#retro

Keeping a boss or enemy alive to squeeze out maximum points.

Stringing kills or pickups together to keep a score multiplier alive.

Jokey rhyming nickname for cannabis.

Dropping a bomb to wipe the screen before a bullet pattern blooms.

A hidden final boss that only appears for players good enough to earn it.

Rotating the display 90 degrees to play a vertical shmup as intended.

When a TAS proves it runs on real console hardware, not just an emulator.

A relaxed, casual word for a joint.

Stepping a game forward one single frame at a time.

Free extra life, pure and simple.

Clearing the whole game on a single credit, no continues.

Personified nickname for marijuana.

Emulation so precise it copies the chip clock tick by tick.

Playing emulated retro games online together.

1940s slang for cannabis (for the giggly high).

The lit-up artwork sign crowning an arcade cabinet.

The demo a coin-op plays to itself to lure you in.

1940s slang for a cannabis cigarette.

Maxing the score counter so it physically can't display any higher.

1920s-30s jazz slang for cannabis.

A digital rip of a cartridge or disc's data.

Spamming the pause menu to step the game forward one frame at a time.

The level where a game's code eats itself and dies.

Beating every stage so the game restarts harder instead of ending.

A bullet an enemy fires at you the moment it dies.

Playing a vert in tate mode by lying on your side instead of rotating the TV.

Cracking open a game's ROM to rewrite how it plays or looks.

Firing from right up against an enemy to concentrate maximum damage.

Beat the game as fast as possible, no extra requirements.

Jazz-era term for cannabis.

A full snapshot of the game you can reload instantly.

Clearing a stage, boss or whole game without losing a single life.

High-quality cannabis; 'the kind bud.'

Dynamic difficulty that ramps up based on how well you're playing.