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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.
Dating back 5,000 years, this game of skill and chance has featured in many video games.
A series of two-player pencil-and-paper games where players take turns calling shots on their enemy's concealed fleet of ships on a grid. While it is known by many names, it is best known for the Milton Bradley board game version known as Battleship.
A board game is a game played on a mostly-static surface using markers or chits to indicate player progress. Many video game board games are based on tabletop games (Catan, Monopoly), but some, like Mario Party and Culdcept, are original designs that use board game design as a starting point.
When a game is released at a lower than usual MSRP, and is usually a lesser product as a result
Also known as "draughts", checkers is a group of board games involving making diagonal moves on uniformed game pieces on a checkerboard. While different variants of the game exist, the term is commonly used to describe the "American straight checkers" (or "English draughts") variant.
One of the world's oldest board games, using eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, a queen and king.
A German board game for 2-6 players involving moving color-coded balls along a star-shaped board. Despite the name, it is not a variant of "checkers" nor is it of Chinese origin.
A series of card games where players flip cards over in an attempt to match pairs. As cards are flipped back over on non-pairings, it requires players to remember where each card is. Known by a variety of names (including "Pairs" and the brand-name "Memory").
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.
Stalemate
A series of two-player board games where players take turns stacking a piece on one of several chutes, attempting to connect a chain of four pieces in any direction. While it is known by other names and existed since the early 20th century, it is best known for the Milton Bradley version known as Connect Four.
A feature of some PSP games that allows two PSPs to play together with only one UMD.
An ancient game of strategy, originating in China over 2500 years ago and remaining popular throughout East Asia to this day.
Short for "Gomokunarabe" (or "line-up five pieces"), this board game of Japanese origin uses the same pieces and board of the game of Go as players take turns attempting to form a five-stone connection in any direction.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
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 made for a younger audience, usually between 3-9.
A matching pieces puzzle game played with Mahjong tiles. Two matching tiles are removed on each move with the overall goal being to remove every tile without blocking yourself off.
A series of two-player board games involving capturing small stones by "sowing" them on a board filled with holes. It is one of the oldest known games that are still played worldwide, with the modern common variant being "Kalah".
A genre of board games involving players racing their pieces around a cruciform board. Originating with the Indian game of the same name, more common variants include Ludo and the branded variants Aggravation, Parcheesi, Sorry!, and Trouble.
Early and smaller PS2 games were produced on CD-ROM rather than DVD-ROM. They are easily recognized by the iconic, deep blue color of the underside of the disc.
Digital re-releases of PlayStation 2 games for later Sony-branded game systems.
Also known as Othello, this strategic board game uses round pieces with a different color on either side. When pieces of one color form a straight line between two pieces of the other color, the middle pieces are flipped over.
A traditional Japanese board game also known as Japanese chess.
Sudoku is a number puzzle popularized in Japan in 1984, and later worldwide, although its origins stem from similar puzzles in France and the US.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
Games (usually board games) where players make use of letters to find or form words. It can be anything from word searches to Scrabble.
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