Platforms are software (programs, apps, websites), hardware (video game systems, tablets, mobile phones, other devices), or locations (theaters, concert halls, film festivals, other public venues) that are made or used to allow people to experience various creative works or performances. Some are specialized around a single medium of work, while others are designed to be more versatile and allow for people to enjoy multiple forms of media.
A large number of the platforms listed here arose as a result of the advent of computers, and with technology continuing to advance to this day, will likely become even more powerful, less expensive, and more ubiquitous in the future. Aspects like technical specifications, memory limitations, and other design details play a significant role in shaping the kinds of works that can be hosted through such platforms.
So in general, while platforms themselves usually do not have tropes of their ownnote , they can inform the tropes available to the works or performances they host.
Platforms:
- Arkhaven
- Collective of Heroes
- ComicFury
- Comic Genesis
- DeviantArt (also hosts literary works)
- The Duck
- Dumm Comics
- Enter Void
- Fireball 20XL
- Hiveworks
- INKR
- The Katbox
- Keenspot
- Kemono Cafe
- Pixiv
- Platypus Comix
- ShiftyLook
- Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Smack Jeeves
- SpiderForest
- Tapas Media
- Waoow Comics
- Webcomics Feed
- Webtoon (also hosts webnovels)
- Webtoon Live
Literature and Fan Fiction
- AlternateHistory.com
- Amino Apps
- Archive of Our Own
- BZPower
- Club Penguin Fanon
- FanFiction.Net
- The Fanfiction Forum
- Fimfiction.net
- FiveMinute.net
- LiveJournal
- Royal Road
- SpaceBattles.com
- Wattpad
- Writing.Com
Multimedia
Video Sharing
- Blip.tv
- Newgrounds (also hosts Web Games)
- Nico Nico Douga
- TikTok
- Twitch
- Vimeo
- Vine
- YouTube
Animation
Music Streaming
Video Gaming
Amstrad
- Atari 2600
- Starpath Superchargernote
- Atari 5200
- Atari 7800
- Atari XE Games System
- Atari Lynx
- Atari Jaguar
- Atari VCS
Bandai
Blaze Entertainment
Casio
Catapult Entertainment
Coleco
Funtech
Intellivision
Magnavox
NEC
- Color TV Game
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nintendo 64
- Nintendo GameCube
- Wii
- Wii U
- Nintendo Switch
- Exclusively handheld consoles:
Ouya Inc.
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- SG-1000
- Sega Master System
- Sega Genesis
- Sega Saturn
- Dreamcast
- Other Sega Systems
- Handheld consoles:
- PlayStation
- PlayStation 2
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- Handheld consoles:
Steepler
Tiger Electronics
View-Master
Amstrad
Commodore
Electronika
Fujitsu
IBM
NEC
Sharp
Tandy
Texas Instruments
VM Labs
