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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.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Apes are primates that lack tails. They swing from tree to tree and sometimes fling poo. Not to be confused with monkeys (who have tails).
Camels are often used as transport in order to easily traverse sandy environments.
Sometime companies include the name of a company in a title. Usually it's their own, but they have been known to shill for others.
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.
Emulation is the means by which games intended for one platform are rendered playable on another. Emulation is used for various purposes, ranging from allowing older games to be playable on newer hardware to software development for various platforms.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
Giraffes are the tallest mammals that live in Africa and have brownish spots.
Graphics in games whether backgrounds or characters that are hand drawn whether using a pen graphics tablet or a scan of a physical drawing.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Carnivorous animal of the Hyaenida family, most known for their distinctive laugh and the assistance in the assassination of Mufasa.
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.
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.
Lions are currently the second largest felines on Earth. They are often referred to as the king of the jungle.
A type of primate with tails; often monkeys are depicted as causing havoc the moment they are encountered.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
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.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Animals that have the ability of speech and in some cases are anthropomorphic.
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
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