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  2. Konami Code - Wikipedia

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    The Konami Code was first used in the release of Gradius (1986), a scrolling shooter for the NES [ 11] and was popularized among North American players in the NES version of Contra. The code is also known as the "Contra Code" and "30 Lives Code", since the code provided the player 30 extra lives in Contra. The code has been used to help novice ...

  3. Cheating in online games - Wikipedia

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    Cheating in online games. A video game cheat menu. Typical extrasensory perception (ESP) hack showing the health, name and bounding box of an entity that is not otherwise visible. On online games, cheating subverts the rules or mechanics of the games to gain an unfair advantage over other players, generally with the use of third-party software ...

  4. Grand Theft Auto V - Wikipedia

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    Grand Theft Auto Online launched on 1 October 2013, two weeks after Grand Theft Auto V 's release. [84] Many players reported connection difficulties and game freezes during load screens. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] Rockstar released a technical patch on 5 October in an effort to resolve the issues, [ 87 ] but problems persisted the second week as some players reported their character progress as having ...

  5. Trevor Philips - Wikipedia

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    Trevor Philips is a character and one of the three playable protagonists, alongside Michael de Santa and Franklin Clinton, of Grand Theft Auto V, the seventh main title in the Grand Theft Auto series developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. He also appears in the game's multiplayer component, Grand Theft Auto Online.

  6. Blackjack - Wikipedia

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    Blackjack (formerly black jack and vingt-un) is a casino banking game. [ 1]: 342 It is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. It uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as "twenty-one".

  7. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    0–9. 1CC. Abbreviation of one-credit completion or one-coin clear. To complete an arcade (or arcade-style) game without using continues. [1] 1-up. An object that gives the player an extra life (or attempt) in games where the player has a limited number of chances to complete a game or level. [2] 100%.

  8. Development of Grand Theft Auto V - Wikipedia

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    Development of. Grand Theft Auto V. Rockstar North 's former studio in Edinburgh, Scotland, where Grand Theft Auto V ' s development was overseen. A team of approximately 1,000 people developed Grand Theft Auto V over several years. Rockstar Games released the action-adventure game in September 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in November ...

  9. Video game controversies - Wikipedia

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    The portrayal of race in some video games such as the Grand Theft Auto series, Custer's Revenge, 50 Cent: Bulletproof [citation needed], and Def Jam: Fight for NY [citation needed] has been controversial. The 2002 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was criticized as promoting racist hate crime.