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Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
The period when a civilization makes its tools and weapons from stone. The stone age precedes the bronze age of pre-history.
When a level select screen takes the form of a map.
When characters have their skeleton visible for a moment when electrocuted. A popular comic (usually) effect in animation and video games
Any game that involves jumping on an enemy's head as an attack, such as in Super Mario Bros.
A gigantic variant of the famous crustacean and the subject of a popular 00s internet meme.
A specific phrase that gets attached to a specific character, something they are known for saying.
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
Kidnapping is often used in videogames as a motivation for the protagonist to venture into unknown worlds and fight seemingly hopeless battles.
Scorpions are an eight-legged arachnids with two large pincers and a venomous stinger on the tail, used to kill or subdue prey and defend against aggressors. Though their sting can be very painful to humans, few scorpion species can kill a healthy adult.
A cyclops is any race of creature that is born with only one eye.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
An object that instantly kills all enemies / destroys everything on the screen. Example: The Serious Bomb from the Serious Sam games.
If the protagonist is standing on an unstable platform for a certain amount of time, it will eventually drop. Usually there is a pit below, or some other hazardous danger.
The act of sliding down an elevated geological formation, often on your buttocks.
Water that may elevate or lower over time or because of player actions.
A blob consisting of some icky substance, the slime monster is one of the most used RPG monster clichés besides rats.
Vultures are large scavenging birds. They are not highly regarded by humans.
Antlions are predatory larvae that design "sand pit traps" in order to capture prey.
Fish that are just as dangerous out of water as they are in it.
Arguably the most fearsome of all the reptiles - it has scales and no legs. Snakes use a variety of tactics to harm players such as poison, hypnosis, and constriction. The most deadly snakes have mastered the way of stealth.
A boss fight in which the player must not only battle the actual boss, but must also defeat or defend against auxiliary enemies.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
Joke characters are characters in video games that provide humor, and are often parodies of characters from other games, or parodies of famous celebrities.
Death From Above.
Levels that take place in or on a train or subway.
Female ninja.
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