Animated programs

• Ape Escape ~On Air~
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
• Air
• Arc the Lad
• Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
• Bomberman Jetters
• Bubsy
• Canvas 2
• Clannad
• Comic Party/Comic Party Revolution
• Dai no Daibouken (based on Dragon Quest)
• Darkstalkers
• D.C. ~Da Capo~
• Destroy All Humans! (in production)
• Devil May Cry
• Donkey Kong Country
• Double Dragon
• Dragon’s Lair
• Dragon Warrior
• Earthworm Jim
• Ef: A Tale of Memories.
• Fate/stay night
• Final Fantasy: Unlimited
• Fire Emblem
• F-Zero: GP Legend
• Gakuen Heaven
• Galaxy Angel
• Gamer Tonight
• Gungrave
• Harukanaru Toki no Naka De Hachiyoushou
• Kanon
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Kiniro no Corda
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
• Klonoa
• Koisuru Tenshi Angelique
• The Legend of Zelda
• Legend of the Mystical Ninja
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series (based on Triangle Hearts 3 Lyrical Toybox)
• Medabots
• Mega Man
• Mega Man NT Warrior
• Mega Man Star Force
• Mizuiro 2003
• Monster Rancher
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
• Mutant League
• Parappa the Rapper
• Pac-Man
• Pokémon
• Power Stone
• Q*bert
• Rayman: The Animated Series
• Sakura Wars
• Saturday Supercade
• School Days
• Sentimental Journey (based on Sentimental Graffiti)
• Shuffle!
• Sister Princess
• Sister Princess ~ RePure
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic Underground
• Sonic X
• Star Ocean EX (based on Star Ocean: The Second Story)
• Street Fighter
• Street Fighter II V
• Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
• Super Mario World
• Taiko no Tatsujin
• Tak and the Power of Juju - Game and series were developed together from the beginning.
• Tales of Eternia: The Animation
• Tales of Phantasia: The Animation
• Tales of Symphonia: The Animation
• Tales of the Abyss: The Animation
• ToHeart
• ToHeart Remember my Memories
• ToHeart2
• Tokimeki Memorial ~Only Love~
• The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
• Tsukihime, Lunar Legend
• Utawarerumono
• Viewtiful Joe
• Virtua Fighter
• Viva Piñata
• Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
• Wild Arms
• Wind -a breath of heart-
• Wing Commander Academy
• Xenosaga: The Animation
• Yumeria
• Z.O.E. Dolores,i (Zone of the Enders)

There have also been several one-off video game-based cartoons, including specials such as Battletoads and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

Live action programs

• The Legend of Sword and Fairy
• Maniac Mansion
• Mortal Kombat: Conquest
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
• Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
• Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
• You Don’t Know Jack

Series about video games

• Captain N: The Game Master
• Deadly Games (1995) - plot centered around video game villains that have escaped into reality.
• Game Over (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
• Video Power

Non-game series episodes with plots centered on video games

• CSI: Miami
• 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 commited in a style similar to a Grand Theft Auto-like game.
• CSI: New York
• Season 4 Episode 5: “Down The Rabbit Hole” (2007) - Centers around a murder via Second Life.
• The Fairly Oddparents
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• ReBoot (1994) - The characters commonly assume the roles of enemy NPCs in “Game Cubes”.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Season 5 Episode 6: “The Game” (1991) - Ktarians attempt to mind-control the crew of the Enterprise with aan addictive holographic videogame.
• Stargate SG-1
• Season 8 Episode 6: ”Avatar” (2004) - Teal’c becomes trapped a virtual-reality training simulator.
• The X-Files
• Season 7 Episode 13: “First Person Shooter” (2000) - The Lone Gunmen summon Mulder and Scully 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.

See also

• List of anime based on video games
• List of films based on video games