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Game » consists of 13 releases. Released 1982
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
You get big points for saving them
The controversial practice of incorporating "access control technology" into digital media so as to limit what owners of that media can do with it, most commonly for the stated purpose of preventing piracy.
Pressing the A button while facing left makes player character punch in that direction. Pressing A while facing right...makes them punch left.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Graphic Filters are removable filters that change the look of the graphics in a game. They can range from making a game look like an old film, to smoothing the pixellated graphics of an old game.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
Games that may no longer be sold because the rights to them are split in such a way that no one has the rights to sell them.
The opposite of open-ended gameplay, linear gameplay uses scripted events, Quick time events, cut scenes, and a restricted path to tell a story exactly how the writer intends, and control elements of the action.
The concept of lives in video games evolved to let the player get a second chance after failing once. The most recognizable symbol is the heart.
Never Ending Games is a self-explanatory concept in which a game is unbeatable and never ends, due either to the game having no true ending or because the game is not saved (or truly continued) after the last section of the game.
Games on Xbox Live that are no longer available for purchase on the Xbox Games Store.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
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.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
A method of controlling a vehicle or character via a pair of identical sticks. The control resembles that of a tank.
Xbox live for the game has been shutdown so co-op achievements are no longer achievable.
The Hulks
The title of a game is a year, or has a year in it. Normally used for sports game and other annual titles, but also used to designate when a game takes place rather than the year released.
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