Extra Life

CONCEPT

Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.

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During the 80s and 90s, extra lives were often referred to as extra men. Instead of asking how many lives a person had left, you'd ask how many men they had left.

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Concept details

Name

Extra Life

Aliases

1-Up,Extra Man,Extra Guy,Free Man,Life Insurance Credit,Extra Credit,Extra Lives,Continues,Extra Dude

Games

• 10 Cent Classics: Shady Pack (Game)
• 1001 Spikes (Game)
• Adventure of Little Ralph (Game)
• Age of Zombies (Game)
• Alien 8 (Game)
• All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (Game)
• Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (Game)
• Animaniacs (Game)
• Antonball Deluxe (Game)
• Arabian Nights (Game)
• Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH (Game)
• Asteroids Hyper 64 (Game)
• Astro Pinball (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie (Game)
• Banshee (Game)
• Barkanoid (Game)
• Barkanoid 2 (Game)
• Barkanoid 3 (Game)
• Barkanoid 3 Gold (Game)
• Batman Forever (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Contra (Franchise), Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise), Street Fighter (Franchise), X-Men (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Wario (Franchise), WarioWare (Franchise), Kirby (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), New Super Mario Bros. (Franchise), Puzzle League (Franchise), Super Mario (Franchise), Super Mario Land (Franchise), Mega Man (Franchise), Castlevania (Franchise), Bionic Commando (Franchise), Bionic Commando Rearmed (Franchise), Indiana Jones (Franchise), Wolfenstein (Franchise), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise), Banjo-Kazooie (Franchise), Donkey Kong (Franchise), Spider-Man (Franchise), Tatsunoko (Franchise), Jumping Flash! (Franchise), Pac-Man (Franchise), Donkey Kong Country (Franchise), Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Franchise), Super Mario Bros. (Franchise), Super Mario Galaxy (Franchise), Super Mario World (Franchise), Wrecking Crew (Franchise), Mega Man Classic (Franchise), Mega Man X (Franchise), Konami Rebirth (Franchise), Bubsy (Franchise), Joe & Mac (Franchise), Star Fox (Franchise), Battletoads (Franchise), Double Dragon (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Mickey Mouse (Franchise), McDonald's (Franchise), Jazz Jackrabbit (Franchise), Gremlins (Franchise), Tiny Toon Adventures (Franchise), Looney Tunes (Franchise), Jetman (Franchise), Serious Sam (Franchise), Klonoa (Franchise), Zombies Ate My Neighbours (Franchise), Valis (Franchise), Mega Man Zero (Franchise), Rocket Knight Adventures (Franchise), Frogger (Franchise), Mega Man ZX (Franchise), Woody Woodpecker (Franchise), House of the Dead (Franchise), Altered Beast (Franchise), Time Bokan (Franchise), Retro Game Challenge (Franchise), Vectorman (Franchise), Dirty Harry (Franchise), Deathsmiles (Franchise), Lemmings (Franchise), Johnny Platform (Franchise), PixelJunk (Franchise), Turrican (Franchise), ESP (Franchise), Espgaluda (Franchise), Scott Pilgrim (Franchise), Ibara (Franchise), Keio Flying Squadron (Franchise), DonPachi (Franchise), Arkanoid (Franchise), Super Granny (Franchise), Evil Dead (Franchise), Gegege No Kitarou (Franchise), Söldner-X (Franchise), Chameleon Twist (Franchise), Barkanoid (Franchise), Centipede (Franchise), Raiden (Franchise), Chuck Rock (Franchise), PixelJunk Shooter (Franchise), The Legendary Axe (Franchise), Pang (Franchise), Dylan Dog (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Lynne (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: The Mushroom Kingdom (Location), Isle Delfino (Location), Boo Moon Galaxy (Location), Asian Town (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Dragon Coin (Object), Extra Life Statue (Object), Wumpa Fruit (Object), 1-Up Heart (Object), 1-Up Mushroom (Object), 3-Up Moon (Object), Heart (Object), 1-Up (Object)

People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Lives (Concept), Revive (Concept), Shared Lives in Co-Op (Concept)