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A full-screen attack hits the opponent no matter where they are. Often used by characters suffering from SNK Boss Syndrome.
Some enemies, when defeated or sufficiently harmed, split into two or more enemies.
A competitive multiplayer mode similar to the deathmatch mode which is signified by limited or no abilities to respawn.
The 2009 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2008.
Cross Genre Games take completely different gaming genres and place them together in a single game in an attempt to innovate beyond traditional gaming practices.
Currency, Tasty Snack AND Goomba Twocker all-in-one handy celestial body!
Yet another type of stage included in lots of games. Nefarious tin soldiers, deadly domino rows and letter blocks of death are some of the perils one might encounter in a Toy-Box Stage.
Cataquacks are waggling duck-billed creatures native to the pacific beaches on Isle Delfino.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
Usually seen in 3D platformers, these games ask you to collect certain objects to open up additional levels.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
Air moving with a considerable force from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. Used in games to slow things down, speed them up, or make them hover.
An object that instantly kills all enemies / destroys everything on the screen. Example: The Serious Bomb from the Serious Sam games.
Combat between ships dates back to antiquity, and in the 20th century expanded to include the use of aircraft.
A ship deck battle is a cliché battle scene found in the vast majority of Japanese RPGs. It takes place on a ship or an airship, pitting the protagonists against seamonsters or flying monsters respectively.
Whether searching for loot as a pirate, or attacking enemy ships in the navy, there is nothing quite like sailing the seas.
The leader and/or driving force. An example to follow.
Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge to accumulate a vast amount of valuables.
Digital Molecular Matter, or plainly DMM, is a middleware physics engine created by Pixelux.
When developers and publishers can't resist putting themselves in their games, either in the title or actually within the game itself.
Anthropomorphic beings sent by God to wreak divine havoc. There are traditionally four horsemen, though their roles vary greatly depending on the game.
A droid used by the Galactic Empire equipped with a carbonite sprayer.
A peaceful elevator ride to the next part of the level or to a boss fight that becomes a non-stop barrage of enemies to fight.
Multiple engines is when the same game will utilize two or more different game engine codes.
NaturalMotion's Euphoria Engine is a system that combines physics simulation, artificial intelligence, and hand-made animations to create convincingly reactive game characters. Euphoria is best known for its integration in Rockstar Games releases and the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed franchise.
When the main character starts out as a weak, hopeless, tiny lad and the player makes him the most powerful person in the game.
A function or button that allows players to skip a difficult section of a game entirely.
An uninterrupted speech mostly given by a narrator or the main character. May include useful hints, interesting backstory, or character-related viewpoints.
A pimp is a fellow who is known to convince women into selling their bodies as a commodity to their clientele. Pimps are also known to wear outrageous suits, and robes, usually in fluorescent color like purple, green, and light blue, with matching hats, shoes, etc.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1970 and 1979.
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