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Feline animals commonly kept as pets. There are many different breeds and varieties.
Many GBA game titles ended with "Advance" to indicate that they were for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. This "rule" was followed by Nintendo as well as many third party GBA developers.
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.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
The 2001 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 17-19.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
The 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 11-13. This was the 10th annual E3.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
A dog is an animal, of which there are estimated to be 400 million of in the world. Said to be man's best friend, they naturally appear in many video games.
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.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
Potentially deadly in the real world, annoying and funny in the animated world.
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.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
The 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 14-16.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
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.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Retroachievements is a community created and curated site that adds Achievements and Online Leaderboards for supported emulators and platforms like Raspberry Pi
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