English

Noun

instadeath ‎(plural instadeaths)

1. (video games, slang) instant death
   • It may seem rather harsh, but if one's going to play a cyborg (or the equivalent), the benefits of almost unlimited cyberware counterbalance the risk of dying in pure zones (or InstaDeath due to transformation). - Jacob Bara-Skowronek, 1994, "Re: Space Gods (was Re: Demographics)" , alt.games.torg Usenet
   • It's way too powerful, the point with the inferno SRM-2 was that it needed to close into a range where the infantry might have a chance of firing back before suffering instadeath. - Robert J Chverchko, 1995, "Re: Napalm LRM's", rec.games.mecha Usenet
   • It's still only on the 5-turn timer if you're hit by a monster-thrown egg, though, as opposed to the instadeath from "elementary physics" if you throw one upwards yourself. - Dylan O'Donnell, "Re: New spoiler - instadeath", rec.games.roguelike.nethack Usenet
   • One of the nice things added to Crawl in the dc400 beta days was the removal of typo instadeaths: back in the bad days accidentally moving onto a lava or deep water square was effectively an instadeath. - Mark Mackey, 2007, "Lost char due to bug in Crawl SS 0.7", rec.games.roguelike.misc Usenet

See also

• instakill
• permadeath