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Mechanical bats covered in rubber, used to rebound a pinball back into play. A necessary ingredient in a precursor to the video game. Occasionally seen outside the realm of pinball games.
Sometimes you'll encounter big-ass ramps, often in racing games.
A pinball is a small and almost always metallic sphere used in pinball games. The player hits the pinball around with flippers for the ball to hit or roll over things for points or even to complete pinball quests.
A plunger is a spring loaded rod used in pinball games to shoot the ball out into the playing field. The harder it is pulled, the faster the pinball will be.
A pickup truck is a light vehicle with an open top rear cargo area (bed). Random fact: Trucks are called utes (utility vehicles) in Australia.
Usually put on face to either hide the users face or as a stylish item.
Canister type grenades used to obscure the enemy's view of the advance or retreat of friendly troops; also used to mark objects of interest such as landing zones, mission objectives, navigational landmarks, as well as targets for artillery or air strikes.
The name given to a series of heavily-fortified, souped-up street vehicles used by Batman in his unending war on crime.
Also known as a cloak. Commonly worn by superheroes, the cape is a very popular object. In certain games, capes can be used to give players the power of flight or invisibility.
A bladed throwing weapon used by Batman to subdue criminals or blow out tires. Despite being named after boomerangs, they are essentially a bat-stylized shuriken or ninja star. The Batman: Arkham Asylum collector's edition includes an actual 12'' recreation of the weapon.
Spandex, or "elastane" is an extremely form-fitting elasticated fabric invented in 1959. It has no special properties of durability, and is commonly used to create skin-tight clothing.
A stungun works similar to a cattle prod but with much shorter reach. Often mistakenly referred to as a taser which technically fires a hooked projectile on a wire.
Coins have long been used in video games as both a form of currency and as a means of accruing points.
These things pop up in the oddest places. They're ostensibly for protection, although most often in non-football games it's just for aesthetic reasons.
A fruit is a sweet and edible food that contains seeds. It is one of the major food groups according to the USDA. In many games, fruit is a bonus item, while vegetables rarely are.
A seesaw is a long, narrow board suspended in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down. Often used for extra hight jumping in video games.
It's an egg. It can be eaten or thrown, or perhaps used in other creative ways, like bringing back the protagonist of a group of heroes who travels through time.
A set of four squares orthogonally connected to create a geometric shape.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
Individuals with secret identities often hire secret agents to go on secret missions to obtain these secretly.
A chair made of steel sometimes used for sitting, sometimes used for destruction!
A type of open-wheel, rear-engine race car used in Formula 1 racing. F1 cars are some of the fastest in motorsports, reaching 60 MPH in about 2 seconds and recording top speeds in excess of 220 MPH.
Consists of 32 black squares and 32 white. Chessboards are generally used to play chess, the ultimate game of tactics and strategy.
The figures used in the game of chess. They include pawns, queens, kings, bishops, knights, and rooks.
Pick up this useful powerup and spread your fire across a large portion of the screen in a wide arc!
Original Spacecraft in the raiden series.
This term can refer to both a visible shot onscreen in a shooter, or a round that has been fired from or currently loaded into a weapon.
A tee used to hold a golf ball while driving.
A popular Italian food that is often used in games to restore health as well as power up a character's stats.
A hot dog is a delicious food. In games it is commonly used to refill health.
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