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kill screens

kill screens is the plural of kill screen.

Meaning of kill screen

Noun

kill screen (plural kill screens)

  1. A level in a computer game that is impossible to win, usually due to programming errors.
    • The most famous kill screen from classic gaming is the 256th level of Pac-Man. At this point, due to a bug half the screen becomes garbled data, which keeps the player from collecting all of the dots and clearing the board to move on.2010, Scott Rogers, Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design, page 48

Questions about kill screens

What is kill screens the plural of?
Kill screens is the plural of kill screen.

Words near kill screens in the dictionary

  1. kill off
  2. kill one's darlings
  3. kill oneself
  4. kill or be killed
  5. kill screen
  6. kill screens
  7. kill shelter
  8. kill shelters
  9. kill shot
  10. kill shots
  11. kill someone dead

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