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Action RPG (Action Role-Playing Game), also known as ARPG, refers to RPGs (role-playing games) that use direct, real-time, reflex-oriented, action combat systems, instead of the more abstract turn-based or menu-based battle systems.
The ability to save a cartridge-based game to the cartridge. The battery is usually good for tens of thousands of saves, and made ridiculously long character passwords obsolete.
A derivative form of Cyberpunk which heavily revolves around biological technology.
Games that encourage the beating of small and/or defenseless creatures.
The concept of building a single city and its respective houses/institutions (e.g. Sim City) or building cities as part of an extending empire (e.g. Civilization).
When developers and publishers can't resist putting themselves in their games, either in the title or actually within the game itself.
An Iconic concept of video games is the use of an idle animation for the players character, when during gameplay there's no control given. It's an example of emergent game design, and is used as a way to add depth to action characters.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
A game mechanic where the player's possessions occupy a certain amount of space on a matrix; inventory items can be manually manipulated to fit within the grid.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Creatures that are usually part fish and part human.
Resurrection is the act of being brought back to life. One must have already been living and have died in order to be able to be resurrected.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
This game came in a big cardboard box, typically bundled with a game guide.
Animals that have the ability of speech and in some cases are anthropomorphic.
When a fragile figure hides behind a monolithic facade. Popularized by the film The Wizard of Oz, many games have included similar figures.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
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