I guess the only real term I hate is when someone in 2008 says that they (and it doesn't happen all to often, but it happens) "OWNED" the game in terms of console gaming, or that they Flipped It in both console or arcade definition. Unless one is doing a 1cc outing in a traditional arcade game and didn't have to continue even once, then they didn't OWN shit. In terms of "Flipping", you cannot Flip the Cartridge (console) or Flip the game (arcade) unless your high score went so high that it reverted back to zero. Yet I hear this term used to describe beating a game. Shoot I only ever knew of a few ppl who ever flipped a game in my life.

Quote Originally Posted by kaedesdisciple View Post
Just off the top of my head, anytime anyone pronounces SNK as "sink"
QFT Though I have to admit when I first
set my eyes on the original IKARI game in a movie
theatre back in 1986 or 1987, I thought that was
the name too. Only later for some Japanese guy to
say the whole "Shin Nihon Kikaku" name instead of
S-N-K, and I'd go around telling kids that IKARI was
a game made by Shine Neehow Kick

But knowing better, yeah I hate the term "sink"

Quote Originally Posted by 8bitgamer View Post
Shmup for shoot-em-up
WORD. I've never understood the terminology for
this either. I've always looked at it like this:
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Shooter = Horizontal or Vertical blast 'a thons
with jet fighters, space fighters and/or flying people.

RGS = Run & Gun Shooter, which more or less
says it all... Super Contra, IKARI, Metal Slug, Shock Troopers,
Devastators, (going into the screen) etc.

FPS = First Person Shooter, which is what most ppl
are playing that peeps call "shooters"

BEU = Beat 'Em Ups (which I still call "Roving Brawlers")

VS. Fighting = One on One martial arts games like
Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, KOF, etc.