List of television shows based on video games
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Animated programs

  • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
    Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
    The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and only for one season...

  • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
    The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
    The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is an American animated television series based on the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired on NBC with Captain N: The Game Master in a programming block titled Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 from September 8, 1990 through December 1,...

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  • Arc the Lad
    Arc the Lad
    is a series of console role-playing games that were released for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Several of the games were published by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan. The games were never released outside of Japan until Arc the Lad Collection was released by Working Designs in 2002. An...

  • Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
    Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
    , commonly abbreviated as Bakugaiden or BBB, is a CoroCoro Comic series created by Koichi Mikata, based on Bomberman and B-Daman. The animated television series was broadcasted on Nagoya TV...

  • Bomberman Jetters
    Bomberman Jetters
    , often abbreviated as "BMJ" by Japanese fans, is an anime based on the popular video game series Bomberman created by Hudson Soft. The show ran for a total of 52 episodes in Japan on TV Tokyo. The soundtrack was composed by Kazunori Maruyama...

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  • Captain N: The Game Master
    Captain N: The Game Master
    Captain N: The Game Master was an American animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show incorporated elements from many of the most popular Nintendo games of the time...

  • Clannad
  • Comic Party/Comic Party Revolution
    Comic Party
    , sometimes abbreviated to ComiPa, is a romantic adventure and dating sim video game by the Japanese game studio Leaf. It was first released on May 28, 1999 for the PC with adult content, but re-released with it removed for the Dreamcast, PC, and PSP...

  • Dai no Daibouken
    Dai no Daibouken
    , is an original manga based in the fantasy world of the video game series Dragon Quest. It was originally created as a two-chapter short story titled "Derupa! Iruiru!"...

     (based on Dragon Quest
    Dragon Quest
    , published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005,Due to the inconsistent usage by sources since Square Enix obtained the naming rights to Dragon Quest in North America. Dragon Quest has been used by sources to refer to games released solely under the Dragon Warrior titles...

    )
  • Darkstalkers
  • D.C. ~Da Capo~
    D.C. ~Da Capo~
    is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Circus 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. An English release was scheduled for December 25, 2008, and the game was available for a brief time on that...

  • Destroy All Humans! (in production)
  • Devil May Cry
    Devil May Cry
    is an action game developed and published by Capcom, released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2. Although it is the first game in the series of the same name, the events in Devil May Cry are second in the series storyline's chronological order, taking place after Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and...

  • Digimon
    Digimon
    , short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...

  • Donkey Kong Country
    Donkey Kong Country (TV series)
    Donkey Kong Country is a French/Canadian computer-generated animated television series. It is based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong as portrayed in the Donkey Kong Country video game series by Rare. Created by France 2 and Nelvana, it was originally titled La Planète de Donkey Kong...

  • Double Dragon
    Double Dragon (TV series)
    Double Dragon is an animated series based on the video game franchise of the same name. The television series was produced by DiC Entertainment and ran for 26 half-hour episodes in 1993 and 1994.-Overview:...

  • Dragon’s Lair
  • Dragon Warrior
    Dragon Warrior (TV series)
    is a 1989 Japanese animated television series based on the video game series of the same name.The complete series boxset was released on 10 September 2006. Only 13 Episodes were shown in the United States dubbed in English by Saban Entertainment.- Plot :...

  • Earthworm Jim
    Earthworm Jim (TV series)
    Earthworm Jim is an American animated television series which appeared on Kids' WB! for two seasons from September 9, 1995 through December 13, 1996. It is based on the video game series of the same name...

  • Ef: A Tale of Memories.
  • Fate/stay night
    Fate/stay night
    is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for the PC. An all-ages version of Fate/stay night, titled Fate/stay night Réalta Nua, was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 19, 2007, and features the Japanese voice actors from the anime series...

  • Final Fantasy: Unlimited
    Final Fantasy: Unlimited
    was an anime television series based on Square Enix's popular Final Fantasy role-playing game franchise.Final Fantasy: Unlimited incorporates both 2D animation and 3D graphics, and takes elements from the Final Fantasy games with quite a few easter eggs, some obvious, others obscure...

  • Fire Emblem
  • F-Zero: GP Legend
  • Gakuen Heaven
    Gakuen Heaven
    is a popular franchise that is based on the PC game Gakuen Heaven: Boy's Love Scramble, originally released by the company SPRAY. The franchise gradually expanded to include three PlayStation 2 games, two PlayStation Portable games, drama CDs, manga, and anime.A Boys' Love manga adaptation series...

  • Galaxy Angel
    Galaxy Angel
    In the video game universe, the Galaxy Angels are from the "Special Guardian Division" and they work closely with the "Imperial Special Guards" and the "Satellite Defense Teams". They are the guardians of the White Moon, the sacred planet of the Transbaal Empire, and the personal protectors of the...

  • Gamer Tonight
  • Gungrave
    Gungrave (anime)
    is a Japanese animated television series based on the video game of the same name, created by Yasuhiro Nightow. The series is directed by Toshiyuki Tsuru, from a screenplay by Yousuke Kuroda, and produced by Madhouse Studios....

  • Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō
    Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyo Sho
    is a Neoromance anime series based on the PlayStation 2 romantic adventure video game developed by Ruby Party and published by Koei. The series features the characters from the original Harukanaru Toki no Naka de game, while the PlayStation 2 game is an enhanced remake of the original game.-Release...

  • Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
    Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
    , 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. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...

  • Instinto del asesino Spanish Cartoon Based on Killer Instinct
    Killer Instinct
    Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994, and rumored to use an "Ultra 64" hardware engine, in reality the proprietary arcade hardware was co-developed by Rare and Midway. The game received a high profile launch...

  • Kanon
  • Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
    Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
    , abbreviated as Kimibou or Kiminozo, is a Japanese visual novel adventure game created by âge. It was first released in 2001 for the PC and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 under the title Rumbling Hearts as all-age versions...

  • Kiniro no Corda
    Kiniro no corda
    is a role-playing game series targeted at a female audience under the Neoromance series from Koei. The title comes from the Italian for The Golden String....

  • Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
    Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
    Kirby: of the stars, known in Japan Kirby right back at ya!', is an anime series based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise. The series was produced by Warpstar Inc., a company formed between a joint investment between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, Inc.The series, which takes place in a village called...

  • Klonoa
    Klonoa
    is a video game series created by Namco and Klonoa Works, as well as the name of the titular character of the series.-Setting and gameplay:The games are set in different worlds, though the primary and known ones are Phantomile and Lunatea. It revolves around Klonoa and how he, the Dream Traveler,...

  • Koisuru Tenshi Angelique
    Angelique (Japanese series)
    ' is a video game series. Currently, the series has only been released in Japan, with the exception of a Chinese PC version of the first game in the series. It is somewhat popular with overseas import gamers, who have started petitions in the hopes of English-translated releases of various games in...

  • The Legend of Zelda
    The Legend of Zelda (TV series)
    The Legend of Zelda is an American animated series based on the The Legend of Zelda video game series for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The plot follows the adventures of Link and Princess Zelda as they defend the kingdom of Hyrule from an evil wizard named Ganon...

  • Legend of the Mystical Ninja
  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
    Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
    is an anime television series directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, with screenplay written by Masaki Tsuzuki, and produced by Seven Arcs. It forms part of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series. The Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations broadcast thirteen episodes between October and...

     series (based on Triangle Hearts 3 Lyrical Toybox)
  • Medabots
    Medabots
    Medabots, known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. The video game franchise was later adapted into a Japanese anime television series produced by Bee Train. Spanning 52 episodes, the series originally aired on TV...

  • Mega Man
    Mega Man (TV series)
    Mega Man, known in Japan as , is a Japanese-American animated television series multi-produced by Capcom Productions, Ruby-Spears Productions, Ashi Productions and Ocean Group and is based on the game series of the same name. The TV series began in 1994 and ended in 1995, and was aired on many...

  • Mega Man NT Warrior
  • Mega Man Star Force
    Mega Man Star Force (anime)
    Mega Man Star Force, known as in the original Japanese language version, is an anime and manga series based on the video game of the same name....

  • Mizuiro 2003
    Mizuiro 2003
    is an anime OVA.It is a second, non-H adaptation of the game Mizuiro. Story was slightly changed, but it follows main game plot climaxes, focuses on Hiyori and Yuki scenarios...

  • Monster Rancher
  • Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
    Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
    Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, also known as Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series, is a cartoon series based on the popular Mortal Kombat video game series...

  • Mutant League
    Mutant League
    Mutant League was an animated series based on the videogames Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey which aired from 2 July 1994 to 24 February 1996...

  • Parappa the Rapper
    PaRappa the Rapper
    is a rhythm video game for the Sony PlayStation created by Masaya Matsuura and his NanaOn-Sha company....

  • Pac-Man
    Pac-Man (TV series)
    Pac-Man is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera based on the video game Pac-Man by Namco, which premiered on ABC and ran from 1982 to 1983. During the first airing of the show, the large number of advertisers sponsoring it caused commercial breaks to be double their normal length...

  • Pokémon
    Pokémon (anime)
    , abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...

  • Power Stone
    Power Stone
    Power Stone is a fully 3D arena fighting game series made by Capcom. Power Stone was initially released on the Sega NAOMI hardware and later ported to the Dreamcast...

  • Q*bert
  • Rayman: The Animated Series
    Rayman: The Animated Series
    Rayman: The Animated Series, or The Rayman TV Series, is a French 3-D animated children's television series featuring the French video game hero Rayman. Created by Ubisoft and based on the Rayman adventure game series, the show was originally in French but was dubbed into various languages for...

  • Sakura Wars
  • Saturday Supercade
    Saturday Supercade
    Saturday Supercade is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran for two seasons on CBS beginning in 1983...

  • School Days
  • Sentimental Journey (based on Sentimental Graffiti
    Sentimental Graffiti
    is the name of a popular dating simulation series by NEC Interchannel. A TV anime based on the series was later produced, titled Sentimental Journey. Three Japanese radio dramas based on the series, titled Sentimental Night, Kaettekita Sentimental Night, and Only Sentimental Night 2 were produced....

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  • Shuffle!
    Shuffle!
    is a Japanese visual novel developed by Navel. It was originally released as an adult game for Microsoft Windows on January 30, 2004. It was subsequently followed by an all-ages release for the PlayStation 2 and an expanded adult release for Windows...

  • Sister Princess
    Sister Princess (anime)
    is an anime television series, based on the manga and video game series of the same name. The television series was aired from April 4 - September 26, 2001, ran for 26 episodes, and 6 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD. ADV Films licensed the show for its North American release...

  • Sister Princess ~ RePure
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
    Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America and was based on the Sonic the...

  • Sonic Underground
    Sonic Underground
    Sonic Underground is an animated series that follows the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. The cartoon follows a main plot similar to, but heavily reconcepted from, main plot of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series...

  • Sonic X
    Sonic X
    is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

  • Star Ocean EX (based on Star Ocean: The Second Story
    Star Ocean: The Second Story
    is a action role-playing PlayStation video game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix. It is the second game in the Star Ocean series and the first game in the series to be released in North America and Europe , courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment...

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  • Street Fighter
  • Street Fighter II V
    Street Fighter II V
    , is an anime series based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii , the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV...

  • Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai
  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
  • Super Mario World
    Super Mario World (TV series)
    Super Mario World was a short-lived animated television series loosely based on the Super NES video game of the same name. It was the third and thus far last Saturday morning cartoon based on the Super Mario Bros. NES and Super NES series of video games...

  • Taiko no Tatsujin
    Taiko no Tatsujin
    is a series of rhythm games created by Namco. The series has seen releases for the arcade, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, iOS, Advanced Pico Beena, and mobile phones....

  • Tak and the Power of Juju
    Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series)
    Tak and the Power of Juju is an all CGI-based animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 31, 2007 and on Nicktoons on September 1, 2007. It has been showing on Nicktoons in the United Kingdom since 5 July 2008. Based on the video game of the same name, the show consists of two eleven...

     - Game and series were developed together from the beginning.
  • Tales of Eternia: The Animation
    Tales of Eternia: The Animation
    is a Japanese anime loosely based on the 2000 Namco role playing game Tales of Eternia. The anime features four main characters from the game and several other characters, plots, and events exclusive to the anime.-Plot summary:...

  • Tales of Phantasia: The Animation
    Tales of Phantasia: The Animation
    is an anime OVA based on the game of the same title, released from 2004 to 2006 in Japan in four volumes. The OVA was later licensed by Geneon for US distribution and was released in the United States in January 2007.-Plot:...

  • Tales of Symphonia: The Animation
  • Tales of the Abyss: The Animation
  • ToHeart
    ToHeart (anime)
    The To Heart animated television series is based on the visual novel To Heart by the Japanese software company Leaf. The episodes, produced by the animation studio Oriental Light and Magic, are directed by Naohito Takahashi and aired in Japan between April 1 and June 24, 1999 compiling thirteen...

  • ToHeart Remember my Memories
  • To Heart 2
  • Tokimeki Memorial ~Only Love~
    Tokimeki Memorial
    is a popular dating simulation series by Konami. It consists of 6 main games in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The games are notable in the dating sim genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo....

  • The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
    The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
    and its sequel, is an anime TV series, created by Gonzo and is an animated continuation of Namco's The Tower of Druaga franchise which began as an arcade game originally released in 1984...

  • Tsukihime, Lunar Legend
  • Utawarerumono
    Utawarerumono
    is a Japanese adult AVG+SLG visual novel by Leaf which was released on April 26, 2002 for the PC. A manga version was created in 2005 and was first serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine. An anime adaptation aired between April and September 2006, containing twenty-six episodes...

  • Viewtiful Joe
    Viewtiful Joe (anime)
    is a Japanese anime series based on the video game series of the same name.The series follows a similar plot of the games, but there are many differences. The series, comprising fifty-one episodes, was shown every Saturday on the Japanese television station TV Tokyo from October 2, 2004 until...

  • Virtua Fighter
    Virtua Fighter (anime)
    is a 35-episode anime series based on the Virtua Fighter series of video games made by Sega-AM2. It had originally aired in Japanese television on TV Tokyo from October 2, 1995 to June 27, 1996.-Plot:...

  • Viva Piñata
    Viva Piñata (TV series)
    Viva Piñata is a Canadian-American animated television series seen around the world. It is based upon the Xbox 360 video game of the same name. It is produced by an American company, 4Kids Productions and a Canadian company Bardel Entertainment, a children's animation company in Canada...

  • Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
    Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
    Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? is an American animated television series based on the series of computer games. It should not be confused with the PBS game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. The Earth show was made by DIC/Program Exchange and originally aired Saturday mornings on FOX...

  • Wild Arms
    Wild Arms (anime)
    is a Japanese animated television series based on the Wild Arms series of video games. The series was animated by Bee Train, and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki and Kōichi Mashimo....

  • Wind -a breath of heart-
    Wind -a breath of heart-
    Wind: A Breath of Heart is a visual novel by Japanese game studio Minori. It was first released for the PC on April 19, 2002 with adult content. It was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 by Alchemist in 2003 with the adult content removed. It features voiced dialog for all characters...

  • Wing Commander Academy
    Wing Commander Academy
    Wing Commander Academy is an American animated television series created and produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with a team led by Larry Latham. The show was based on the Wing Commander franchise and loosely served as a prequel to Wing Commander. The show's premiere airdate was September...

  • Xenosaga: The Animation
    Xenosaga: The Animation
    is a 12-episode Japanese anime television series by Toei Animation, which premiered on TV Asahi in Japan on January 5, 2005. The series is based on the PlayStation 2 game Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht...

  • Ys
    Ys (anime)
    are two different anime series, both of which are based on the video game series Ys. The first series spans seven episodes and covers the general plotline of the first game of the series, Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished. The plot centers on Adol Christin as he journeys to the island of Esteria in search...

  • Yumeria
    Yumeria
    is a Namco video game released for the PlayStation 2 and an anime series produced by Studio Deen.Tomokazu Mikuri, the main character in the game and anime, turns 16 years old and has led a dull life without girls. On the night of his birthday, he dreams of a strange world in which he sees a young...

  • Z.O.E. Dolores,i (Zone of the Enders
    Zone of the Enders
    The soundtrack to Zone of the Enders was released April 25, 2001 on the album Zone of the Enders Z.O.E Original Soundtrack by Konami Music Entertainment. Almost all the music was composed by the trio , and . Also, composed "Global 2 " and , "City ". The theme song "KISS ME SUNLIGHTS" was composed...

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There have also been several one-off video game-based cartoons, including specials such as Bubsy
Bubsy
Bubsy is a series of video games created by Michael Berlyn and released by Accolade for the SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Jaguar, the PC and PlayStation in the early and mid-1990s....

, Battletoads and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
- Manga :*Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, manga adaption of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team*Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team, manga adaption of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.-...

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Live action programs

  • The Legend of Sword and Fairy
    The Legend of Sword and Fairy
    The Legend of Sword and Fairy , is an action RPG developed by Taiwan's Softstar Entertainment. Set in ancient China, the game is based on the Wuxia genre with elements of fantasy...

  • Maniac Mansion
    Maniac Mansion (TV Series)
    Maniac Mansion is a Canadian science fiction/family sitcom very loosely based on the LucasArts video game of the same name.The series, filmed entirely in Toronto, Ontario, was produced by Atlantis Films for The Family Channel in the United States and YTV in Canada, and aired for three complete...

  • Mortal Kombat: Conquest
    Mortal Kombat: Conquest
    Mortal Kombat: Konquest is an American martial arts television series that aired for one season from 1998 to 1999, and was based on the popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series. The program was filmed at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.-Storyline:"In each of us there burns a soul...

  • Mortal Kombat: Legacy
    Mortal Kombat: Legacy
    Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series anthology that debuted on Machinima.com's YouTube channel on April 11, 2011. The show is an adaptation of the fictional universe of the Mortal Kombat video game franchise...

  • The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
  • Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
    Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego (game show)
    Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? was an American children's television game show loosely based on the computer game of the same name created by Brøderbund Software. The program aired on PBS from October 7, 1996 to October 2, 1998. It stars Lynne Thigpen as "The Chief", Kevin Shinick as "ACME Time...

  • You Don’t Know Jack
    You Don't Know Jack (game show)
    You Don't Know Jack was a short-lived game show based on the bestselling computer game series of the same name that aired on ABC in the summer of 2001. Paul Reubens, best known for his role as Pee-wee Herman on Pee-wee's Playhouse, played host Troy Stevens. Tom Gottlieb reprised his role as...

  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
    Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
    Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, released in Japan as , is an adventure video game published and developed by Capcom in Japan, North America, and Europe, and published by Nintendo in Australia...

     (TBA)
  • Animal Crossing (TV series) - to be aired 7 March 2010
  • Dragon Age: Redemption
    Dragon Age: Redemption
    Dragon Age: Redemption is a six-part webseries based on the BioWare video game series of the same name. It is created by and stars Felicia Day, creator and star of the webseries The Guild. Day is playing Tallis, an Elven assassin...


Series about video games

  • Captain N: The Game Master
    Captain N: The Game Master
    Captain N: The Game Master was an American animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show incorporated elements from many of the most popular Nintendo games of the time...

  • Code Monkeys
    Code Monkeys
    Code Monkeys is an American animated television program created by Adam de la Peña. Set in the early 1980s, it follows the adventures of fictional video game company GameaVision....

     - About the lives of video game programmers and the animation was made a pixels
  • Deadly Games
    Deadly Games
    Deadly Games was an American sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans in the real world.-Story:...

     (1995) - plot centered around video game villains that have escaped into reality.
  • Harsh Realm
    Harsh Realm
    Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation. It was developed by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files and Millennium, and began airing on the Fox Network on October 8, 1999. The series fared poorly in the ratings and was removed from...

     (1999) - Hobbes whom is a soldier about to retire, is put into a virtual reality where the only way to get out alive and get back to his wife and the love of his life, is to kill a guy called Santiago. Santiago is another soldier who is in the game and has taken it over.
  • Game Over
    Game Over (TV series)
    Game Over is an American computer-animated television series created by David Sacks, produced by Carsey-Werner Productions, and broadcast on UPN in 2004...

     (2004) - TV series about the lives of video game characters after the game was over. Aired on UPN originally.
  • King Koopa’s Kool Kartoons - not actually based on a game, just a framing device for cartoons and toy giveaways.
  • Nick Arcade
  • ReBoot
    ReBoot
    ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure cartoon series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace,...

     (1994) - The characters commonly assume the roles of enemy NPCs in “Game Cubes”.
  • Video Power
    Video Power
    Video Power is an American television series that aired in two different formats from 1990-1992 in syndication. Both formats revolved around video games, and actor Stivi Paskoski presided over both series playing video game master Johnny Arcade.Allen J...

  • The Guild
    The Guild
    The Guild is an American comedy web series created and written by Felicia Day, who also stars as Cyd Sherman . It premiered on YouTube on July 27, 2007. Subsequent webisodes premiered on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace, Zune Marketplace, and MSN Video. The webisodes were later made available on...

  • Code Monkeys (2012) - Twenty years after the previous series, focuses the adventures of two video-game lovin teenagers who became protectors of a virtual-reality video-game and features a twist animation that parodies anime
    Anime
    is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

     (based on laserdisc arcade games) and pixel art.
  • Virtual Insanity Advance (2012) - Sketch-comedy series centered around video games where people simulate popular and ancient corresponding video-games while interacting with real people and features short animated segments of cartoons based on popular video games.

Non-game series episodes with plots centered on video games

  • CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

    • Season 3 Episode 20: “Game Over” (2005) - A skateboarder and video-game tester is found murdered in a car accident. Tony Hawk is in this episode.
    • Season 4 Episode 9: “Urban Hellraisers” (2007) - Murders are being committed in a style similar to a Grand Theft Auto
      Grand Theft Auto (series)
      Grand Theft Auto is a multi-award-winning British video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Edinburgh based Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games...

      -like game.
  • CSI: NY
    CSI: NY
    CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

    • Season 4 Episode 5: “Down The Rabbit Hole” (2007) - Centers around a murder via Second Life
      Second Life
      Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...

      .
  • The Fairly Oddparents
    The Fairly OddParents
    The Fairly OddParents is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy Turner, who is granted fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda. The series started out as cartoon segments that ran from September 4, 1998 to March 23, 2001 on Oh Yeah!...

    • Season 1 Episode 1b: “Power Mad!” (2001) - Timmy utilizes a virtual reality helmet to play a videogame he wished for as “challenging, a game that you can’t wish yourself out of”. A.J. and Chester use the helmets to play the game as well, not realizing they are in mortal danger.
  • Futurama
    Futurama
    Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...

    • Season 4 Episode 3: “Anthology of Interest II” ((2001) - In the segment Raiders of the Lost Arcade Fry sees a simulation of life as it would be if it were more like a videogame.
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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    • Season 3 Episode 10: “F.P.S.” (2004) - A gamer, who appears to be connected to a network of thieves using spyware to commit fraud, is murdered.
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...

    • Season 6 Episode 14: “Game” (2005) - Teenagers run down a prostitute. They seem to be acting out a violent video game.
    • Season 9 Episode 2: “Avatar” (2007) - Centers around an online game similar to Second Life
      Second Life
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      .
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...

    • Season 5 Episode 6: “The Game” (1991) - Ktarians attempt to mind-control the crew of the Enterprise with an addictive holographic videogame.
  • South Park
    South Park
    South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

    • Season 10 Episode 8: "Make Love, Not Warcraft" (2006) - A griefer named Jenkins repeatedly kills the South Park boys' characters in the online game, "World of Warcraft"
  • Stargate SG-1
    Stargate SG-1
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    • Season 8 Episode 6: ”Avatar” (2004) - Teal’c becomes trapped a virtual-reality training simulator.
  • The X-Files
    The X-Files
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    • Season 7 Episode 13: “First Person Shooter
      First Person Shooter (The X-Files)
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      ” (2000) - The Lone Gunmen
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       summon Mulder
      Mulder
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       and Scully
      Dana Scully
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       to a virtual reality firm when the new game they have helped design is thwarted by a bizarre female computer character whose power is much more than virtual.
  • Forever Knight
    Forever Knight
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    • Season 3 Episode 15: "Games Vampires Play" (1996) - Nick investigates the death of a software designer who's murderer actually puts clues into the "vampire" game the designer created. Nick plays the game (which is erasing itself while being played) and finds his vampire tendencies being strengthened by the actions of the vampire character. He also finds the clues that lead to the murderer... in a church!
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