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A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
Frozen water. Ice can be slippery and it can be fun for ice skating.
A list of games that have their own in-game graphical achievement menu. Used for showing current progress towards achievements or trophies.
These achievements are not official Xbox or Steam Achievements, nor PlayStation Trophies; however, they are designed to encourage the player in the same manner.
When an enemy drops an item that it had no business carrying, whether it's a robot with a sandwich or a dog with ammunition.
Some games feature end credits that scroll over a playable segment of action.
Kabu is a recurring character in the Kirby series.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
The eighth annual Penny Arcade Expo took place from August 26-28, 2011 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Sometimes, pinballs are actual characters, not just lifeless spheres of metal. They could be established characters like Mario or Sonic, or they could be characters just for that pinball game.
Non-pinball games featuring a level or stage that greatly resembles the interior of a pinball machine.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
A multicolored spectrum of light shaped in an arc.
Ranking Systems tally the player's current progress and relative skill, by tracking raw numbers of multiple statistics (like score and time) during a session of gameplay. This results in a competitive meta-game where the goal is usually to reach the top position.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
Scarfy is a floating enemy from the Kirby Series. It mutates into a more threatening form if Kirby attempts to inhale it.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
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.
Having the main protagonist(s) and foreground appear only as silhouettes against an often colourful background has become a popular art aesthetic for 2D games in the last few years.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Clouds that, for some reason, can be stood on without falling through.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
Games whose main character is ball-shaped, sometimes with a face and/or hands/feet, but mostly just spherical.
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