FCU is a metagame classification, referring to checkpointed games without resources, such as classic fighting games and cinematic games.
Progression:
* F: Finishable (has a well-defined ending)
* E: Endless (can be played forever, barring kill screens)Continue type:
- savepoint = checkpoint
- Omitted if permadeath
* C: Checkpointed (dev defined checkpoints)
* M: manual save (user defined checkpoints)
* I: Immediate (retain current game state)Continue supply:
- lives = continues
* U: Unlimited continues
* L: Limited continues
* P: Permadeath = no continuesResource change:
- If omitted, no resource gain or loss (games without power-ups)
- Hit points are normally not considered metagame resources, and
are expected to be reset on continue, or reverted
* R: Reset (reset resources to starting state)
* D: Decrease (resources decreased, e.g. level down, dropped souls)
* S: Save-relative (revert to manual save/checkpoint state)
* K: Keep (no resource loss)
Mega Man 2 Capcom NES 1988 16 logs, 3 codes Military Madness Hudson Soft PCE 1989 Feb 4 videos 18 logs, 1 codes, 7 facts Adventures of Lolo HAL Laboratory NES 1989 3 logs Populous Bullfrog Productions Amiga 1989 Jun 1 video 13 logs, 4 codes Street Fighter II Capcom CPS 1991 Feb C x 2 2 logs Another World Delphine Software Amiga 1991 C 1 logs Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Magnetic Fields Amiga 1991 15 logs, 1 facts Out of This World Delphine Software GEN 1992 5 logs, 1 codes World of Illusion Sega GEN 1992 C x 2 10 logs, 1 facts Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Konami PCECD 1993 8 videos C x 4 36 logs Heart of the Alien SegaCD 1994 1 video 2 logs Arkanoid: Doh It Again Taito SNES 1997 1 video C 25 logs, 3 codes, 1 facts Limbo Playdead 360 2010 C 4 logs Splatterhouse 2 360 2010 1 logs 140 Carlsen Games Win 2013 1 video C x 2 7 logs 140 Carlsen Games MAC 2013 C 1 logs Inside Playdead XB1 2016 M *** 8 logs Inside Playdead PS4 2016 M *** 5 logs 140 Carlsen Games PS4 2016 3 videos C 4 logs Somerville XSX 2022 2 videos 1 logs