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Game » consists of 24 releases. Released Dec 22, 1989
An effect or ability that pushes an object or person away. Often found in, but not limited to, explosive weapons.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
Anything from a village to the whole world existing on a giant creature.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
First popularized by Golden Axe, a loot pinata is a harmless enemy that may be repeatedly pummelled for bonus items.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
An opponent that typically appears around the halfway point in a level. Mini-Bosses are more formidable than the average opponent, though normally not as tough as the end-level Boss.
Animals that can be ridden by players to get around faster.
Combat based on organic (or similarly functioning) mounts. This can include melee or ranged attacks from horseback.
A device by which a character's motivations or expectations are influenced by a suspiciously absent family member.
In some of the older platforming games, the protagonist had no choice but to advance.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
A title only given to the most evil and corrupted of rulers.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Enemies rushing off cliffs in order to get the protagonist or enemies that are sent to the abyss by the protagonist.
Games on Xbox Live that are no longer available for purchase on the Xbox Games Store.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
An object that instantly kills all enemies / destroys everything on the screen. Example: The Serious Bomb from the Serious Sam games.
The first subscription based video game serviced offered through your cable company.
An initiative from Sega starting in June of 2017, that brings titles from every Sega platform to mobile for free.
Genesis/Mega Drive classics made available to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Enemies that hide behind shields.
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.
Whenever a character is seen in promotional art, or in a cut scene, chances are, they'll be using this.
Skeleton Warriors are comprised of the animated bones of the dead. Often brought to life to do the bidding of an evil master as mindless and indefatigable soldiers and guardsmen.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
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