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  2. List of commercial failures in video games - Wikipedia

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    As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments.In the early 21st century, industry commentators made these general estimates: 10% of published games generated 90% of revenue; [1] that around 3% of PC games and 15% of console games have global sales of more than 100,000 units per year, with even this level ...

  3. ROM image - Wikipedia

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    Intelligent Systems ROM burner for the Nintendo DS. A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, or used to contain a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board.

  4. Status effect - Wikipedia

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    Healing the target's health over time (either for a period of time OR while a status effect is active). Removing the target's health over time (either for a period of time OR while a status effect is active). Boosting the damage output of the target. Lowering the damage output of the target. Taunting the enemy to avoid other players getting ...

  5. Disc rot - Wikipedia

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    Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of chemical deterioration. The causes include oxidation of the reflective layer, reactions with contaminants, ultra-violet light damage, and de-bonding of the adhesive used to adhere the layers of the disc together.

  6. ROM hacking - Wikipedia

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    Generally speaking, a ROM hacker cannot normally add content to a game, but merely change existing content. This limit can be overcome through ROM expansion, whereby the total size of the ROM image is increased, making room for more content and, in turn, a larger game. The difficulty in doing this varies depending on the system for which the ...

  7. Pokémon Black and White - Wikipedia

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    Pokémon Black and White are role-playing video games with adventure elements, presented in a third-person, overhead perspective. [8] There are three basic screens: an overworld, in which the player navigates the main character; a battle screen; and the menu, in which the player configures their party, items, or gameplay settings.

  8. Programmable ROM - Wikipedia

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    It is one type of read-only memory (ROM). PROMs are used in digital electronic devices to store permanent data, usually low level programs such as firmware or microcode. The key difference from a standard ROM is that the data is written into a ROM during manufacture, while with a PROM the data is programmed into them after manufacture. Thus ...

  9. List of CD-i games - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of games made on the CD-i format, [1] [2] [3] organised alphabetically by name. It includes cancelled games as well as actual releases. There are currently 207 games on this list; the vast majority were published by Philips Interactive Media. See Lists of video games for related lists.