Season 4 Episode 4: "Blast from the Past" (2010) – Jude goes to the game store to purchase an old video game.
- Season 4 Episode 5: "Quit It" (2010) – Jude goes to the game store to purchase a guitar game.
- Season 4 Episode 8: "Great Expectations" (2010) – Jonesy and Jude hang out at the game store.
- 7th Heaven
- Season 3 Episode 7: "Johnny Got His Gun" (1998) – Ruth wants to buy a violent video game.
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Season 3 Episode 6: "Ace Off" (1999) – Ace plays a racecar video game against an evil clone.
- Adventures in Odyssey
- Season 2 Episode 2: Escape From The Forbidden Matrix (2001) – Dylan and his friend get trapped inside a video game world.
- All Grown Up!
- Season 1 Episode 8: "River Rats" (2003) – Betty takes the kids rafting to help Phil overcome his video game addiction.
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Season 5 Episode 18: "The Console" (2017) – When Gumball is given a cursed video game console, Elmore gets trapped inside a fantasy RPG world.
- American Horror Stories
- Season 1 Episode 7: "Game Over" (2021) – A video game programmer attempts to adapt American Horror Story into a video game.
- American Housewife
- Season 4 Episode 9: "Hip to Be Square" (2019) – Oliver and Cooper reconcile an argument through a video game.
- Amphibia
- Season Episode 20: "Reunion" (2019) – Anne and Sasha play a dance game at a video arcade.
- Animaniacs
- Season 2 Episode 1: "Wakko's Short Shorts: Now Loading" (2021) – Wakko waits for a game to load.
- Season 3 Episode 8: "WARnerGAMES" (2023) – The Warners get trapped inside a video game.
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- Season 1 Episode 13: "Tale of the Pinball Wizard" (1992) – A teenager plays a supernatural pinball game.
- Bad Education
- Season 1 Episode 2: "Self Defence" (2012) – The teachers of Abbey Grove attempt to sway their students from a popular, violent video game.
- The Barbarian and the Troll
- Season 1 Episode 11: "I Will Survive" (2021) – The Questers play a dance game in order to enter a demon's lair.
- Beetlejuice
- Season 4 Episode 25 "Vidiots": (1991) – Beetlejuice and Lydia get sucked into a video game.
- Bibleman
- Season 3 Episode 5: "Blasting The Big Gamemaster Bully" (2009) – The villain Super Pro Gamemaster 2 creates a video game that influences children to become bullies.
- The Big Bang Theory
- Season 2 Episode 3: "The Barbarian Sublimation" (2008) – Sheldon gets Penny addicted to an online game.
- Big City Greens
- Season 1 Episode 16: "Cyberbullies" (2018) – Cricket deals with bullies he encountered from an online game.
- Season 3 Episode 29: "Virtually Christmas" (2022) – The Greens spend Christmas inside a video game.
- Black-ish
- Season 6 Episode 8: "O Mother Where Art Thou" (2019) – Junior gets Rainbow hooked on a video game.
- Black Mirror
- Season 3 Episode 2: "Playtest" (2016) – An American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system.
- The Brothers Sun
- Season 1 Episode 6: "Country Boy" (2024) – While in hiding, Bruce and Charles play a cop game.
- Castle
- Season 7 Episode 3: "Clear & Present Danger" (2014) – An underground gamer is suspected of being the accessory of an invisible killer.
- Chucky
- Season 1 Episode 2: "Give Me Something Good to Eat" (2021) – Chucky plays video games with Lexy's sister.
- Clerks: The Animated Series
- Season 1 Episode 5: "Dante and Randall..." (2002) – Randall is put into slave labor after beating the high score on an old video game.
- Cobra Kai
- Season 4 Episode 2: "First Learn Stand" (2022) – Kenny Payne, a new student, is heavily into a fantasy video game.
- Season 4 Episode 7: "Minefields" (2022) – Danny uses video game metaphors to explain Karate to his son Anthony.
- Community
- Season 3, Episode 20: "Digital Estate Planning" (2012) – The Greendale 7 must help Pierce attain his father's fortune by playing an 8-bit video game.
- Con Man
- Season 1 Episode 8: "Voiced Over" (2015) – Wray Nerely provides voice work for a video game.
- The Conners
- Season 4 Episode 6: "Peter Pan, the Backup Plan, Adventures in Babysitting and A River Runs Through It" (2021) – Dan and Luiz play a virtual reality game.
- Corner Gas Animated
- Season 2 Episode 10: "Anger Games" (2019) – Wanda creates a video game.
- Craig of the Creek
- Season 1 Episode 27: "Power Punchers" (2018) – Craig trains after getting fed up with losing to his father at video games.
- Season 4 Episode 11: "Chrono Moss" (2022) – Craig and his friends come upon a village with video game references.
- Creeped Out
- Season 2 Episode 1: "One More Minute" (2019) – A gamer suffers memory loss.
- Creepschool
- Season 1 Episode 25: "Game Over" (2004) – Elliot faces a computer game that comes to life.
- CSI: Cyber
- Season 1 Episode 11: "Ghost in the Machine" (2015) – The team investigates a death involving a video game.
- CSI: Miami
- Season 3 Episode 20: "Game Over" (2005) – A skateboarder and video game tester are found murdered in a car accident. Tony Hawk is in this episode.
- Season 4 Episode 9: "Urban Hellraisers" (2007) – Murders are being committed in a style similar to a Grand Theft Auto-like game.
- CSI: NY
- Season 4 Episode 5: "Down The Rabbit Hole" (2007) – Centers around a murder via Second Life.
- Danger 5
- Season 2 Episode 2: "Johnny Hitler" (2015) – Tucker and Mendes engage in a Street Fighter II-like fight.
- Daria
- Season 2 Episode 7: "The New Kid" (1998) – Daria and a new friend play a virtual reality arcade game.
- Dave the Barbarian
- Season 1 Episode 3: "Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow" (2004) – A nerd from the future gets the people of Udrogoth hooked on video games.
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Season 5 Episode 1: "Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade" (1982) – Arnold and Willis compete in a video game.
- Dork Hunters from Outer Space
- Season 1 Episode 10: "Toy Soldiers" (2008) – The Dork Hunters investigate a toy factory that manufactures video games.
- Doug
- Season 2 Episode 13: "Doug's Lost Weekend" (1992) – Doug gets distracted by a new video game.
- Drake & Josh
- Season 2 Episode 1: "The Bet" (2004) – Drake and Josh make a bet they can go without junk food and video games.
- Dude, That's My Ghost!
- Season 1 Episode 8: "Axe Maniac" (2013) – Spencer gets hooked on a haunted video game.
- Emmanuelle in Space
- Season 1 Episode 7: "Emmanuelle 7: The Meaning of Love" (1994) – Emmanuelle uses virtual reality computer simulations to help her clients achieve sexual ecstasy.
- Even Stevens
- Season 1 Episode 10: "Easy Way" (2000) – Louis's friends and family have fun at a video arcade called "Funtasia."
- Evil
- Season 1 Episode 4: "Rose390" (2019) – Kristen's daughters play with a digital game that may be possessed.
- Season 1 Episode 11: "Room 320" (2020) – Ben uses a digital game to track down a psychopath.
- The Fairly OddParents
- Season 1 Episode 1b: "Power Mad!" (2001) – Timmy utilizes a virtual reality helmet to play a video game he wished for as "challenging, a game that you can't wish yourself out of". A.J. and Chester use the helmets to play the game as well, not realizing they are in mortal danger.
- The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
- Season 1 Episode 12: "Fairies Away! Pt.1" (2022) – Roy wishes for a life-like virtual reality game.
- Season 1 Episode 13: "Fairies Away Pt. 2" (2022) – Roy uses a virtual reality game to rescue Viv.
- Fangbone!
- Season 1 Episode 16: "The Kat of Munching" (2017) – Fangbone gets addicted to a video game.
- Forbidden Science
- Season 1 Episode 10: "Virus" (2009) – Penny plays a sexy virtual reality game.
- Forever Knight
- Season 3 Episode 15: "Games Vampires Play" (1996) – Nick investigates the death of a software designer whose murderer puts clues into the vampire game the designer created. Nick plays the game (which is erasing itself while being played) and finds his vampire tendencies being strengthened by the actions of the vampire character. He also finds the clues that lead to the murderer... in a church!
- Fresh Off the Boat
- Season 1 Episode 6: "Fajita Man" (2015) – Eddie takes a job at Cattleman's Ranch to buy a video game.
- Friends
- Season 8 Episode 12: "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" (2002) – Phoebe buys Chandler and Monica the Ms. Pac-Man arcade game as a late wedding present.
- Futurama
- Season 4 Episode 3: "Anthology of Interest II" (2001) – In the segment Raiders of the Lost Arcade, Fry sees a simulation of life as it would be if it were more like a video game.
- Season 6 Episode 26: "Reincarnation" (2011) – The segment Future Challenge 3000 is animated to resemble a video game.
- Gary and His Demons
- Season 1 Episode 4: "Gary Goes Home" (2018) – Gary's niece is addicted to video games.
- The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Season 2 Episode 16: "Smile Valley Farm" (2023) – Scratch and the McGees get hooked on an online farming game.
- Season 2 Episode 18: "Game On" (2023) – Darryl tries to turn gaming into a school sport.
- Ghostforce
- Season 1 Episode 9: "Zipzap" (2022) – A ghost takes control of a video game.
- Ghosts
- Season 3 Episode 6: "Hello, Brother" (2024) – Jay plays a football video game against Trevor's brother.
- The Goldbergs
- Season 5 Episode 7: "A Wall Street Thanksgiving" (2017) – Adam Goldberg purchases an E.T. video game.
- Season 6 Episode 19: "8-Bit Goldbergs" (2019) – Adam creates a video game based on his family.
- Gravity Falls
- Season 1 Episode 10: "Fight Fighters" (2012) – Dipper unleashes a video game fighter.
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Season 1 Episode 10: "Night of the Living Grim" (2003) – Billy plays a slime-eating video game.
- Hailey's On It!
- Season 1 Episode 7: "Dance Like No Mom is Watching" (2023) – Hailey tries to master a dance game.
- The Haunting Hour: The Series
- Season 1 Episode 9: "Game Over" – Gamers are zapped into a video game and fight for survival.
- Head of the Class
- Season 3 Episode 20: "King of Remedial" (1989) – At an academic tournament, a remedial student uses video game references to answer the final question.
- Home Improvement
- Season 1 Episode 13: "Up Your Alley" (1992) – Randy Taylor and a bully fight over the arcade game Zaxxon.
- Hotel Transylvania: The Series
- Season 2 Episode 8: "The Northern Frights" (2019) – Uncle Gene becomes obsessed with gaming.
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Season 1 Episode 1: "It's Thursday" (2015) – Dylan plays Mortal Kombat at a party.
- iCarly
- Season 2 Episode 2: "iStage an Intervention" (2008) – Carly and friends help Spencer overcome his addiction to video games.
- Intergalactic
- Season 1 Episode 7: "Episode 7" (2021) – Drew and Genevieve play a dance game.
- The IT Crowd
- Season 4 Episode 4: "Italian for Beginners" (2010) – Moss gets trapped inside a claw crane game at a video arcade.
- Jellystone!
- Season 1 Episode 9: "Gotta Kiss Them All" (2021) – Augie and Yakky play a new VR game.
- Johnny Bravo
- Season 3 Episode 2: "Virtual Johnny" (2000) – Johnny tests a virtual reality game.
- Johnny Test
- Season 6 Episode 25: "Johnny Goes Gaming" (2014) – Johnny and Dukey get trapped inside a video game.
- Kickin' It
- Season 2 Episode 11: "Kim of Kong" (2012) – Jack and Kim compete in a video game battle.
- Kim Possible
- Season 2 Episode 9: "Virtu-Ron" (2003) – Ron gets trapped in a fantasy-themed video game.
- Season 3 Episode 1: "Steal Wheels" (2004) – Kim, Ron, and Felix participate in a video game competition.
- King of the Hill
- Season 6 Episode 22: "Returning Japanese Part 2" (2002) – In Japan, Bobby Hill plays a step-dancing game with a crush.
- Kirby Buckets
- Season 1 Episode 8: "Kirby's Choice" (2015) – Kirby wins tickets to a video game convention.
- Last Man Standing
- Season 8 Episode 6: "Mysterious Ways" (2020) – Vanessa accidentally knocks down her kids' virtual reality game.
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season 6 Episode 14: "Game" (2005) – Teenagers run down a prostitute. They seem to be acting out a violent video game.
- Season 9 Episode 2: "Avatar" (2007) – Centers around an online game similar to Second Life.
- Life with Derek
- Season 1 Episode 11: "Babe Raider" (2005) – Casey catches Derek playing a sexist video game.
- The Loud House
- Season 3 Episode 34: "Game Boys" (2018) – Clyde gets unhinged when Lincoln borrows his gaming system.
- Man Up!
- Season 1 Episode 9: "Camping" (2011) – The guys camp out by a department store for a video game.
- M.I. High
- Season 1 Episode 5: "Nerd Alert" (2007) – The spies use a friend's gaming skills to thwart a hacker.
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- Season 1 Episode 22: "Gamer" (2016) – When Max loses a challenge at a video game tournament, he gets akumatized into the Gamer and unleashes a giant robot onto Paris.
- Season 3 Episode 16: "Gamer 2.0" (2019) – When he cannot find anyone to test his video game that pits formerly akumatized villains against one another, Max again becomes one himself: Gamer 2.0.
- Mixed-ish
- Season 1 Episode 13: "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (2020) – Rainbow and her friends ditch school and go to a video arcade.
- Moville Mysteries
- Season 2 Episode 9: "Just My Luck" (2003) – Hitch wins and loses to an arcade game called "Super Sumos."
- Muppet Babies
- Season 7 Episode 1: "It's Only Pretendo" (1989) – Gonzo and Piggy compete in a video game.
- Ninja Kamui
- Season 1 Episode 5: "Episode 5" (2024) – The character, Jason Cardenas, hides out in a video arcade.
- Ninjago
- Season 12 Episode 12: "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll" (2020) – They are inside a video game and has to use video game knowledge to survive. They're in a platformer and sometimes we see them on the screen of a game Unit. The whole season is about video, but this one is the most.
- Ollie's Pack
- Season 1 Episode 3: "Doom for Rent" (2020) – Ollie buys his mother a VR helmet for Mother's Day.
- The Owl House
- Packages from Planet X
- Season 1 Episode 8 "One for the Ages" (2013) – Dan and Troy use a device to make themselves older so they can play adult-oriented video games.
- Phineas and Ferb
- Season 2 Episode 11: "Gaming the System" (2009) – Buford plays a game called "Jump N' Duck", where all he has to do to beat the game is to jump and duck.
- Season 2 Episode 62: "Brain Drain" (2010) – Phineas, Ferb, and the gang is about to play a Street Fighter II-like video game.
- Pretty Freekin Scary
- Season 1 Episode 14: "A Matter of Life and Debate" (2023) – Mrs. Ripp tries to bond with Remy through gaming.
- Primos
- Season 1 Episode 6: "Summer of Los Pollos Hermanos" (2024) – Nelly belittles Big Nacho's gaming skills.
- Quack Pack
- Season 1 Episode 4: "All Hands on Duck" (1996) – Donald's video game takes control of a remote-controlled navy plane.
- The Really Loud House
- Season 1 Episode 2: "The Chore Thing" (2022) – Lincoln plans to skip chore day to play a VR beach game.
- Red Dwarf
- Season 2 Episode 2: "Better Than Life" (1988) – The crew plays a total immersion video game that grants the user's deepest wishes. Rimmer's self-loathing leads to manifestations of his subconscious fears.
- Season 5 Episode 6: "Back to Reality" (1992) – Exposure to a hallucinogenic toxin leads the crew to believe that the past four years of their lives were spent playing a total immersion video game. Seemingly back on Earth, they struggle to adapt to their "true" selves.
- Season 6 Episode 3: "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" (1993) – The crew use a western-themed virtual reality game to enter Kryten's computer virus-induced dream.
- Regular Show
- Season 1 Episode 5: "Death Punchies" (2010) – While playing a new Dig Dug-like two-player video game with Mordecai, Rigby expresses his resentment at always having to be "Player Two" due to his poor video game-playing skills.
- Season 2 Episode 7: "High Score" (2011) – After beating the world record high score at an Excitebike-like arcade game, Mordecai and Rigby find themselves competing for the 'universe record'.
- Season 2 Episode 8: "Rage Against the TV" (2011) – Mordecai's and Rigby's TV stops working just as they reach the final stage of the Double Dragon-like video game they have been playing for 20 hours straight, and locating another one (so that they can beat "The Hammer") proves difficult.
- Season 3 Episode 19: "Video Game Wizards" (2012) – Mordecai, Rigby and Skips take part in a video game tournament in order to win a specialty game controller (based on the Power Glove peripheral for the Nintendo Entertainment System).
- Rick and Morty
- Season 2 Episode 2: "Mortynight Run" (2015) – Rick plays the arcade game Blips & Chitz.
- Season 6 Episode 2: "Rick: A Mort Well Lived" (2022) – Morty gets trapped in a VR game.
- Robotech
- Season 1 Episode 24: "Showdown" (1985) – While infiltrating the SF-D1, Miriya plays games at a video arcade.
- Round the Twist
- Season 3 Episode 4: "You Am I" (2000) – A video game causes Pete Twist and Mr. Gribbles to switch bodies.
- Sanjay and Craig
- Season 1 Episode 8: "Game On" (2013) – Sanjay and Craig's favorite video game disappears at the Frycade.
- Scream Street
- Season 1 Episode 5: "Resus Rocks" (2015) – Luke and Cleo play a game of "Zombie Kickboxer."
- Season 1 Episode 51: "Lucky Penny" (2017) – Luke and Cleo play a game of "Zombie Armageddon."
- Seinfeld
- Season 9 Episode 18: "The Frogger" (1998) – At Mario's Pizza Parlor, George Costanza discovers he still has the high score on the old Frogger video game he played in high school, with a score of 860,630 points. He decides to buy the Frogger machine to preserve his fame, but Jerry asks him how he is going to move it and keep it plugged in to preserve the high score.
- Side Hustle
- Season 2 Episode 8: "A Mouth Noise Christmas" (2021) – Alan and Tedward search for a recalled video game.
- Season 2 Episode 17: "Dinner for Jerks" (2022) – Fischer creates a video game.
- The Simpsons
- Season 7 Episode 11: "Marge Be Not Proud" (1995) – Bart is caught stealing a video game.
- Season 18 Episode 17: "Marge Gamer" (2007) – Marge Simpson participates in online gaming.
- Season 30 Episode 17: "E My Sports" (2019) – Bart competes in a video game tournament.
- Season 34 Episode 10: "Game Done Changed" (2022) – Marge communicates with Maggie through a video game.
- So Weird
- Season 1 Episode 5: "Escape" (1999) – The kids visit a carnival video arcade while dealing with a girl with astral projection powers.
- Season 3 Episode 6: "Banglebye" (2000) – A group of small-town kids are hypnotized by a video game.
- Solar Opposites
- Season 1 Episode 6: "The P.A.T.R.I.C.I.A. Device" (2020) – Jesse accuses a group of gamers of being sexist for a gender assignment.
- Some Assembly Required
- Season 1 Episode 7: "Dance Crew Evolution" (2014) – Jarvis and Piper write songs for a new video game.
- South Park
- Season 10 Episode 8: "Make Love, Not Warcraft" (2006) – A griefer named Jenkins repeatedly kills the South Park boys' characters in the online game World of Warcraft.
- Season 11 Episode 13: "Guitar Queer-O" (2007) – This episode is centered on Guitar Hero.
- Season 17 Episode 2: "Informative Murder Porn" (2013) – This episode is centered on the parents learning to play Minecraft in order to get their murder porn back.
- Spaceballs: The Animated Series
- Season 1 Episode 2: "Grand Theft Starship" (2008) – Captain Lone Starr and Princess Vespa are sucked into a game of 'Grand Theft Starship', leaving the Spaceballs to conquer the known universe. But, missing Lone Starr's opposition, President Skroob and Dark Helmet follow them into the game world.
- Spicy City
- Season 1 Episode 1: "Love is a Download" (1997) – Two lovers meet in a virtual-reality game world.
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Season 5 Episode 6: "The Game" (1991) – Ktarians attempt mind control on the crew of the Enterprise with an addictive holographic video game.
- Stargate SG-1
- Season 8 Episode 6: "Avatar" (2004) – Teal'c becomes trapped in a virtual reality training simulator.
- Stoked
- Season 2 Episode 2: "Surf Surf Revolution" (2010) – Reef creates a surfing video game.
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Season 1 Episode 24: "Good-bye Girl" (1983) – Max and Milia meet at a video arcade.
- Superstore
- Season 3 Episode 13: "Video Game Release" (2018) – A new video game is released in Cloud 9.
- Tiny Toons Looniversity
- Season 2 Episode 3: "Tooned In Space" (2024) – Sweetie is obsessed with her game console.
- Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
- Season 2 Episode 6: "Fisting Fantasy" (2011) – Todd and his friends are trapped in a video game.
- Total DramaRama
- Season 3 Episode 22: "Teacher, Soldier, Chef, Spy" (2021) – Chef creates a VR game.
- Tucker
- Season 1 Episode 3: "Everybody Dance Now" (2000) – Tucker tries to impress McKenna by attempting to beat a dancing arcade game.
- Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
- Season 3 Episode 7: "Fame, Blame & Video Games" (2022) – Dylan and Rebecca compete in a gaming competition.
- Ultimate Book of Spells
- Season 1 Episode: "Magical Logical" (2002) – Verne has a handheld video game.
- The X-Files
- Season 7 Episode 13: "First Person Shooter" (2000) – The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully to a virtual reality firm when the new game they have helped design is thwarted by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual.
- Young Love
- Season 1 Episode 7: "Game Love" (2023) – Stephen gets hooked on video games.
- Young Sheldon
- Season 2 Episode 8: "An 8-Bit Princess and a Flat Tire Genius" (2018) – Meemaw and Sheldon get addicted to a video game console.
See also
[edit]- Video game adaptation in film and television
- List of animated series based on video games
- List of anime based on video games
- List of films based on video games
Notes
[edit]- ^ Despite the series itself being unrelated to the 1982 arcade game, the Pole Position title was licensed from Namco.
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