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8-bit can be a reference to actual computing power, or it can be a retro look for videogames that want to recall a bygone era.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
Falling blocks appear in many games.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
When a game lacks the ability to "Pause" Game Play by pressing Start on a game console controller (or some other button on a keyboard/mouse).
Games that include real photography on the game's cover.
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