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The Acme Corporation is a fictional company that is widely found in all forms of media, including video games. Most notably the fictional company is found in Looney Tunes cartoons.
A foreign language natively spoken by extraterrestrial biengs from another planet or galaxy
Games that can be played with a CGA monitor and graphics card. CGA, Color Graphics Adapter was the first generation of color graphics for the IBM PC.
This concept deals with platforms that phase in and out of existence as time passes. It is used to create tricky platforming situations requiring excellent timing to overcome.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Although killing or being killed has been one of the most universal mechanics in games through the years, in some games players or their foes merely faint instead.
A fictional language and/or script created exclusively for the world in which a game is set, such as Tolkien's Elvish or the language of the Talan in Outcast.
A characteristic present in game characters with a superior state of mind reflected in how they solve problems and their way of approaching situations.
An Iconic concept of video games is the use of an idle animation for the players character, when during gameplay there's no control given. It's an example of emergent game design, and is used as a way to add depth to action characters.
Invisible bridges and walkways force the player to either take a leap of faith or find a way to reveal the path in order to reach their destination.
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.
Rather than utilitarian names like "Level 3" or "Warehouse", many games give each level a unique title that has some relevance to its content.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
Game within a game. Can either have no effect on other portions of the primary game or have drastic impacts. In order to qualify as a meta game it must be outside the normal experience and have seperate rules that govern it.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
A popular concept from the 1990's that let players get more of a taste for a game than a mere demo.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
A story-telling technique whereby additional story information is written in a fictional alphabet or language that can be deciphered by following in-game clues.
They possess even greater knowledge than old men with beards.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
Player characters that are infants, children, or adolescents.
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