Avert
Screen
Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks
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Mega Man 5 and Mega Man X3 actually avert this with the Gravity Hold and Gravity Well- both of them affect the entire screen.
Source: Gravity Sucks -
All Silent Hill games except 4 and Homecoming avert the onscreen lifebar tactic, instead letting you gauge how much you had left by a colored screen in the pause menu, or a percentage in Downpour.
Source: Life Meter -
Fortunately, you can avert this in Trilogy: by switching the Wii's screen to 4:3 mode, you can play the games without any cropping at all.
Source: Pan and Scan
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