genre fx fighter
A ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ ___MASK7___ is a classification assigned to a ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ based on its gameplay interaction rather than visual or ___MASK28___ differences . A ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ ___MASK7___ is defined by a set of gameplay challenges and are classified independent of their setting or ___MASK18___ - world content , unlike other works of fiction such as films or books . For example , a shooter ___MASK18___ is still a shooter ___MASK18___ , regardless of whether it takes place in a fantasy world or in outer space . IBM PC compatible computers are those similar to the original IBM PC , XT , and AT , able to run the same software and support the same expansion cards as those . Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones , or IBM clones . They duplicate almost exactly all the significant features of the PC architecture , facilitated by IBM ' s choice of commodity hardware components and ___MASK70___ manufacturers ' ability to reverse engineer the BIOS firmware using a " clean room design " technique . Columbia Data Products built the first clone of the IBM personal computer by a clean room implementation of its BIOS . A ___MASK59___ is a video game genre in which the player controls an on - screen character and engages in close ___MASK87___ with an opponent , which can be either an AI or controlled by another player . The fight matches typically consist of several rounds and take place in an arena , while each character has widely differing abilities but each is relatively viable to choose . Players must master techniques such as blocking , counter - attacking , and chaining attacks together into " combos ". Since the early 1990s , most fighting games allow the player to execute special attacks by performing specific input combinations . The ___MASK59___ genre is related to but distinct from beat ' em ups , which involve large numbers of enemies against the human player . The user interface ( UI ), in the industrial ___MASK94___ field of human  computer interaction , is the ___MASK80___ where interactions between humans and machines occur . The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine from the human end , whilst the machine simultaneously feeds back information that aids the operators ' decision - making process . Examples of this broad concept of user interfaces include the interactive aspects of computer operating systems , hand tools , heavy machinery operator controls , and process controls . The ___MASK94___ considerations applicable when creating user interfaces are related to or involve such disciplines as ergonomics and ___MASK100___ . ___MASK54___ ( from Imager for Magnetopause - to - Aurora Global Exploration ), or Explorer 78 , was a NASA MIDEX mission that studied the global response of the Earth ' s magnetosphere to changes in the solar wind . It was launched ___MASK6___ 25 , 2000 by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg AFB and ceased operations in December 2005 . FX Fighter is a ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ developed by Argonaut Games and released by GTE ___MASK99___ in 1995 . It was an early realtime 3D ___MASK59___ to be developed for the PC . The ___MASK18___ was also being developed for the Super Nintendo ___MASK99___ System , but eventually only the PC CD - ROM version for MS - DOS was released . The ___MASK18___ features eight different characters , eight different arenas , movie cut scenes , and 40 attacks per fighter . The player selects a character to face against eight of the best fighters in the universe for a prize consisting of the most powerful weapon in the universe . At the end of each Major League ___MASK21___ season , the league leaders of ___MASK70___ statistical categories are announced . Leading the league in a particular category is referred to as a " title ". The Super Nintendo ___MASK99___ System ( officially abbreviated the Super NES or SNES , and commonly shortened to Super Nintendo ) is a 16 - bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea , 1991 in North America , 1992 in Europe and Australasia ( Oceania ), and 1993 in South America . In Japan , the system is called the , or SFC for short . In South Korea , it is known as the Super Comboy (   " Syupeo Keomboi ") and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics . Although each version is essentially the same , several forms of regional lockout prevent the different versions from being compatible with one another . It was released in Brazil on September 2 , 1992 , by Playtronic . A ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ developer is a software developer that specializes in ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ development  the process and related disciplines of creating ___MASK39___ games . A ___MASK18___ developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines , such as programming , design , art , testing , etc . Most ___MASK18___ development companies have ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ publisher financial and usually marketing support . Self - funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games . MS - DOS (; acronym for " Microsoft Disk Operating System ") is a discontinued operating system for x86 - based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft . It was the most commonly used member of the DOS ___MASK85___ of operating systems , and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s and the early 1990s , when it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface ( GUI ), in various generations of the graphical Microsoft Windows operating system by Microsoft Corporation . Beat ' Em Up , recorded at Hit Factory Criteria studios in Miami Beach , Florida , is the first Iggy ___MASK63___ ___MASK26___ in which The Trolls were credited . The Trolls were : Iggy ___MASK63___ , Whitey Kirst , Pete Marshall , Alex Kirst and Lloyd ' Mooseman ' Roberts . The Nintendo ___MASK99___ System ( commonly abbreviated as NES ) is an 8 - bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo . The best - selling gaming console of its time , the NES helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983 . With the NES , Nintendo introduced a now - standard business model of licensing third - party developers , authorizing them to produce and distribute titles for Nintendo ' s platform . The Super FX is a coprocessor on the ___MASK49___ Support Unit ( GSU ) added to select Super Nintendo ( SNES ) ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ cartridges , primarily to provide advanced 2D and 3D techniques . The Super FX chip was designed by Argonaut Games , who also co - developed ( with Nintendo ) the 3D ___MASK80___ scrolling shooter ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ " Star Fox " to demonstrate the additional polygon rendering capabilities that the chip had introduced to the SNES . A display device is an output device for presentation of ___MASK68___ in visual or tactile form ( the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people ). When the input ___MASK68___ is supplied has an electrical signal , the display is called an " electronic display ". The concept of ___MASK39___ games as a form of art is a controversial topic within the ___MASK99___ industry . Though ___MASK39___ games have been afforded legal protection as creative works by the Supreme Court of the United States , the philosophical proposition that ___MASK39___ games are works of art remains in question , even when considering the contribution of expressive elements such as graphics , storytelling and music . Even art games , games purposely designed to be a work of creative expression , have been challenged as works of art by some critics . Australasia , a region of Oceania , comprises Australia , New Zealand , the island of New Guinea , and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean . Charles de Brosses coined the term ( as French " Australasie ") in " Histoire des navigations aux terres australes " ( 1756 ). He derived it from the Latin for " south of Asia " and differentiated the area from Polynesia ( to the east ) and the southeast Pacific ( Magellanica ). The bulk of Australasia sits on the Indo - Australian Plate , together with ___MASK20___ . Compact disc ( CD ) is a digital optical disc data storage format released in 1982 and co - developed by Philips and Sony . The format was originally developed to store and ___MASK12___ only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data ( CD - ROM ). Several other formats were further derived from these , including write - once audio and data storage ( CD - R ), rewritable media ( CD - RW ), Video Compact Disc ( VCD ), Super Video Compact Disc ( SVCD ), Photo CD , PictureCD , CD - i , and Enhanced Music CD . Audio CD players have been commercially available since October 1982 , when the first commercially available CD player was released in Japan . x86 is a ___MASK85___ of backward compatible instruction set architectures based on the Intel 8086 CPU and its Intel 8088 variant . The 8086 was introduced in 1978 as a fully 16 - bit extension of Intel ' s 8 - bit based 8080 microprocessor , with memory segmentation as a solution for addressing more memory than can be covered by a plain 16 - bit address . The term " x86 " came into being because the names of several successors to Intel ' s 8086 processor end in " 86 ", including the 80186 , 80286 , 80386 and 80486 processors . An electronic ___MASK18___ is a ___MASK18___ that employs electronics to create an interactive system with which a player can ___MASK12___ . Video ___MASK18___ is the most common form today , and for this reason the terms are often mistakenly used synonymously . Other common forms of electronic ___MASK18___ include such products as handheld electronic games , standalone systems ( e . g . pinball , slot machines , or electro - mechanical arcade games ), and exclusively non - visual products ( e . g . audio games ). A ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ is an electronic ___MASK18___ that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a ___MASK39___ device such as a TV screen or computer monitor . The word " ___MASK39___ " in " ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ " traditionally referred to a raster display device , but as of the 2000s , it implies any type of display device that can produce two - or three - dimensional images . Some theorists categorize ___MASK39___ games as an art form , but this designation is controversial . The Seattle Mariners are an American professional ___MASK21___ team based in Seattle , Washington . The Mariners compete in Major League ___MASK21___ ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . The team joined the AL as an expansion team in 1977 . Since July , the Mariners ' home ballpark has been Safeco Field , located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle . SoDo means " South of Downtown ." DOS , short for " disk operating system ", is an acronym used to describe the ___MASK85___ of several very similar command - line computer operating systems for x86 - based computers : primarily MS - DOS and PC DOS , but also ___MASK98___ - DOS , FreeDOS , ROM - DOS , and PTS - DOS . None of these systems were officially named " DOS ", and indeed " DOS " is a general term for disk operating system . Microsoft Windows ( or simply Windows ) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed , marketed , and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems , each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing industry with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture . Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies , e . g . Windows Embedded Compact ( Windows CE ) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x ; Windows 10 Mobile is an active product , unrelated to the defunct ___MASK85___ Windows Mobile . A CD - ROM is a pre - pressed optical compact disc which contains data . The name is an acronym which stands for " Compact Disc Read - Only Memory ". Computers can read CD - ROMs , but cannot write to CD - ROMs which are not writable or erasable . Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , Nintendo then developed into a ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan ' s third most - valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From 1992 until 2016 , Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball ' s Seattle Mariners . Argonaut Games plc was a British ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ developer , founded in 1982 and liquidated in 2004 . It was most notable for the development of the Super NES ___MASK39___ ___MASK18___ " Star Fox " and its supporting Super FX hardware . Microsoft Corporation ( commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS ) is an American multinational ___MASK60___ company headquartered in Redmond , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells computer software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , Microsoft Office office suite , and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup . As of 2016 , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . A regional lockout ( or region coding ) is a class of digital rights ___MASK47___ preventing the use of a certain product or service , such as multimedia or a hardware device , outside of a certain region or territory . A regional lockout may be enforced through physical means , through technological means such as detecting the user ' s IP address or using an identifying code , or through unintentional means introduced by devices only supporting certain regional technologies ( such as video formats , i . e . NTSC and PAL ). Close ___MASK87___ means a violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range .