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[ GAMING ][ DEGEN ECONOMY ]
A game genre or specific game built primarily around gathering huge numbers of collectible items scattered across its world, often as the core gameplay loop rather than a side activity.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That game is a pure collectathon, half the map is just collectible pickups."
LORE & ORIGIN
Term popularized to describe 3D platformers of the late 1990s (Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64) whose core design was collecting hundreds of scattered items, later reused as genre shorthand for any similarly collection-heavy game.
FIRST SEEN
1998
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Completionist100% Run
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
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CULTURE CATEGORY
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
1998
NOW
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