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[[Image:MarvelUS-24.jpg|thumb|right|200px|But I can't die!... I pressed up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start!]]With a brand as large as [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']], it is surprising how few '''video games''' have been produced for it. Further, around half of those were released solely for the [[Japan]]ese market. And from the remaining, the largest part are from the [[Live-action film series|live action movies]].
[[Image:MarvelUS-24.jpg|thumb|right|200px|But I can't die!... I pressed up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start!]]With a brand as large as [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']], it is surprising how few '''video games''' have been produced for it. Until the obligatory [[Live-action film series|live action movie]] tie-in software deluge in 2007, Transformers video games were largely limited to the [[Japan|Japanese]] market.


==''Generation 1'' games==
==''Generation 1'' games==
*[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|''Transformers: Convoy no Nazo'']] (Famicom)
*[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|''Transformers: Convoy no Nazo'']] (Famicom)
*''[[The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers]]'' (Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum)
*''[[The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers]]'' (Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum)
*''[[The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth]]'' (Commodore 64)
*''[[The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth]]'' (Commodore 64)
*[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Transformers: The Headmasters'']] (Famicom Disk System)
*[[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Transformers: The Headmasters'']] (Famicom Disk System)
*''[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]'' (PS2)
*''[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]'' (PS2)
*''[[Transformers G1: Awakening]]'' (mobile phone)
*''[[Transformers G1: Awakening]]'' (mobile phone)


==Beast Era games==
==Beast Era games==
*[[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|''Ketō Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen'']] (GBC)
*[[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|''Ketō Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen'']] (GBC)
 
*''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' (PC, PS
*''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' (PC, PS)
 
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' (PS)
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' (PS)
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' (N64)
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' (N64)


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==Other==
==Other==
Though not a Transformers game, the Konami PlayStation 2 game ''[[DreamMix TV World Fighters]]''—only released in Japan—features Transformers as both playable characters and cameos. Due to copyright issues, it is highly unlikely that the game will ever leave that country.
Though not a Transformers game, the [[Hudson Soft]] GameCube and PlayStation 2 game ''[[DreamMix TV World Fighters]]'', only released in Japan, features Transformers as both playable characters and cameos. Due to characters from at least three different companies being involved, legal entanglement makes it highly unlikely that the game will ever leave the country.


In the '90s, a game based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' was supposedly in development for the Super Nintendo console, but the project was dropped. It has been rumored that this project then evolved into the SuperFX chip enabled game ''[[wikipedia:Vortex (video game)|Vortex]]''. This is supported by ''Vortex'' being made by Argonaut Software (the company that was supposed to release the ''Generation 2'' game), the fact that the game involved a polygon-based transforming robot, and the timing of the release.
In the '90s, a game based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' was supposedly in development for the Super Nintendo console, but the project was dropped. It has been rumored that this project then evolved into the SuperFX chip enabled game ''[[wikipedia:Vortex (video game)|Vortex]]''. This is supported by ''Vortex'' being made by Argonaut Software (the company that was supposed to release the ''Generation 2'' game), the fact that the game involved a polygon-based transforming robot, and the timing of the release.

Revision as of 06:40, 17 December 2011

But I can't die!... I pressed up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start!

With a brand as large as Transformers, it is surprising how few video games have been produced for it. Until the obligatory live action movie tie-in software deluge in 2007, Transformers video games were largely limited to the Japanese market.

Generation 1 games

Beast Era games

Unicron Trilogy games

Movie universe games

Animated games

War for Cybertron games

Online games

For further information, see: Online games

Other

Though not a Transformers game, the Hudson Soft GameCube and PlayStation 2 game DreamMix TV World Fighters, only released in Japan, features Transformers as both playable characters and cameos. Due to characters from at least three different companies being involved, legal entanglement makes it highly unlikely that the game will ever leave the country.

In the '90s, a game based on Generation 2 was supposedly in development for the Super Nintendo console, but the project was dropped. It has been rumored that this project then evolved into the SuperFX chip enabled game Vortex. This is supported by Vortex being made by Argonaut Software (the company that was supposed to release the Generation 2 game), the fact that the game involved a polygon-based transforming robot, and the timing of the release.