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Mickey Mouse
As Disney's mascot, Mickey is a beloved cartoon character worldwide. His popularity, particularly with children, prompted Disney to create a number of games based on him and the other characters in his universe.
Contains 52 games
First appeared in Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Dance Dance Revolution
Konami's long-running rhythm game and dance simulation series has spawned multiple releases across all regions of the world and has become a household name in the arcade and music game communities.
Contains 51 games
First appeared in Dance Dance Revolution
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Doraemon
Doraemon is a popular Japanese media franchise about a robotic cat from the future. It has spawned manga, anime and video games as well as countless collectibles.
Contains 50 games
First appeared in Doraemon
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Spider-Man
The Spider-Man franchise is based on the comic character of Peter Parker and his alter ego Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962.
Contains 50 games
First appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man
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EverQuest
Beginning in 1999, EverQuest set the standard for the MMORPG genre. Its popularity has led to a sequel to the original game that has been running since 2004, a prequel that ran from 2003-2012, and several spin-offs on various platforms.
Contains 49 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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One Piece
One Piece is a manga/anime created by Eiichiro Oda about a boy named Monkey D. Luffy who left off on a grand journey through the Grand Line as a pirate, making many friends, discovering new islands, and defeating foes along the way.
Contains 48 games
First appeared in One Piece: Mezase Kaizokuou!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green.
Contains 48 games
First appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Simple 1500
The Simple series began on the original PlayStation as Simple 1500.
Contains 47 games
First appeared in Volfied
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Formula 1
The Formula One franchise has games based on the exciting and fast racing series of the same name. The franchise has had its ups and downs in the gaming realm.
Contains 47 games
First appeared in F-1 Race
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SingStar
The Singstar Francise is a karaoke based series exclusive to Sony Consoles. The games are sold with and without microphones, much like other musicgames.
Contains 46 games
First appeared in SingStar
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Touhou Project
The Touhou Project is an ongoing bullet hell shoot-em-up series developed by the one man development team, Team Shangai Alice.
Contains 46 games
First appeared in Touhou 01 - Highly Responsive to Prayers
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The King of Fighters
The King of Fighters began as a crossover fighter featuring SNK's Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury series, but has since become the company's flagship franchise.
Contains 46 games
First appeared in The King of Fighters '94
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NASCAR
The NASCAR license has been appearing in videogames for over 20 years.
Contains 45 games
First appeared in Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
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Dragon Quest
The Dragon Quest franchise is best described as Japan's most popular RPG franchise, responsible for launching the console RPG industry. It remains immensely popular in Japan. On May 25, 2011, Dragon Quest celebrated its 25th Anniversary.
Contains 45 games
First appeared in Dragon Warrior
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Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider is a long-running TV show in Japan involving motorcycle-riding superheroes and their efforts to save the world from various types of kaiju.
Contains 45 games
First appeared in Kamen Rider
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Shin Megami Tensei
A long running series of JRPGs published by Atlus, almost all featuring unrelated stories and characters, but sharing common themes, chief among them being interaction with demons through fighting, diplomacy, control, and cooperation.
Contains 45 games
First appeared in Shin Megami Tensei
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SD Gundam
A series of games featuring "super-deformed" versions of the robots from the Gundam franchise. In some games, the robots are sentient (like the SD Gundam anime series), while in others the "SD" simply refers to the chosen artstyle.
Contains 44 games
First appeared in SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars
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Tales
"Tales of..." is a role-playing game franchise. It is notable for being one of the first console RPG series to utilize a real-time based battle system in favor of the traditional turn-based battle system.
Contains 43 games
First appeared in Tales of Phantasia
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Kunio-Kun
An obscure franchise consisting mainly of sports and brawler titles that maintains a very small cult following in the U.S.
Contains 42 games
First appeared in Renegade
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Digimon
Digimon, Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions!
Contains 41 games
First appeared in Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers
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Warhammer 40,000
The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a science fantasy tabletop game created by Games Workshop. The most successful transition to video games has been the Dawn of War real-time strategy series, from Relic Entertainment.
Contains 41 games
First appeared in Space Crusade
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Hoyle
Franchise for Hoyle Board, Card and Casino Games.
Contains 40 games
First appeared in Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 1
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Nancy Drew
The classic young female protagonist with far too much time and curiosity on her hands, Nancy Drew has inspired a very popular series of point and click mystery games.
Contains 40 games
First appeared in Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger
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Cabela's
Cabela's is a series of hunting games.
Contains 39 games
First appeared in Cabela's Sportman's Challenge
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Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star is a post-apocalyptic martial arts manga that has has been adapted into a variety of media, including video games. It tells the tale of Kenshiro, the successor to the deadly martial art Hokuto Shinken.
Contains 39 games
First appeared in Hokuto no Ken: Violence Gekiga Adventure
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Madden NFL
The best selling NFL-based franchise.
Contains 39 games
First appeared in John Madden Football
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SpongeBob SquarePants
There have been a variety of games featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and his nautical nonsense.
Contains 39 games
First appeared in SpongeBob Squarepants: Legend of the Lost Spatula
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Castlevania
The Castlevania franchises chronicles the ongoing fight against Count Dracula by the Belmont family and their allies. To this day, Dracula continues to pose a threat to the world.
Contains 39 games
First appeared in Castlevania
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Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou!
A series of pachinko and pachi-slot video games by Sammy, many of which are based on media properties like Fist of the North Star. The title roughly translates: "Practice Pachi-Slot Winning Strategy!"
Contains 38 games
First appeared in Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou
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Virtua
A meta-franchise including several different series. This was Sega's flagship arcade franchise in the 90's, when it revolutionized, and paved the way for the rise of, 3D game design.
Contains 38 games
First appeared in Virtua Racing
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Dynasty Warriors
Dynasty Warriors is a franchise of hack-and-slash video games based on the classic Chinese novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, developed by Omega Force and distributed by Koei (now Tecmo-Koei).
Contains 38 games
First appeared in Dynasty Warriors
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Hello Kitty
Hi there cat.
Contains 38 games
First appeared in Balloon Kid
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Transformers
Transformers is a multimedia franchise that began as a popular line of action figures that could transform from humanoid robots into a variety of vehicles. This hugely popular concept expanded over the years to include comics, a cartoon, video games and multiple live action movies.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in Transformers
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J-League
Soccer games licensed by/based on the Japan Professional Football League.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in World Trophy Soccer
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The Legend of Zelda
Nintendo's flagship fantasy action-adventure series created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka in 1985, the Zelda series is the source of many revolutionary gameplay conventions, and continues to be one of the most popular and critically acclaimed video game franchises of all time.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in The Legend of Zelda
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Sesame Street
Games (mostly educational) which revolve around the Sesame Street Universe.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in Ernie's Quiz
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Ultraman
A series of games based on the popular Japanese tokusatsu super hero TV series.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in Tatakae! Ultraman
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Super Mario
The franchise that Mario is most famous for: his platformers.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in Super Mario Bros.
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Forgotten Realms
By far the most popular Dungeons and Dragons tabletop campaign setting, the Forgotten Realms franchise is even more popular for video games. Parent to several landmark RPGs such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, the Forgotten Realms logo holds a lot of credibility – and expectations.
Contains 37 games
First appeared in Curse of the Azure Bonds
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Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon is a series of farm life simulation games that started on the SNES. Farm the field and care for animals all while managing relationships with the townsfolk, and eventually getting married.
Contains 36 games
First appeared in Harvest Moon
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Barbie
Games based on the Mattel's Barbie doll franchise
Contains 36 games
First appeared in Barbie
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SEGA AGES 2500
The Sega Ages 2500 series is a Japan-only line of budget-priced remakes for the PlayStation 2. In fact, the 2500 in the title indicates the cost of 2500 yen (about $25 US).
Contains 36 games
First appeared in SEGA AGES 2500 Vol.1: Phantasy Star - Generation:1
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkein during the early 20th century. The saga has been continually celebrated by intellectuals and fantasy enthusiasts for generations. Many fantasy writers and especially fantasy RPG developers consider it as a major inspiration.
Contains 36 games
First appeared in The Hobbit
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Mega Man Classic
The original series that introduced the blue bomber to the world.
Contains 36 games
First appeared in Mega Man
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