/v/'s Recommended Games Wiki


Welcome to /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki

All of these recommendations come from /v/ (or at least should be). Expect tastes that may not match your own, a healthy serving of hateful language, and punishing standards of quality. We hate so hard because we love video games so much.

This wiki, like all wikis, lives and breathes on the efforts of volunteers. If /v/ is going nuts over a new release or an unburied gem from the past or you can contribute to one of our lists, we appreciate it.

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TL;DR: What We're Playing Now - Upcoming Games -Reviews by /v/ - Multiplayer Recommendations - Wiki History - Recent Changes - Our GOGmix


Current consoles

Desktop computers

Upcoming

Current handhelds

Tablets and mobile devices

Recently Discontinued


Thanks to emulators and eBay, you can still play videogames that are even older than some of us have been alive.

History of Game Machines

Name Type When
3do 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console 1993 - 1998
BBC Micro icon Acorn BBC Micro computer 1981 - 1994
Acorn Electron icon Acorn Electron computer 1983 - 1985
RISC OS icon Acorn RISC OS / Archimedes computer 1987 - current
Amstad CPC icon Amstrad CPC computer 1984 - 1990
Amstrad GX4000 icon Amstrad GX4000 console 1990 - 1991
Amstrad PCW icon Amstrad PCW computer 1985 - 1998
Apple I board Apple I computer 1976 - 1977
Apple II icon Apple II computer 1977 - 1993
Apple III icon Apple III computer 1980 - 1984
Iphone 32px Apple iOS mobile 2007 - current
Apple Lisa icon Apple Lisa computer 1983 - 1986
Happy Mac icon Apple Macintosh (classic) computer 1984 - 2001
MacOS Finder icon Apple macOS computer 2001 - current
Newton icon Apple Newton mobile 1993 - 1998
Pippin icon Apple Pippin console 1995 - 1997
Atari2600 icon Atari 2600 console 1977 - 1992
Atari 5200 icon Atari 5200 console 1982 - 1984
Atari 7800 icon Atari 7800 console 1986 - 1992
Atari 400 icon Atari 400 / 800 / XL computer 1979 - 1992
Jaguar Atari Jaguar console 1993 - 1996
Atari Jaguar CD icon Atari Jaguar CD add-on 1995 - 1996
Lynx Atari Lynx handheld 1989 - 1993
Atari ST icon Atari ST computer 1985 - 1993
Bally Professional Arcade icon Bally Professional Arcade / Astrocade console 1977 - 1983
Bandai Playdia icon Bandai Playdia console 1994 - 1996
Wonderswan Bandai WonderSwan handheld 1999 - 2003
BeOS icon BeOS computer 1995 - 2001
Bit Gamate icon Bit Gamate handheld 1990 - 1994
BlackBerry icon BlackBerry mobile 2003 - current
Ubuntu icon Canonical Ubuntu Touch mobile 2015 - 2017
Capcom Power System Changer icon Capcom Power System Changer console 1994 - 1995
Casio Loopy icon Casio Loopy console 1995 - 1997
Casio PV-1000 icon Casio PV-1000 computer 1983 - 1983
Control Data icon CDC PLATO computer 1960 - 2006
Coleco Adam icon Coleco Adam computer 1983 - 1985
Coleco Telstar icon Coleco Telstar console 1976 - 1978
Colecovision icon ColecoVision console 1982 - 1984
Commodore 16 icon Commodore 264 (C16 / Plus/4) computer 1984 - 1985
Commodore 64 icon Commodore 64 computer 1982 - 1994
Commodore Amiga icon Commodore Amiga computer 1985 - 1994
Commodore CDTV icon Commodore CDTV console 1991 - 1993
Commodore Amiga CD32 icon Commodore Amiga CD32 console 1993 - 1994
Commodore PET icon Commodore PET computer 1977 - 1982
Commodore VIC 20 icon Commodore VIC-20 computer 1980 - 1985
Pocket Dream Console icon Conny Pocket Dream Console handheld 2006 - ????
Arcadia_2001 Emerson Arcadia 2001 console 1982 - 1983
Adventure_Vision Entex Adventure Vision console 1982 - 1982
Epoch Cassette Vision icon Epoch Cassette Vision console 1981 - 1983
Epoch Super Cassette Vision icon Epoch Super Cassette Vision console 1984 - 1986
Channel F icon Fairchild Channel F console 1976 - 1982
Fujitsu FM7 icon Fujitsu FM-7 computer 1982 - 1988
FM Towns computer icon Fujitsu FM Towns computer 1989 - 1997
Super Acan icon Funtech Super A'Can console 1995 - 1996
Game Park GP32 icon Game Park GP32 handheld 2001 - 2008
Android icon Google Android mobile 2008 - current
GPH icon GPH Caanoo handheld 2010 - 2012
GP2X icon GPH GP2X handheld 2005 - 2011
Game Master icon Hartung Game Master handheld 1990 - 1992
OS2 icon IBM OS/2 computer 1987 - 2006
VC 4000 icon Interton VC 4000 console 1978 - 1984
Javalogo Java ME mobile phones mobile 2002 - current
Sailfish icon Jolla Sailfish mobile 2013 - current
Linux 64px Linux computer 1991 - current
Magnavox Odyssey icon Magnavox Odyssey console 1972 - 1975
Odyssey2-icon Magnavox Odyssey² console 1978 - 1984
Mattel Aquarius icon Mattel Aquarius computer 1983 - 1984
HyperScan icon Mattel HyperScan console 2006 - 2007
Intellivision icon Mattel Intellivison console 1980 - 1983
Windows 8 icon Microsoft Windows / DOS computer 1985 - current
Windows 8 icon Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact mobile 1996 - current
Windows Phone icon Microsoft Windows Phone mobile 2010 - 2019
Xbox Microsoft Xbox console 2002 - 2008
Xbox360 Microsoft Xbox 360 console 2005 - 2016
Xbox One icon Microsoft Xbox One console 2013 - current
Milton Bradley Microvision icon Milton Bradley Microvision handheld 1979 - 1981
Vetrex icon Milton Bradley Vectrex console 1982 - 1984
Mozilla Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox OS mobile 2013 - current
Msx MSX computer 1983 - 1985
MSX2 National FS-5500F2 icon MSX2 computer 1985 - 1995
PC-FX icon NEC PC-FX console 1994 - 1998
PC-88 icon NEC PC-88 computer 1981 - 1989
NEC PC-98 icon NEC PC-98 computer 1982 - 2000
SuperGrafx icon NEC SuperGrafx console 1989 - 1990
Tgfx16 NEC TurboGrafx-16 console 1987 - 1995
TurboGrafx CD icon NEC TurboGrafx CD add-on 1988 - 1995
3DS Nintendo 3DS handheld 2011 - current
N64 Nintendo 64 console 1996 - 2002
N64DD icon Nintendo 64DD add-on 1999 - 2000
Color TV-Game icon Nintendo Color TV-Game console 1977 - 1980
Ds Nintendo DS handheld 2004 - 2013
Famicom Disk System icon Nintendo Famicom Disk System add-on 1986 - 1992
Nintendo Game and Watch icon Nintendo Game & Watch handheld 1980 - 1991
Game Boy icon Nintendo Game Boy handheld 1989 - 2001
Gba Nintendo Game Boy Advance handheld 2001 - 2004
Gbc Nintendo Game Boy Color handheld 1998 - 2003
Gamecube Nintendo Gamecube console 2001 - 2006
Nes Nintendo NES / Famicom console 1985 - 1995
Nintendo Pokemon Mini icon Nintendo Pokémon Mini handheld 2001 - 2003
Satellaview icon Nintendo Satellaview add-on 1995 - 2000
Snes Nintendo Super NES / Super Famicom console 1991 - 1999
Nintendo Switch icon Nintendo Switch console 2017 - current
Virtual boy Nintendo Virtual Boy console 1995 - 1996
Wii Nintendo Wii console 2006 - 2013
Wii U icon Nintendo Wii U console 2012 - 2017
Nokia Asha 308 icon Nokia Asha mobile 2011 - 2014
N-Gage icon Nokia N-Gage mobile 2003 - 2006
Nokia Series 40 icon Nokia Series 40 mobile 1999 - 2013
Symbian icon Nokia Symbian mobile 1998 - 2012
Ouya icon Ouya console 2013 - 2015
Palm icon Palm OS / Tapwave Zodiac mobile 1996 - 2007
CD-i icon Philips CD-i console 1991 - 1998
LaserActive icon Pioneer LaserActive console 1993 - 1994
WonderWitch icon Qute WonderWitch add-on 2000 - 2004
Studio II icon RCA Studio II console 1977 - 1979
Halcyon icon RDI Halcyon console 1985 - 1985
Samsung bada icon Samsung bada mobile 2010 - 2014
Tizen icon Samsung Tizen mobile 2015 - current
32X Sega 32X add-on 1994 - 1995
Dreamcast Sega Dreamcast console 1998 - 2001
Game gear Sega Game Gear handheld 1991 - 1997
Sms Sega Master System console 1986 - 1992
Mega-CD Sega Mega-CD add-on 1991 - 1996
Mega drive Sega Mega Drive / Genesis console 1989 - 1997
Saturn Sega Saturn console 1995 - 1998
Icon SG-1000 Sega SG-1000 console 1983 - 1985
Sharp X1 icon Sharp X1 computer 1982 - 1988
Icon Sharp X68000 Sharp X68000 computer 1987 - 1995
Sinclair QL icon Sinclair QL computer 1984 - 1986
ZX Spectrum icon Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer 1982 - 1992
Neo geo SNK Neo Geo console 1990 - 2007
Neo Geo CD icon SNK Neo Geo CD console 1994 - 2004
Neo geo pocket SNK Neo Geo Pocket handheld 1998 - 2000
Ps1 Sony PlayStation console 1995 - 2006
Ps2icon Sony PlayStation 2 console 2000 - 2012
Ps3 Sony PlayStation 3 console 2006 - 2017
=link=PlayStation 4 Sony PlayStation 4 console 2013 - current
Psp Sony PlayStation Portable handheld 2005 - 2014
Psp vita Sony PlayStation Vita handheld 2012 - current
Supercharger Starpath Supercharger add-on 1982 - 1983
TRS-80 icon Tandy TRS-80 computer 1977 - 1981
TRS-80 CoCo icon Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer computer 1980 - 1991
Oric 1 icon Tangerine Oric computer 1982 - 1987
Zeebo icon Tectoy Zeebo console 2009 - 2011
TI-994A icon Texas Instruments TI-99/4 computer 1979-1984
Tiger gamecom icon Tiger Game.com handheld 1997 - 2000
R-Zone icon Tiger R-Zone handheld 1995 - 1997
Tiger Telematics Gizmondo icon Tiger Telematics Gizmondo handheld 2005 - 2006
VideoBrain icon Umtech VideoBrain Family Computer computer 1977 - 1980
Valve Steam Machine console 2016 - current
View-Master Interactive Vision icon View-Master Interactive Vision console 1989 - 1989
Nuon icon VM Labs Nuon console 2000 - 2002
Vtech CreatiVision icon VTech CreatiVision console 1982 - 1986
Vtech Socrates icon VTech Socrates console 1988 - 1990
Vtech Vsmile icon VTech V.Smile console 2004 - current
Action Max icon WoW Action Max console 1987 - 1987
Watara Supervision icon Watara Supervision handheld 1992 - 1993
Mega Duck icon Welback Mega Duck handheld 1993 - 1994
Zapit Game Wave icon ZAPiT Game Wave console 2005 - 2009

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Contributions

/v/'s biggest contributor is Anonymous, so that includes you. Yes, you. We can't keep this thing up-to-date without you.

  • Use the search box on the left and start typing. If you pause, it will offer suggested pages that match.
  • If you're new to making wiki pages, check Wikia's "Getting Started"'
  • See if there are pages on this wiki that want to be made.
  • See if there are pages on this wiki that are asking for help.
  • You should know the difference between a SHMUP and a rail-shooter; read A List and Guide to Game Genres
  • We have a Forum here purely for the wiki. If you want the stream-of-consciousness record of what /v/ thinks, you may be better off not knowing.

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