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A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
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!
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
The iconic mount from the Golden Axe series.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
A real-life athlete who appears on the cover art of a sports game. Usually an up-and-coming star in the sport or a perennial fan favorite.
This was originally the boss of Doom's Episode 3. It's a huge spider brain that shoots a machine gun at the player.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
God Mode is an ability, often entered through a cheat code, that gives the player god-like abilities.
These are mini Spiderdemons. They are much more common and they attack with plasma
A door that players must go through to exit the level
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
The ability to communicate via voice.
Lost Souls are annoying enemies in the Doom series that float around and charge at the player.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
A style of play in multiplayer gaming with the purpose of annoying, irritating and angering other players.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
Lizard-like enemy type from the Duke Nukem franchise.
Revenant - meaning "one who has returned from death" - are typically portrayed as a type of undead warrior, though there are a few games where the Revenant is the protagonist.
A game that uses a mixture of 2D & 3D techniques. Commonly used to describe the use of either 3D graphics restricted to a 2D perceptive, or 2D graphics used to fake the appearance of a 3D perceptive.
A corpulent demon capable of firing copious fireballs from its colossal arm cannons.
These are found in Doom II. They are similar to Cacodemons, except they shoot Lost Souls instead of ball lightning at the player. They are sometimes called Cacodads.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
These are less powerful versions of Barons of Hell. They have half as much HP and are more common.
They are just like Demons, except invisible.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
Body armor in games acts as additional protection. In most cases, when a player takes damage that would completely affect their health, their body armor reduces the damage taken or takes the damage instead.
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