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Game » consists of 15 releases. Released 1987
Spectating is a game option for a player to simply watch other players playing a game without interacting.
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.
A boss that doesn't move around during battle. It will instead use other means to "reach" the player.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
The main antagonist in almost all Contra games. He alongside the many other aliens are based on H.R. Giger's Necronom IV
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Vertical scrolling is when the screen scrolls along the y-axis. In a vertical scrolling game the player usually starts from the bottom of the screen and moves up. They are also almost always presented in a top-down perspective.
This is a place of special vulnerability. Particularly used in boss fights or when simply fighting Giant Enemy Crabs that cannot be defeated by usual means.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
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