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Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Dec 04, 1993
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.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
A mode in which a game will play a gameplay demonstration video as a means to entice players into playing the game.
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.
Birdmen are large birds that can talk or half-bird half-man creatures. Are often depicted as wise, in spite of having bird brains.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
Some games have inspired the creation of literature.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
The continue is a classic gaming concept, and usually arises when the player "dies" or fails in the game. Usually some loss is tied to a continue, in a form of a "life" or something of other value.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
Original concept for downloading the emulated back catalog from prior systems.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
All the enemies in the game show up in the credits, sometimes before the people who made the game.
Falling blocks appear in many games.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
A characteristic present in game characters with a superior state of mind reflected in how they solve problems and their way of approaching situations.
Eurogamer's digital distribution service.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
When the artwork on the game's box in no way correlates to the game's actual look and feel.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
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.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
The Puyo species appear as enemies in the Madou Monogatari series and puzzle pieces in the Puyo Puyo series.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
The first subscription based video game serviced offered through your cable company.
Genesis/Mega Drive classics made available to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
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