credit feeding

The act of repeatedly continuing in a game (usually a 2D shooter where the player's ship or character respawns in place) for the sole purpose of beating it. Very unprofessional way of being the game as opposed to learning and memorizing the levels, and often comes with the penalty of having one's score reset to 0 every time he or she continues.

Joe credit-fed his way to the end of Giga Wing and called it an accomplishment, only for his friend, a seasoned gamer, to slap him in the face.

credit feeding by gs68 November 22, 2004

Credit-feeding 

The act of repeatedly continuing in an arcade video game solely to complete it (usually a 2D shooter where the player's ship or character respawns on the spot instead of being returned to a checkpoint or the beginning of the level), which can only be done if lots of coins are inserted - hence the credit-feed. But it's a very unprofessional way of gaming as opposed to learning and memorizing the levels, and often comes with the penalty of having the player's score reset to 0 every time he or she continues.

Furthermore, to make things even worse, the ability to continue is lost once the final level or boss is reached in some titles - see Point of No Continues.

Joe bribed his way to victory by credit-feeding in Takumi and Capcom's Giga Wing and called it an accomplishment, only for his friend, a seasoned gamer, to slap him in the face.

Credit-feeding by Win9xFan September 2, 2017

credit-feeding 

The act of repeatedly continuing in an arcade video game solely to complete it (usually a 2D shooter where the player's ship or character respawns on the spot instead of being returned to a checkpoint), which on a real machine can only be accomplished by inserting lots of coins - hence the "credit-feed".
But it's a very unprofessional way of gaming as opposed to learning and memorizing the levels, and often comes with the penalty of having one's score reset to 0 every time he or she continues.

Furthermore, to make things even worse... the ability to continue is lost once the final level or final boss is reached in some titles - particularly those made by Taito and SNK!

Joe bribed his way to victory by credit-feeding in Takumi and Capcom's Giga Wing and called it an accomplishment; but this prompted his friend (a seasoned gamer), to slap him in the face.

credit-feeding by Win9xFan September 9, 2017