Game clocks were first used extensively in tournament chess, and are often called chess clocks.

The most commonly used grading systems are the Fontainebleau system which ranges from 1 to 8c +, and the John Sherman V-grade system, beginning at V0 and increasing by integers to a current top grade of proposed V16 ( The Wheel of Life by Dai Koyamada in the Grampians, Australia ; The Game, by Daniel Woods, Boulder Canyon, CO ; Lucid Dreaming, by Paul Robinson.

** The Nintendo DS and the Nintendo DS Lite are backward compatible with all Game Boy Advance games.

Game birds are not typical backyard birds, but in the appropriate habitat these birds will visit ground feeders for seeds or cracked corn.

The original Game Boy and Game Boy Color versions have a Moon Water storyline, and are known as Bubble Bobble, and Classic Bubble Bobble respectively.

The two most famous in recent history are the changing of the Hollywood Sign to read " Caltech ", by judiciously covering up certain parts of the letters, and the changing of the scoreboard to read Caltech 38, MIT 9 during the 1984 Rose Bowl Game.

Game ( and hunting ) are still uniformly popular in Acadiana.

* planoforming spacecraft, which are crewed by humans telepathically linked with cats to defend against the attacks of malevolent entities in space, who are perceived by the humans as dragons, and by the cats as gigantic rats, in " The Game of Rat and Dragon ".

There are some mods which affect gameplay heavily, such as Gun Game, where players start with a basic pistol and must score kills to receive better weapons, and Zombie Mod, where one team consists of zombies and must " spread the infection " by killing the other team ( using only the knife ).

Game levels are played sequentially instead of as separate " episodes ".

How a player character obtains spells varies depending on his Game Master ; but how they are used is universal.

Game and ham are popular in Champagne, as well as the special sparkling wine simply known as Champagne.

Such things as what attributes and skills will define characters are left to be determined by the Game Master and players, and several different optional systems for resolving actions and conflicts are offered.

The rules of Fudge are highly customizable and can be adjusted for the level of simplicity or complexity desired by the Game Master and Players.

Examples of this abound in Kelly's work and are well illustrated in the " Prehistoric Man " sequence from On the Town and " The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick's Day " from Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

The technical specifications of the original Game Boy Advance are, as provided by Nintendo:

Game meats, especially boar, rabbit, and venison are also widely available all year round.

Game mechanics are not restricted by the theme, however — unlike a simulation game, the theme of a German game is often merely mnemonic.

Games that are designed specifically for the Game Boy Color are housed in clear-colored cartridges, and will not function in an earlier Game Boy or the Super Game Boy ( or will simply display a warning message and refuse to play ).

The Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game ( 2003 ) is sold as sets of plastic, randomly assorted, pre-painted miniatures, and can be used as either part of a standard Dungeons & Dragons game or as a stand-alone collectible miniatures game.

This has come into question, though, that confidential information has been used to blackmail possible defectors ( see Fair Game ( Scientology )) However, a few transcripts of auditing sessions with confidential information removed have been published as demonstration examples.

Her first film under RKO was The Most Dangerous Game ( 1932 ), co-starring Joel McCrea and shot at night on the same jungle sets that were being used for King Kong during the day, with the leads from both films, Wray and Robert Armstrong, appearing in both movies.

Game theory is mainly used in economics, political science, and psychology, as well as logic and biology.

For example, the Storyteller System used in White Wolf Game Studio's storytelling games calls its GM the " storyteller ", while the rules-and setting-focused Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game calls its GM the " judge ".

Game Boy Color Cartridges will function correctly when used in a Game Boy Advance or Game Boy Advance SP system.

This scheme is used in connection with Conway's Game of Life, so it talks about the R-pentomino instead of the F-pentomino.

On satellite, channels that devote at least some of their program schedule to post-syndication reruns include Nick at Nite, TV Land, TBS, USA Network, WGN America, TV Guide Network, The Hub, Game Show Network, Boomerang, Nicktoons Network, INSP, RFD-TV, and the Hallmark Channel ; on terrestrial digital television otherwise-vacant subchannels may be used to carry Retro Television Network, Antenna TV, Me-TV, This TV or PBJ.

It is used in a number of systems such as most Android-based systems, the Apple iPhone and iPad, RIM devices, Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, etc.

* – " Game apparatus " – This patent used to protect the jagged edges of bonus squares, which were added so that one need not lift previously placed tiles in order to see the bonus.

White Wolf Game Studio's Storyteller System, which is used in World of Darkness role-playing games such as Vampire: The Masquerade and live-action games under the Mind's Eye Theatre imprint, is the best-known and most popular role-playing game described as a " storytelling game ".

When first launched in America, a TV advertising campaign was used to promote the system as superior to the Game Boy.

* The Battery Pack also enables the Game Gear to have a longer battery life, both may be used to greatly extend the battery life.

The PWM unit in the 32X is also similar to the two PWM DACs used in the Game Boy Advance.

Nevertheless, the first direct mention of playing cards was in 1299 in a manuscript written in Siena titled " Trattato del governo della familia di Pipozzo di Sandro ", in which the existence of naibbe is mentioned, which is the first term used for playing cards ( naipes in Spanish ), originating from the Arabic word naib (` deputy ') suggesting the name of the game -` the Game of Deputies '.

* George Macdonald Fraser's novel Flashman in the Great Game ( 1975 ) makes references to the " cult " of Thuggee, while the phrase: " pass the tobacco " is used as a verbal signal for the killing to begin.

The third floor consists of the White House Solarium, Game Room, Linen Room, a Diet Kitchen, and another sitting room ( previously used as President George W. Bush's workout room ).

This promotion was used again in the 2008 World Series, when Jason Bartlett of the Tampa Bay Rays stole a base during Game 1 at Tropicana Field, which was paid out on October 28, 2008.

Game in these areas was used as a source of food and furs, often provided via professional huntsmen, but it was also expected to provide a form of recreation for the aristocracy.

Game preservation is one of the tactics used to prevent poaching.

The 20th century German writer Hermann Hesse used Castalia as inspiration for the name of the fictional province in his 1943 magnum opus, The Glass Bead Game.

Wario Blast, the Game Boy version of Killer Instinct, and several other titles even allowed the second Super NES controller to be used for two-player action, and the title screen changed to show that these games had a two-player option, rather than a connection status.

The Black Path Game ( also known by various other names, such as Brick ) is a two-player board game described and analysed in Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays.

The Duel Masters Trading Card Game is a two-player or two vs. two team collectible card game ( CCG ) jointly developed by Wizards of the Coast, Shogakukan, and Mitsui & Co.

The Game of the Amazons ( in Spanish, El Juego de las Amazonas ; often called Amazons for short ) is a two-player abstract strategy game invented in 1988 by Walter Zamkauskas of Argentina.

While the original PlayStation version offered a two-player split screen play, the Game Boy Advance version introduced a four player link option.

Afrika Korps is a two-player wargame published by the Avalon Hill Game Company in 1963 and then re-released in 1965 and 1977.