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Depending on the country, a song enters public domain after a certain number of years after release or after the death of the writer. In the United States, it is 95 years after release.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Someone who investigates unsolved crimes and other mysterious happenings, either for a living, as a hobby, or simply by chance.
Comic book or manga characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Sometimes movies are based on comic books, many of these movies go on to gain video game adaptations.
Games that feature more than one style of Game Over screen. Alternate Game Over screens are often used when the player loses in specific ways.
Games that include real photography on the game's cover.
You don't necessarily need superpowers in order to be a superhero. Training, gadgets and a good amount of wit may be all you need as an excuse to wear tights and a cape. The same also applies to supervillians.
The wear and tear of a character's outfit as he or she receives damage. It can be done for realism, but often serves to titillate.
A character in a game who uses unorthodox moves, and who likes to play 'practical jokes' on opponents. This makes losing to him/her all the more humiliating.
This page describes the intricacies and importance of the sweep kick in fighting/brawler.
Various effects using "particles" (billboard/sprite planes or full models).
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
While piledrivers, clotheslines, and suplexes might seem at home in wrestling games, many professional wrestling moves have found their way into other video game genres. Brawlers and fighting games are commonly home to these moves, with Mike Haggar's piledriver being a classic example.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
Puzzles where light beams must be manipulated in certain ways, usually with a series of mirrors. Popular in action-adventure games.
Realism is where a game attempts to accurately mimic real life through gameplay mechanics and visuals. For example, realistic shooters, such as Operation Flashpoint, Full Spectrum Warrior, or Brothers in Arms, typically focus upon squad tactics, i.e. suppressive fire and flanking.
A professional racing circuit built on city streets. Not to be confused with illegal street racing.
An arcade system board by Sega, used from 1993-1998. It's best known for introducing texture mapped polygons (using expensive hardware purchased from Lockheed Martin).
When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
Also known as "patience", solitaire is a genre of card games that is generally played by a single player and revolves around sorting a layout of cards in a particular manner. The term is commonly used to describe the "Klondike" variant, although many variants of the genre exist.
Non-game software is an application that is not designed as a game, but which runs on a gaming-focused system. Examples include films or television shows on cartridge or disc, calculators, novels, Bibles, et cetera.
These are games based on toys or toy franchises.
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