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Adaptive tile refresh
Adaptive tile refresh is a computer graphics technique for side-scrolling video games.
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Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving.
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Alex Kidd
is a video game character whose popularity peaked during the late 1980s and who was the protagonist of both a series of video games released by Sega and their fictional universe, as well as in numerous spin-off merchandise such as novelizations and comics.
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Arcade game
An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.
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Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 (or Atari Video Computer System before November 1982) is a home video game console from Atari, Inc. Released on September 11, 1977, it is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and games contained on ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
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Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 and manufactured until 1992.
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Awesomenauts
Awesomenauts is a 2D multiplayer online battle arena developed by Dutch video game development company Ronimo Games.
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Battletoads
Battletoads is a video game media franchise by Rare that began with the original beat 'em up game Battletoads in 1991.
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Battlezone (1980 video game)
Battlezone is a first-person shooter tank combat arcade game from Atari, Inc. released in November 1980.
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Beat 'em up
Beat 'em up (also known as brawler) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat between the protagonist and an improbably large number of opponents.
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Capcom
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for creating numerous multi-million selling game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter, and Dead Rising, as well as games based on the Disney animated properties.
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a platform-adventure action role-playing game developed and published by Konami in 1997 for the PlayStation.
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Commander Keen
Commander Keen is a series of side-scrolling platform video games developed primarily by id Software.
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Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, January 7–10, 1982).
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Contra (video game)
Contra, distributed as Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, is a run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987.
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Cutscene
A cutscene or event scene (sometimes in-game cinematic or in-game movie) is a sequence in a video game that is not interactive, breaking up the gameplay.
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Dangerous Dave
Dangerous Dave is a 1988 computer game by John Romero.
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Defender (1981 video game)
Defender is an arcade video game developed and released by Williams Electronics in February 1981.
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Dragon Buster
is a platform dungeon crawl action role-playing arcade game that was developed by Namco in and released in.
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Excitebike
is a motocross racing video game franchise made by Nintendo.
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Fifth generation of video game consoles
The fifth-generation era (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era and the 3D era) refers to computer and video games, video game consoles and video game handhelds from approximately 1993 to 2001.
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Final Fight (video game)
is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up video game produced by Capcom.
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Fire Truck (video game)
Fire Truck is a black-and-white 1978 arcade game.
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Flicky
is a platform game developed by Sega and released in arcades in May 1984.
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Focal Press
Focal Press is a publisher of media technology books and it is an imprint of Taylor & Francis.
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Fourth generation of video game consoles
In the history of computer and video games, the fourth generation (more commonly referred to as the 16-bit era) of games consoles began on October 30, 1987 with the Japanese release of NEC Home Electronics' PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America).
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Gameplay
Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games.
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GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ is an entertainment website dedicated to video game-related news, previews and reviews, that is owned by Future Publishing (a subsidiary of Future plc).
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Glossary of video game terms
This is a glossary of video game terms which lists the general terms as commonly used in Wikipedia articles related to video games and its industry.
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Golden age of arcade video games
The golden age of arcade video games was the era when arcade video games entered pop culture and became a dominant cultural force.
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Golden Axe
is a series of side-scrolling, beat 'em up, arcade video games developed by Sega.
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Gradius
is a series of shooter video games, introduced in 1985, developed and published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms.
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Grand Prix (video game)
Grand Prix is a Formula One Grand Prix motor racing-themed video game.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes is a run-and-gun shooter video game, and the first game developed by Treasure and published by Sega.
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Hack and slash
Hack and slash, or hack and slay (H&S or HnS), refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat.
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Hong Kong action cinema
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame.
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IBM Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform.
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Id Software
id Software LLC (see Company name) is an American video game developer headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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IGN
IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.
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Jets'n'Guns
Jets'n'Guns is a 2D, side-scrolling shoot 'em up computer game released in late 2004 for Microsoft Windows by RakeInGrass software. In April 2006, a version for Mac OS X was released. In December 2006 an expansion, Jets'n'Guns Gold, was released. A version for Linux has been developed by Linux Game Publishing.
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John Carmack
John D. Carmack (born August 20, 1970) is an American computer programmer, engineer, and businessman.
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John Romero
Alfonso John Romero (born October 28, 1967) is an American director, designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry.
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Jump Bug
Jump Bug was the first platform game to include smooth horizontal and vertical scrolling.
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Jungle Hunt
Jungle Hunt (ジヤングル・ハン卜) is a right-to-left side-scrolling arcade game produced and released by Taito in 1982.
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Karateka (video game)
Karateka is a 1984 martial arts action game by Jordan Mechner, and was his first published game, created while attending Yale University.
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Kee Games
Kee Games was an arcade game manufacturer that released games from 1973 to 1978.
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Killer List of Videogames
The Killer List of Videogames (KLOV) is a website featuring an online encyclopedia devoted to cataloging arcade games past and present.
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Kodansha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan.
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Korea
Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.
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Kung-Fu Master (video game)
Kung-Fu Master is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game produced by Irem as arcade game in and distributed by Data East in North America.
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MapleStory
MapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet.
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Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are a combination of role-playing video games and massively multiplayer online games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual world.
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Mini-map
A mini-map or minimap is a miniature map that is often placed at a screen corner in video games to aid players in orienting themselves within the game world.
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Moon Patrol
is an arcade game by Irem released in 1982.
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Mystic Marathon
Mystic Marathon is a horizontally-scrolling arcade game released by Williams Electronics in 1984.
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Namco
is a Japanese corporation that operates game centers and theme parks, but is best known for its previous identity as a video game developer and publisher.
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Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
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Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (commonly abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo.
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Pac-Land
is an entry in the Pac-Man series of arcade video games, released into arcades by Namco, and its American distributor Bally Midway (later Midway Games), in August 1984.
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Parallax scrolling
Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics where background images move past the camera more slowly than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene and adding to the sense of immersion in the virtual experience.
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Platform game
A platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre and subgenre of action game.
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Power-up
In video games, power-ups are objects that instantly benefit or add extra abilities to the game character as a game mechanic.
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Proof of concept
Proof of concept (PoC) is a realization of a certain method or idea in order to demonstrate its feasibility, or a demonstration in principle with the aim of verifying that some concept or theory has practical potential.
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R-Type
is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987.
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Rally-X
is a driving game set in an overhead, scrolling maze, released in arcades by Namco, and licensed in 1980 to Midway Manufacturing Co. for US manufacture and distribution in 1981.
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Renegade (video game)
Renegade is a video game released in 1986 by Taito.
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game and abbreviated to RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.
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Role-playing video game
A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as simply a role-playing game or an RPG as well as a computer role-playing game or a CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world.
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Scramble (video game)
is a 1981 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game.
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Scrolling
In computer displays, filmmaking, television production, and other kinetic displays, scrolling is sliding text, images or video across a monitor or display, vertically or horizontally.
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Sega
Sega Games Co., Ltd., originally short for Service Games and officially styled as SEGA, is a Japanese multinational video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices around the world.
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Shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up (also known as shmup or STGDavies, Jonti.. GameSpy. 30 July 2008.Carless, Simon.. Game Set Watch. 5 April 2011.) is a subgenre of the shooter genre of video games.
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Shooter game
Shooter games are a subgenre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time.
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SNK
is a Japanese video game hardware and software company, successor to the Shin Nihon Kikaku and current owner of the SNK video game brand and Neo Geo video game platform.
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Softdisk
Softdisk was a software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Sopwith (video game)
Sopwith is a side scrolling shoot 'em up created by David L. Clark of BMB Compuscience in 1984.
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Steven L. Kent
Steven L. Kent, (born on August 28, 1960) is the son of woodworker Ron Kent, is an American writer, known for both video game journalism and military science fiction novels.
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Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF or スト (Suto), is a fighting video game franchise developed and published by Capcom, and serves as the company's flagship series.
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Super Bug (video game)
Super Bug is an arcade game developed, manufactured, and released by Atari in 1977.
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Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros.
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Taito
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher of arcade hardware and mobile phones, and an operator of video arcades.
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Technōs Japan
was a Japanese video game developer, best known for the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun (which includes Renegade, Super Dodge Ball and River City Ransom) franchises.
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The Legend of Kage
is a 1985 arcade game by Taito which was released for several contemporary video game home systems in 1986.
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Thexder
is an arcade-style run-and-gun shooter action game from Game Arts, originally released as a PC game for the NEC PC-8001 in and subsequently ported to a number of other personal computer platforms throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Third generation of video game consoles
In the history of computer and video games, the third generation (sometimes referred to as the 8-bit era) began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese release of both the Family Computer (referred to in Japan in the abbreviated form "Famicom", and later known as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, in the rest of the world) and SG-1000.
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Tomohiro Nishikado
is a Japanese video game developer.
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Treasure (company)
Treasure Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer, founded by former employees of Konami on June 19, 1992.
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Vertically scrolling video game
A vertically scrolling video game or vertical scroller is a video game in which the player views the field of play principally from a top-down perspective, while the background scrolls from the top of the screen to the bottom (or, less often, from the bottom to the top) to create the illusion that the player character is moving in the game world.
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Video game
A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.
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Video game genre
A video game genre is a classification assigned to a video game based on its gameplay interaction rather than visual or narrative differences.
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Video game graphics
A variety of computer graphic techniques have been used to display video game content throughout the history of video games.
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WMS Industries
WMS Industries, Inc. is an American electronic gaming and amusement manufacturer in Enterprise, Nevada.
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Wonder Boy
The series, also known as the series, is a franchise of video games published by Sega and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment (formerly Escape).
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X1 (computer)
The, sometimes called the Sharp X1, is a series of home computers released by Sharp Corporation from 1982 to 1988.
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2.5D
The two-and-a-half-dimensional (2.5D, alternatively three-quarter and pseudo-3D) perspective is either 2D graphical projections and similar techniques used to cause images or scenes to simulate the appearance of being three-dimensional (3D) when in fact they are not, or gameplay in an otherwise three-dimensional video game that is restricted to a two-dimensional plane or has a virtual camera with a fixed angle.
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2D computer graphics
2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them.
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3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics or three-dimensional computer graphics, (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-scrolling_video_game
