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Free-to-play (F2P) refers to video games which give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying.

There are several kinds of free-to-play games, but the most common is based on the freemium software model.

For freemium games, users are granted access to a fully functional game, but must pay microtransactions to access additional content.

Free-to-play can be contrasted with pay to play, in which payment is required before using a service for the first time.

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are a combination of role-playing video games and massively multiplayer online games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual world.

Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world.

Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting.

Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds.

Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap among the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction.

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images.

Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial.

A Platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves guiding an avatar to jump between suspended platforms and/or over obstacles to advance the game.

The player controls the jumps to avoid letting the avatar fall from platforms or miss necessary jumps.

The most common unifying element of games of this genre is the jump button, but now there are other alternative like swiping in touchscreen.

Jumping, in this genre, may include swinging from extendable arms, as in Ristar or Bionic Commando, or bouncing from springboards or trampolines, as in Alpha Waves.

These mechanics, even in the context of other genres, are commonly called platforming, a verbification of platform.

Games where jumping is automated completely, such as 3D games in The Legend of Zelda series, fall outside of the genre.