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Four official video game adaptations of the cult television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer
have been released.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color)

Release Date: June 7, 2000.

Game Type: Platformer.

Story: Set in the fourth season. Buffy is just trying to relax and enjoy a week off from her university classes when a herd of blood-thristy vampires and demons descend upon the campus and the surrounding town. Now it's up to her to make things safe again.

Levels: There are 8 levels in the game. The Graveyard, The Bronze, The Sewers, Outside The Zoo, The Mansion, The Initiative Lab, The Hellmouth and The Chamber.

Enemies: Vampires, Vampiric Bikers, Ninjas, Amazon Warriors, Vampiric Businessmen, Vampiric Pharaohs, Ethan Rayne.

Supporting Characters: Willow, Xander, Anya and Ethan Rayne make appearances.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Xbox)

Release Date: January 15, 2002.

Game Type: Third-person action-adventure.

Story: Set in the third season between "Revelations" and "Lover's Walk". The Master, being resurrected in a phantom form, is searching for a body to possess.

Levels: There are 23 levels in the game. Spanish Mission, Sunnydale High School, The Library, The Sunken Church, The Bronze, Sunnydale Cemetery, The Mausoleum, The Mansion, The Docks, The Foundry and The Dreamer's Realm.

Supporting Characters: Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Giles, Spike and Angel.

Enemies: Vampires, Hell Hounds, Zombies, Spiders, Hanock Demons, Malik, Scylla, The Necromancer, Spike, Angelus, The Dreamers: Urd, Skuld and Verdandi, The Master.

Voice Actors: Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head and James Marsters.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Wrath Of The Darkhul King (Game Boy Advance)

Release Date: December 9, 2003

Game Type: Platformer.

Levels: There are 16 levels in the game. Patrol, Museum, Cemetary & Crypt Patrol, The Forest, The Industrial Park, The Hospital, Hospital Basement, College Campus, School Patrol, Bottom Of The Crypt, Cave To The Temple Of Shadows, Temple Entrance, The Temple Of Shadows.

Story: Set in the fourth season. On patrol in the cemetery, she discovers two of the Gentlemen's henchmenand. She now has to cope with Adam and the Gentlemen's plans.

Supporting Characters: Willow, Xander, Giles and Riley make appearances.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (Xbox/PlayStation2/Nintendo GameCube)

Release Date: December 9, 2003

Game Type: Third-person action-adventure.

Levels: There are 12 levels in the game. The Magic Box, Cemetery, Blood Factory, The Magic Box Revisited, Downtown Sunnydale, Sunnydale Hospital, Sunnydale High School, The Quarry House, The Initiative Base, Sunnydale Mall, Sunnydale Zoo, The First's Lair.

Story: Set in the fifth season. Ethan Rayne deals with the First to give him power. The heroes are set against enemies already dead. As the walls between realities crumble, the Scoobies must work to control the chaos.

Supporting Characters:The first Buffy game to offer the ability to play as characters other than the title one, namley Xander, Willow, Spike, Faith and Sid the Dummy. Giles, Tara and Anya also make appearances.

Enemies: Vampires, Zombies, Demons, Bakemono, Gargoyles, Mental Patients, Imps, Werewolves, Cyborgs, Zombie Gorillas, Bringers, Ethan Rayne, Anyanka, Kakistos, Adam, Vampire Tara, Ripper and The First.

Voice Actors: Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, Eliza Dushku, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters, Robin Sachs and Joss Whedon.

Spinoffs

Chaos Bleeds inspired a comic prequel published by Dark Horse. It's story coninuity was set just before the game and therefore established the idea that the walls between reality were 'bleeding' into each other. The comic was also availble on the game itself as a special feature.

The game also had a novilzation published by Pocket Books. The author, James A. Moore, used the storyline originally developed by Christopher Golden for the game.

Canonical issues

These games and spinoffs are generally not considered as part of the Buffyverse canon, although the games have been licensed as official Buffy the Vampire Slayer
merchandise. Furthermore, the stories of the games have been slotted into the continuity of the Buffyverse. Many of the actors who portray characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
took part in the voice-overs for the games.

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