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Game » consists of 27 releases. Released Feb 02, 1982
Ever since Pac-Man, games have had us navigating mazes.
Never Ending Games is a self-explanatory concept in which a game is unbeatable and never ends, due either to the game having no true ending or because the game is not saved (or truly continued) after the last section of the game.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
Some games feature protagonists that are not humanoid in nature. These are creatures that do not have human characteristics (i.e. stand on 2 legs, have 2 arms, a body and a head).
Enemies that are adamant in their will to hunt you down. Example: Pac-Man ghosts.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
These are games you don't need a console to play. You plug in a controller to the TV and you're ready to play.
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
Being able to travel off one side of the screen and in from the other side.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Long-running franchises often end up in the hands of different studios over the years, but a direct sequel by an entirely different company is somewhat rarer.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
Games whose main character is ball-shaped, sometimes with a face and/or hands/feet, but mostly just spherical.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
A large wading bird
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Unlockable gamerpics are a form of reward for completing certain tasks in Xbox 360 games.
"Vore" is an internet term for a sexual fetish for the act of a creature swallowing someone else whole while they are still alive. The act is also seen in many video games, in a decidedly less sexual manner.
Video games based on Japanese IP's that were developed by Western studios.
A handful of games deemed of historical significance have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame every year since 2015.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
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