Collect-'em-up

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A video game based around collecting items.

    "Mix together a shoot-’em-up, a collect-’em-up and a maze game, add sundry reaction tests to taste and you’ve got a tasty game indeed."

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collectathon

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"Mix together a shoot-’em-up, a collect-’em-up and a maze game, add sundry reaction tests to taste and you’ve got a tasty game indeed."

Etymology

Modelled on earlier shoot-'em-up and beat-'em-up.

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