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A dark version of a game's hero, featuring many of the same powers. Usually wears black. Male evil twins often have goatees.
This page is about the concept of Exploding Heads. Exploding Heads come in two different forms - one, where they are used as a dramatic device (eg. Bionic Commando), and, secondly, where they are used as a weapon (eg. Alien Storm).
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
Envisioned by the prominent science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein and popularized by the movie Aliens, the Female Dropship Pilot is always ready to pull your bacon out of the fryer.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
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An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
Games with covers depicting a character with their mouth open, often used suggest that the character depicted is yelling.
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A grapple is a maneuver in which one character grabs an enemy and usually throws or damages the enemy. Most grapples occur in fighting games.
A gameplay mechanic that simulates your ability to retain your grasp on an object.
Taking advantage of computers and machinery as weapons, in solving puzzles, etc. or otherwise changing up gameplay.
Any stealth operative or athletic character knows this ability. Necessary if you're hanging on a ledge and don't want to fall.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
Death From Above.
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
Enemies in RPGs that are visible on the overworld map and that are engaged in combat when touched. Examples include Earthbound and Paper Mario.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
When a level select screen takes the form of a map.
Games that allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
This concept applies to any game protagonist who through the course of the game's story becomes physically and permanently maimed in some way (by losing an eye, an hand or other body part). They may receive an artificial replacement but the character remains physically changed through the course of the game.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
All militaries have some kind of uniform.
Games that are in genres where the ability to jump is expected, but do not allow the player character to jump on command.
In some games, the differences between the difficulty settings are more significant than tweaked health, damage and currency. This could be new or changed enemies, boss battles, mechanics or items
A circumstance in video games where the player will defeat large numbers of enemies without any assistance from AI or other players. This may occur for part of a game or the entirety of it.
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