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Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Sep 09, 1995
Games where the characters are 2D bitmap images (sprites), but the environment and scenarios are made in a 3-Dimensional space. This technique was commonly used on consoles like the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo DS. Many 90's First-Person Shooters also used this technique.
The 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California on May 11-13.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
Greatest hits is a general term for re-releases of games which have sold a certain number of copies, as part of a program managed by the console manufacturer.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
Skating with inline skates, which have all the wheels in a single line rather than separate rows.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
A game in which the player competes in several different real or invented sports events.
Promo VHS were a marketing device used in the 1990s to market video games featuring actual footage. Those tapes were mailed either to video game stores, or to potential buyers.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
Games that are branded with the name or logo of a TV network, but are not based on any one program. They may draw from several different shows on the network, or none at all.
Games often use letters like X and Z in the title to make their game seem more edgy, blatantly misspelling the title of their game in the process.
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