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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Part ad, part game. Advergames are designed to promote a specific brand or product, usually outside the game industry.
Apple's Game Center service brings matchmaking, achievements, and friend lists to games that choose to support it.
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 door that players must go through to exit the level
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
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.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Games that are controlled partially or entirely with a touch screen.
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