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Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.

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Online gameplay was first found in PC (Platform) games, but has since found its way to modern video game consoles. The first online consoles were Nintendo (Company)'s Famicom (NES), via the Famicom Modem peripheral (released 1987), and Sega's Mega Drive (Genesis), via the MegaNet service (launched 1990), though both of these services were exclusive to Japan (Location). The first online console service in North America (Location) was the Sega Channel (Concept) (launched 1994) for the Genesis. At least two other consoles featured online gaming services exclusive to Japan: the SNES's Satellaview (Platform) (released 1995) and the Saturn's Sega NetLink (launched mid-late 1990s).

Towards the end of the 1990s, Sega (Company) created the first worldwide online console gaming service with the SegaNet for the Dreamcast (Platform), paving the way in the early 2000s for the online services of the PlayStation 2 (Platform), GameCube (Platform), and Xbox (Platform). The Xbox Live (Concept) service in particular was popular and still is now with the Xbox 360 (Platform). Meanwhile, Sony's PS2 online service required an adapter and was very different to their more popular PSN network service for PS3. The GameCube also required an adapter and introduced online for some games, although the selection was the smallest of the three. Even handheld systems have online, like the PSP and DS. Online gaming is a way to experience games with your friends remotely or other gamers around the world.

While online gaming on PC may vary greatly from game to game, there are a number of online gaming networks that are used for multiple games, such as Games for Windows - Live and Steam (Concept). Both has a single friends list that can be used across multiple games. Steam features out of game friends list, chat and server browser. GFW - Live shares user accounts and friends lists with Xbox Live and allows a small number of games to be played cross-platform between PC and Xbox 360. Initially a number of features of GFW - Live was only available for paying users, but they have later been made free.

Xbox Live (Concept) has a single friends list that is used across all games on Xbox 360, but a subscription fee is needed if you wish to play online.

PlayStation Network has a network wide friends list for each account. It is free to play online on PlayStation Network.

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is the name of the online service of Wii (Platform) and Nintendo DS (Platform). It has per-game friends list and has been criticized for needing a 12 digit friend code to add someone to your friends list and general lack of communication with other players. So far, the games that use online mode are Mario Kart Wii (Game), Mario Sports Mix (Game), and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

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Concept details

Name

Online

Aliases

Online Multiplayer,Online Interaction,The Internet,The Cloud,MMO

Games

• .hack//Versus (Game)
• 007 Legends (Game)
• 0x10c (Game)
• 1 vs 100 (Game)
• 100 Years War Online (Game)
• 1001 Threads of Mizan (Game)
• 13Z: The Zodiac Trials (Game)
• 187: Ride or Die (Game)
• 1942: Joint Strike (Game)
• 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (Game)
• 2029 Online (Game)
• 20XX (Game)
• 22 Racing Series (Game)
• 25 to Life (Game)
• 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures (Game)
• 4Story (Game)
• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Game)
• 6 Seasons and a Game (Game)
• 8BitMMO (Game)
• 9Dragons (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Mortal Kombat (Franchise), NBA (Franchise), NBA Jam (Franchise), Phantasy Star (Franchise), Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise), Need for Speed (Franchise), Picross (Franchise), Super Smash Bros. (Franchise), Capcom Versus (Franchise), Marvel vs. Capcom (Franchise), SNK vs. Capcom (Franchise), Street Fighter (Franchise), Street Fighter II (Franchise), Tekken (Franchise), X-Men (Franchise), Soul (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: Battlefront (Franchise), Star Wars: Clone Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: X-Wing (Franchise), Avengers (Franchise), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Franchise), Tony Hawk (Franchise), The King of Fighters (Franchise), Tony Hawk's Underground (Franchise), Grand Theft Auto (Franchise), Prey (Franchise), Tiger Woods (Franchise), Burger King (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Call of Duty (Franchise), Modern Warfare (Franchise), Bomberman (Franchise), Excite (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Mario Kart (Franchise), Mario Tennis (Franchise), Super Mario (Franchise), WWE (Franchise), Assassin's Creed (Franchise), Command & Conquer (Franchise), Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Franchise), Daisenryaku (Franchise), Hearts of Iron (Franchise), Medal of Honor (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Sniper Elite (Franchise), Wolfenstein (Franchise), Sega Vintage Collection (Franchise), Formula 1 (Franchise), Outrun (Franchise), Phantasy Star Online (Franchise), Phantasy Star Universe (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), Commando (Franchise), Fire Pro Wrestling (Franchise), Street Fighter III (Franchise), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise), Halo (Franchise), Banjo-Kazooie (Franchise), Conker (Franchise), The Simpsons (Franchise), The Punisher (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Monster Hunter (Franchise), Activision Hero (Franchise), Guitar Hero (Franchise), Delta Force (Franchise), NBA 2K (Franchise), NBA Ballers (Franchise), NBA Inside Drive (Franchise), NBA Live (Franchise), XSN Sports (Franchise), WWE SmackDown! (Franchise), StarCraft (Franchise), Dead or Alive (Franchise), Virtua Fighter (Franchise), Advance Wars (Franchise), Animal Crossing (Franchise), Splinter Cell (Franchise), Tom Clancy (Franchise), Dynasty Warriors (Franchise), Musou (Franchise), Ninja Gaiden (Franchise), Warriors Orochi (Franchise), The Chronicles of Riddick (Franchise), ECW (Franchise), Hot Shots (Franchise), Jak and Daxter (Franchise), Ratchet & Clank (Franchise), Resistance (Franchise), Dead Rising (Franchise), Unreal Tournament (Franchise), Duke Nukem (Franchise), Black Ops (Franchise), Pokémon (Franchise), Transformers (Franchise), Uncharted (Franchise), Luigi's Mansion (Franchise), Super Mario Bros. (Franchise), Gears of War (Franchise), Lost Planet (Franchise), Tomb Raider (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), WWE Smackdown vs. Raw (Franchise), Baseball Mogul (Franchise), Major League Baseball 2K (Franchise), MLB The Show (Franchise), Madden NFL (Franchise), GoldenEye 007 (Franchise), James Bond (Franchise), The Darkness (Franchise), Puyo Puyo (Franchise), Descent (Franchise), Max Payne (Franchise), Red Faction (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Burnout (Franchise), DiRT (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Franchise), Kingdom Hearts (Franchise), Konami Rebirth (Franchise), Dragon Quest (Franchise), Star Trek (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Crash Bandicoot (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), Twisted Metal (Franchise), Warhawk (Franchise), Simple (Franchise), Katamari Damacy (Franchise), BurgerTime (Franchise), F.E.A.R. (Franchise), Dr. Slump (Franchise), Dragon Ball (Franchise), Dragon Ball Z (Franchise), Eyeshield 21 (Franchise), Jump Super Stars (Franchise), Shaman King (Franchise), Shonen Jump (Franchise), Naruto (Franchise), Peggle (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), Warhammer 40,000 (Franchise), Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings Online (Franchise), Ghostbusters (Franchise), Bleach (Franchise), Diablo (Franchise), Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Mickey Mouse (Franchise), SWAT (Franchise), Age of Empires (Franchise), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Franchise), Killzone (Franchise), Turok (Franchise), Ace Combat (Franchise), Syphon Filter (Franchise), Dream C Club (Franchise), Crysis (Franchise), Guild Wars (Franchise), Civilization (Franchise), Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu (Franchise), Mahjong Taikai (Franchise), Sid Meier (Franchise), Total War (Franchise), TimeSplitters (Franchise), Silent Hill (Franchise), Xeno (Franchise), Ultima (Franchise), Quake (Franchise), EA Sports NHL (Franchise), National Hockey League (Franchise), NHL 2K (Franchise), Culdcept (Franchise), LittleBigPlanet (Franchise), Stronghold (Franchise), Mount & Blade (Franchise), The Conduit (Franchise), Rabbids (Franchise), Perfect Dark (Franchise), Soldier of Fortune (Franchise), Dragon Age (Franchise), Myst (Franchise), Brothers in Arms (Franchise), Battlestar Galactica (Franchise), Rainbow Six (Franchise), Rainbow Six Vegas (Franchise), Dungeon Keeper (Franchise), Vantage Master (Franchise), LEGO (Franchise), 50 Cent (Franchise), Cartoon Network (Franchise), Fable (Franchise), Front Mission (Franchise), Doom (Franchise), Death Note (Franchise), Far Cry (Franchise), Lineage (Franchise), Red Dead (Franchise), Project Gotham Racing (Franchise), Unreal (Franchise), The Sims (Franchise), Ultimate Muscle (Franchise), Pixar (Franchise), Blue Dragon (Franchise), SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs (Franchise), Rayman (Franchise), NFL GameDay (Franchise), Marathon (Franchise), NFL 2K (Franchise), NFL Blitz (Franchise), NFL Fever (Franchise), NFL Street (Franchise), R-Type (Franchise), Saints Row (Franchise), Touhou Project (Franchise), One Piece (Franchise), Call of Juarez (Franchise), EverQuest (Franchise), God of War (Franchise), City of Heroes (Franchise), Blitz: The League (Franchise), Pro Evolution Soccer (Franchise), Winning Eleven (Franchise), Top Spin (Franchise), Conan (Franchise), Ragnarok (Franchise), Ragnarok Online (Franchise), Zork (Franchise), The Dishwasher (Franchise), Ultima Online (Franchise), Toy Story (Franchise), Rurouni Kenshin (Franchise), Runescape (Franchise), Serious Sam (Franchise), TOCA (Franchise), TRON (Franchise), Skate (Franchise), Kane & Lynch (Franchise), Gran Turismo (Franchise), NASCAR (Franchise), NASCAR (EA Sports) (Franchise), NASCAR Racing (Franchise), Tecmo Bowl (Franchise), .hack (Franchise), Xenus (Franchise), The Settlers (Franchise), inFamous (Franchise), NCAA March Madness (Franchise), Frogger (Franchise), Amped (Franchise), Puzzle Quest (Franchise), Anarchy Online (Franchise), Hasbro Family Game Night (Franchise), White Knight Chronicles (Franchise), Armored Core (Franchise), Rugby League (Franchise), Army of Two (Franchise), Kengo (Franchise), Mabinogi (Franchise), Left 4 Dead (Franchise), Alien (Franchise), One Must Fall (Franchise), Crackdown (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise), Blackwell (Franchise), Rock Band (Franchise), Blood Bowl (Franchise), Warhammer (Franchise), World at War (Franchise), Heretic (Franchise), Shank (Franchise), Company of Heroes (Franchise), Tropico (Franchise), Plants vs. Zombies (Franchise), Driver (Franchise), Sacred (Franchise), Cycling Manager (Franchise), Pro Cycling Manager (Franchise), Borderlands (Franchise), Souls (Franchise), Crimson Skies (Franchise), Pro Yakyuu Spirits (Franchise), Inazuma Eleven (Franchise), Two Worlds (Franchise), CrimeCraft (Franchise), Rugby (Franchise), Section 8 (Franchise), NCAA Football (Franchise), Joe Danger (Franchise), Torchlight (Franchise), Aliens vs. Predator (Franchise), PixelJunk (Franchise), Tap Tap (Franchise), Tap Tap Revenge (Franchise), Crash Time (Franchise), Anno (Franchise), Supreme Commander (Franchise), Battlefield (Franchise), Battlefield: Bad Company (Franchise), Gradius (Franchise), Earth Defense Force (Franchise), Area 51 (Franchise), Poptropica (Franchise), Eve (Franchise), Homefront (Franchise), MotorStorm (Franchise), Syndicate (Franchise), Slam Dunk (Franchise), Cities XL (Franchise), A Song of Ice and Fire (Franchise), Test Drive (Franchise), Fat Princess (Franchise), N.O.V.A. (Franchise), Angry Birds (Franchise), Battalion Wars (Franchise), Art Academy (Franchise), Arkanoid (Franchise), Top Gun (Franchise), Earthsiege (Franchise), Tribes (Franchise), BattleTech (Franchise), Condemned (Franchise), MechAssault (Franchise), FlatOut (Franchise), RACE (Franchise), Shift (Franchise), TrackMania (Franchise), WipEout (Franchise), Sins of a Solar Empire (Franchise), Test Drive Unlimited (Franchise), Ghost Recon (Franchise), Vietcong (Franchise), Cultures (Franchise), KKnD (Franchise), Men of War (Franchise), Counter-Strike (Franchise), DJMAX (Franchise), 1942 (Franchise), Forza (Franchise), Forza Horizon (Franchise), Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Franchise), Cabela's (Franchise), Red Orchestra (Franchise), Silent Hunter (Franchise), Sniper: Ghost Warrior (Franchise), America's Army (Franchise), Master of Orion (Franchise), MechWarrior (Franchise), Asphalt Urban GT (Franchise), Barkanoid (Franchise), Battlestations (Franchise), Darwinia (Franchise), Day of Defeat (Franchise), Daytona USA (Franchise), Doritos (Franchise), Enemy Territory (Franchise), Family Feud (Franchise), Forza Motorsport (Franchise), Gallop Racer (Franchise), IL-2 (Franchise), Janline (Franchise), Jeopardy (Franchise), Microsoft Flight Simulator (Franchise), MotoGP (Franchise), MX vs ATV (Franchise), Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Franchise), Operation Flashpoint (Franchise), RailWorks (Franchise), Scene It? (Franchise), Sega Rally (Franchise), Steel Battalion (Franchise), Superstars V8 (Franchise), Toy Soldiers (Franchise), Ville (Franchise), Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Franchise), Crush Pinball (Franchise), Alien Shooter (Franchise), Cabal (Franchise), Perfect World (Franchise), Twelve Sky (Franchise), Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Franchise), PixelJunk Shooter (Franchise), Coded Arms (Franchise), Digital Combat Simulator (Franchise), Dark Sun (Franchise), Allods (Franchise), The Eye of Judgment (Franchise), Modern Combat (Franchise), Moto Racer (Franchise), Ferrari (Franchise), Mahjong Fight Club (Franchise), Defiance (Franchise), Pro Rugby Manager (Franchise), Go! (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Batman (Character), Flash (Character), The Joker (Character), Lucas (Character), R.O.B. (Character), Waluigi (Character), Wolf O'Donnell (Character), Yoshi (Character), Ryu (Character), Yoda (Character), Darth Vader (Character), Travis Barker (Character), Ghost (Character), Captain Falcon (Character), Falco Lombardi (Character), Fox McCloud (Character), Ike (Character), Luigi (Character), Marth (Character), Pikachu (Character), Ivy Valentine (Character), Ken Masters (Character), Master Chief (Character), Solid Snake (Character), Marcus Fenix (Character), General RAAM (Character), Anthony Carmine (Character), Augustus Cole (Character), Damon Baird (Character), Dominic Santiago (Character), Lt. Minh Young Kim (Character), Tai Kaliso (Character), Brett Favre (Character), Tom Brady (Character), Bomberman (Character), Gordon Freeman (Character), Scout (Character), Engineer (Character), Heavy (Character), Pyro (Character), Sniper (Character), Soldier (Character), Spy (Character), Nathan Hale (Character), Axel Steel (Character), Casey Lynch (Character), Clive Winston (Character), Judy Nails (Character), Lars Ümlaüt (Character), Gaara (Character), Edward Wong Hau Peplu Trivrusky 4th (Character), Joe Perry (Character), Sting (Character), Tadashi Hikari (Character), Eddie Knox (Character), Johnny Napalm (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Karachi (Location), Tw@ Internet Cafe (Location), Subway (Location), Northrend (Location), Boundless (Location), Epilogue (Location), Pit Stop (Location), Sand Tarp (Location), Teen Second Life Grid (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: LEGO Bricks (Object), Microphone (Object), Guitar (Object), Hayabusa Armor (Object), Killball (Object), Online Orb (Object), Aperture Sight (Object), PTRS-41 (Object)

People

• Has people: Gabe Newell (Person), Mary Alice (Person), Ivana Milicevic (Person), Lauren Tom (Person), Al Rivera (Person), Danielle Berry (Person), David Littman (Person), Daniel Stahl (Person)

Related Concepts

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