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A gacha game (Japanese: ガチャ ゲーム, Hepburn: gacha gēmu) is a game, typically a video game, that implements the gachapon machine style mechanics. Similar to loot boxes , Live Service gacha games entice players to spend in-game currency to receive a random in-game item .
Gacha games are video games that implement the gashapon mechanic. Gashapon is a type of a Japanese vending machine in which people insert a coin to acquire a random toy capsule. In gacha games, players pay virtual currency (bought with real money or acquired in-game) to acquire random game characters or pieces of equipment of varying rarity and ...
Gacha game, video games that are monetized via a concept that is similar to gashapon. Comparable to loot boxes; Gācha, an administrative district in Bangladesh; Gacha Gacha, a Japanese shōnen manga by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi which ran from 2002–2007; Gatcha Gacha, a Japanese shōjo manga by Yutaka Tachibana which ran from 2001–2008
Mackenzie and Lax’s study discovered how gacha communities traditionally referred to the successful acquisition of a desired character as the character ‘coming home.’ [32] This reflects how, because of the strong emotional attachment they feel towards the character, gacha players will personify or give human life to character so much so ...
Mock-up image of opening a loot box in a video game. In video game terminology, a loot box (also called a loot crate or prize crate) is a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomised selection of further virtual items, or loot, ranging from simple customisation options for a player's avatar or character to game-changing equipment such as weapons and armour.
From mobile and free-to-play games, gacha games had grown popular in Japan by the early 2010s, based on the capsule toy vending machine concept, with the earliest known system being in MapleStory. In-game, players would earn currency that they could use to earn a random draw from a set of items based on a preset rarities, often with the goal to ...
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Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011) was an American electronic engineer.Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable use as commercial video game cartridges.