What do you call it when you receive an additional life in a video game?

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   Tonyx35posted 11 years ago

   What do you call it when you receive an additional life in a video game?
   
   This is either through getting an item in a level or by scoring enough points during your playthrough of a game.  The different ways I have heard it said:
   
   Extra Life, Extra Man, Extra Guy, Bonus life,  1up

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   MPChrisposted 11 years ago

   I am from the American South East. We always refer to it as one up, or we refer to it "Got some life", but never "got a life, or extra life".

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      Tonyx35posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Can't say I've ever heard it that way. Thanks for the response.

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   slappywalkerposted 11 years ago

   We always called it a 1up where I come from. I haven't heard it any other ways.

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      Tonyx35posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      This is actually what stuck with me. No matter what game I played.

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   TNT Huskyposted 11 years ago

   Usually depends on the game. every mario game i simply call them "shrooms" then call the mega mushrooms "red shrooms". sometimes i'll be playing one of the mario games, and suddenly blurt out "Yay shrooms!" when i get one. but in other games, i simply got me a life. very seldom i'll use the term "extra life"

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      Tonyx35posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Hmm I never thought about shortening Mushrooms to just "Shroom". I did call Fire flowers just "flower" though since, there was only one kind for the longest time.  Now there are at least 3 types of flower power-ups.

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   NornsMercyposted 11 years ago

   I'm from the south. We say got a "free man"...

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      Tonyx35posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Never heard it phrased this way either.  Sounds like something spoken in the  Arcade gaming community.Free man, no need to load that next token.  Thanks for the comment.

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      NornsMercyposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Ooh, I've never thought about why it's called that. Maybe a mystery from my childhood has been solved! D:

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   CrazedNovelistposted 11 years ago

   Those are all acceptable. That sounds like every way any other person would say it.

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   spwebposted 11 years ago

   o yeahh I remember and i call it 1up(One up).And i heard it first time when i played my first video game that was Mario.

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   lesliebyarsposted 11 years ago

   I call it getting an extra man. Ever since Atari I have used that terminology.

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      Tonyx35posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Most interesting, I only recently heard about the phrase "extra man". Used by people who love to review older "retro" games.

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   mrpudgyposted 11 years ago

   always called it an extra life. super mario bro's is what comes to mind when you ask this question.

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      Tonyx35posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That's exactly what I was thinking of when I came up with the question. That green mushroom or the 100 coins.

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    JohnGreasyGamerposted 11 years ago

    Depends on the game, mostly. I often say "extra life" or "life insurance". If it's Spyro I might say Dragonheads; if it's Crash I might say Crashheads; if it's Medievil I refer to it as Bottles or Jars; and if it's Jersey Devil I just call them FFFFUUUUUUU's.

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