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Game » consists of 9 releases. Released October 1992
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.
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
A term used to describe the flow of action in a typical action game, where the pace is pre-defined to feature fast action and require quick reflexes. As the name suggests, these are games where the player character can run and shoot at the same time.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
When a game has something like "²" or "™" in its title. When the box art is stylized, this isn't applicable; it has to be part of the game's official title.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
For some reason, some games are named after the opposing person. Sometimes it's because the bad guy is cooler than the good guy.
A primarily hostile endoparasitoid extraterrestrial lifeform.
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