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Sometimes designers add old-school things on purpose to enhance game design. These games tend to be heavily inspired by hardware limitations of older systems. NES, Atari 2600, and early computer platforms (DOS, Commodore 64, MSX, etc...) are common sources of inspiration.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
The online service used on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
Some remakes allow you to switch back to how the game originally looked.
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.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
Items, experience, outfits, and/or gold earned in an Xbox Live Arcade game are transferred to the larger disc game.
Some titles on the Xbox Live Marketplace are designated as Arcade Hits. This usually follows critical and/or commercial success and the games are then showcased with a reduced price.
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