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Game » consists of 23 releases. Released Jul 30, 1986
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.
An online retro gaming streaming platform.
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.
Games that received the C+VG Hit!-Award. C+VG(Computer+Video Games) was a multi-platform magazine published from 1981 to 2004.
Games that can be played with a CGA monitor and graphics card. CGA, Color Graphics Adapter was the first generation of color graphics for the IBM PC.
The act of bending at the knees from a standing position. Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and platformers, and can be used by players to stay behind cover or avoid incoming projectiles.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
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.
Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In games, they can be among the most fearsome of adversaries, but there are some exceptions.
To elude, escape, or get away from. Some games require players to escape from some people or things to perform some objective or avoid death.
A door that players must go through to exit the level
Fairies appear in many games, usually as a race that will assist players with magic. Fairies are almost exclusively female.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Magical creatures made of stone, resembling the grotesque statues commonly part of Gothic architecture such as the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
Goblins are irritable, evil and mischievous creatures in folklore. They can range in size from halfling to average human size.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
The concept of lives in video games evolved to let the player get a second chance after failing once. The most recognizable symbol is the heart.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of NES games through the downloadable Nintendo Entertainment System application.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
Levels whose visual design represents objects or symbols (including text).
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
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