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These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
Games (usually board games) where players make use of letters to find or form words. It can be anything from word searches to Scrabble.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
Some television shows are ripe for interactive adaptations. Like Grey's Anatomy, or The Young Ones.
Edutainment is a specific category of games designed to teach the player a real-life subject. Whether it be math, history, or English, this game was designed to be used by a teacher or a tutor to make learning more fun!
Used in fighting games, projectiles are objects that a fighter can launch at another fighter to attack from a distance. While they can be used to simply inflict damage, projectiles are often used to maneuver opponents into disadvantageous positions.
People who are aged during the growth period of adolescence, traditionally between 13 and 17 years old.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
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