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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.
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.
The twelfth PAX Prime took place August 28-31, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
The second annual PlayStation Experience took place December 5-6, 2015 at Moscone West in San Francisco, California.
Used in fighting games, projectiles are objects that a fighter can launch at another fighter to attack from a distance. While they can be used to simply inflict damage, projectiles are often used to maneuver opponents into disadvantageous positions.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Powerful robots waiting for you at the end of every Mega Man level. They each have unique weapons that you can absorb if you defeat them; conversely, they all have unique weaknesses as well.
When the player character is a robot. This does any form of humans infused with robotics.
Enemies that hide behind shields.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Xelu's Buttons are a set of public domain controller button prompts that have been used in a wide range of titles across multiple platforms.
Pressing a button to zoom-in. For example: in a flight combat game or a shooter without iron sights.
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