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Visual novel

Index Visual novel

A is an interactive game genre, which originated in Japan, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage). [1]

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Ace Attorney

Ace Attorney is a series of visual novel adventure video games developed by Capcom.

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Action film

Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases.

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Adventure game

An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving.

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Air (visual novel)

Air is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key released on September 8, 2000 for Windows PCs.

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Amnesia

Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma.

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Analog stick

An analog stick (or analogue stick in UK English), sometimes called a control stick, joystick, or thumbstick is an input device for a controller (often a game controller) that is used for two-dimensional input.

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Animamundi: Dark Alchemist

Animamundi: Dark Alchemist (アニマ・ムンディ 終わりなき闇の舞踏 Anima Mundi: Owarinaki Yami no Butou) is a Japanese gothic horror visual novel developed by Karin Entertainment and distributed by Hirameki International in the United States.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Anime and manga fandom

Anime and manga fandom (otherwise known as fan community) is a worldwide community of fans of anime and manga.

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AnimePlay

Anime Play is a trademark used to refer to the visual novel games distributed by Hirameki International and a (discontinued) magazine profiling these games.

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Another Code: Two Memories

, released in North America as Trace Memory, is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Cing and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS portable video game console.

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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy or horror in which the Earth's technological civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.

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Arc System Works

is a video game developer and publisher based in Yokohama, Japan.

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ASCII Media Works

, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Ōkami Kakushi

(wordplay on ōkami (wolf) and kamikakushi (spirited away)) is a Japanese visual novel developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation Portable, with Ryukishi07 of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni fame as game director and the manga author duo Peach-Pit as character designers.

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BioShock

BioShock is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K Games.

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Bishōjo game

A, or, is "a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive girls".

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BlazBlue

is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United.

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C's Ware

C's Ware is a label of HimeyaSoft Inc.

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Capcom

is a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for creating numerous multi-million selling game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter, and Dead Rising, as well as games based on the Disney animated properties.

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Chaos;Head

Chaos;Head is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus.

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Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, often metonymously referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on the film industry in general since the early 20th century.

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Circus (company)

Circus is a Japanese visual novel studio known for creating adult-oriented bishōjo games.

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Clannad (film)

is a 2007 Japanese anime fantasy-drama film directed by Osamu Dezaki and based on the visual novel of the same name developed by Key.

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Clannad (visual novel)

is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and released on April 28, 2004 for Windows PCs.

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Compact Disc Digital Audio

Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA) is the standard format for audio compact discs.

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Computer animation

Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images.

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Computer graphics

Computer graphics are pictures and films created using computers.

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Corpse Party

is a survival horror, adventure, and dōjin soft video game series originally created by Makoto Kedōin and developed by Team GrisGris.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a work of culture, often referred to as a cult classic.

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Cutscene

A cutscene or event scene (sometimes in-game cinematic or in-game movie) is a sequence in a video game that is not interactive, breaking up the gameplay.

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Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech" featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.

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D-pad

A D-pad (short for directional pad or digital pad; also known as a control pad) is a flat, usually thumb-operated four-way directional control with one button on each point, found on nearly all modern video game console gamepads, game controllers, on the remote control units of some television and DVD players, and smart phones.

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Da Capo (visual novel)

is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Circus' division Circus Northern which was released as a limited edition on June 28, 2002 playable on the PC as a CD-ROM; a DVD-ROM version followed on July 26, 2002.

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Dating sim

Dating sims, or, are a video game subgenre of simulation games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements.

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Dōjin soft

, also sometimes called, with dōjin sometimes transliterated as doujin or doujinshi, are video games created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups (referred to as "circles"), more for fun than for profit; essentially, the Japanese equivalent of independent video games or Fangames.

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Dōjinshi

is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels.

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Dengeki G's Magazine

is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) and sold monthly on the thirtieth that primarily contains information on bishōjo games, but also includes an entire section on anime based on bishōjo games, and serializes manga and light novels based on such games.

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Destructoid

Destructoid is an independent website, that was founded as a video game-focused blog in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzalez.

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Dialogue tree

A dialogue tree, or conversation tree, is a gameplay mechanic that is used throughout many adventure games (including action-adventure games) and role-playing video games.

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Digital: A Love Story

Digital: A Love Story is an indie visual novel by video game designer Christine Love, released for free in February 2010.

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Doki Doki Literature Club!

Doki Doki Literature Club! is a visual novel developed by Team Salvato.

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Drama (film and television)

In reference to film and television, drama is a genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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Easter egg

Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs that are usually used as gifts on the occasion of Easter.

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ELF Corporation

ELF Corporation (エルフ or élf) was an eroge studio.

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Enix

was a Japanese video game publisher that produced video games, anime and manga.

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Eroge

An is a Japanese pornographic video game.

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Eroticism

Eroticism (from the Greek ἔρως, eros—"desire") is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love.

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Ever 17: The Out of Infinity

Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is a visual novel video game developed by KID.

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Everlasting Summer

Everlasting Summer (Beskonechnoe leto) is a visual novel, produced by Russian game developer Soviet Games, that tells the story of a 25-year-old man living in modern Russia who finds himself mysteriously transported to a summer camp somewhere in the Soviet Union.

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Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is a post-apocalyptic action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

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Famitsu

is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Enterbrain, Inc. and Tokuma.

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Fan labor

Fan labor is a term used to refer to the productive creative activities engaged in by fans, primarily those of various media properties or musical groups.

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Fan translation

Fan translation (or user-generated translation) refers to the unofficial translation of various forms of written or multimedia products made by fans (Fan labor), often into a language in which an official translated version is not yet available.

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Fandom

Fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of empathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Fate/stay night

is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for Windows.

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Fighting game

A fighting game is a video game genre based around interpersonal combat between a limited amount of characters, in which they fight until they defeat their opponents or the timer expires.

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First-person shooter

First-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre centered around gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective; that is, the player experiences the action through the eyes of the protagonist.

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FM Towns

system is a Japanese PC variant, built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the summer of 1997.

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Focal Press

Focal Press is a publisher of media technology books and it is an imprint of Taylor & Francis.

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Full motion video

A full motion video (FMV) is a video game narration technique that relies upon pre-recorded video files (rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models) to display action in the game.

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Gaku Ou: The Royal Seven Stars

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Lump of Sugar.

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Gamasutra

Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on all aspects of video game development.

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Game Boy Advance

The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color.

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Gamebook

A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GamesRadar+

GamesRadar+ is an entertainment website dedicated to video game-related news, previews and reviews, that is owned by Future Publishing (a subsidiary of Future plc).

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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an adventure game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo DS and iOS.

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Hard science fiction

Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific accuracy.

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Hello, Good-bye

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Lump of Sugar.

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Hentai

Outside of Japan, (lit. "pervert") is anime and manga pornography.

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Hideo Kojima

is a Japanese video game designer, screenwriter, director, and game producer.

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Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni

, subtitled The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night, is a Japanese manga written by Ryukishi07 of 07th Expansion and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu.

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Higurashi When They Cry

, known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion.

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Hirameki

Hirameki International Group Inc. was an American company founded in March 2000 which specialized in translating visual novels from Japan and releasing them to the American market.

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History of video games

The history of video games goes as far back as the early 1950s, when academic computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations as part of their research.

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Horror fiction

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

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Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a point-and-click adventure game for the Nintendo DS.

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IGN

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.

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Imabikisō

is a visual novel developed by Chunsoft for the PlayStation 3.

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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.

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Interactive movie

An interactive movie, also known as a movie game, is a video game that presents the gameplay in a cinematic, scripted manner, often through the use of full-motion video of either animated or live-action footage.

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Interactivity

Across the many fields concerned with interactivity, including information science, computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and industrial design, there is little agreement over the meaning of the term "interactivity", although all are related to interaction with computers and other machines with a user interface.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese literature

Early works of Japanese literature were heavily influenced by cultural contact with China and Chinese literature, often written in Classical Chinese.

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JAST USA

JAST USA is a publisher of English-language versions of Japanese video games, specifically bishōjo games, dating sims, visual novels and Japanese RPGs.

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Jun Maeda

is a Japanese writer and co-founder of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's.

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Kana: Little Sister

, is a Japanese visual novel originally developed and released by D.O. in 1999.

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Kanon (visual novel)

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key released on June 4, 1999 for Windows PCs.

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Key (company)

Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher VisualArt's and is located in Kita, Osaka.

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KID

KID (an acronym standing for Kindle Imagine Develop), was a Japan-based company specializing in porting and developing bishōjo games.

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Koei

Koei Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game publisher, developer, and distributor founded in 1978.

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Konami

, commonly referred to as Konami, is a Japanese entertainment and gaming conglomerate.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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Leaf (Japanese company)

Leaf is a Japanese visual novel studio under the publisher Aquaplus, and has offices in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and Tokyo.

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Level-5 (company)

Level-5 Inc. is a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Fukuoka, who are best known for their Professor Layton, Inazuma Eleven, Ni no Kuni, and Yo-kai Watch franchises.

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Light gun shooter

Light gun shooter, also called light gun game or simply gun game, is a shooter video game genre in which the primary design element is aiming and shooting with a gun-shaped controller.

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Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily, but not exclusively, targeting high-school and middle-school students (young adult demographic).

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List of anime based on video games

This is a list of anime based on video games.

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List of Clannad episodes

The Clannad animated television series is based on the visual novel Clannad by the Japanese visual novel brand Key.

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List of video games based on anime or manga

Also known as anime-based games, this is a list of computer and video games that are based on manga or anime properties.

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List of visual novel engines

This is a list of visual novel engines.

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Literature

Literature, most generically, is any body of written works.

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Little Busters!

is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key.

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Lost Odyssey

is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Mistwalker and Feelplus for the Xbox 360.

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Luminous Arc

is a tactical role-playing game from Marvelous for the Nintendo DS.

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Lump of Sugar

is a Japanese company specializing in adult visual novels.

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Lux-Pain

is a visual novel-type adventure video game developed by Killaware and published by Marvelous Entertainment for the Nintendo DS video game console.

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Machi (video game)

is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Chunsoft and released in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1998.

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Mages (company)

, formerly, is a Japanese video game manufacturer and record label for video game and anime music.

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Manga

are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

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MangaGamer

MangaGamer is a video game publisher specializing in the English localization and distribution of Japanese visual novels.

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Marvelous Entertainment

(MMV) is a multinational corporation that produces animation, music, video games, television series.

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Mass Effect

Mass Effect is a science fiction action role-playing third-person shooter video game series developed by the Canadian company BioWare and released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows, with the third installment also released on the Wii U. The fourth game was released on Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2017.

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Memories Off

is a series of Japanese romance visual novel video games released by KID.

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Memory card

A memory card, flash card or memory cartridge is an electronic flash memory data storage device used for storing digital information.

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Metal Gear

is a series of action-adventure stealth video games, created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami.

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Metal Gear (video game)

Metal Gear is an overhead military action-adventure stealth video game originally released in by Konami for the MSX2 computer in Japan and parts of Europe.

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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is an overhead action-adventure stealth video game, with the tagline "Tactical Espionage Game", that was originally released by Konami in for the MSX2 computer platform.

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Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid is an action-adventure stealth video game produced by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and released for the PlayStation in 1998.

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Minori (company)

is a Japanese visual novel company (previously the software division of CoMixWave until April 2007).

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Motion comic

A motion comic (or animated comic) is a form of animation combining elements of print comic books and animation.

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Muv-Luv

is a Japanese visual novel developed by âge and originally released as an adult game for the PC on February 28, 2003.

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Narcissu

is a free visual novel video game developed by the dōjin group Stage-nana, telling the story of a terminally ill young man and woman.

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Nexton

is a Japanese software company specializing in the publishing and distribution of adult visual novel video games for twelve game developers that Nexton is partners with.

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Night Life (video game)

Night Life (ナイトライフ) is an erotic graphic adventure game by Kōei,, Hardcore Gaming 101, reprinted from Retro Gamer, Issue 67, 2009 released for the PC-8801 computer in 1982.

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Nihon Falcom

Nihon Falcom Corporation is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1981.

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Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is an adventure video game developed by Chunsoft.

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Nintendo DS

The Nintendo DS, or simply DS, is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo.

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Non-player character

A non-player character (NPC) in a game is any character that is not controlled by a player.

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Nonlinear gameplay

A video game with nonlinear gameplay presents players with challenges that can be completed in a number of different sequences.

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One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e

is a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by Tactics, a brand of Nexton, released on May 29, 1998 playable on Windows PCs.

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Open world

An open world in video games is a virtual world in which the player can explore and approach objectives freely, as opposed to a world with more linear gameplay.

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Otome game

An, sometimes contracted to otoge, is a story-based video game that is targeted towards women.

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Parallel universes in fiction

A parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained reality co-existing with one's own.

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PC game

PC games, also known as computer games or personal computer games, are video games played on a personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine.

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PC-8000 series

The PC-8000 series was a line of personal computers developed for the Japanese market by NEC.

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PC-9800 series

The, commonly shortened to PC-98, is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 through 2000.

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Persistent world

A persistent world or persistent state world (PSW) is a virtual world which, by the definition by Richard Bartle, "continues to exist and develop internally even when there are no people interacting with it".

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Persona (series)

Persona, also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, is a video game franchise developed and primarily published by Atlus.

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a visual novel adventure video game developed by Capcom.

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Pixel art

Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of software, where images are edited on the pixel level.

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Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet

is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key, a brand of VisualArt's whose previous works include Kanon and Air.

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Player character

A player character (also known as PC and playable character) is a fictional character in a role-playing game or video game whose actions are directly controlled by a player of the game rather than the rules of the game.

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PlayStation (console)

The PlayStation (officially abbreviated to PS, and commonly known as the PS1 or its codename, PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Plot device

A plot device, or plot mechanism, is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward.

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Plot twist

A plot twist is a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction.

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Point and click

Point and click are the actions of a computer user moving a pointer to a certain location on a screen (pointing) and then pressing a button on a mouse, usually the left button (click), or other pointing device.

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Policenauts

is a graphic adventure game with a hard science fiction storyline, written and directed by Hideo Kojima, and published by Konami.

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Porting

In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g. different CPU, operating system, or third party library).

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Professor Layton

Professor Layton is a puzzle adventure game series and multimedia franchise developed by Level-5.

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Radiant Historia

Radiant Historia is a role-playing video game co-developed by Atlus and Headlock for the Nintendo DS.

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Radio drama

Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theater, or audio theater) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance.

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Red herring

A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.

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Ren'Py

The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine is a free software engine which facilitates the creation of visual novels, a form of computer-mediated storytelling.

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Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games.

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Riva Celso

Riva Celso (born c. 1974) is an Italian independent video game designer of several critically acclaimed games, including The Goalkeeper, Universal Boxing Manager, Magic Stones, the Heileen series, Bionic Heart, and the award-winning Loren The Amazon Princess.

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Riviera: The Promised Land

is a role-playing video game originally produced in 2002 by Sting Entertainment for WonderSwan Color as the first episode of the Dept. Heaven series of games.

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Role-playing video game

A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as simply a role-playing game or an RPG as well as a computer role-playing game or a CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world.

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Romance (love)

Romance is the expressive and generally pleasurable feeling from an emotional attraction towards another person.

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Ryukishi07

is the pen name of a Japanese man originally from Chiba Prefecture, and the original creator for the idea of the visual novel series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni.

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Sakura Wars

is a Japanese media franchise created by Ouji Hiroi, and is developed and formally licensed by Red Entertainment and Sega (who also owns the franchise).

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Saved game

A saved game (also sometimes called a game save, savegame, savefile, save point, or simply save) is a piece of digitally stored information about the progress of a player in a video game.

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Saya no Uta

is a Lovecraftian horror visual novel by Nitroplus with erotic content.

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School Days (visual novel)

is a Japanese visual novel developed by 0verflow, released on April 28, 2005 for Windows as an adult game.

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Sega

Sega Games Co., Ltd., originally short for Service Games and officially styled as SEGA, is a Japanese multinational video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices around the world.

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Sega CD

The Sega CD, released as the in most regions outside North America and Brazil, is a CD-ROM accessory for the Sega Genesis video game console designed and produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles.

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Sekai to Sekai no Mannaka de

, subtitled Celestial Globe of Your Heart, and sometimes abbreviated as, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Lump of Sugar and released on January 31, 2014 for Windows PCs.

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Sex and nudity in video games

The inclusion of sex and nudity in video games has been a controversial topic since the early days of the industry.

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Sex in film

Sex in film is the inclusion of a presentation in a film of sexuality.

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Shipping (fandom)

Shipping, initially derived from the word relationship, is the desire by fans for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters (in film, literature, television etc.) to be in a romantic relationship.

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Simulation

Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system.

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Snatcher (video game)

Snatcher is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game written by Hideo Kojima and produced by Konami.

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Snow (visual novel)

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Studio Mebius for Windows PCs on January 31, 2003.

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SoftBank Group

is a Japanese multinational holding conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Softpedia

Softpedia is a website from Romania that indexes information and provides primarily software information and downloads.

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Spike Chunsoft

is a Japanese video game development and localization company specializing in role-playing video game and visual novels.

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Sprite (computer graphics)

In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene.

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Square (company)

was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1986 by Masafumi Miyamoto.

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Stealth game

A stealth game is a type of video game in which the player primarily uses stealth to avoid or overcome antagonists.

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Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus.

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Suishō no Dragon

is an adventure game released by Square under the name DOG (Disk Original Group) for the Family Computer Disk System in 1986.

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Survival horror

Survival horror is a subgenre of video games inspired by horror fiction that focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players with either horror graphics or scary ambience.

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Symphonic Rain

is a Japanese musical visual novel developed by Kogado Studio and first released as a limited edition version on March 26, 2004 for Windows as part of a series of "music adventure" games done by its Kuroneko-san Team; the regular edition followed on August 27, 2004.

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Tactical role-playing game

Tactical role-playing games (abbreviated as TRPG) are a genre of video game which incorporates elements of traditional role-playing video games with that of tactical games, emphasizing tactics rather than high-level strategy.

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Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

is a Japanese tactical role-playing game created by Quest.

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Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity

is a Japanese visual novel developed by Lump of Sugar.

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Telltale Games

Telltale Incorporated, doing business as Telltale Games, is an American video game developer and publisher based in San Rafael, California.

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Olympian

The Olympian is a newspaper based in Olympia, Washington, in the United States.

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The Portopia Serial Murder Case

, also known as The Portopia Serial Murder Case, is an adventure game designed by Yuji Horii and published by Enix.

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Thousand Arms

is a video game for the Sony PlayStation released by Atlus in 1998.

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Time travel

Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine.

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To Heart

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Leaf and released on May 23, 1997 for Windows.

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Tokimeki Memorial

is a dating sim video game developed and published by Konami.

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Tokimeki Memorial (series)

is a popular dating simulation series by Konami.

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Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life

is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Key released on November 25, 2005 for Windows PCs.

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True Remembrance

True Remembrance is a free visual novel by Shiba Satomi for Microsoft Windows.

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Turns, rounds and time-keeping systems in games

In video and other games, the passage of time must be handled in a way that players find fair and easy to understand.

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Types of fiction with multiple endings

Multiple endings refer to a case in entertainment where the story could end in different ways.

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Umineko When They Cry

is a Japanese dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion.

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Urashima Tarō

is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale (otogi banashi), who in a typical modern version is a fisherman who is rewarded for rescuing a turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) which lies beneath the sea.

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Video game console

A video game console is an electronic, digital or computer device that outputs a video signal or visual image to display a video game that one or more people can play.

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VisualArt's

, formerly, is a Japanese publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of visual novels for a large list of game developers.

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Voice acting in Japan

Voice acting in Japan is acting as a narrator or as an actor in radio plays or as a character actor in anime and video games.

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Wind: A Breath of Heart

Wind: A Breath of Heart is a visual novel by Japanese game studio Minori.

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Yūichi Suzumoto

is a male Japanese novelist originally from Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, though he now lives in Osaka, Japan.

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YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World

, is a Japanese visual novel / graphic adventure game developed and published by ELF Corporation, originally as an adult game for the PC-98 in 1996.

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Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward is an adventure video game developed by Chunsoft.

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07th Expansion

07th Expansion is a Japanese dōjin circle that specializes in the creation of visual novels known as sound novels.

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1UP.com

1UP.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.

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428: Shibuya Scramble

428: Shibuya Scramble is a visual novel adventure video game designed by Kōichi Nakamura and directed by Jiro Ishii, developed by Nakamura's company Chunsoft, and published by Sega, originally in Japan for the Wii on December 4, 2008.

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References

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