Lone Star Gaming: Video Games That Call Texas Home

Texas has a long history with video games; many video games have levels that take place in the Lone Star state, and some games take place entirely in the state. But which ones will you see virtual versions of Texas?

Here are some video games that take place in Texas

Obviously big sports franchises like Madden, NASCAR, etc., will all feature Texas & established teams/facilities. For example you'll see the Dallas Cowboys/Houston Texans in the Madden games or the Texas Motor Speedway featured in the NASCAR games. So these are given/obvious choices.

THESE games however all have unique levels or settings that take place in Texas. And here they are (look for the ones YOU'VE played before):

There are many more games that have levels that take place in Texas:

• The 1999 horror video game, Nocturne has a level in a town called Red Eye.
• Interstate '76 has various levels in Texas in cities such as Lubbock, Seagraves, Seminole and Pecos as well as Fort Davis
• Party Hard (the 2015 video game by tinyBuild) has a part that takes place in Bay City, Texas
• the 1988 Knight Rider video game (Houston is one of the levels of the game)
• and Gran Turismo Sport/7 has a racetrack, the Northern Isle Raceway, that is set in Texas.

One Texas city that is also included its share of games is El Paso. You can see a list of video games that all include El Paso down below.

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