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A public testing period is, or has been, offered for the general public prior to sale or general availability. Access is generally granted through giveaways, preorders, or crowd-funding rewards.
Japanese PC online digital distribution service for emulated retro games, launched on 24 November 2001, years before similar services from Steam, Virtual Console, or XBLA.
Remote Play allows users access to a PS3 wirelessly via a PSP or PS Vita
A respawn time forces the player to wait for a certain amount of time before they can re-enter a game and continue playing.
Sega's early attempt at a digital game distribution service for the Sega Mega Drive. Ran from 1990 to 1993 exclusively in Japan.
Spectating is a game option for a player to simply watch other players playing a game without interacting.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
User-made image files that can be tagged on walls in-game.
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.
Built in feature of some of the Steam games. Saves players high scores online and allows them to be compared to other players scores.
As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of SNES games through the downloadable Super Nintendo Entertainment System application.
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
Many online games allow text chat with other players.
Unattainable or broken achievements are achievements that no longer unlock, never unlocked from the start, or require an online component to a game that no longer exists.
Unity is a multiplatform game development suite, designed from the start for the ease of creation. It's completely free to use with a pro version available for more advanced features and export options.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
The ability to communicate via voice.
A subscription service from Microsoft on Xbox platforms and Windows 10. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles or buy to own them at a discount price.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
A now discontinued Xbox Live service which was based around scheduled programming. The intention was that Xbox Live users could log in at a specific time, find friends, and experience live events.
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