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Blue Tang
Fishy.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo
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Common Bigeye
fishy
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Endless Ocean: Blue World
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Flame Angelfish
Fishy.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Endless Ocean: Blue World
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Bower's Parrotfish
fishy
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Endless Ocean: Blue World
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Pyramid Butterflyfish
Fishy.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Endless Ocean: Blue World
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Speckled Butterflyfish
Fishy.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Endless Ocean: Blue World
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Moorish idol
Fishy.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Endless Ocean: Blue World
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Tier 1 Operator
Highly trained milltary soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afganistan. They are only known by their call-signs.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in Medal of Honor
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Merfolk
Creatures that are usually part fish and part human.
Appears in 85 games
First appeared in Mystery Fun House
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PAX East 2010
The inaugural Penny Arcade Expo East took place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26-28, 2010.
Appears in 55 games
First appeared in Tetris
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Torizo
Torizos are living Chozo Statues from Super Metroid.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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Enemy Riding
The player character jumps on the back of an enemy during a battle to take control of them.
Appears in 28 games
First appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2
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The 1960s
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1960 and 1969.
Appears in 14 games
First appeared in President Elect: 1988 Edition
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Heatran
Legendary fire pokemon. In pokemon diamond, pearl, platinum it can be found in stark mountain.
Appears in 17 games
First appeared in Pokémon Battle Revolution
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Kreegan
The Kreegans are a parasitic alien species and sworn enemies of the Ancients. Though their origins and purpose are shrouded in mystery, their plan is simple: They travel, they land, and then they conquer.
Appears in 5 games
First appeared in Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
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Rhino Cybertoy
One of Mental's favorite toys, these stuffed animals behave in much the same way as the Sirian Werebull.
Appears in 1 games
First appeared in Serious Sam II
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Chest-High Walls
Chest-High Walls appear regularly in video games, particularly in third-person-shooters with cover mechanics.
Appears in 118 games
First appeared in Time Crisis
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Game Developers Choice Awards
The Game Developers Choice Awards is an annual awards ceremony recognizing the work of video game developers of the previous year. Since 2001, it has been held during the Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.
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Crawling
Crawling is a form of locomotion in which a person lies down and uses the hands and knees to move around, or by dragging the body along the ground.
Appears in 77 games
First appeared in Aztec
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Bokoblin
A member of the Moblin family, they typically act as basic infantry in the Zelda titles.
Appears in 6 games
First appeared in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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Wingull
Seagull Pokémon first found in Hoenn. It evolves into Pelipper at level 25.
Appears in 26 games
First appeared in Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
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Gull
Commonly reffered to as seagull, the gull is a (mostly) white aquatic bird known for its cheeky behaviour.
Appears in 53 games
First appeared in Dolphin
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Hamsters
A fluffy rodent often kept as a pet.
Appears in 60 games
First appeared in Maniac Mansion
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Games That Ask You to "Press Start" But Will Accept Other Buttons
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
Appears in 319 games
First appeared in The Secret of Monkey Island
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Random Character Selection
Games that allow the option to let the computer to pick the player's character.
Appears in 55 games
First appeared in Ultimate Body Blows
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Casually Walking Away from an Explosion
There's nothing cooler than planting a bomb, turning the camera around, and walking away nonchalantly as it blows up behind you. As everyone knows, true heroes don't look at explosions.
Appears in 17 games
First appeared in Trantor the Last Stormtrooper
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Parachuting Spawn Point
Rather than spawning on the ground like usual, some games let you spawn in the air and parachute down into the battle.
Appears in 4 games
First appeared in Battlefield 1942
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Pinky
A higher ranking demon in the doom series. It's considered a "Sergeant" demon.
Appears in 10 games
First appeared in Doom II: Hell on Earth
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Zombieman
A demonic zombie also known as Former Human found in the doom series.
Appears in 7 games
First appeared in Doom II: Hell on Earth
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Special Counterattack
In fighting games, some characters have special moves that are counterattacks. In order for the attack to work, the player must enter the proper command and then allow for the opponent to strike when the player's character is in the move's "wait" position.
Appears in 18 games
First appeared in Fatal Fury
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Disappearing Blood Effects
Proving that the blood graphics are great until there is just too much gore on the ground.
Appears in 22 games
First appeared in Mortal Kombat
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Zooming Out to Orbit
A cinematic technique used in video games cut scenes to show something of amazing scale.
Appears in 16 games
First appeared in Mortal Kombat 3
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Real-Time Waiting
Games that feature this concept require the player to wait for a certain amount of real time.
Appears in 56 games
First appeared in Castle Wolfenstein
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Seahorse
Small marine fish that have a horselike head and swim in upright position.
Appears in 32 games
First appeared in Shark! Shark!
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Ball Scratching
Sometimes, you just got to scratch that itch.
First appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV
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Battle of the Nations
An online game mode where players play as nations against other nations attempting to win an international tournament.
Appears in 2 games
First appeared in UEFA Euro 2008
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Cold Open
Jumping straight into the story without pressing a "new game" button or even seeing a main menu.
Appears in 21 games
First appeared in The Last Ninja
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Video Camera Interface
An in-game interface designed to look like video footage.
Appears in 13 games
First appeared in Michigan: Report from Hell
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Petroleum
A crude, flammable liquid made up of hydrocarbons that can be found in geologic formations beneath the earth's surface.
Appears in 12 games
First appeared in Bomber
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On-The-Fly Character Switching
Games that allow characters to be switched with the press of a button. This concept's definition does not include player switching in team sports games.
Appears in 143 games
First appeared in Catrap
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Cell Phone Interface
A menu or other interface that is presented as a cell phone operating system.
Appears in 41 games
First appeared in Midnight Club: Street Racing
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Subtitled Silence
Subtitled Silence is when a character remains silent in a section of dialogue and a subtitle box appears usually having an ellipsis (...) or nothing at all. Most common in J-RPGs and dating sims. The character can also make a small moan or grunt.
Appears in 111 games
First appeared in Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
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Drawing
The ability to draw or paint in a game, whether as a gameplay mechanic or just a fun bonus.
Appears in 51 games
First appeared in Doubleback
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Talking Trees
Otherwise ordinary trees that possess the ability of speech.
Appears in 50 games
First appeared in Xak: The Art of Visual Stage
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