Genres (second attempt)

**Kugyince** · 03-19-2008, 08:22 PM

Shooter/Scroller - 1943, R-Type
Shooter/1st-Person - Top Gun, Doom
Shooter/Arcade - Galaga, Space Invaders

Platform/Arcade - Joust, City Connection
Platform/Adventure - Metroid, Clash at Demonhead
Platform/Sectioned - SMB, Sonic

Combat/Beat-em-up - Double Dragon, River City Ransom
Combat/Fighter - Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat

Sports/Olympiad - Crash and the Boys
Sports/(sport here) - Baseball, Racing, etc...

Strategy/Puzzle - Lolo, Boxxle
Strategy/Adventure - Shadowgate, Deja Vu, Myst
Strategy/Simulation - Rampart, North and South
Strategy/Action - Tetris, Loopz
Strategy/Card & Board - Chess, Blackjack

RPG/Adventure - Crystalis, Secret of Mana
RPG/Western - Dragon Warrior I
RPG/Japanese - Final Fantasy
RPG/Collectable - Pokemon

Interactive Fiction - Zork

I'm sure I missed some.

**bathomas28** · 03-19-2008, 08:39 PM

can something be platform and strategy?

**Tails** · 03-19-2008, 08:39 PM

Kirby could be platform and adventure.

and to avoid confusion im referring to his NES debut.

**bathomas28** · 03-19-2008, 08:46 PM

does anyone else like puzzle games? like game with a bunch of twists and turns

**Kugyince** · 03-19-2008, 08:47 PM

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can something be platform and strategy?

I can't think of one off the top of my head. Any suggestions on a game on this site that would fit?

**Tails** · 03-19-2008, 08:49 PM

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can something be platform and strategy?

I can't think of one off the top of my head. Any suggestions on a game on this site that would fit?

maybe Ristar? or Aero the Acrobat?

**bathomas28** · 03-19-2008, 08:52 PM

i'm not quite sure, but are the two compatible? can it possiblt be both?

**gamefreak100200** · 03-19-2008, 09:04 PM

Zelda is puzzle.

**Tails** · 03-19-2008, 09:06 PM

TMNT can be platform arcade

**bathomas28** · 03-19-2008, 09:34 PM

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TMNT can be platform arcade

yeah thats true, isn't it amzing that a simple idea like TMNT, has come along through many generations?

**Tails** · 03-19-2008, 09:59 PM

i guess...

oh and Megaman in platform adventure.

**Kong** · 03-19-2008, 10:00 PM

Sectioned? What does that mean?

I call Tetris and Columns and all other similar games Drop games.

Strategy/Turn-Based - Advanced Wars, Venus Wars, Romance of the Three Kingdoms

RPG/Turn-Based - Shining Force

Board/Party Games - Monopoly, Chess, Darts, Mario Party

Matching - Mahjong

Interactive Movie - Space Ace, Dragon's Lair

Casino/Cards - Obvious

Game Show - Family Feud, Jeopardy

Educational - Math Blaster

Detective/Mystery/Espionage/Spy - ??

Horror - ??

Pinball - Crueball, Sonic Spinball

Rhythm - Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero

Paddle/Light Gun/Mouse - Pong, Duck Hunt,
Interactive Fiction - Zork, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

I don't think your simulation examples are good. Budokan, Civilization, F-15 Strike Eagle. Rampart is Strategy/Shooter/Real-Time/Drop/Awesome

Adult - Bubble Bath Babes (it is a clone of Mermaids of Atlantis), Leisure Suit Larry

Managerial - Aerobiz, SimCity, Populus (also sometimes classified as God)

Cyberpunk - Shadowrun (I think this genre is too narrow to be a real genre)

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can something be platform and strategy?

Sure, that is one of my favorite genres. But it is rare. Moai Kun, Lemmings, The Lost Vikings and I think Out of This World and Prince of Persia would be in this category too.

**oasis** · 03-19-2008, 10:01 PM

how can zelda be puzzle? just because it has mini puzzles in it to figure something out dose not make it a puzzler sudoku is puzzle and another one thats flash on here i forget the name but you push block onto corrisponing platforms

@kong

horror = zombies ate my neighbors and flag defence <= bloody

**Tails** · 03-19-2008, 10:04 PM

i cant believe you forgot this kong, after all its your name.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math.

**Kong** · 03-19-2008, 10:10 PM

Not sure if Horror, Cyberpunk, and Detective should be genres. They are too general.

**Kugyince** · 03-19-2008, 10:27 PM

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Sectioned? What does that mean?

Your normal, manually scrolling platformer that has stages/areas/world/sectors that you must go through in a specific order one at a time and don't return to. SMB1, Alex Kidd, Sonic, etc...

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I call Tetris and Columns and all other similar games Drop games.

I think that's more of a theme. Strategy/Action

Strategy/Turn-Based - Advanced Wars, Venus Wars, Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Strategy/Simulation

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RPG/Turn-Based - Shining Force

RPG/Japanese

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Board/Party Games - Monopoly, Chess, Darts, Mario Party

Strategy/Board & Card

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Matching - Mahjong

Strategy/Board & Card

Interactive Movie - Space Ace, Dragon's Lair

That's a theme.

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Casino/Cards - Obvious

Casino is a theme.

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Game Show - Family Feud, Jeopardy

Theme.

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Educational - Math Blaster

Theme.

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Detective/Mystery/Espionage/Spy - ??

Horror - ??

Theme.

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Pinball - Crueball, Sonic Spinball

Rhythm - Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero

Not sure about these.

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Paddle

Sports/Table Tennis

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/Light Gun/

Shooter/1st-Person

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Interactive Fiction - Zork, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Agreed.

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I don't think your simulation examples are good. Budokan, Civilization, F-15 Strike Eagle. Rampart is Strategy/Shooter/Real-Time/Drop/Awesome

Rampart is Strategy/Simulation. F-15 is Shooter/1st-Person.

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Adult - Bubble Bath Babes (it is a clone of Mermaids of Atlantis), Leisure Suit Larry

Theme.

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Managerial - Aerobiz, SimCity, Populus (also sometimes classified as God)

Strategy/Simulation

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Cyberpunk - Shadowrun (I think this genre is too narrow to be a real genre)

Theme.

**ZedIsDead** · 03-19-2008, 10:44 PM

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Pinball - Crueball, Sonic Spinball
Rhythm - Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero

Not sure about these.

I'd say that rhythm games are unique enough to merit their own genre. Pinball, on the other hand, is really difficult to classify.

**Kugyince** · 03-19-2008, 11:19 PM

If pressed I'd say Rhythem would be Strategy/Action and Pinball could be Strategy/Card & Board

**bathomas28** · 03-20-2008, 10:24 AM

what would u consider pokemon?

**Kugyince** · 03-20-2008, 10:33 AM

While technically it could fit any of the three RPG genres there might be enough of these to merit their own genre; RPG/Raising maybe?

**oasis** · 03-20-2008, 11:19 AM

RPG/Collectable/Turn battle

**Kraemer** · 03-20-2008, 11:53 AM

Call me out of the loop here Tenser, but what is it we are actually doing in this thread?
Are we just naming games that are hard to categorize, cause I'm pretty sure you got that down for the most part.

**Tagen** · 03-20-2008, 02:22 PM

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If pressed I'd say Rhythem would be Strategy/Action and Pinball could be Strategy/Card & Board

I think rhythm has it's own genre.

Also, Survival Horror- Resident Evil (Gaiden), Sweet Home

**Kong** · 03-20-2008, 03:30 PM

@Tenser: I agree. Most of the ones in my first post were themes and not genres.

@Tagen: Survival Horror would be a theme and themes should get their own topic.

@Kraemer: Wow all of DDQ is coming back at once. Welcome back. Hope you stay around this time. This topic is for defining genres. The games mentioned should mostly be archetypal examples. Perfect fits.

This is the "second attempt" because the first one turned into 8 pages of off-topic arguing and was locked.

I think rhythm should get it's own genre. And not fall under strategy. What strategy do you use in those games?

Tamagotchi, Dogz, Petz etc might should get their own genre but I am sure that Tenser will say they are simulation or something.

I think pinball might should get it's own or be Sports/Pinball. I know, not much of a sport but it fits there better than other places.

**oasis** · 03-20-2008, 03:49 PM

pinball as well could fit under simulation??