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A highly corrosive substance In video games, acid is usually green and extremely lethal.
As opposed to air-cushion hovercraft, this hovercraft floats freely in the air.
A flying lump of space rock.
A self defense weapon. The asians were first to develop a fighting style based around it.
"It's hard to keep your feet dry when you're kicking in a skull." Unless you've got the right gear, that is.
Bowling pins are the objects to be knocked down in the game of bowling. There are usually 10 of them and are arranged in a 1-2-3-4 pyramid.
An object that allows obstacles, such as rivers or gorges, to be crossed. Bridges can be made of a variety of materials like wood or steel.
Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866, dynamite has exploded onto the video game scene with devastating effect.
An electric device, that provides the household with refreshing gusts.
An explosive is any weapon or device designed to cause an explosion, whether it be a frag grenade, TNT, or a nuclear bomb.
Thick folded paper with taping at one end.
A ball of hot flickering fire. Usually thrown from the hero's hand into the squealing face of the enemy.
A popular weapon that is used in many shooters. The flamethrower is considered one of the most unique ways to defeat a foe.
A construct consisting of crossed bars. Vertical grates are particularly suited for climbing.
Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
Helicopters are flying vehicles, typically with a single large main rotor to maintain lift with a tail rotor to counter rotation induced by this main rotor. They are useful in air to ground combat as well as for quickly inserting and recovering infantry close to the front line.
A hovering board, the sci-fi equivalent of a Skateboard.
Frozen water that can be a hazard to the player or used as a weapon.
A Jet pack is a backpack with rocket boosters built in that usually allows the wearer to hover or fly.
A knife is a commonly seen object in video games. Usually used for close quarters combat, or as a cutting tool.
A ladder is used to gain access to higher or lower ground. Also used as a weapon in most wrestling games.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
Lava is molten rock, usually from the interior of a planet, and in games is often used as a hazard to players, or as a visible gameplay-area boundary.
Light arrows are one of two items needed to defeat the terrifying Ganon
A magnet is something, usually in a bar or horseshoe shape, that is attracted to and can, if strong enough, pull in metallic things via the force of magnetism. Video games may be a bit more liberal in what a magnet can attract and how powerful it is.
Pitfall is from the game Animal Crossing, although it is also featured in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. When buried in the ground, it becomes a trap.
A palm sized card used to play a variety of card games. Cards come in a deck normally consisting of 52 different cards.
Sometimes you'll encounter big-ass ramps, often in racing games.
A mechanical lifeform, typically exhibiting superhuman abilities, that can be found in games as either the main protaganist or as powerful enemies or allies.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a chemical reaction that causes a controlled explosion resulting in thrust. Rockets are usually "dumb" weapons, meaning that they are not guided. Rockets are the most powerful projectile in many games.
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