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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.
Original concept for downloading the emulated back catalog from prior systems.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
Flickys are a fictional bird species found in the Sonic universe.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
In some games, either after completing the main game or as part of the game itself, players must replay a harder version of the same level. This is not classified as a different difficulty level, as the levels usually add new mechanics or enemies.
The first subscription based video game serviced offered through your cable company.
Sega's early attempt at a digital game distribution service for the Sega Mega Drive. Ran from 1990 to 1993 exclusively in Japan.
Genesis/Mega Drive classics made available to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
These prehistoric behemoths cause chaos amongst many. Unfortunately, they are extinct.
An order of large reptiles that encompases the Alligator, Gharial, Caiman and Crocodile families. While dangerous on land, they're pure killing machines in the wet element.
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.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
A level that is impossible or nearly impossible to complete because of a programming error or oversight. Often times the screen number is a power of 2 or 10.
The controversial practice of incorporating "access control technology" into digital media so as to limit what owners of that media can do with it, most commonly for the stated purpose of preventing piracy.
The 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 10-12.
The 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on July 15-17.
These are games you don't need a console to play. You plug in a controller to the TV and you're ready to play.
These games, franchises, characters, or companies have some connection with PlayStation Home. They could have some related digital wares available, have their own Space, or even be playable.
Unlockable gamerpics are a form of reward for completing certain tasks in Xbox 360 games.
Palette-swapping are sometimes used to denote the different strengths and abilities of your adversaries.
Famicom Disk System games that were only available via a disk writing service available in many Japanese game stores. As such, they have no official box art and are harder for collectors to find.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
A branch of the United Galaxy military, the UGSF also represents the elaborate backstory linking together countless Namco-Bandai games, such as Galaxian, Galaga, Bosconian, and even Dig Dug.
When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
Hostages exist to be saved, guarded, and occasionally executed.
They crash when they're supposed to drop you off, they get assailed by RPGs when they come to pick you up. Sometimes, they're eaten by huge monsters. Why do video games hate helicopters so much?
When the player character is a robot. This does any form of humans infused with robotics.
A boxer is someone who participates in the sport of boxing.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
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