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  2. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    The gacha concept expanded out into loot boxes through the Chinese game ZT Online, and in Western games like FIFA 09 and Team Fortress 2 in the early 2010s; players would earn loot boxes through in-game actions, or which could be purchased through real-world funds, and when opened would contain a variety of items, randomly selected based on ...

  3. Outland (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Outland is a 2D platformer with action game elements. Gameplay mainly revolves around using Light (blue) and Dark (red) energies, which allows the player to pass through their respective barriers, and attack monsters born of the opposite alignment (e.g. use Light to attack Dark monsters).

  4. Emergent gameplay - Wikipedia

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    Intentional emergence occurs when some creative uses of the game are intended by the game designers. Since the 1970s and 1980s board games and role playing games such as Cosmic Encounter or Dungeons & Dragons have featured intentional emergence as a primary game function by supplying players with relatively simple rules or frameworks for play that intentionally encouraged them to explore ...

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  6. Narrative of video games - Wikipedia

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    Video games were first popularized with Pong. Pong was a simple virtual game of tennis in which, developer Nolan Bushnell said, the primary goal was "fun." According to Bushnell, games in that era had been so technologically challenging to produce that "it was exhausting to get the game to play without worrying about story" and as such, story was not a concern for many developers. [7]

  7. Ultima Online - Wikipedia

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    Ultima Online: Discovery Edition (February 1, 2000) was released to the Australian and New Zealand markets at the same time as the launch of the Oceania server for the region. Ultima Online: 7th Anniversary (September 25, 2004) was a special release of the game to celebrate Ultima Online's seventh birthday. It included a more recently patched CD.

  8. Interactive storytelling - Wikipedia

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    Interactive storytelling (also known as interactive drama) is a form of digital entertainment in which the storyline is not predetermined. The author creates the setting, characters, and situation which the narrative must address, but the user (also reader or player) experiences a unique story based on their interactions with the story world.

  9. Simple (video game series) - Wikipedia

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    Early Simple games were generic interpretations of other common video game themes, including tennis, racing, and video board games such as mahjong. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Beginning with the PlayStation 2 , Simple games began using larger genres such as scrolling shooters and role-playing games, in addition to original ideas and concepts.