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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.
Anytime an ally comes in to help you in any way. This mechanic is most common in fighting games.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
Also known as the "Sega Titan Video", the ST-V is a mid-'90s cartridge-based arcade system by Sega. As it is based on the Sega Saturn hardware, many of the games released were quickly ported to that home system.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
A fighting game archetype where characters with a significant similarity in fighting style to Street Fighter's Ryu & Ken.
SNK fighting games are notorious for boss fights of ludicrous difficulty. Common symptoms of SNK Boss Syndrome include absurdly high attack priority, overpowered special attacks, and AIs that read button inputs. Though it's most common in SNK games, the syndrome has also appeared in games by other companies.
A special combo-move in fighting games that is executable after building a meter throughout the match (or round).
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Witches are women who can perform magic. There can be good witches and bad witches.
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