Ataxia is also the name of a disease in the Elder Scrolls console and PC games.

In October 2005, a version was released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and PC as part of the Taito Legends compilation of classic arcade games.

The game was released on multiple platforms, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC as well as Mac OSX and is aimed as a competition to other FPS games such as the Call of Duty and the Battlefield series.

Originally released for PC DOS, the games have later been ported to numerous other platforms.

* Dark Seed and its sequel, Dark Seed II, both adventure games for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Macintosh and the PC, were published by Cyberdreams.

With the Z-machine, Infocom was able to release most of their games for most popular home computers of the day simultaneously — the Apple II family, Atari 800, IBM PC compatibles, Amstrad CPC / PCW ( one disc worked on both machines ), Commodore 64, Commodore Plus / 4, Commodore 128, Kaypro CP / M, Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A, the Mac, Atari ST, the Commodore Amiga and the Radio Shack TRS-80.

Despite their work, Nintendo turned them down, saying they had no interest in expanding to the PC market, and that Mario games were to remain exclusive to Nintendo consoles.

The Konix Multisystem's design was later released independently by a Chinese company called MSC ( MultiSystem China ) as the MSC Super MS-200E Multi-System, although this was simply an inexpensive PC games controller, without any special internal hardware.

However, some games, such as the Halo series, ( except for Halo PC and Custom Edition, which allow AI and custom objects and characters ), allow filming only through puppetry.

Early PC games were distributed on floppy disks, and the small size of MIDI files made them a viable means of providing soundtracks.

Might and Magic is considered one of the defining examples of early PC role-playing games, along with the Bard's Tale, Ultima and Wizardry series.

Variants of Pascal have also frequently been used for everything from research projects to PC games and embedded systems.

This PC card came with two CDs of software to help the user program games for the PC-FX.

* 1987 – Roland MT-32: Also using Linear Arithmetic synthesis, it was supported by many PC games in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a high-quality music option until support shifted to General MIDI sound cards.

Apart from its reliability issues, the target business market was becoming wedded to the IBM PC platform, whilst the majority of ZX Spectrum owners were uninterested in upgrading to a machine which had a minimal library of games.

This particular distinction of first, second and third party developers does not generally apply to PC games development.

A Wallace and Gromit interactive CD-ROM game from circa 1995, named W & G: Cracking Contraptions, has been released for the PC, containing mini games based on the three original animated shorts as well as brief video clips, wallpapers, screen savers, and sounds that could be assigned as system sounds.

It is an extended port version of the game Worms 2: Armageddon which was released for the Xbox 360, and so it has returned to the original 2D format, unlike the last three PC games.

That company adapted the PDP-10 Zork into Zork I-III, a trilogy of games for most popular small computers of the era, including the Apple II, the Commodore 64, the Commodore Plus / 4, the Atari 8-bit family, the TRS-80, CP / M systems and the IBM PC.

MMORPGs, originating in the mid-to-late 1990s, become a popular PC trend and virtual online worlds become a reality as games such as RuneScape ( 2001 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Eve Online ( 2003 ), Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided ( 2003 ), World of Warcraft ( 2004 ), and Everquest II ( 2004 ), The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar ( 2007 ) and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 ) are released.

World of Warcraft, premiered in 2004, remains one of the most popular games in PC gaming and is still being developed into the 2010s.

Krisalis Software released an adaptation of Rogue Trooper for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, and the merchandising that accompanied the 1995 Judge Dredd film included tie-in games for the IBM PC ( MS-DOS ), Game Boy, Game Gear, PlayStation, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The games were also exciting to the PC gaming community of the time because of John D. Carmack's smooth-scrolling graphics engine.

Seven official Commander Keen games were released for the PC under MS-DOS.

It would have consisted of all Keen games packaged together for Microsoft Windows and Pocket PC, but it never got out of the planning stages, and was never even officially announced.

Additionally, Nagamasa returns as an Heir to the Azai Clan in the fan created Samurai Warlords Mod ( aka the Shogun Mod ) for the PC game Medieval Total War.

As with Shogun: Total War, Medieval: Total War won multiple industry awards, and was named the top game of 2002 by PC Gamer, unseating Valve Software's Half-Life.

* Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand — ( 2004 ) PC

Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown ( titled simply Duke Nukem in Europe ), the PlayStation version, contains all three original episodes, plus a new one, Plug ' n ' Pray, which includes six extra levels and a secret level, the latter which was also included in the PC version.

* Napoleon Total War, a turn based / real time strategy game for the PC.

* Arretium was used in the PC game Rome: Total War as the Capital of the Roman Faction of Julii.

The PC featured an entirely new soundtrack, omitting the original bands in favor of music from Pivit, Too Rude, and Total Chaos.

: 2001: Shogun Total War: Warlord Edition ( for PC )

: 2003: Rome: Total War ( for PC )

* The Hōjō clan is one of many clans playable in the 2000 PC game Shogun: Total War, set in the Sengoku period.

In the 2009 PC game Empire: Total War, the Puckle Gun is available as a unit in the late 18th century.

In both PC games Shogun: Total War, and its sequel, Total War: Shogun 2, one of the historical battles is the fourth Kawanakajima.

* Nagamasa makes appearances as a general in the Main Campaign and in various Historical Battles and Historical Campaigns in the PC game Shogun Total War.

* Total Entertainment Network, a mid-1990s online matchmaking service for PC video games

In Total PC Gaming, UK edition, Discworld was 2nd of the Top Three MUDs in the MMO Supplement in issue 7, and received a special mention in the MMO Supplement in issue 15, in the " We Love " section.

Rome: Total War ( often abbreviated to RTW or Rome ) is a PC strategy game developed by The Creative Assembly and released on by Activision.

The unit is also depicted in ( a special edition of, and now DLC of ) PC game Empire: Total War.

The most prominent being a coverage on G4 TV, an exclusive release for Fileplanet with coverage on its frontpage, and features in published magazines such as PC Gamer and Total PC Gaming.

In the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War, the Sacred Band of Carthage is depicted as a unit of cavalry as well as a hoplite unit.

* Best Pre-20th Century PC Game — Rome: Total War ( Total War Games )

Announced in the August 2005 issue of PC Gamer magazine, Chris Taylor touted SupCom as the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation as TA remains the intellectual property of Atari.