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The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
Part ad, part game. Advergames are designed to promote a specific brand or product, usually outside the game industry.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
Games made for a younger audience, usually between 3-9.
When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
Games that feature quiz questions, often in the form of multiple choice responses.
The limitations of early gaming hardware, especially in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, made animated story sequences impractical for many games. One popular alternative was to convey the story through a series of still images, often with text and music alongside them.
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