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Running at 60 FPS is standard for arcade & PC games, but hardware restrictions of consoles often force developers to aim for lower framerates in order to preserve visual detail or allow greater scale. 3D console games hitting 60 FPS are thus uncommon, though the trend of re-releasing games on newer hardware has technically resulted in more 3D console games hitting 60 FPS.
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.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Formerly known as the "Doom Engine", id Tech 1 is the first generation of game engines from id Software.
Formerly known as the "Quake II Engine", id Tech 2 is the second generation of game engines from id Software.
id Software's engine that powered Quake III and derivative projects. Previously known as the, "Quake III Engine".
A page dedicated to the graphics engine that has powered games such as Doom 3, Quake 4 and Wolfenstein.
The sixth version in the id Tech engines developed by id Software, know internally as "id Tech 666".
The seventh version of the id Tech series of engines.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
The engine for the original Quake, written by John Carmack and Michael Abrash.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
RenderWare is an API and graphics rendering engine made by Criterion Games.
The Wolfenstein 3D engine is the first in a long line of FPS engines by id Software that was used for several games between the years of 1991 and 1995.
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