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Police Radio Communication
The sound of police communicating amongst themselves via radio to co-ordinate attacks, often heard by the player so they can react to the attacks.
Appears in 21 games
First appeared in Blue Force
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Single Character Co-Op
A co-op system where two players control one character at the same time.
Appears in 6 games
First appeared in Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
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Mognet
A letter delivery service ran by Final Fantasy's ever lovable moogles in Final Fantasy IX and the 2006 remake of Final Fantasy III.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Final Fantasy IX
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Preventing Disaster
Any game where the climax is preventing a nuke going off, natural catastrophe, or virus that will kill millions if not billions of people
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
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Phoboplasms
In EverQuest, phoboplasms are gelatinous cubes that absorb and digest anything in their path.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Lurker
Lurkers live near lakes and rivers. They are extremely territorial and can be dangerous when they're provoked.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Gothic
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Frightfingers
These reanimated hands scurry around the Plane of Fear instilling panic any intruders.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Fetid Fiends
These tortured souls are zombies that shamble aimlessly throughout the Plane of Fear.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Decrepit Warders
These fearsome basilisks patrol the blood-soaked marshes of the Plane of Fear.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Boogeymen
These frightfully large ghouls patrol the Plane of Fear and have the ability to root players upon contact.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Amygdalans
Amygdalans are the warriors and shadow knights that serve Cazic-Thule in the Plane of Fear. These terrifying beasts have the head of a nautilus and tower above even the tallest mortals.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Recruitment
The act of hiring qualified people for a job or enlisting them for warfare purposes.
Appears in 40 games
First appeared in Bokosuka Wars
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Amphibian Humanoid
Any being that is humanoid in appearance, with amphibian-like features. This covers frogs, toads, salamanders and newts (caecilians look too much like worms).
Appears in 32 games
First appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2
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Kerrans
Kerrans are race of cat-like people in the EverQuest franchise. In EverQuest II, they became a playable race.
Appears in 10 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Kedge
The Kedge are race of highly intelligent, fish-like people in the EverQuest franchise.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Brownies
Brownies are mythological creatures that have been depicted in various ways but are typically miniature elves.
Appears in 9 games
First appeared in Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei
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Clockworks
Clockworks are robotic creations tinkered by the gnomes of Norrath in the EverQuest franchise.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Tentacle Terrors
Tentacle Terrors, and Tentacle Tormentors, are monsters from the EverQuest franchise.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Sphinxes
Sphinxes are mythical creatures with feline bodies and human heads. They are often depicted with wings as well.
Appears in 15 games
First appeared in Pandora's Palace
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Multiple Engines
Multiple engines is when the same game will utilize two or more different game engine codes.
Appears in 7 games
First appeared in Noite Animal
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Breast Slider
Also called a "Boob Slider", this is an interface that allows players to interactively increase or decrease the size of a character's breasts usually as a part of character creation.
Appears in 18 games
First appeared in Second Life
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Eat or Be Eaten
A type of gameplay where the main goal is to eat or collect a certain amount of stuff. At the same time, enemies will try to eat the player character.
Appears in 46 games
First appeared in Glipp
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Bink Video
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Appears in 1359 games
First appeared in Reach for the Stars
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Gypsies
The term 'gypsy' typically refers to exotic people who live a nomadic lifestyle travelling while selling and trading goods. The official name for the real-life ethnic group is "Romani", with many of that group considering the word "Gypsy" offensive.
Appears in 8 games
First appeared in Ultima VI: The False Prophet
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Spirocs
Spirocs are a race of parrot-like people in the EverQuest franchise.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Aviaks
Aviaks are a race of eagle-like and crow-like people in the EverQuest franchise.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Bixies
Bixies are a race of bee-like people in the EverQuest franchise.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Poaching
Poaching is the act of killing or capturing animals illegally. These animals are protected by laws for various reasons including endangerment of extinction.
Appears in 3 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Coyote
Coyotes are canid species indigenous to Northern and Central America. They generally hunt in pairs and can reach speeds of 40 mph.
Appears in 8 games
First appeared in Fire & Ice
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Gender Slider
A Gender Slider is an interface that allows players to smoothly transition the appearance of a character from an extreme representation of a female to an extreme representation of a male, as well as any transitional point along the way.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in S2: Silent Storm
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Planeswalker
A person with the ability to travel to different planes of existence.
Appears in 13 games
First appeared in Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers
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Legionnaire
A professional soldier of the Roman army.
Appears in 9 games
First appeared in Astérix and the Secret Mission
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Player-Controlled Graffiti
Though rarely the core focus of a game, some games allow the player to physically control the placement of graffiti onto walls and other surfaces.
Appears in 23 games
First appeared in Team Fortress Classic
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American Civil War
America's civil war lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. The southern states seceded and formed the Confederacy, fighting for their independence, while the northern Union saw secession as an act of treason and fought to restore national solidarity. Northern victory reunited the states and abolished slavery.
Appears in 19 games
First appeared in Johnny Reb
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Baldness
Many males, and some females, experience pattern baldness, a gradual loss of hair.
Appears in 123 games
First appeared in Ku Gyoku Den
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Buddy Jump
The act of using your buddy as a platform to reach higher ground or cover more distance.
Appears in 23 games
First appeared in The Lost Vikings
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Guardians of Heaven
The protectors of heaven and Buddha's guards from Saiyuki: Journey West. Sanzo is asked to find them all on his way to India.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Saiyuki: Journey West
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Road Speed Bonus
When traveling on a defined road or pathway grants a speed bonus over normal travel speed.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted
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Scapulari
The Scapulari are semi-aquatic beings, believed to be the servants of Yatholen, the water god.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Two Worlds
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Juggling
The act of throwing and catching multiple objects, usually balls. In real life, juggling requires some skill and flexibility.
Appears in 12 games
First appeared in Kickman
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Combat Dialogue
Hey, why are we fighting? Let's sit down and talk this thing out.
Appears in 44 games
First appeared in Hoi Hoi
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Shissar
The Shissar are a race of snake-like people in the EverQuest universe.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in EverQuest
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Robots With A Sense Of Humor
Any form of AI that cracks a few jokes or wisecracks behind the protagonist's back. This can include witty insults, sarcastic replies, or just plain old humor in general.
Appears in 28 games
First appeared in Beneath a Steel Sky
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Last Stand
A moment in a game in which the player is faced with overwhelming odds, designed to be unbeatable by conventional means, but in which the player is encouraged to continue to fight anyway.
Appears in 10 games
First appeared in Final Fantasy II
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