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Two player multiplayer with a good old serial cable. Make sure you set the Baud correctly.
Make sure you respect nature, or else! Note: This only concerns *protagonists*.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Mummies are lumbering undead corpses wrapped in bandages. They are often associated with ancient Egypt and may have magical powers or be immortal.
Many games such as Shin Megami Tensei, God of War, or Too Human base their story off of or utilize elements from the order of the cosmos as perceived by humans both ancient and modern.
No Clip is a command used to render the surface appearance of objects in the game environment while disabling their boundaries of collision detection.
Games in which, instead of playing on "Easy" or "Hard", players play on "Marine" or "Way of the Samurai".
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Open source games are games that have had their source code officially released to the public, allowing anyone to modify, distribute, and create ports of the game.
An open source 3D graphics API used in computer and console games.
Oversized pests such as rats or bugs are often used as low level enemies in role playing games. They can be found in most any Western RPG, especially ones that use the Dungeons and Dragons rule set.
Console games that derive from a past PC exclusive release, either due to popular demand or poor sales.
Anything that can be picked up and used temporarly. Basically any item that is optional but can be used to an advantage.
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 portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one.
A small closed community, with people who generally dislike foreigners. Sometimes they're inbred, sometimes they want you dead, sometimes they worship Cthulhu, and sometimes it's "all of the above".
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
The engine for the original Quake, written by John Carmack and Michael Abrash.
QuickLoad allows the player to rapidly load their progress in a video game, generally is most seen in computer games.
Quicksave allows the player to save their progress in record time at the push of a button. It is more commonly found in PC games than in console games.
Being able to fire bullets in quick succession. In earlier video games, often acquired as a power-up.
Technique for detecting intersection of an object and a line in virtual space.
Red Book is a set of specifications for audio CDs. For games it refers to early CD-ROM titles with background music recorded and played back as audio tracks, instead of being generated by the hardware. Its called Redbook Audio because the book that lays out all the specifications has a red cover.
A Role-Playing Shooter (RPS) is a game that rolls both Shooting and Role-Playing elements together.
Classic form of numbering that gives things a more regal feel.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
A popular concept from the 1990's that let players get more of a taste for a game than a mere demo.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
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