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Monarchs and their families.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
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 award for games tested in the the Zzap!64 magazine. Any Zzap sizzler was a great buy and normally had to score 80% or more in the value for money category.
Games that feature digital versions of pinball tables, whether they be original designs or replicas of existing tables.
The extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
Inflation is when you expand or fill up something with something else, usually air, to make it more full or bigger. Some mini-games have you be the first to completely inflate a balloon, or, in the case of Dig-Dug, you inflate monsters to have them explode!
The federal and national police service of Canada.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
Giant rats are like regular rats but significantly bigger. Giant rats are the first enemy in many role playing games.
Genetically evolved humans, animals or aliens.
A six sided geometrical shape sometimes used in strategy, puzzle, and board games.
A mascot is an iconic character heavily used in the advertising and marketing of a product, franchise, business, or company. Notable mascots include Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Mickey Mouse, and the Big Daddies.
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
Games where players are given material to read; this includes books, newspapers, dialogue, letters, journals, notes, and emails. Both Japanese and Western RPGs as well as story driven Adventure Games tend to ultize this feature, some Open World Action Adventures contain this feature as well.
Apple's Game Center service brings matchmaking, achievements, and friend lists to games that choose to support it.
Henchmen are the loyal grunts caught in between the player and the main antagonist. Without them every game would be nothing more than a boss battle.
Enemies that are adamant in their will to hunt you down. Example: Pac-Man ghosts.
Vore is a term for a sexual fetish for the act of a creature swallowing someone else whole while they are still alive. The act is also seen in many video games, in a decidedly less sexual manner.
A common type of stage featured in many games. Slippery ice, avalanches, and freezing water are some of the unpleasantries to be had when visiting these cold arctic regions.
Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge to accumulate a vast amount of valuables.
Sequels that have the player controlling a different character than the preceding game(s).
Backtracking is the act of navigating through previously explored areas, usually for the purpose of progressing in an objective-based adventure game. Players who are lost may also backtrack to reorient themselves.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Games devoid of or mostly without music, including games with title screen music, but with little to no gameplay music.
An elephant is the largest land mammal who has big ears, a trunk for a nose, a tail, and tusks. Supposedly they have good memories, hidden graveyards, a love of peanuts, and a great fear of mice.
When they don't *quite* think a game name through.
Hostages exist to be saved, guarded, and occasionally executed.
Also known as wushu, Kung Fu is a family of martial arts developed in China.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
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