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The protagonist arrives by a helicopter, a plane, or similar; the vehicle is subsequently shot down, stranding the protagonist on unknown soil. This can occur either at the beginning of a game or to start off a level.
Levels that progress forward by themselves at a fixed rate.
A barrel roll is a maneuver in which an object makes a complete rotation on its longitudinal axis while following a helical path, approximately maintaining its original direction.
A faction in the command & Conquer series. The Brotherhood is a secret ancient society or cult.
Jacking is the act of taking control of a vehicle that is not under the player's rightful or original possession, and may or may not have been taken out of another player's or NPC's possession.
A conspiracy theory wherein certain trails left behind aircraft contain chemical agents administered by Government agencies or officials for undisclosed purposes. Such trails are generally thought to be ordinary Contrails; streaks of condensed vapor formed by planes at certain altitudes.
Games involving any form of vehicular crash landing or emergency landing.
Dashboard view puts the player in the helmet of the driver. Usually in cars or other vehicles. Most commonly in next-gen racing games and shooting games which have vehicles
The act of aerial combat between two or more fighter aircraft. A common occurrence in many combat flight games, it is the equivalent of a firefight in a first- or third-person shooter.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
Rings that your character can fly through. Usually used for mini missions and extra playtime (filling)
Developed in the early 1950s, the Fulton Extraction System is a method of retrieving personnel on the ground via an MC-130E aircraft.
One of the playable factions in the Command & Conquer series.
The gremlin is a relatively new concept from English Folklore, a mechanically oriented prankster with a passion for sabotaging aircraft.
Sometimes a character will come up on your HUD to tell you an important piece of information. This usually consists of voice acting, occasionally Full Motion Video, and is pretty useful when you need to learn about things like doing barrel rolls.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
The jumping jack is the technique of carjacking a moving vehicle from another moving vehicle.
A character that deliberately destroys themselves in order to kill their enemies. This can be something like letting a grenade kill yourself and your enemy in a first person shooter.
The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (South and North Korea respectively). It had active participation from the United States, China, and the Soviet Union.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
An on-rails game behaves much like a train: while sometimes the player can choose which path is taken, they cannot deviate from it. Sometimes on-rails games even go so far as to decide when the player moves.
In the sky or in the blackness of space, these guys can get you from one place to another, and maybe blow up a few bad (or good) guys along the way!
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
PMCs provide mercenary soldiers and/or military consultancy to those in need of such services in exchange for payment. They are an increasingly integral, and often controversial, part of many modern wars and conflicts.
The American TSA loves doing this, not usually all that 'random.'
Roketon is a plane-flying foe in Super Mario Land.
Skydiving is a recreational activity consisting of jumping out of a plane while it is flying, and then free-falling until reaching a certain altitude. At this point, one releases their parachute and then floats gently to the ground.
One of the three factions in the Act of War RTS franchise
An alliance of nations who opposed the Axis powers in World War II. They included the USA, the United Kingdom, the USSR, France, and many others.
The United States Air Force was created in 1947 after WWII ended and they first saw combat in the Korean War. They are the main airborne force for the US Military.
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