List of videogames where you can have a dog
Fallout and Fallout 2: Dogmeat
Fallout 3: Dogmeat (different one!)
Fallout New Vegas: Rex
Fallout 4: unknown name (but probably Dogmeat again)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Vigilance
Dragon Age: Origins: Dog (you choose his name)
Dragon Age 2: Dog (you choose his name)
Call of Duty: Ghosts: Riley
Torchlight: Dog
Torchlight 2: Bulldog and Papillon
Nintendogs series: many dogs
Megaman franchise and Super Smash Bros series: Rush
Final Fantasy 8: Angelo
Nethack: Large Dog (note: ‘screenshot’ is from web browser, not actual Nethack)
Pokémon series: many pokémon (selection shown may be incomplete!)
Earthbound: Boney
Please Don’t, Space Dog!: Space Dog
I am sure this list is woefully incomplete. Additions are welcome. Thanks to self-critical-automaton and Alex (not on tumblr) for many additions!
Fable 2 and 3 both have dogs in them as well! (And their appearance/breed can change + you can also pick their names)
Fable 2
Fable 3
Hewie from Haunting Ground (lots of puzzles are dependent on how well you direct him. He’s also one of the few ways you can attack enemies in the game.)
Brown from Rule of Rose, a PS2 horror game about a group of nasty pre-teen girls.
Wolf Pup minion from FFXIV: A Realm Reborn.
Sam from Sam & Max (Hit the Road, Save the World, Beyond Time and Space, Devil’s Playhouse) and also Poker Night 2
He doesn’t wear shoes.
Cmon, you guys forgot about d-dog from Metal Gear Solid V
Harvest Moon- all games in the series give you a dog (usually you pick one of two types), which you name.
in twilight princess, you are the dog
also, you can hold dogs
and, dogs will be in breath of the wild
and in majora’s mask you can bet on dogs in a dog race
Shadow Dancer was a good game.
You play as the dog in this too.
Samurai Showdown: Galford and his Husky, Poppy.
Don’t forget Kingdom Hearts… what? Goofy’s a dog based character… it counts!
THE DOG Island!
nothing BUT dogs!
Don’t forget Red XIII from Final Fantasy 7