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*** Unplugged
*** Limited
*** Compressed
*** Distorted

* Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

* ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates!''

** Smooth Sailin'
** Deckswabber
** [=RegulARRRR=]
** True Pirate
** Along with it's gamemodes...

** You fail it

** In ''MonkeyIsland2'' you could choose between "Monkey Island 2" ("I want it all! All the puzzles! All the work!") and "Monkey 2 Lite" ("I've never played an adventure game before. I'm scared."). This is also described as being the "optional easy mode for children and magazine reviewers" on the back cover of the game.

* [[{{Gothic}} Arcania - Gothic 4]]

** Inferno (''III''' only)

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}} I'' and ''II''

** Inferno, an additional difficulty added by ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''
*** Plus the ''Hardcore'' setting in II and III, which makes death permanent (the game erases your character's save file).

*** Beginner, Basic, Difficult, Expert, Challenge (DDR [=SuperNOVA=] onwards)
*** And prior to ''Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix'', each difficulty rating had its own name: Simple (1), Moderate (2), Ordinary (3), Superior (4), Marvelous (5), Genuine (6), Paramount (7), Exorbitant (8), Catastrophic (9). It's implied that a 10-footer on this scale would be Apocalyptic (as referenced in the Achievements for ''DDR Universe'') though never specifically stated as such.

**** And then the [[BonusStage Extra Stage]] has one final moon phase: Full Moon. [[hottip:* :Fitting, as it takes place in the wee hours of the morning after you restore the true full moon to Gensokyo]]

** [[EasierThanEasy Couch Potato]] [[hottip:Description:So you want to be on [=DreadZone=]? Can you wield a blaster as well as you can handle your remote? Don't worry, we'll give you plenty of ammo and health. And we'll tell those big mean [=DreadZone=] exterminators to go easy on you. Have fun!]]
** Contestant [[hottip:Description:Welcome to [=DreadZone=], contestant. We'll make sure your weapons are hitting hard and have plenty of ammo. But don't expect any favours. Our Exterminators play for keeps.]]
** Gladiator [[hottip:Description:You're one of [=DreadZone=]'s finest gladiators. You don't know the meaning of the word "capitulation". Well, [=DreadZone=] is going to make you wish you stayed in school. The warriors you'll be facing would turn an average contestant into Blargian fungus-toast. You'll need cunning strategy and lightning reflexes to survive.]]
** Hero [[hottip:Description:Bad guys shake at the sound of your name and kids wallpaper their rooms with your face. Welcome to the big time! You'll be up against the meanest, deadliest, [=DreadZone=] combatants we've got and they'll all have Carbonox armour. You're not afraid, are you hero?]]
** [[HarderThanHard Exterminator]] [[hottip:Description:[=DreadZone=] fans want to see carnage, and we're gonna give it to them by the truckload. You have no chance for survival, no hope of mercy and no dental plan. This difficulty level is flat out impossible. Turn back now. We're serious. You don't need this kind of pain.]]

** Veteran Mode[[hottip:*:Only found in ''Corruption'' and the Trilogy release, this is equivalent to Normal in the GameCube releases of the first two games, making the new Normal actually more of an Easy mode to those who played said releases]]
** Hard Mode[[hottip:*:GameCube releases of first two games]]/Hyper Mode[[hottip:*:Corruption and the Trilogy release of first two games]]

* One [=StickManStickMan=] [[http://stickman.qntm.org/comics.php?n=198 comic strip,]] has a swordfight training robot that has difficulty settings including the following. [[hottip:* :We don't learn about the names of the easier levels.]]

** ''Sound Voltex'' uses Novice, Advanced, and Exhaust.

*** The arcade port swaps out Simple for Boost mode.

*** The arcade port swaps out Simple for the even-more-idiosyncratically-named Boost mode.

* ''MassEffect'' and ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

** The mod ''Samsara'' adds the idiosyncratic difficulties for each character you choose such as [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D Can I Play, Daddy?]] or [[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Kindergarten]].

* The NES version of ''[[VideoGame/DoubleDragon Double Dragon II: The Revenge]]'' have fancily-named difficulty levels that affected not only the strength of the enemies and the movement of traps, but also the length of the overall game.

** [[DoubleDragon Supreme Master]]

* ''BrothersInArms: Hell's Highway''

** The mod ''Samsara'' adds the idiosyncratic difficulties for each character you choose such as [[{{Wolfenstein3D}} Can I Play, Daddy?]] or [[{{VideoGame/Marathon}} Kindergarten]].

* ''{{Heretic}}'' had YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe titles that are references to the ''Wolfenstein 3-D'' and ''Doom'' level names:

** The mod ''Samsara'' adds the idiosyncratic difficulties for each character you choose such as [[{{Wolfenstein3D}} Can I Play, Daddy?]] or [[{{Marathon}} Kindergarten]].

* ''VideoGame/Manhunt''