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Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Flashbacks take a player into a flashback sequence. Often playable, but not always.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
General MIDI (also known as GM or GM 1) is a standardized specification for electronic musical instruments that respond to MIDI messages. It is used in the large majority of older DOS and Windows games.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
Rooms that are either invisible or extremely hidden. Players are rewarded with health, easter eggs, weapons or traps.
Audio technology that allowed dynamic music in LucasArts Games.
Some games feature end credits that scroll over a playable segment of action.
Games in which the two main protagonists are of different species.
Sometimes, players experience an unfortunate event that results in all their weapons and items being taken away from them.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
Joke characters are characters in video games that provide humor, and are often parodies of characters from other games, or parodies of famous celebrities.
Information on the time honored tradition of killing rats. Killing rats is a much cliched first quest for many western RPGs.
The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Mammoths were big and hairy elephants that became extinct near the end of the ice age.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
The Molemen are a race of mole-like humanoids from the Sam & Max franchise.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Mummies are lumbering undead corpses wrapped in bandages. They are often associated with ancient Egypt and may have magical powers or be immortal.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
A partner is someone in a duo that shares the same status and/or billing. In video games, you often switch from one to the other because they have different strengths and weaknesses.
A bird commonly associated with urban areas.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
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Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
The foil of almost every early RPG lover, these rodents often live in sewers. While most rats are simple targets, games like Ratatouille make them the hero.
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