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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Dec 21, 1992
When the player, compared to the adversary he/she is supposed to defeat, looks like a tiny inchworm.
Constantly performing an in-game action to progress a certain attribute.
You've made it to the end, but you can't get back to the title screen. You cannot skip the ending image. The only options are turning the console off or hitting reset.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Jellyfish are ocean dwelling animals with a mushroom like top and tentacle like cilia on the bottom. They can be translucent or transparent.
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.
Ever since Pac-Man, games have had us navigating mazes.
Creatures that are usually part fish and part human.
Moose are members of the deer family and are known for their large antlers. They cannot walk on two feet or pull rabbits out of hats.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Want to make your character grow how YOU want? These games let you develop whatever skills you want at any time, in any order.
In many games such as Devil May Cry and God of War, Orbs, or "Souls", if you will, spawn out of the enemies you destroy and provide you with either sweet life or power. Many times these "Orbs" can also be used as a currency of sorts to upgrade.
An overworld is a simplified view of the game world that allows players to freely move to different locations or levels.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Revenge is an act of violence, financial ruin, or emotional torment that one person or group carries out against another, in response to some perceived wrongdoing.
Rhinoceros, or rhinos,are large, four legged, thick skinned, horned mammals of Africa. Thought to be head strong and tough.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
A carnivorous semiacquatic marine mammal.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
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.
Super Forms in the Sonic the Hedgehog games are transformations achieved by characters usually using the power of the Chaos Emeralds.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
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