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Genesis/Mega Drive classics made available to subscribers of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
A mascot is an iconic character heavily used in the advertising and marketing of a product, franchise, business, or company. Notable mascots include Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Mickey Mouse, and the Big Daddies.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
In video games, dithering is a graphical technique using pixel patterns to simulate additional colors or transparency. While far more common on CRTs, many games still use the technique, especially games which use pixel art.
A series of arcade system boards and graphics engines developed by Sega to produce advanced, three-dimensional, sprite-scaling graphics. Capable of scaling/rotating thousands of sprites, Super Scaler produced the most advanced sprite-based graphics, from the Sega Hang-On in 1985 to the Sega System 32 in the '90s. It was an early form of 3D texture-mapping.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
An online retro gaming streaming platform.
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.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Video games developed in Japan but based on Western IPs.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Levels that progress forward by themselves at a fixed rate.
The act of bending at the knees from a standing position. Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and platformers, and can be used by players to stay behind cover or avoid incoming projectiles.
3D Stereoscopy is the use of two images generated from slightly different angles in order to create a 3D effect. This usually requires the use of 3D glasses to separate the left/right image for each eye.
Three games that are individually complete but are closely related in theme or sequence
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
Ever since Pac-Man, games have had us navigating mazes.
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
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