Guides
| Name | Games | Last Edit | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Health |
589 |
11/18/2008 |
|
Death |
565 |
11/17/2008 |
|
3D first appears in Elite |
553 |
12/31/2008 |
|
Explosion |
436 |
09/08/2008 |
|
Non-Player Character |
420 |
08/14/2008 |
|
Melee |
397 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Direct2Drive |
375 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Cutscene first appears in Pac-Man |
341 |
08/04/2008 |
|
Digital Distribution |
341 |
11/02/2008 |
|
Jump first appears in Donkey Kong |
338 |
08/30/2008 |
|
Magic |
333 |
09/22/2008 |
|
Online |
330 |
11/04/2008 |
|
Tie-In |
328 |
08/17/2008 |
|
First-Person Perspective first appears in Night Driver |
321 |
11/28/2008 |
|
Artificial Intelligence first appears in Pong: The Next Level |
321 |
12/11/2008 |
|
Game Over |
318 |
11/04/2008 |
|
Crosshair |
318 |
11/03/2008 |
|
Experience Points |
317 |
10/10/2008 |
|
Steam |
299 |
01/07/2009 |
|
Hit Points |
288 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Inventory |
280 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Achievements first appears in Kameo: Elements of Power |
279 |
12/07/2008 |
|
Reloading |
274 |
11/06/2008 |
|
Difficulty Level |
257 |
08/07/2008 |
|
Aliens first appears in Space Invaders |
252 |
11/01/2008 |
|
Boss Fight |
252 |
11/14/2008 |
|
Voice Acting |
250 |
12/17/2008 |
|
Character Creation |
246 |
11/21/2008 |
|
Fog of War |
244 |
09/13/2008 |
|
Point and Click first appears in Enchanted Scepters |
240 |
11/30/2008 |
|
Cooperative Play first appears in Gauntlet |
228 |
11/14/2008 |
|
War first appears in Space War |
218 |
09/28/2008 |
|
Heads Up Display |
217 |
12/14/2008 |
|
Griefing |
214 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Movie Tie-in |
211 |
08/18/2008 |
|
Leveling Up first appears in Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness |
205 |
12/23/2008 |
|
Anthropomorphism |
204 |
07/31/2008 |
|
Platinum Games |
195 |
12/30/2008 |
|
2D first appears in Computer Space |
191 |
11/27/2008 |
|
Literature Inspired |
190 |
09/17/2008 |
|
Murder |
190 |
01/02/2009 |
|
Turn-Based first appears in Computer Diplomacy |
187 |
10/10/2008 |
|
Currency first appears in Pool of Radiance |
185 |
11/09/2008 |
|
Isometric Viewpoint first appears in Zaxxon |
184 |
12/22/2008 |
|
Micromanagement |
184 |
08/10/2008 |
|
Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility first appears in Halo: Combat Evolved |
183 |
09/01/2008 |
|
Day/Night Cycle first appears in Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny |
182 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Military |
176 |
07/29/2008 |
|
Multiple Endings first appears in Metroid |
172 |
11/28/2008 |
|
Cheat Code first appears in Manic Miner |
172 |
10/09/2008 |
|
Kid Friendly first appears in Pong |
170 |
08/03/2008 |
|
Blood |
168 |
12/28/2008 |
|
WASD Movement first appears in SkyNET |
163 |
11/21/2008 |
|
Third-Person Perspective |
163 |
11/01/2008 |
|
No Scope |
162 |
09/25/2008 |
|
Customizable Characters first appears in Wasteland |
161 |
08/17/2008 |
|
Headshot first appears in Fallout |
155 |
12/28/2008 |
|
Kill Stealing |
155 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Gravity |
155 |
12/15/2008 |
|
Expansion |
154 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Xbox Live first appears in Unreal Championship |
152 |
12/03/2008 |
|
Sex |
145 |
12/06/2008 |
|
Minimap |
145 |
07/24/2008 |
|
TV Tie-In |
144 |
08/08/2008 |
|
Laps |
143 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Open World first appears in Dragon Warrior |
137 |
09/03/2008 |
|
One-Man Army first appears in Space Invaders |
135 |
09/26/2008 |
|
Sniping |
134 |
08/31/2008 |
|
Game Compilations |
133 |
01/04/2009 |
|
Puzzles |
130 |
07/29/2008 |
|
Bosses |
128 |
11/21/2008 |
|
Zombie first appears in Castlevania |
127 |
11/28/2008 |
|
Villain |
127 |
08/04/2008 |
|
Ragdoll Physics first appears in Trespasser: Jurassic Park |
127 |
08/06/2008 |
|
Robots |
126 |
12/27/2008 |
|
Upgradeable Weapons first appears in Metroid |
126 |
08/02/2008 |
|
Nudity first appears in Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em |
125 |
11/01/2008 |
|
Stealth first appears in Castle Wolfenstein |
125 |
12/06/2008 |
|
FMV {full motion video} first appears in Dragon's Lair |
123 |
08/03/2008 |
|
Real-Time Combat |
122 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Construction |
121 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Unlockables |
121 |
08/01/2008 |
|
Humor |
120 |
09/20/2008 |
|
Visual Novel |
118 |
08/25/2008 |
|
Female Protagonists first appears in Ms. Pac-Man |
118 |
11/17/2008 |
|
Lag first appears in Doom |
118 |
10/29/2008 |
|
Dialogue Trees |
116 |
09/18/2008 |
|
Resource Gathering first appears in Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty |
116 |
09/23/2008 |
|
Teleportation first appears in Asteroids |
116 |
08/04/2008 |
|
Combo first appears in Street Fighter II |
115 |
08/05/2008 |
|
Grinding |
112 |
11/05/2008 |
|
Dual Wielding first appears in Marathon |
112 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Destructible Environment first appears in Outlaw |
111 |
11/25/2008 |
|
Minigames first appears in SwordQuest: EarthWorld |
110 |
11/10/2008 |
|
Tech Trees |
109 |
11/20/2008 |
|
Regenerating Health first appears in Baldur's Gate |
108 |
09/20/2008 |
|
Dark Humor |
107 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Cartoon Character |
106 |
09/10/2008 |
|
Referees |
106 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Side-Scrolling |
104 |
11/11/2008 |
|
Kill to Death Ratio first appears in Doom |
104 |
11/10/2008 |
|
Strong Women first appears in Metroid |
103 |
08/11/2008 |
|
Hand to Hand Combat |
103 |
12/28/2008 |
|
Party System |
102 |
10/10/2008 |
|
Top-Down Perspective |
102 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Multiple Protagonists first appears in Super Mario Bros. |
102 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Random Loot |
101 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Penalties |
101 |
08/08/2008 |
|
Loot Gathering |
100 |
07/24/2008 |
|
Shopping |
99 |
09/11/2008 |
|
Guerilla Warfare first appears in Contra |
99 |
08/18/2008 |
|
Split-Screen Multiplayer first appears in Tunneler |
97 |
12/06/2008 |
|
Classes |
96 |
08/20/2008 |
|
Controversy first appears in Gotcha |
95 |
08/04/2008 |
|
Limited or Collector Edition |
94 |
12/04/2008 |
|
Licensed Soundtrack |
94 |
08/10/2008 |
|
Macromanagement |
94 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Havok Physics first appears in Whirl Tour |
94 |
12/14/2008 |
|
Run 'N Gun |
94 |
09/24/2008 |
|
World War II |
93 |
08/30/2008 |
|
Circle-Strafing |
92 |
07/31/2008 |
|
Strafing first appears in Wolfenstein 3D |
92 |
08/04/2008 |
|
Leaderboard |
92 |
07/21/2008 |
|
Tycoon |
92 |
07/25/2008 |
|
Spawn Camping first appears in Doom |
91 |
10/31/2008 |
|
Weapons Swap |
91 |
12/28/2008 |
|
Easter Egg |
89 |
08/08/2008 |
|
Guild |
89 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Cover Athlete |
89 |
08/16/2008 |
|
Instant Kill |
88 |
07/28/2008 |
|
High Score first appears in Seawolf |
88 |
01/03/2009 |
|
Moral Decisions |
87 |
08/07/2008 |
|
Impulse |
87 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Detective |
86 |
08/07/2008 |
|
Silent Protagonist |
86 |
12/02/2008 |
|
Team Killing |
86 |
08/31/2008 |
|
The Future |
86 |
01/03/2009 |
|
Launch Titles |
85 |
08/08/2008 |
|
Pay-to-Play |
85 |
07/31/2008 |
|
Dragons |
82 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Hotkey |
82 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Fire first appears in Super Mario Bros. |
82 |
11/09/2008 |
|
Save Point first appears in Pitfall II: Lost Caverns |
82 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Gibs first appears in Doom |
82 |
12/19/2008 |
|
Deathmatch |
80 |
07/27/2008 |
|
Edutainment |
80 |
09/04/2008 |
|
Instant Replay |
80 |
07/25/2008 |
|
Crouching |
79 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Lives |
79 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Mana |
78 |
08/01/2008 |
|
No Permanent Death |
76 |
10/13/2008 |
|
Fetch Quests |
75 |
07/29/2008 |
|
Tournament |
75 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Elements |
74 |
11/30/2008 |
|
PvP (Player vs Player) |
74 |
07/26/2008 |
|
Professional Gaming |
73 |
08/20/2008 |
|
Urinating |
73 |
12/17/2008 |
|
Squad |
73 |
07/28/2008 |
|
Atmosphere |
72 |
08/06/2008 |
|
Demons first appears in Doom |
72 |
11/23/2008 |
|
Police |
72 |
07/29/2008 |
|
External Map Editor |
71 |
08/27/2008 |
|
Profanity first appears in Q*Bert |
71 |
12/19/2008 |
|
Draw |
70 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Dog |
70 |
08/05/2008 |
|
Power Up first appears in Super Mario Bros. |
70 |
07/30/2008 |
|
Stat Tracking |
69 |
07/29/2008 |
|
Free Games |
69 |
09/24/2008 |
|
Romance |
69 |
07/25/2008 |
|
Licensed Game |
68 |
07/30/2008 |
|
DPS (Damage per Second) |
68 |
10/25/2008 |
|
Capture The Flag first appears in Quake |
