.Hack timeline?

[supersayian313]

i am a long time fan of .Hack/Sign. i recently got the other 3 .Hack series-
.Hack/Roots, .Hack/Legend of the Twilight, .Hack/Liminality.

my question is, What order should i watch them in? Does any one know the timeline?

[LantisEscudo]

To the best of my knowledge, the .hack timeline goes like this:
For reference, violet titles are text novels, green titles are manga, blue titles are games, and red titles are anime.

About a year before SIGN:
.hack//AI BUSTER (novel)

.hack//AI BUSTER 2 (a collection of five short stories, set between the early parts of AI BUSTER and the first half of LEGEND OF THE TWILIGHT)

.hack//SIGN (TV series)
.hack//ANOTHER BIRTH (4 novels, concurrent with SIGN)
.hack//ZERO (novel, immediately following SIGN, not translated yet)

Six months after SIGN:
.hack//INFECTION (PS2 game)
.hack//MUTATION (PS2 game)
.hack//OUTBREAK (PS2 game)
.hack//QUARANTINE (PS2 game)
.hack//LIMINALITY (OVA series, concurrent with games, released with games)

.hack//GIFT (OVA, released with Limited Edition of SIGN Volume 6, epilogue to games and SIGN)

Four years after SIGN:
.hack//LEGEND OF THE TWILIGHT (3-volume manga series)
.hack//LEGEND OF THE TWILIGHT (AKA .hack//DUSK; TV series adapted from above manga)

Seven years after SIGN:
.hack//ROOTS (TV series)

.hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (PS2 game, beginning is concurrent with the last few episodes of ROOTS)
.hack//G.U. Vol. 2: A Voice that Reminds Me of You (PS2 game, not released in US yet)
.hack//G.U. Vol. 3: At a Walking Pace (PS2 game, not released in US yet)

There are a number of other pieces of .hack, mostly untranslated manga projects, that I'm not sure where to place in the timeline. These include:

.hack//CELL
.hack//G.U.+
.hack//4koma
.hack//GnU
.hack//Alcor
.hack//ENEMY (Collectible Card Game)
.hack//XXXX
.hack//fragment (online game, Japan-only)

[supersayian313]

thank you so much. you've been most helpfull.