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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.
An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Games that allow fauna to be used as weapons.
A style meant to satirize/pay homage to Saturday Morning Cartoons.
Those who work for the government in the public sector.
Planet destruction sometimes a gameplay mechanic, sometimes a plot point. Should cover pending as well as actual destruction.
Physical props, clues, or trinkets included within game boxes by Infocom in the 1980s. They were often used to convey in-game information, add value, or as early copy protection.
The ability of something to go through a solid object without affecting it or if a solid object is thrown at it, it will pass through. Many ghosts can phase. Phasing can also refer to going through phases in an MMO giving the effect that you're actually doing something.
A staircase sequence consists of the player ascending or descending a stairwell for an extended period of time, perhaps a minute or more. These are often presented to create a vertical box of movement, with limited mobility to avoid hazards.
Spectral scourges and festering phantasms beware, these heroes aim to clear out the harmful haunts of our humble homes.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
The 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 10-12.
Games devoid of or mostly without music, including games with title screen music, but with little to no gameplay music.
Atari 2600 games which run on Starpath's Supercharger peripheral.
Games that feature digital versions of pinball tables, whether they be original designs or replicas of existing tables.
Ogres are large, grotesque, barbaric humanoid creatures. They are generally not very intelligent, but make up for that with their unmatched strength used to crush and maim their foes.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
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