Real-Time
Description
Real-time refers to gameplay that happens without waiting for player input, i.e. in "real time". Action games are real-time by default and therefore do not require this tag.
Real-time tag is used for RTS (real-time strategy) games, many managerial simulations which are not turn-based (e.g.
Transport Tycoon), as well as puzzle games that require quick thinking, such as
Tetris variants.
The tag is also used to describe combat in certain role-playing games (the ATB system of many
Final Fantasy games or the Infinity Engine combat in
Baldur's Gate and some other Western RPGs). This type of combat requires the player to manage the activities of the combatants in real time, and should not be confused with that of
Action RPGs, where combat is action-oriented.
Rare examples of real-time games outside of the aforementioned genres (
The Last Express) also exist.
 Game Title |
Atari ST (1989), Amiga (1990), PC-98 (1990), FM Towns (1990) and Sharp X68000 (1990) The Dark Lord returns in the sequel to the award-winning Dungeon Master. Using 4 player characters created in the "Prison"... |
DOS (1995), SEGA CD (1994), Amiga (1995), Macintosh (1995), PC-98 (1993) and FM Towns (1994) Chaos Strikes Back was a semi-sequel to seminal RPG Dungeon Master, but a true sequel came several years later. The... |
TurboGrafx CD (1992) Theron's Quest is a part of the Dungeon Master series for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx.It differs from the PC releases of... |
Windows (2011) Dungeons is a real-time strategy game in which the player takes the role of a dungeon lord. He is the... |
Windows (2003), iPhone (2009) and Android (2010) Dungeon Scroll brings together two genres never before put together. Your dungeon crawl is about to begin... and all you... |
Windows (2005) For a thousand years a powerful secret has rested safely in the world of Eberron. It is the Heart of... |
Windows (2005) It has been a thousand years since the end of First Age of Man, marked with clash of the sword... |
Windows (2006) Valdis is dead. Slain by your own group of adventurers in Dungeon Siege II. The Second Age of Man has... |
PSP (2006) Throne of Agony is the sequel to Dungeon Siege II and it picks up the story where the previous game... |
DOS (1989) Dungeons of Kroz is the second installment of the Kroz trilogy - this game is very similar to the Kingdom... |
Windows (2011) Dwarfs!? is a indie casual title about the perils of the deep when Dwarfs dig into them. Presented with an... |
Genesis (1992) The dinosaur inhabitants of Planet Jura lived peacefully under the watchful eye of their creator, The Egg. One day, though,... |
Genesis (1993) Planet Jura is a green and beautiful place where dinosaurs have lived for longer than anyone can remember. One day,... |
Genesis (1995) and Wii (2007) This is a special expanded edition of Dyna Brothers 2, originally released exclusively for the SEGA Channel service in Japan.... |
Atari ST (1993) Dynabusters is a multiplayer bomb'em-up game for up to six players which reminds a lot of Dynablaster. To win you... |
PlayStation 2 (2001) and Xbox (2002) About 1800 years ago in China, there were three fearless warriors battling for ultimate control over the country. One who... |
PlayStation 2 (2006) and Xbox 360 (2006) Set in ancient China, DW5: Empires brings the Empire mode to the latest DW game, while the basic hack &... |
PlayStation 3 (2009), PSP (2010) and Xbox 360 (2009) Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires is an expansion to Dynasty Warrior 6.The goal of the game is to unify all Ancient... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) Xtreme Legends is an expansion of Dynasty Warriors 7. Data from Dynasty Warriors 7 can be imported. This feature allows... |
Nintendo DS (2007) In the Three Kingdoms era of ancient China, three new commanders step forward to unify of the land under their... |
PSP (2009), Xbox 360 (2009) and PlayStation 3 (2009) Koei brings us again a new addition to the Dynasty Warriors series. This installment still features the same storyline based... |
Amiga (1992) and DOS (1992) In the future, the resources of the Earth are depleted. Therefore a giant company named Dynatech was created to secure... |
Windows (2008) Dyson is the free version of Eufloria and was made available as a competition entry a year and a half... |
DOS (1997), Amiga (2001), Windows (1997) and Macintosh (2001) It's the year 2140, earth is almost completely destroyed after numerous wars and environmental catastrophes, and the people primarily live... |
Amiga (2001) This dual-format expansion for the Amiga and Mac versions of Earth 2140 contains both Mission Pack 1 and Final Conflict,... |
