Editing Space Battleship Yamato (section)

==Video games==

=== Arcade game ===
''Space Battleship Yamato'' was a 1985 Japanese exclusive Laserdisc video game designed by [[Taito]] which was based on the television series of the same name.<ref name="games 2">{{Cite web|title=Games in Outer Space, Part 2|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/332/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=29 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030193346/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/332/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Forgotten Game 2|work=StarBlazers.com|url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=363|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314144903/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=363|archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=1985 Laserdisc Game Part 2|work=StarBlazers.com|url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=432|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726151820/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=432|archive-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> ''Game Machine'' listed ''Space Battleship Yamato'' on their August 1, 1985 issue as being the second most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=265|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 August 1985|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref>

=== Game Boy game ===
Released in 1992 for the [[Game Boy]], ''Space Battleship Yamato'' is a [[turn-based strategy]] game, with the player fighting against Dessler. The player can move a few places on the battlefield at a time, and, if they encounter an enemy, it will start a [[shoot 'em up]] section that they must complete without losing all their ''Cosmo Tigers'' in order to advance.<ref name="games 2"/>

=== ''The Distant Planet Iscandar'' ===
{{main|Space Battleship Yamato: Harukanaru Hoshi Iscandar}}
Released in 1999 for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], the game's story is based on original ''Yamato'' series, but incorporates events from [[Leiji Matsumoto]]'s manga.<ref name="PS1 trilogy">{{cite news|title=Yamato Games for PlayStation |work=StarBlazers.com |url=http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=338 |accessdate=2008-10-02 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315114832/http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=338 |archivedate=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> The game requires the player to manage the Yamato, and its crew, flying the ship, attacking enemies, and using individual crewmen to invade enemy territory.

=== ''Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, Soldiers of Love'' ===
Released in May 2000 for the PlayStation, this game is based on the events of ''[[Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato]]'' and ''[[Space Battleship Yamato II]]''. It features the same basic gameplay as ''The Faraway Planet Iscandar'', but allows for a branching story, with events coming from either ''Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato'' or ''Space Battleship Yamato II''.<ref name="games 2"/>

===''The Tracks of Heroes''===
Released in September 2000 for the PlayStation, this game is an original series fan disc based on the Leiji Matsumoto's 1976 manga ''Eternal Story of Jura''.<ref name="PS1 trilogy"/>

=== ''Reminiscences of Iscandar'' ===
{{main|Space Battleship Yamato: Iscandar e no Tsuioku}}
The first [[PlayStation 2]] ''Yamato'' game, released in 2004, ''Reminiscences of Iscandar'' is more action-oriented than previous titles, focusing more on combat between the Yamato and Gamilas, rather than micromanaging the crew, though it is heavy on dialogue and [[cutscene]]s, which make up the majority of the content of the game.<ref name ="PS2 trilogy">{{Cite web|title=Yamato Games for Playstation 2|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/342/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=29 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031072518/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/342/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== ''Counterattack of the Dark Nebula'' ===
A March 2005 game, and the first ''Yamato'' game to be a [[third-person shooter]], but still offers a branching story like the other games.<ref name ="PS2 trilogy"/> It is the second in the PS2 trilogy of ''Yamato'' games.

=== ''Collapse of the Double Galaxy'' ===
{{main|Space Battleship Yamato: Nijū Ginga no Hōkai}}
An April 2005 game, and the third in the PS2 trilogy of ''Yamato'' games.<ref name ="PS2 trilogy"/>

=== Typing games ===
Three separate ''Yamato'' [[typing game]]s have been released – ''Typing Wave-Motion Gun'' (2000), ''Typing Warp'' (2001), and ''Typing Dispersion Wave-Motion Gun'' (2001).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Keystroke Heroes Typing Game 3|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/336/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=22 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031182039/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/336/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Keystroke Heroes Typing Game 2|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/335/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=29 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030234330/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/335/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Keystroke Heroes Typing Games|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/334/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=29 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031121654/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/334/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Pachinko games ===
Three [[pachinko]] games for ''Space Battleship Yamato'' have been created, released in 2007, 2009, and 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Space Battleship Yamato Pachislo Game|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/441/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=22 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031024028/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/441/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CR Yamato 2 Pachinko Game|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/345/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=22 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030190130/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/345/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CR Yamato Pachinko Game|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/344/|website=Cosmo DNA|date=29 June 2013 |access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031013259/https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/344/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== ''Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow'' ===
''Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow'' is a browser game on the G123 platform based on the remake series and released in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pre-registrations are Open Now for Space Battleship Yamato: Voyagers of Tomorrow |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2022-11-02/pre-registrations-are-open-now-for-space-battleship-yamato-voyagers-of-tomorrow/.191514 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref>