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Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Jul 31, 1999
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
When the main protagonist is thrusted into a foreign dimension or alien world, usually due to a freak accident. The protagonist must then explore that world while trying to find a way back home.
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.
A fictional language and/or script created exclusively for the world in which a game is set, such as Tolkien's Elvish or the language of the Talan in Outcast.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
Isekai is a Japanese concept where a normal person transported into another world. It is a fantasy subgenre of Japanese anime, manga, light novel and video games.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Animals that can be ridden by players to get around faster.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
A portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
An alien race populating the parallel world of Adelpha, believing the player (Cutter Slade) to be a messiah figure known as the "Ulukai".
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Peaceful creatures that roam the rice fields of Shamazaar. Can be tamed and ridden.
When two characters hand-off an item and the visual designers found it unnecessary to animate the 5 steps to close the physical gap between them.
The word "voxel" is a portmanteau of "volumetric" and "pixel" (which in turn is a portmanteau of "picture" and "element"). Essentially a three-dimensional cube, they are used to build objects in a virtual space, especially terrain.
Zoom Platform, or the Zoom Web Store, is a digital distribution service selling DRM free classic games, updated to work on modern computers. The store was launched on September 9, 2014.
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