bonus stage
Reward gameplay section
A bonus stage is a special level in a video game that offers extra points, items, or rewards without the risk of losing a life.
These stages typically appear between regular levels as a reward for progress or skilled play: I always looked forward to the car-smashing bonus stage in Street Fighter II.
The term extends to any opportunity for easy gains outside normal competition.
- secretConcealed information
- secret levelObscured game stage
- hiddenKept out of sight
- unlockableCapable of being opened
- minigameBrief activity within software
coins · collectibles · arcade · free play · level · reward · treasure · warp · platformer · powerup · freebie · jackpot · slot machine · egg · challenge · speedrun · time attack · timer
- gameplaypower-up, level cap, save point, game over, tutorial level
- arcade gamesclaw machine, Asteroids, Galaga, Defender, coin-op
- gaming termsbuff, debuff, boss, loot, final boss
- Pac-ManPac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Clyde, ghosts, maze
- platformersMario, jump, Sonic, platformer, platforms
- game levelstutorial level, secret level, ice level, water level, snow level