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A means of controlling a game (other than with a gamepad, mouse, or keyboard) without direct input. The player has no direct control on objects in the game, but instead programs an AI Routine to perform the task needed.
Alternative blood is blood other than the usual red variety.
Artificial life-forms ("robots") specifically designed to mimic the appearance of human beings. Although this is a male-specific term, with female-looking machines actually being "gynoids", the term "android" is generally used universally in video games.
A combat robot developed by RobCo. and employed by the United States military.
Badniks are the enemies which Sonic the Hedgehog fights in nearly every game. Although deadly, they are actually innocent animals imprisoned by Eggman within robotic shells.
Battle Droids are special droids made by the Trade Federation and the Confederacy of Independent Systems to fend off the Galactic Republic before and during the Clone Wars.
A cyclopean robot which appears in the NES port of the first TMNT arcade game.
Bohrok are insectoid machines whose main purpose was to clean all matter from the island of Mata-Nui. They were prematurely awoken by Teridax and wreaked havoc for the Matoran, Serving as the antagonists of Bionicle's second year.
A droid used by the Galactic Empire equipped with a carbonite sprayer.
The ultimate enemy and primordial source of all evil. In Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy universe.
Leaping fish-bot foes of Sonic the Hedgehog.
The Chozo are a race of bird people that exist in the Metroid universe. The series canon states that members of this race raised Samus Aran to become a strong warrior after she was orphaned.
The CL4P-TP General Purpose Robots, better known as Claptraps, are robots who assist the population of Pandora in Borderlands. The first Claptrap in the game (the one on the title screen) is almost always dancing for some reason.
Clockworks are robotic creations tinkered by the gnomes of Norrath in the EverQuest franchise.
In the Star Wars Universe, the Clone Wars, conflicts between the Galactic Republic's Clone Army and the Confederacy of Independent Systems' Droid Army, were the backbone of all events to come. Unknown to most at the time, Darth Sidious controlled both sides and used the conflict to gain power in the Galactic Senate, eventually using the Clones to form his army of Stormtroopers.
Also known as the Separatists, it is an alternative government to the Galactic Republic led by Count Dooku. It makes use of vast droid armies and fights the Republic in the Clone Wars
An enemy faction in Warframe, composed of many industrial and commercial entities that use a common language. They are more technologically advanced than the Grineer, and are ruthless in their pursuit of ancient technologies like the Warframes.
A crab-like robot that fires energy orbs from its claws. Crabmeat is a recurring enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
A Cyberdisc is an enemy unit from the XCOM franchise. The seemingly harmless looking Cyberdisc is actually capable of inflicting quite a bit of damage, as well as exploding upon death.
Cyborasaurus is Professor Proteus' special Robosaur. You play in this for about half of the game Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus.
An organism consisting of both natural and artificial systems.
The Cylons are a fictional synthetic race created by humans featured in the Battlestar Galactica television franchise.
The Daktaklakpak are a group of semi-sapient machines originally built by the Precursors. They have evolved into arrogant beings, as they no longer realize that they were built as simple maintenance drones.
The antagonists of Dangerbots.
A type of technique in killing opponents in games through a vertical takedown with high risks and high satisfaction. First practised in the Mechwarrior franchise. Can also mean the usage of weaponry to rain devastation and mass death.
"Evil" robots from the planet Cybertron. They wage their battle to destroy the Autobots and gain power.
Sentient mechanical beings from the Star Wars universe, Created and serve many applications from civilian to military.
The Drone is an enemy unit found in the XCOM series. They are fragile support units whose main function is to repair Cyberdisks and Sectopods, though they do posses mild offensive capability.
An Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifier, or E.M.M.I., is a very powerful Galactic Federation operative robot. They are the secondary antagonists of Metroid Dread.
Well after a game's release, a developer will patch in a different ending to the game.
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