Portal

CONCEPT

A portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one.

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Especially since the popularity of games like the straightforwardly-titled ' 'Portal, or to a lesser extent the first-person-shooter ' 'Prey, these handy gateways have been taking a much larger role in video games than ever before.    Portals are frequently colored orange and blue. Nobody really knows why.

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• Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (Game)
• Agent MOO: Maximum Overdeath (Game)
• Akuji: The Heartless (Game)
• Alundra (Game)
• American McGee's Alice (Game)
• Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (Game)
• Asheron's Call (Game)
• Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings (Game)
• Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty Expansion Pack (Game)
• Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny (Game)
• Astroneer (Game)
• Auditorium (Game)
• Avernum (Game)
• BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Game)
• Beautiful Desolation (Game)
• Bloodforge (Game)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 (Game)
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Game)
• Champions: Return to Arms (Game)
• Chaos on Deponia (Game)
• City of Heroes (Game)
• Clock Tower 3 (Game)
• Conker's Pocket Tales (Game)
• Contre Jour (Game)
• Cookie Clicker (Game)
• Costume Quest (Game)
• Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Game)
• Crimson Gem Saga (Game)
• Critter Café (Game)
• Darkest of Days (Game)
• Darwinia (Game)
• Descent II (Game)
• Descent Maximum (Game)
• Diablo (Game)
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Game)
• Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition (Game)
• Dino Stalker (Game)
• Divekick (Game)
• DmC Devil May Cry (Game)
• Donkey Kong Land (Game)
• Doom 3 (Game)
• Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Game)
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Game)
• Drakan: Order of the Flame (Game)
• Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (Game)
• Electronic Super Joy (Game)
• Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (Game)
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Game)
• Exogate Initiative (Game)
• Exoprimal (Game)
• Fable III (Game)
• Fidel Dungeon Rescue (Game)
• From the Abyss (Game)
• Glover (Game)
• God of War (Game)
• God of War III (Game)
• Guacamelee! (Game)
• Half-Life: Blue Shift (Game)
• Heretic II (Game)
• Heroes of Might and Magic IV (Game)
• Heroes of Newerth (Game)
• Holodrive (Game)
• Illusion of Gaia (Game)
• Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (Game)
• Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted (Game)
• Jetboy & the Randomizer of Doom (Game)
• Jurassic: The Hunted (Game)
• Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Game)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Game)
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Game)
• LEGO Dimensions (Game)
• Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Game)
• Legend of Grimrock 2 (Game)
• Lighthouse: The Dark Being (Game)
• Magnetta (Game)
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Game)
• Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (Game)
• Mega Man Star Force (Game)
• Mega Man Star Force 2 (Game)
• Mega Man Star Force 3 (Game)
• Metagal (Game)
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Game)
• Metroid Prime Trilogy (Game)
• Mortal Kombat (Game)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)
• Mortal Kombat X (Game)
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Game)
• Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (Game)
• Mystery Castle (Game)
• Narbacular Drop (Game)
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Game)
• Nomori (Game)
• Omori (Game)
• Osman (Game)
• Outcast (Game)
• Outer Wilds (Game)
• Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell (Game)
• Pix the Cat (Game)

Concept details

Name

Portal

Aliases

Portals

Games

• Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (Game)
• Agent MOO: Maximum Overdeath (Game)
• Akuji: The Heartless (Game)
• Alundra (Game)
• American McGee's Alice (Game)
• Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (Game)
• Asheron's Call (Game)
• Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings (Game)
• Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty Expansion Pack (Game)
• Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny (Game)
• Astroneer (Game)
• Auditorium (Game)
• Avernum (Game)
• BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Game)
• Beautiful Desolation (Game)
• Bloodforge (Game)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 (Game)
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise), The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), Street Fighter (Franchise), Prey (Franchise), Wario (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Kirby (Franchise), New Play Control (Franchise), Wario Land (Franchise), Indiana Jones (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Banjo-Kazooie (Franchise), Donkey Kong (Franchise), Metroid (Franchise), Metroid Prime (Franchise), Ninja Gaiden (Franchise), Duke Nukem (Franchise), Donkey Kong Country (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Crash Bandicoot (Franchise), Dungeons & Dragons (Franchise), Soul Blazer (Franchise), Diablo (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Monkey Island (Franchise), TimeSplitters (Franchise), Tales of Monkey Island (Franchise), SpongeBob SquarePants (Franchise), Original Generation (Franchise), Super Robot Taisen (Franchise), Fable (Franchise), Doom (Franchise), Unreal (Franchise), Darksiders (Franchise), Gun Survivor (Franchise), EverQuest (Franchise), God of War (Franchise), PainKiller (Franchise), Clock Tower (Franchise), City of Heroes (Franchise), Army Men (Franchise), Call of Cthulhu (Franchise), Untold Legends (Franchise), Heroes of Might and Magic (Franchise), Outcast (Franchise), Heretic (Franchise), Dino Crisis (Franchise), Zenonia (Franchise), Astonishia Story (Franchise), Amnesia (Franchise), Stargate (Franchise), Evil Dead (Franchise), Asheron's Call (Franchise), Age of Wonders (Franchise), Avernum (Franchise), Darwinia (Franchise), War of the Dead (Franchise), Auditorium (Franchise), Splitgate (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Tommy (Character), Weighted Companion Cube (Character), Chell (Character), Samus Aran (Character), Trish (Character), Gordon Freeman (Character), Fu (Character), Commander Shepard (Character), Kahhori (Character), Ulyaoth (Character), Lester Knight Chaykin (Character), John Constantine (Character), The Nameless One (Character), Doomguy (Character), Cutter Slade (Character), GLaDOS (Character), Kung Pao (Character), Mirei Mikagura (Character), Wraith (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Hell (Location), Scislac Busorez (Location), The Portal (Location), Aperture Science Enrichment Center (Location), Voi (Location), The Gateway (Location), Planet Bryyo (Location), Africa (Location), Planes of Oblivion (Location), Mars (Location), Black Mesa East (Location), Black Mesa Research Facility (Location), City 17 (Location), Xen (Location), Zenebatos (Location), Hall of Doors (Location), Tristram (Location), The Dark Portal (Location), Basement (Location), Plane of Fear (Location), Plane of Mischief (Location), Paineel (Location), Erudin (Location), Darkroot Basin (Location), Temple of Veeshan (Location), Ssraeshza Temple (Location), Great Divide (Location), Skyshrine (Location), Timorous Deep (Location), Blackburrow (Location), Splitpaw Lair (Location), Nighon (Location), Cobalt Scar (Location), Dragon Necropolis (Location), Eastern Wastes (Location), Iceclad Ocean (Location), Plane of Growth (Location), The Wakening Land (Location), Western Wastes (Location), The Nexus (Location), Twilight Sea (Location), Vex Thal (Location), The Steppes (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Supercolliding Superbutton (Object), Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (Object), UNSC Forward Unto Dawn (Object), Moon Pearl (Object), Oblivion Gate (Object), Cake (Object), Portal (Object), Hollow Pen (Object), Portable Hole (Object), Town Portal Scroll (Object), Nether Portal (Object)

People

• Has people: Jeep Barnett (Person), Eric Chahi (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Teleportation (Concept), Experiments Gone Awry (Concept), First-Person Perspective (Concept), Physics Manipulation (Concept), Ending Change Post-Release (Concept), Puzzle (Concept), Chaos (Concept), Warp Zone (Concept), Time Travel (Concept), Dystopian World (Concept), Portal Storm (Concept), Resonance Cascade (Concept), Warping (Concept), Warlock (Concept), Dimension Travel (Concept), Trappers (Concept)