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Space, the Final Frontier, the focal point and main location of space faring games, from Asteroids to the Mass Effect series.
Home is where the heart is, and a good place to go back to when you want some rest. A home can also be a good place to save your game, change your clothes, and change your options.
Japan is an island country located in Eastern Asia and the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the video game industry, Japan has for a long time been one of the most important territories for the development and sale of video games.
A city is a large and densely populated urban area.
Many hapless heroes have ended their days in a gloomy dungeon looking for rat's bones to pick the lock with. Dungeons appear in many games often as a location from which the main protagonist must escape.
A rural settlement that is smaller than a city.
A generic run-of-the-mill landmass surrounded by water
An area, such as a prairie or meadow, of grass or grasslike vegetation. Common in fantasy RPGs.
A thoroughfare that is lined with buildings. Sometimes people fight in them.
Excessively large and luxurious houses, usually built on several thousand square feet.
Asia is the largest continent in the world, it spans from part of the Soviet Union all the way down to Indonesia. It goes from Japan to the Middle East.
A elevation of land rising to a height greater than 610 meters.
A prison is a secure location built for the confinement of a person or persons for a set length of time. It is often built by the state to punish criminals, and sequester them from productive members of society.
A large building constructed of stone, used as a defensive structure. They usually date from the Middle Ages.
A large stream of water emptying into a lake, ocean or another body of water.
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A city in the Kansai region of southern Japan, home to Nintendo and other game companies. Though smaller than nearby Osaka and Kobe, Kyoto is renowned for its historic architecture and is often described as the cultural heart of Japan.
A convenient shop full of convenient things. In North America, they're typically attached to gas stations and pharmacies.
A port where seagoing vessels can take on or discharge cargo.
Area above houses and buildings. You can walk, run or jump on and over rooftops. Usually good sniping positions.
The living room is the place in the house you're most likely to "hang out" in. It usually has a couch, chairs, and most importantly TV's, VCR's, stereos, and video game consoles and games.
The room in the house where sleeping and other activities take place. It is also the place where clothes are stored and are likely to be taken off. For some people it is the place where they do the least and most strenuous activities.
A common place in Survival Horror video games. Burial grounds for the deceased. Or zombies.
Underneath a planet's surface is considered to be underground, especially if it is near the top of the surface. Some of the games have you digging through the dirt.
A place to buy alcoholic beverages and to mingle/meet with non player characters. Bars in games are sometimes essential to advance the plot, or recruit party members. Bars are the modern equivalents of taverns. You see taverns in fantasy games and bars in modern/sci-fi games.
Earth is a rocky planet orbiting the Sun, and the homeworld of Humanity. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines Earth as "mostly harmless."
A large densely wooded area.
Some games take place in North America, but do not specifically name the city or even country. In most cases, it is assumed that they are talking about the United States.
Nagoya, Japan is the fourth largest city in Japan and is home to the Nagoya Castle and Astuta Chrine. This city is also the birthplace of Pachinko.
Honnō-ji is a temple in Japan that is most famous for being the site where the warlord Nobunaga Oda was assassinated in a coup.
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