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Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Aug 15, 1995
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.
Games that have animals (except humans) as the main character. The character must be playable.
Crabs in all forms and sizes, not just the giant enemy variety.
It's all in the family.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
One of the smartest mammals on the planet and star of the Ecco the Dolphin games, dolphins live in the ocean and can perform a variety of tricks. Dolphins also have a particular fondness for fish.
The 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California on May 11-13.
The process of locating objects, player characters or items by measuring reflected sounds.
Missions during which players are tasked with protecting a non-playable character or object from harm until a certain goal is met.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Eurogamer's digital distribution service.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A game in which the "seeker" covers his/her eyes while the other players try to find a good hiding spot. It is then up to the seeker to find the hiding players.
Jellyfish are ocean dwelling animals with a mushroom like top and tentacle like cilia on the bottom. They can be translucent or transparent.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Big flat fish. You find them in tropical waters, typically around coral reefs.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Some games feature protagonists that are not humanoid in nature. These are creatures that do not have human characteristics (i.e. stand on 2 legs, have 2 arms, a body and a head).
Aquatic creatures with eight tentacles covered with suction cups. They often appear as boss enemies.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Black-and-white predators of the sea. Despite being colloquially called killer whales, these marine mammals are actually dolphins.
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.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
Small marine fish that have a horselike head and swim in upright position.
The first subscription based video game serviced offered through your cable company.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
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.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
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.
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