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Japan is an island country located in Eastern Asia and the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the video game industry, Japan has for a long time been one of the most important territories for the development and sale of video games.
Many hapless heroes have ended their days in a gloomy dungeon looking for rat's bones to pick the lock with. Dungeons appear in many games often as a location from which the main protagonist must escape.
Space, the Final Frontier, the focal point and main location of space faring games, from Asteroids to the Mass Effect series.
A city is a large and densely populated urban area.
A rural settlement that is smaller than a city.
A large building constructed of stone, used as a defensive structure. They usually date from the Middle Ages.
A dark opening in a solid mass, like rock.
Earth is a rocky planet orbiting the Sun, and the homeworld of Humanity. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines Earth as "mostly harmless."
Asia is the largest continent in the world, it spans from part of the Soviet Union all the way down to Indonesia. It goes from Japan to the Middle East.
A large densely wooded area.
Buildings that have fallen in to a state of disrepair.
Home is where the heart is, and a good place to go back to when you want some rest. A home can also be a good place to save your game, change your clothes, and change your options.
Any school building in a game, including High School, Jr. High, and Elementary Schools.
The United States serves as the location or the back-story of countless video games. It also plays host to some of the largest game development studios and publishers in the world.
A elevation of land rising to a height greater than 610 meters.
One of the traditional seven continents, Europe is a favorite source of video game settings. In the real world, European countries have produced a host of notable developers and publishers, and compose a large gaming market.
An area, such as a prairie or meadow, of grass or grasslike vegetation. Common in fantasy RPGs.
A terminal where passengers or cargo aboard trains are transferred.
A thoroughfare that is lined with buildings. Sometimes people fight in them.
A stationary or geosynchronous facility located in space, engineered for habitation.
The third-largest continent in the world.
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A place to buy alcoholic beverages and to mingle/meet with non player characters. Bars in games are sometimes essential to advance the plot, or recruit party members. Bars are the modern equivalents of taverns. You see taverns in fantasy games and bars in modern/sci-fi games.
A generic run-of-the-mill landmass surrounded by water
A large stream of water emptying into a lake, ocean or another body of water.
A place for a player to purchase weapons such as guns or melee weapons.
Deserts are typically depicted as hot arid places.
Underneath a planet's surface is considered to be underground, especially if it is near the top of the surface. Some of the games have you digging through the dirt.
A hospital is a place to seek help in a medical emergency. It is also used for treating minor illnesses that aren't necessary an emergency. Some games take place in a hospital, whilst others use them as a part of the environment.
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