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Facebook
Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.
Chess.com
Chess.com is an internet chess server. The largest chess platform in the world, the site operates on a freemium model in which some features are available for free, and others are available via subscription. Users can play live online chess against other users in daily, rapid, blitz, or bullet time controls, with a number of chess variants available. Additionally, the platform offers play against chess engines, computer analysis, chess puzzles, and teaching resources.
Virtual Console
specialized section of the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo eShop providing games from past systems, mainly via emulation
iQue Player
Chinese home video game console
PlayStation Home
online social game platform on the PlayStation 3

Satellaview
The is a satellite modem peripheral for the Super Famicom, produced by Nintendo as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles. It was released in Japan on April 23, 1995, as the successor to the Famicom's Network System. Containing a megabyte of ROM space and 512 kilobytes of RAM, the Satellaview allowed players to download games, magazines, and other media through satellite broadcasts provided by St.GIGA. Players purchased or rented a broadcast satellite tuner. It attaches to the expansion port on the bottom of the Super Famicom. The Satellaview received extensive support from
Game Center
online multiplayer social gaming network
WiiConnect24
WiiConnect24 was a feature of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for the Wii. It was first announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in mid-2006 by Nintendo. It enabled the user to remain connected to the Internet while the console was on standby. For example, in Animal Crossing: City Folk, a friend could send messages to another player without the recipient being present in the game at the same time as the sender.
Xfire
Xfire was a proprietary freeware instant messaging service for gamers that also served as a game server browser with various other features. It was available for Microsoft Windows. Xfire was originally developed by Ultimate Arena based in Menlo Park, California.
Nutaku
Nutaku is a Canadian adult gaming platform owned by Aylo with primarily hentai games. Located in Montreal, Quebec, Nutaku offers games with mature content. The platform focuses on browser, downloadable and mobile games, offering microtransactions and purchasable options. As of early 2020, Nutaku had 50 million registered users. Nutaku offers a pool of 500+ free-to-play and paid titles of various genres, including action-adventure, massively multiplayer online game, real-time strategy, tower defense, dating sim, clicker, collectible card game, puzzle, turn-based strategy, strategy, visual novel
Call of Duty: Elite
social networking service that supports games in Activision's Call of Duty franchise

Nintendo Power
flash RAM cartridge
MSN Games
casual gaming web site
N-Gage
digital video game distribution platform for mobile devices
Sega Net Link
attachment for the Sega Saturn
XLink Kai
Program allowing for online play of video games
voice chat in online gaming
real-time voice communication over a network
GameTap
GameTap was an online video game service established by Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) in 2005. It provided users with video games and game-related video content. The service was acquired by French online video game service Metaboli in 2008 as a wholly owned subsidiary; Metaboli aimed to create a global games service. The service remained active until October 2015, when it was shut down by Metaboli.
Mobage
is a portal and social network for games owned by the Japanese company DeNA. It derives its name from the Japanese slang word for mobile games.
PlayOnline
PlayOnline is an online gaming service owned by Square Enix as the launcher application and Internet service for many of the online PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 games the company publishes. Launched on June 6, 2000, the service hosted games including Front Mission Online, Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion, Tetra Master, and the Japanese releases of EverQuest II, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and JongHoLo. As of 2026, however, the PC version of Final Fantasy XI is the only remaining game supported by the service.
Family Computer Network System
online game service
Atomiswave
The Atomiswave is a custom arcade system board and cabinet from Sammy Corporation. It is based on Sega's Dreamcast console, sharing similarities with the NAOMI, as far as it uses interchangeable game cartridges, as well as a removable module for changing the control scheme (including dual joysticks, dual light guns and a steering wheel), but unlike the NAOMI, the Atomiswave does not feature expanded RAM compared to the Dreamcast.
Game Room
video game service
Yahoo Games
defunct casual games website
Camp Mobile
subsidiary company of Naver Corporation
DGamer
DGamer (Disney Gamer) was an online game and social network service developed by Disney for use with Nintendo DS games. DGamer was accessible via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or computer via the DGamer Channel on Disney.com. The service was implemented by Fall Line Studios and Disney Interactive Studios.
SpotPass and StreetPass
Nintendo 3DS/Wii U features
GameSpy Arcade
utility for use with network computer games