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A level or sequence where the player must ride in a mine cart, and has some meaningful control over the character or the cart. The Donkey Kong Country series popularized these sequences, and gave them the stigma of frustrating difficulty at the same time.
Emulation is the means by which games intended for one platform are rendered playable on another. Emulation is used for various purposes, ranging from allowing older games to be playable on newer hardware to software development for various platforms.
A feature (or features) is advertised on the box or in the game manual, but due to the game being rushed or not tested the feature is not there. Fixed with patches or DLC in newer games.
There's nothing cooler than planting a bomb, turning the camera around, and walking away nonchalantly as it blows up behind you. As everyone knows, true heroes don't look at explosions.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
Immersing the player using sound directed from 5 speakers and a sub-woofer, surround sound is the way of choice to hear game audio.
Early game consoles were unable to produce complex objects nor different colors. To make the games more enjoyable, the developers included a translucent overlay that players could physically place on the television screen.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
For games that feature a mission briefing before gameplay.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1970 and 1979.
All the enemies in the game show up in the credits, sometimes before the people who made the game.
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.
Oni are a type of ogre/demonic creature from Japanese folklore. They are known for attacking and pillaging villages.
The act of changing an event in the past that significantly alters further events leading up to the present. This is a major element of many stories involving time travel.
The dreaded Chimera was a terrifying beast that consisted of several animals combined into one. The distinct animal features were that of a lion, a goat and a serpent, though other variations exist.
Jumping puzzles are generally implemented in fast-paced action games as a way to slow down the progress of the player. Failure often results in certain death.
The Black Market is a concept wherein players may buy or sell items through alternative means. This is often a way to make more money but can often land the player into trouble.
The Art of tracking down criminals and the wanted like for a cash reward.
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
Some games only allow the player character to carry a single item in their inventory at one time.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
Destructible cover is an increasingly popular feature in shooters, even those without cover systems. It is used to encourage creative tactics both in single-player and multiplayer.
A law-enforcement officer with responsibility for a county.
Graphic Filters are removable filters that change the look of the graphics in a game. They can range from making a game look like an old film, to smoothing the pixellated graphics of an old game.
Games that may no longer be sold because the rights to them are split in such a way that no one has the rights to sell them.
Fictional places and locations in games that are inspired by actual places. These fictional places do not bear the same name as the real place, but can be recognized due to landmarks and structure.
A rally is generally any race involving a series of progressive check points, as opposed to laps around a defined track.
A Common mode in a lot of driving game's where players race from point A to Point B against a either a clock or other drivers
Get in the car and turn the stereo up loud. We're goin' on a road trip.
Controller Overlay is a technique developers used to help communicate to the player what each of the buttons on the console's controller did. With today's tech and evolution of gaming, this concept is accomplished by on-screen guidance.
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