rolling demo

noun

rolling demo

noun

1

Video games A demonstration version that can be watched but is not interactive.

Trantor (US Gold)! Ocean Conqueror (Hewson)! Moron (Atlantis)! Master Brain (Powertape)! North and South - rolling demo (Infogrames)! And another selection of game busting pokes in Pokemania!1991 February, “Contents”, in Crash, number 85:
The game's rolling demo flickered in front of her and she felt herself being drawn into the ghosts that it held in that LCD screen.2007, Simon Logan, Pretty Little Things to Fill Up the Void, page 141:

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As we said, Grim Fandango is of exceptionally high quality — easily good enough that you could just sit through a rolling demo of the entire game, with every puzzle solved for you, and enjoy it as perfectly well as an animated movie.2009, Andrew Rollings, Dave Morris, Game architecture and design:

Related terms: attract mode

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