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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Levels that progress forward by themselves at a fixed rate.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
Bonus levels, rounds, or stages give players a chance to gain extra points, powerups, or lives. Occasionally bonus stages will play completely different than the rest of the game, like as a slot machine or pinball minigame.
When players must fight all of the bosses of the game at once. This can either be an optional mode, or a required sequence. Boss Rush can also mean a game where the player only fights bosses.
Broken English is English with improper spelling, grammar, or syntax, and is most commonly found within older video games as a result of poor English localization.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
Cheating is the act of creating an advantage by using methods beyond the normal means of the game.
Due to crafty camera angles and conveniently placed objects in the environment, the nudity in the scene is obscured from view.
A "cute'em up" is a branch of the shoot'em up genre of video games that involve weird or cute enemies and protagonists. Game titles that would fall into this genre include Parodius, Twinbee, and Gunbird.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Giants are tall humanoid beings, found in mythology and various fairy tales. They are usually portrayed as being slow-witted and quick to anger, though gentler kinds also exist.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
The legendary Konami code, any who knew it were rewarded in many classic Konami games. UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A (SELECT) (START)!
A service started by Nintendo in 1997 that allowed customers to purchase digital Super Famicom and Game Boy games at an in-store kiosk that would be written onto RAM cartridges available for each system.
Poking fun at a specific existing work, whether a game, a movie, or something else, by imitating and exaggerating its characteristics. Some games use parody here and there, while others are entirely parodic.
The peashooter is the default weapon used at the start and after dying in many arcade style games.
Penguins are flightless birds that are found in usually cold areas; they have appear in several videogames, notably the Club Penguin franchise.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
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.
Depending on the country, a song enters public domain after a certain number of years after release or after the death of the writer. In the United States, it is 95 years after release.
A poisonous fish.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
A super weapon, often found in scrolling/rail shooters which destroys all enemies on screen instantly.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
When the humor is caused by the lack of logic.
This is a place of special vulnerability. Particularly used in boss fights or when simply fighting Giant Enemy Crabs that cannot be defeated by usual means.
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