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T&E Soft, Inc.

A Japanese video game developer, best known for Hydlide, one of the first action RPG's, as well as Planet Mephius, the first point & click adventure, and various golf games.

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2D
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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.
Real Photos on Cover Art
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Got no artists in the house? Fear not, just mash something together in PhotoShop.
Player Character
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Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Hack and Slash
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A term previously used to refer to RPGs that focus more on the action, today it more often refers to action games which focus on hack & slash gameplay.
Sandbox
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Games that have an open gameplay structure that allows you to "play" in the world and choose to participate in the story at your own pace.
Real-Time Combat
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RPG combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Quicksaving
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Quicksave allows you to save your progress in record time at the push of a button. It is more commonly found in PC games than in console games.
Visual Novel
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A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, dialogues, and branching narratives, as well as artwork, cutscenes, voice acting, and music.
Licensed Game
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These games are based off of an established license, such as a movie or comic. Examples are the James Bond and Spider-Man franchises.
Moral Decisions
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Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
E3 1995
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The 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California on May 11-13.
Reputation
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How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
Launch Titles
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Games released coinciding with new hardware.
Lawbreaking
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The act of breaking the law.
Polygonal 3D
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Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Regenerating Health
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Regenerating health is a gameplay mechanic which automatically refills the players health bar after successfully escaping damage for a set amount of time. It is typically seen in RPGs and modern first/third-person shooters.
Power Gauge
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A distribution of power depending on the accuracy of timed button presses.
Order and Chaos
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Distinct from a battle between good and evil, the struggle between the natures of order and chaos carries greater complexity in which neither side purely right or wrong.
Full Motion Video
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FMVs are live-action videos used in place of real-time or pre-rendered animations. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and looks absolutely terrible by comparison.
Platform Exclusive
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Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
Dragons
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Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In video games, they are mostly adversaries to be overcome, but there are some exceptions.
Boss Fight
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A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
Password
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Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
High Score
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In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
Bosses
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Video game bosses are usually the main antagonist, and arch nemesis of the main protagonist. In most cases the end of a game is when the main character defeats the final boss.
Unlockables
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Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Stereoscopic 3D
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3D Stereoscopy is the use of two images generated from slightly different angles in order to create a 3D effect. This usually requires the use of 3D glasses to separate the left/right image for each eye.
Dwarves
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Dwarves are a short, stout race that appear in any number of fantasy games and stories. They are almost always depicted as short with bushy beards similar to vikings. They can also be identified by their love for ale and gold.
Day/Night Cycle
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Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
Top-Down Perspective
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The top-down perspective is a camera angle used in video games to show the player and the area around him or her from above. The perspective is commonly seen in 2D RPG games and strategy games.

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