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Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Audio, Games: Collision, Games: Gameplay, Games: Graphics, Input, Touch & Gestures

This is a complete gesture-based game for Windows Phone.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Graphics, Games: Postprocessing, Games: Shaders

Ship Game is a complete 3D spaceship combat game. 

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Audio, Games: Collision, Games: Gameplay, Input, Touch & Gestures

This lab is a complete 2D touch action game for Windows Phone.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Graphics

This sample demonstrates a method for adding debug shape rendering functionality to a game.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Audio, Games: Collision, Games: Gameplay, Games: Graphics, Games: Math, Games: Physics, Input, Touch & Gestures

The Marble Maze Lab is a complete 3D accelerometer-based game for Windows Phone 7.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Gameplay, Games: Graphics, Input, Touch & Gestures

This Training Kit expands upon the Catapult Wars lab with a series of exercises.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Gameplay, Games: Graphics, Input, Touch & Gestures

The Catapult Wars Lab is a complete 2D gesture-based catapult battle game for Windows Phone 7.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Physics

The bounce sample draws and physically simulates 100 spheres of varying size, mass, and weight.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision

This sample demonstrates collision detection for primitives, including triangles and oriented-bounding boxes.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Graphics

This tutorial will teach you how to extend the Skinned Model sample by directly accessing and manipulating the positions of specific bones to add three new features.

Games: Artificial Intelligence, Games: Collision, Games: Content Pipeline

This Spaceshooter Sample includes elements of AI, Collision Detection, and other features.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Collision, Games: Graphics

Spacewar is a complete starship combat game. It comes in two versions: Retro and Evolved.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Audio, Games: Collision, Games: Gameplay, Games: Postprocessing, Games: Shaders

Robot Game is a 3D robot combat sample. It demonstrates advanced graphics using shaders and post-processing effects, advanced particle systems and 3D positional sound for both single-player and split-screen two-player versus mode.

Games: 2D Graphics, Games: Artificial Intelligence, Games: Collision, Games: Content Pipeline, Games: Gameplay, Games: Graphics, Input, Touch & Gestures, User Experience

This sample contains a two-dimensional role-playing game that utilizes a tile engine, complete with character classes, multiple party members, items, and quests.

Games: 3D Graphics, Games: Collision

This sample demonstrates how to use information about a heightmap's vertex normals to follow the contour of the terrain.