Engines
Unreal Tournament
Unreal
This was Microsoft's follow-up to the Xbox 360 that was met with an infamously lukewarm response.
Xbox One
This cartoon purple car starred in multiple PC games for children where he would do such exciting activities as joining the parade, saving the zoo, and even going to the Moon.
Putt-Putt
First assumed to be little more than an uninspired clone of Activision's Tony Hawk Pro Skater franchise, this Electronic Arts skateboarding game surprised players with a massively different, and more realistic, experience.
Skate.
This Bioware-developed RPG in the popular Star Wars universe was powered by the same engine behind Neverwinter Nights.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Half-Life 2
Source
This platform was designed to show off the strength of it's proprietary processor, the Cell.
The NES and SNES had these two Mario 'edutainment' games, the SNES versions developed by The Software Toolworks, and the NES versions developed by Radical Entertainment.
Mario is Missing! and Mario's Time Machine.
This Toys For Bob-developed Disney-themed skateboarding game was powered by the same engine behind Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
This series, most famous in the 80's, primarily takes place in the fantasy land of Britannia where the player takes on the role of a character who becomes known as the 'Avatar'.
Ultima
Anachronox
Quake 2 / id Tech 2
This was the first console with a thumb-stick, which allowed analog input as opposed to static, digital input.
Nintendo 64
This popular Nintendo DS title could 'train your brain in minutes a day!', according to it's tagline.
Brain Age
Rockstar published this skateboarding game, presented by skateboarding magazine "Thrasher", for the Playstation in 1999.
Thrasher: Skate & Destroy
This Dungeons & Dragons-themed RPG had the protagonist traveling up and down the Sword Coast to find their adopted father's killer after leaving their home of Candlekeep.
Baldur's Gate
Duke Nukem 3D
Build
Before the Dreamcast, Sega released this console.
Sega Saturn
This Sega PC title featured players exploring a school in first person with Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic's Schoolhouse.
Acclaim and developer Z-Axis developed the two games in this short-lived 'extreme biking' franchise. The athlete the series was named after backed out of a more adult third entry.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX.
This was the first title in Bethesda Softworks' runaway RPG series 'The Elder Scrolls'.
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Chex Quest
id Tech 1 / Doom Engine
Atari Jaguar
This Sega platform featured game carts that opened into books, a touch screen players interacted with via an included pen, and, in Japan, three Pokémon games.
Sega Pico
Crave Entertainment published this scooter-based extreme sports title which, bizarely, featured a child version of UFC fighter Tito Ortiz.
Razer Freestyle Scooter
This spy-thriller themed RPG was Obsidian Entertainment's first game not based on an existing franchise.
Alpha Protocol