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80's and 90's game tropes:

All fat video game characters were required to know how to blow fire.

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>>1102496
Yeah, pretty much!

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Silent protagonist

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>>1102496

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>>1102496
Yep I think Karnov started that whole trend.

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Second player wears red.

>> No.1102550

>>1102521
No me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YLAGAC0JI

>> No.1102552

>the girl character is the fastest

>> No.1102553

If you're playing a beat-em-up you will eventually get to an elevator level where generic thugs fall from the ceiling.

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Every single thing on the face of the planet is out to get you.

>> No.1102571

>>1102496
Delicious meat plate out of a trash can. The healthiest thing in the world.

>> No.1102578

All RPG's had gelatin-like blob creatures as some of your first encounters.

>> No.1102579

Your character has an awesome weapon at the end of one level but somehow loses it at the start of the next.

>> No.1102589

"Stores" only sell one item

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>>1102496
Video game bosses are always freakishly taller and bigger than regular people.

>> No.1102593

>>1102589
sorry, i can't think of a game offhand that sells less than 2

>> No.1102597

>>1102593
Roger Rabbit for NES does.

>> No.1102606

Every fighting game had at least one character that resembled Ryu. More of a 90's thing.

>> No.1102620

>>1102606
"Ryu" means Dragon

the moar u know

>> No.1102668

>>1102578
or rats

>> No.1102763

>>1102620

Also the pair of Ryu/Ken like characters on fighting games

>> No.1102806

If there's a princess to be saved, she'll most likely not have any parents (or you never see them)... which makes one wonder why is she isn't a queen.

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Unless it's a Ninja Turtles game, odds are any reptiles you come across are out to get you.

>> No.1104982

>>1102821

Yeah

>> No.1105008

Platforming animals with ATTITUDE

>>1102821
>classic Turtles kicking Utrom ass
Is this based on an actual storyline?

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>>1102496
that's an interesting find.

The Antagonists always kidnaps the Protagonist girlfriend.or the President