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A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
A circumstance in video games where the player will defeat large numbers of enemies without any assistance from AI or other players. This may occur for part of a game or the entirety of it.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
An organism consisting of both natural and artificial systems.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
A professional association soccer club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
The permanent existence of one's body after death.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Snails are molluscs that leave a trail of mucus. Slugs are snails without the shell.
HD Remaster is a term to a single game that has been updated to conform with the HD standards on that console.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
A small, closed-off area in a game containing enemies that opens at some trigger point. Often used to surprise the player, or as an alternative to spawning enemies out of thin air.
A Football (soccer) club that plays at Old Trafford Football Ground in the English Premier League. The most successful club in the English premier league to date. It has won a record 13 titles since the start of the premier league.
When the character blows itself up, inflicting damage, or when the character falls, flies, or is otherwise ejected from the arena by their own actions.
An association soccer club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England.
Drowning in games occurs when a being (not suited to be in water) runs out of oxygen, time, power, or barely even touches the water surface. Further complicated by the local sea-life that can knock the air out of you, should you get close.
Games that can be played with a CGA monitor and graphics card. CGA, Color Graphics Adapter was the first generation of color graphics for the IBM PC.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, affectionately known to fans as Spurs, is an English professional football club currently playing in the English Premiere League.
Electricity is commonly used as a damage-introducing element causing inanimate objects to become harmful (electrified water, floors, cables, etc). It can also refer to a power wielded by characters that generates sparks, is conductive to metal surfaces, forks or branches, and is often blue in color.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
Games that could be controlled via the PS1 mouse.
The little green-haired creatures that players command in the Lemmings games. They have a variety of skills, but independent problem-solving is not one of them.
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