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A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Video games have been an important type of media in the 20th and 21st century. Many video games have been created depicting LEGO over the years, released over a variety of video game players or more commonly known as video game consoles. LEGO video games now serve as a major part of the LEGO Group's financial plan. At the present moment, LEGO games are common, and the most current have been developed by TT games, who are now regarded as regular LEGO game creators by most.

[edit] History of Lego Video Games

LEGO video games started in the form of Lego Computer games. The first Lego game was Lego Island, in 1997, which was developped and published by Mindscape. Henceforth from then, all Lego games were published by Lego Media.

This game was followed by LEGO Chess, developped by Krisalis Software Ltd., Lego Creator, developed by THQR Inc., Superscape, and Lego Loco, created by Intelligent Games in 1998.

The first multi-platform lego game was released in 1999, named Lego Racers developed by High Voltage Software. This game was significantly important to the Lego Group for it was the first Lego game that was released across a variety of consoles, and was the only Lego game released on the Nintendo 64. Lego Friends and Lego Rock Raiders were also released that year.

In 2000, Alpha Team, Lego Creator Knight's Kingdom, Legoland, Lego My Style Kindergarden, and Lego Stunt Rally were all released.

In 2001, Bionicle: Tales of the Tohunga, the first Lego Bionicle Game was released. Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge, a sequel to Lego Island, and Lego Racers 2, a sequel to Lego Racers, were all released.

In 2002, Bionicle: Matoran Adventures, a second Bionicle game, Lego Galidor, Lego Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, another game in the Lego Creator series, Drome Racers, and Island Xtreme Stunts were all released.

In 2003, the first movie based Lego game and one of the only multi-platfrom Lego games, was released in 2003, intitled Bionicle: The Game. The game mostly follows the story of the Bionicle movie that was released alongside it. It was the first Lego game for the Nintendo Gamecube, Sony Playstation 2 and Xbox. It was the only Lego game released in 2003.

In 2004, Lego Knights' Kingdom was released.

2005 is considered the most important year for Lego video games because of the revolutanary release of Lego Star Wars: The Video Game. This was the second multi-platform video game released by Lego, but the hype and reviews of the game were much higher than that of Bionicle: The Video Game. It was developped by Traveler's Tales. It was the first Lego video game to gain this level of appreciation. Traveler's Tales was now given control of all Lego video games because of it's success. Bionicle: Maze of Shadows was also released that year.

In 2006, Bionicle Heroes and Lego Star Wars II: The Video Game were both released by Traveler's Tales, now TT games.

In 2007, Lego Digital Designer, by Lego Media, and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, by TT games, were released (Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga for all consoles except for the PC).

In 2008, Lego Batman: The Video Game and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure were released by TT games.

In 2009, Lego Battles was released by TT Fusion, a division of TT games and Lego Rock Band, were both released. Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues will be released in 2009.

In 2010, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will be released by TT games and Lego Universe, the first Lego Massively Multiplayer Online Game, will be released by NetDevil.

[edit] List of all Lego Video Games

Title	Release	Game Boy Color	Game Boy Advance	Nintendo DS	Nintendo 64	Nintendo GameCube	Xbox	PlayStation	PlayStation 2	Personal Computer (PC)	Macintosh	Xbox 360	PlayStation Portable	Wii	Playstation 3
Alpha Team	2000	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Bionicle Heroes	2006	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Bionicle: The Game	2003	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Bionicle: Matoran Adventures	2002	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bionicle: Maze of Shadows	2005	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bionicle: Tales of the Tohunga	2001	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Batman: The Video Game	2008	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lego Battles	2009	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Chess	1998	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Creator	1998	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Creator: Harry Potter	2001	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Creator: Knights Kingdom	2000	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Digital Designer	2007, 2008	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Drome Racers	2002	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Rock Band	2009	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Lego Friends	1999	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures	2008	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lego Island	1997	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Island 2	2001	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Island Xtreme Stunts	2002	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Knights' Kingdom	2004	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Legoland	2000	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Loco	1998	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego My Style Kindergarten	2000	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Lego Racers	1999	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Racers 2	2001	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Rock Raiders	1999	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Soccer Mania	2002	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Stunt Rally	2000	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game	2005	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	2006	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga	2007	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Lego Universe	2010	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

As the list shows, the PC is the video game console with the most games, with a count of 28 lego video games published. The Gameboy Advance is the second. The two consoles with the least video games published by Lego are the PSP and the Xbox.