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Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Puzzle platformers are platform games where the key aspect involves solving riddles and puzzles, rather than combat.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
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 allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
A door that players must go through to exit the level
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