http://wiki.selectbutton.net/ 2026-04-30T12:04:53-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/ http://wiki.selectbutton.net/lib/tpl/desertcalm/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:a_home_alone?rev=1491659908&do=diff A Home Alone Examples Battle of Olympus Lost in the Tropics The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Willow Zelda II: The Adventure of Link text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:canine_errand?rev=1491659908&do=diff Canine Errand Escort Mission As with most escort missions, the following games have the player safeguarding a helpless character throughout one or more danger-filled levels. However, instead of the usual damsel in distress, the otherwise defenseless character in these games happens to be a dog. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:crime?rev=1491659908&do=diff Crime in Videogames Excluding general vidcon murder. Examples Entirely For games built around committing crimes, often based upon playing with other people. * PAYDAY series * Hitman series * Monaco * GTA series (I guess) * Thief series text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:fire_fighting?rev=1491659908&do=diff Fire Fighting * Burning Rangers * FireFighter * Firefighter F.D. 18 * Firefighters 2014 * The Firemen * The Firemen 2 * The Ignition Factor * Mr. Rescue * My Hero: Firefighter * Real Heroes: Firefighter * Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme * The Shouboutai text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:handy_games?rev=1491659908&do=diff Handy Games Hands always there, jutting forward. Examples FIXME (add images; need to resize them) * Bernhand * Blood Chalice * Burrito Galaxy 65 * Hernhand * Longsleve * SCRATCHMASTER SPACE ADVENTURE MIXTAPE * Secret Laboratory * Wrench Thrower * Zeno Clash Plus In the game making tool Vertex Meadow the layer that stores overlays is called 'hands', and it's icon takes inspiration from the text/html 2018-01-02T22:06:32-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:internal_conflict?rev=1514948792&do=diff Internal Conflict An internal conflict, as seen here, is a battle or stage of a videogame which takes place within the body of a living or otherwise animated being. This often involves the protagonist being shrunk by some means in order to traverse the bowels of either a burdened or burdensome beast. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:inventory_intimates?rev=1491659908&do=diff Inventory Intimates Intriguing incentives for the intrepid, itinerant investigator. Examples Click images for actual size Cave Story Curly's Underwear “Retreived from beind the wall. Yellow-green panties with a cute little insignia. They have no use. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:just_not_cricket?rev=1491659908&do=diff Just Not Cricket A category for sport themed games outside the sport game genre/s. Examples * Asuka 120% Burning Festival series * Basketbelle * Free Kick * Go! Go! Beckham! Adventure on Soccer Island * The Hurricanes * Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness * Marko's Magic Football * Mascot Mania * Mascot Manor * Chaos in the Windy City * Ninja Baseball Batman * Ninja Golf * Rival Schools series * Soccer Kid * Tales of Game’s Studios Presents Chef Boyardee’… text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:kusoge?rev=1491659908&do=diff Kusoge Kusoge is a portmanteau of the Japanese 'kuso' (crap), and 'game'. Used to describe spectacular failures, and glorious trainwrecks: games with inhuman difficulties, illogical puzzles, extreme boredomosity, game-deforming bugs, awful stories, (and so on,) but to such a degree that the games become interesting, outside the intentions of the developers. You know them when you play them. Applicable games are up for debate, and there are notable differences between Japan, and elsewhere, over … text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:licensed_games?rev=1491659908&do=diff Licensed Games Some good ones Some exceptionally bad ones See also * selectbutton podcast #70: Licensed Nightmare text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:lonely_game?rev=1491659908&do=diff Lonely Game A part tongue-in-cheek, part not, Select Button affiliated term, used to describe games---well---lonely games. It can be an inherent quality of the game (ie Noctis IV, or created by players (ie playing multiplayer games alone). Examples * Metroid series * text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:looming_threat?rev=1491659908&do=diff Looming Threat A villain metaphorically hovers above the land with menace in his eyes and lust in his heart. They may or may not be translucent. Examples FIXME (add images) In-game Alone in the Dark Batman: Rise of Sin-Tzu Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 text/html 2017-10-06T03:13:02-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:mecha_games?rev=1507273982&do=diff Mecha Games Mecha, or mech games prominently feature mecha under the control of the player. Sorted by genre Mecha themed games organised by genre. It may also be valuable to organise them by mecha type, and perhaps others. To sort FIXME * Sandlot games text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:mountain_climbing?rev=1491659908&do=diff Mountain Climbing Examples Simulations, etc. For games primarily about mountain (etc.) climbing. Mountain climbing as genre, basically. Over half of these are PlayStation games. * Climb play * Everest * Everest: Iceman's Apprentice * Extreme Rock Climbing (though it's indoor rock climbing, rather than mountain climbing) * Final Assault * GIRP * Grow Home * text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:pixelgonal_paintings?rev=1491659908&do=diff Pixelgonal Paintings Framed works in video games, identified! Sources Animal Crossing series notes: in-game name in quotes. 'Amazing Painting' The Night Watch (or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq) 1642 Rembrandt van Rijn'Basic Painting' The Blue Boy c. 1770 text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:playing_john_malkovich?rev=1491659908&do=diff Strike-through Text Playing John Malkovich Games where a person from real life is a playable character. Examples People * 50 Cent (50 Cent: Bulletproof) * Britney Spears (Britney's Dance Beat) * Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee) * Charles Barkley (Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden) text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:revealing_images?rev=1491659908&do=diff Revealing Images For games that feature, in some way, the revealing of an image. Most often as a reward for completion of a segment, though some of these games use revealing images in a manner that crosses from theme to pattern (ie: key mechanic). The theme is most common in erotic games. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:standing_on_a_cliff?rev=1491659908&do=diff Standing on a Cliff A frequently recurring theme in videogames, particularly those from Japan, it seems. A Standing on a Cliff moment presents a hero, or group of heroes, pausing on their adventure atop some kind of high vantage point. Typically a cliff or mountain top, but sometimes a skyscraper, or other such place. Usually this occurs at the beginning, or beginning phase, of a game where the hero/es take a moment to consider the journey ahead; or at the end, when they text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:titlescreen?rev=1491659908&do=diff Themes * A Home Alone * Canine Errand * Crime * Fire Fighting * Kusoge * Handy Games * Internal Conflict * Inventory Intimates * Just Not Cricket * Licensed / Licenced Games * Lonely Game * Looming Threat * Mascot Games * Mecha Games * Mountain Climbing * Pixelgonal Paintings * Playing John Malkovich * Revealing Images * Standing on a Cliff * Traversing Planes * Traversing Trains * Written in Stone See also * Galaxy Odyssey - Videogame themes and … text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:traversing_trains?rev=1491659908&do=diff Traversing Trains Stages or segments that take place on trains, preferably in motion. Examples * Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express * Animal Crossing * Animaniacs (MD) * Astro Boy: Omega Factor * Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja * Batman: Return of the Joker text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/theme:written_in_stone?rev=1491659908&do=diff Written in Stone 1999: Hore, Mitakotoka! Seikimatsu Adian no Tsue Adventure Island III Adventure Island IV Mad City Adventures of Dino Riki Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu Aruman no Kiseki Atlantis no Nazo Axelay BC Racers Big Nose the Caveman Bonk's Adventure Caveman Games ~ ~ Chuck Rock Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck Cloud Master