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Death barriers

Video game concept

Player's progress is hampered by zones that instantly or almost instantly cause them to die, usually with no way of preventing that death and therefore forcing them to seek alternate routes.

8
games
6
platforms

Alternate name: Death zones

Pound of Ground (Windows)
Pound of Ground
WIN 2010-11-05
Bionic Commando (Xbox 360)
Bionic Commando
X360 2009-05-19
Dune (MS-DOS)
Dune
DOS 1992-04
Dune (Amiga OCS)
Dune
OCS 1992
And Yet It Moves (Windows)
And Yet It Moves
WIN 2009-04-02
Bionic Commando (Windows)
Bionic Commando
WIN 2009-07-28
Bionic Commando
PS3 2009-05-19
OpenDune
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In many games wandering too far from the "playfield" causes the character to die or simply fail the mission, level or whatever, making the surrounding region that death zone.

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Game-like elements

Games by year

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The first Death barriers video game was released in 1992.

Capcom published all these games.

Platforms

Windows 3
X360 1
Pandora 1
Amiga 1
MS-DOS 1
PS3 1