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Originally created in China, mahjong is a draw-and-discard game using a vast assortment of special tiles. It is popular throughout Asia and has many regional rule variations.
A Champion/Adult level Digimon who governs time in the Digital World. Because of this, he stays out of the battle between Viruses and Vaccines.
A dark reflection of Tyrannomon cultivated by a computer virus. A Champion/Adult level Digimon
A Holy-species Digimon. It wears a holy ring on its tail that, if lost, decreases its power.
8-bit can be a reference to actual computing power, or it can be a retro look for videogames that want to recall a bygone era.
A Digimon Tamer is a term for people who are partnered with Digimon in the Digimon franchise.
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
A crossover occurs when a character from one franchise makes a special appearance in a game from an unrelated franchise. Some games are specifically designed to be crossovers that bring together characters from two or more franchises.
Main characters in games who hold leadership positions for a nation, world or planet.
Agumon is a Reptile Digimon, similar in look to a dinosaur. It is arguably the most recognisable Digimon.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
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.
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.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
Digivolution is the process in which a Digimon evolves into a more powerful species of Digimon.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
A series of arcade system boards from Taito that uses commodity PC hardware. It is commonly used for third-party Japanese arcade games and pachinko machines since 2004.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
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.
A multicolored spectrum of light shaped in an arc.
An unofficial translation of a video game, created by people not associated with the original development team.
Nothing helps set a game in a specific point in time more than having a few famous faces from history drop by to say hi.
An online digital distribution system for arcade games in Japan.
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