Online dictionary of manga and video games in Japan: general

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Adult

アダルトポルノ漫画
keywords: general
related topics: Banned for under 18 , Pink
related web sites: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ha/bubu/ , http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~ctama/ , http://www2q.biglobe.ne.jp/~ep-rom/rom/ , http://www.alles.or.jp/~aim/
explanation: In Japanese, this word is synonymous with "pornography".

Arcade machine

業務機
alternative words: Professional machine, Arcade
keywords: general , machine
related topics: Console
explanation: Game machine intended to a professional usage like those in game centers, contrary to the console for home usage. There exist many video game which have shown its popularity in game centers before passing to home market such as "Space Invader" or Pacman.

Banned for under 18

１８禁
alternative words: Banned under 18, 18kin, 18 kin
keywords: general
related topics: Adult
explanation: A way to say "pornographic" in Japanese.

Bishojo

美少女
alternative words: Bishoujo, Bishyojo
keywords: general
related topics: Bishojo senshi , Shojo manga
related web sites: http://www.din.or.jp/~ehara/ , http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~ngp/ , http://home.att.ne.jp/red/itachigokko/
explanation: Term frequently used in manga to desinate "cute girl". "Bi" means "beautiful" or "cute" in Japanese and "shojo" means "girl".

Cartridge

カートリッジ
keywords: general , machine
explanation: Data medium widely used in game consoles. Contrary to CD-Rom, the medium is difficult to falsify and its access is extremely fast. The inconvenience is its fabrication cost.

Code conversion

移植
alternative words: Conversion
keywords: general , machine
explanation: Machines for video games being rarely compatible between them, the code conversion from a model to another is an expensive industry and demands much care, especially from the console version to the arcade.

Color depth

発色数
alternative words: Number of colors
keywords: general , machine
explanation: Beginning with only 4 simultaneously displayable colors on "Family Computer" in 1983, man has assisted to an inexorable inflation of color depth and it has brought us up to 16 million color palette that most of the current machines are able to display.

Comic

単行本
alternative words: Comic book
keywords: general , publishing
related topics: Paperback collection
explanation: The book of a paperback format is an ideal medium for the manga diffusion. Extremely popular in Japan because of its price (about 500 yens = 5 dollars), if you are a genius manga oktaku, you should have a whole bookcase filled up with those books and if it is a series, don't lack even one.

Console

コンシューマ機
alternative words: Consumer machine
keywords: general , machine
related topics: Arcade machine
explanation: Machine intended to be used at home, contrary to those intended to be used at game centers. Famous examples are "Super Famicom" of Nintendo and "Play Station" of Sony.

Controler

コントローラー
alternative words: Joystick
keywords: general , machine
explanation: From a simple button to control the progress of a game at the early period, it has developed considerably with an expansion of video games and Nintendo has proved to be very innovator in this domain. We can cite as its innovations, cruciform button in "Game & Watch", microphone in "Family Computer", L-R button in "Super Famicom" and 3D stick in "Nintendo 64".
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