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Game » consists of 4 releases. Released 1991
By definition, a pirate is a (mostly naval) robber without commission from a sovereign nation. While maritime robbery has been around since ancient times, Piracy had its highpoint during the 17th century. They are easily identified by the "Jolly Roger", which is the traditional name of the famous skull flag.
Games where the player either can, or must, create all their protagonists as custom characters.
Simulating the effects of a great variety of poisons, toxins, venoms and nerve agents can lead to many unique and interesting mechanics. A classic trope in games, Poison usually deals small amounts of damage to health over time.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
Rangers are wise, cunning, masters in archery and have vast wisdom in the concept of nature.
Bipedal rat-like creatures, common in fantasy games. Prone to trickery and backstabbing, unless they're ninja.
A character that appears in many games, often unrelated. For an example, Cid from the Final Fantasy series.
A playable class in many roleplaying games. Rogues are also sometimes known as Thieves. The class in almost all these games center around their stealth capabilities.
Classic form of numbering that gives things a more regal feel.
Skeleton Warriors are comprised of the animated bones of the dead. Often brought to life to do the bidding of an evil master as mindless and indefatigable soldiers and guardsmen.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
Whether it's to restore your health, save your game, just for the hell of it, or all of the above, sleeping in games has numerous uses.
A blob consisting of some icky substance, the slime monster is one of the most used RPG monster clichés besides rats.
Games designed to use the mouse accessory for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Many of them were released on PC platforms of the time.
Your party should consist of at least one of these.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
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.
A condition which affects a character's effectiveness, either positively or negatively. Common examples include Poison or Haste.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
A spell or special ability which is used to either repel the undead or outright destroy them.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
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