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Game » consists of 5 releases. Released February 1999
Advisors are experts (in their respective fields) whose job is to offer advice regarding everything from city planning to world domination.
A concept in which a person or object is on fire and taking continuous damage. It often takes fast movement, water, or an item to heal.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
If not certain demands or conditions are met, demanding workers/citizens may revolt, demonstrate, switch sides, saboteur or stop working altogether. Does mostly occur in real-time strategy games and business simulators.
The 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Georgia World Congress Center and Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on June 19-21.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
A fictional currency is one where the object being exchanged does not exist in the real world, such as Final Fantasy's Gil, or are not used for exchange in the real world, such as Fallout's bottlecaps.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Used in many games such as Sim City and Black & White to make sweeping changes to the environment or to move massive objects.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
King of the Hill is a popular game mode where the players have to stay in a designated area of a map to gain points. This mode is becoming increasingly popular in shooters.
A scrolling news feed that is part of a game's interface. They commonly deliver real-world news in sports games, but in most other cases the headlines are just a source of humor.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
The police chase consists of the police chasing someone; usually by car. Sometimes the player plays as the guy getting chased and sometimes as the police.
A public declaration of disapproval, often an excuse for dissidents to cause riots and damage public property.
A system of transportation, readily available to the general public.
When many disgruntled people choose to go haywire on the system. Usually involves torches and pitchforks.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A "Tech Tree" is a concept used mainly in strategy and role playing games. Unlocking a node in the tree generally unlocks some effect (example: a new ability in a role playing game or new unit in a strategy game). Unlocking a parent node allows access to its child nodes.
Traffic consists a bunch of cars, pedestrians and other vehicles using a common transport route.
Variable and dynamic simulation of weather conditions can be used to add variety, atmosphere (a rainy day in an RPG) and/or challenge (rain on the racetrack in a driving game) to a game.
a wonder is a unique building of great cultural or strategic advantage.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
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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