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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released June 1991
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.
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.
The Arilou are an alien race from the Star Control series. Their formal name are the Arilou Lalee'lay.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
AI Bots are computer-controlled game characters that substitute for characters that are otherwise typically played by a human, and are most commonly found in multiplayer games.
Games that can be played with a CGA monitor and graphics card. CGA, Color Graphics Adapter was the first generation of color graphics for the IBM PC.
The Chenjesu are an alien race from the Star Control series. They are a silicon-based, crystalline species.
Cloaking is to become invisible or become close to invisible depending on strength of the ability or item.
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 digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
The Ilwrath are an alien race from the Star Control series. Their worship of evil gods lead them to spread death through the galaxy.
The Mmrnmhrm are an alien race from Star Control II. They synthesized with the Chenjesu to create the Chmmr race.
Some creatures have three or more eyes and tend to be monstrous and frightening.
The Mycon are an alien race from the Star Control series. Unlike most of the other alien races, they are fungi.
A form of copy protection using a physical object such as a wheel, manual, or dongle.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
When you try to quit a game, the game will pop up with a message or picture to try and make you play some more.
A general term to describe a race or species that predates the civilisation/setting that the game takes place in, usually used in the game to provide hints or clues to the protagonist to help solve some sort of grand mystery or defeat an enemy through the help of relics left behind. Occasionally, there may still be traces of them, either through technology or lone survivors that have somehow managed to live to the present day.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Being able to travel off one side of the screen and in from the other side.
A disembodied hand on the box of a retail game.
The Shofixti are an alien race from the Star Control series. The race was found by the Yehat, who uplifted them to civilization.
Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
The Spathi are an alien race from the Star Control series. They are an incredibly superstitious and fearful race.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
Sticky grenades are a type of explosive that is thrown and sticks a surface such as the body of an enemy, thus making the explosive damage inescapable.
The Syreen are an alien race from the Star Control series. Genetically, the Syreen species is more closely relate to Humans than anyother.
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