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  2. Tower defense - Wikipedia

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    Tower defense is seen as a subgenre of real-time strategy video games, due to its real-time origins, even though many modern tower defense games include aspects of turn-based strategy. Strategic choice and positioning of defensive elements is an essential strategy of the genre.

  3. 2005 in video games - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the total U.S. sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 6% over 2004 to $10.5 billion USD ($9.9 billion, 2004) breaking 2002's $10.3 billion record for the industry. The increase is largely due to the portable game market which counterbalanced sluggish console game sales. Delays, hardware shortages, and anticipation ...

  4. Scrap Mechanic - Wikipedia

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    Single-player, multiplayer. Scrap Mechanic is a sandbox video game developed for Windows by Swedish [3] game studio and publisher Axolot Games, in which players can build machines, vehicles, and buildings, and share their creations online. The initial version of the game, released on January 20, 2016, was a creative mode with unlimited access ...

  5. 2008 in video games - Wikipedia

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    2008 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Grand Theft Auto IV, Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Gears of War 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Persona 4, Fable II, Call of Duty: World at War, Mario Kart Wii, Madden NFL 09, NBA Live 09, NBA 2K9, and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009.

  6. 1996 in video games - Wikipedia

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    Philosophy. Science. +... 1996 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Mario 64, Duke Nukem 3D, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Super Mario RPG, King's Field III, Virtua Fighter 3, along with new titles such as Blazing Heroes, NiGHTS into Dreams..., Crash Bandicoot, Pokémon Red/Green/Blue, Resident Evil, Dead or Alive, Quake and ...

  7. List of Apple II games - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Apple II games.The Apple II had a large user base and was a popular game development platform in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. See here for a list of 16-bit Apple IIGS games.

  8. Shoot 'em up - Wikipedia

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    Definition. A "shoot 'em up", also known as a "shmup" [3] [4] or "STG" (the common Japanese abbreviation for "shooting games"), [1] [2] is a game in which the protagonist combats a large number of enemies by shooting at them while dodging their fire. The controlling player must rely primarily on reaction times to succeed.

  9. List of video game genres - Wikipedia

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    Frets on Fire is a music game. Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm. The genre includes dance games such as Dance Dance Revolution and music-based games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero.