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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.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
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.
Chiptunes are musical compositions that are synthesized by a computer or console sound chip.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
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.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Ever since Pac-Man, games have had us navigating mazes.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Games that earned the "ASM-Hit"-Award. ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) was a popular German multi-platform computer games magazine that was published from 1986 until 1995.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
SCUMM is an acronym for Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion. SCUMM is scripting language developed internally at LucasArts to help streamline the creation of graphic adventure games.
A frog is a small and usually green amphibian that can swim, hop, and ribbit. Sadly, most of them aren't princes.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
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.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
A maneuver involving both horizontal movement and rotation about a horizontal axis. Many characters roll in a unique fashion, and certain vehicles are even capable of rolling
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Make sure you respect nature, or else! Note: This only concerns *protagonists*.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
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