Gaming
credit feeding
What does credit feeding mean?
Continuing over and over to muscle through to the end rather than clearing on a single credit. Gets you the ending, earns you no respect from the score crowd.
"Sure I beat it, but I was credit feeding the whole back half — that's not a real 1CC."
Origin
Arcade term — literally feeding the machine credits every time you die to keep going.
Frequently asked questions
Why do shmup players look down on credit feeding?
Because the genre's real challenge is the 1CC — clearing the whole game on one credit. Feeding continues sidesteps that, so it 'doesn't count' to purists.
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