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Cross Genre Games take completely different gaming genres and place them together in a single game in an attempt to innovate beyond traditional gaming practices.
Currency, Tasty Snack AND Goomba Twocker all-in-one handy celestial body!
Yet another type of stage included in lots of games. Nefarious tin soldiers, deadly domino rows and letter blocks of death are some of the perils one might encounter in a Toy-Box Stage.
All dogs go to heaven? Nobody told these.
Cataquacks are waggling duck-billed creatures native to the pacific beaches on Isle Delfino.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
Usually seen in 3D platformers, these games ask you to collect certain objects to open up additional levels.
A clan tag is a special ID found in multiplayer games where a player can put in a prefix to their online name that identifies themselves as part of a clan.
The Imperial Japanese Navy was Japan's naval fighting force from 1869 until 1947. It is best known in the West for its role in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which was a country that emerged after the Civil War in The Russian Empire.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
Gibs (giblets) are, basically, what's left of someone after they make contact with an explosive object or powerful weapon. They can be seen in games such as Doom, Quake, Team Fortress 2 and many, many more.
An object that instantly kills all enemies / destroys everything on the screen. Example: The Serious Bomb from the Serious Sam games.
Combat between ships dates back to antiquity, and in the 20th century expanded to include the use of aircraft.
A ship deck battle is a cliché battle scene found in the vast majority of Japanese RPGs. It takes place on a ship or an airship, pitting the protagonists against seamonsters or flying monsters respectively.
Whether searching for loot as a pirate, or attacking enemy ships in the navy, there is nothing quite like sailing the seas.
The leader and/or driving force. An example to follow.
Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge to accumulate a vast amount of valuables.
When developers and publishers can't resist putting themselves in their games, either in the title or actually within the game itself.
The action of inverting the controls for looking and aiming (i.e., instead of pushing up on the analog stick to look up, you push down.)
A concept where players actively hold their breath to steady their aim, sneak past zombies, or to avoid drowning.
Anthropomorphic beings sent by God to wreak divine havoc. There are traditionally four horsemen, though their roles vary greatly depending on the game.
Multiple teams featuring more than two or more players, compete against each other. At the end of a game, one team is declared the winner.
First starting out as simple machines throwing stones, artillery has evolved greatly and is an important weapon in war.
The group that created Nazi Zombies and the WunderWaffe. They also work with the Element 115
A function or button that allows players to skip a difficult section of a game entirely.
An uninterrupted speech mostly given by a narrator or the main character. May include useful hints, interesting backstory, or character-related viewpoints.
Need to sneak around unseen? Darken the room by shooting out some lights.
A pimp is a fellow who is known to convince women into selling their bodies as a commodity to their clientele. Pimps are also known to wear outrageous suits, and robes, usually in fluorescent color like purple, green, and light blue, with matching hats, shoes, etc.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1970 and 1979.
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