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An arrow-shaped sign indicating where to go (or not).
A barrel is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. In video games, it is used in many ways to fill up a level or even be used in one. They also may explode. Use caution when around barrels.
A bomb is an explosive device.
A large rock that sometimes falls from the sky.
Branches are often used as improvised platforms in video games.
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.
Spiky plants, infamous for growing in hot inhospitable environments such as deserts.
Cake is a delicious baked good.
Coins have long been used in video games as both a form of currency and as a means of accruing points.
Doors are a common object in most video games, as well as the keys and objects needed to open them. From role playing to shooters, doors are an important component of many games.
Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866, dynamite has exploded onto the video game scene with devastating effect.
Usually caffeine-filled, these provide the protagonist with a boost of some sort, such as an increase in stamina.
One of the Super Mario Bros.' famous items, it gives Mario and Luigi the ability to throw fireballs from their hands.
A ball of hot flickering fire. Usually thrown from the hero's hand into the squealing face of the enemy.
How powerups are granted in old-school platform games. Also seen in many paddle-controlled games as an object to destroy for points and/or powerups.
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.
It gives meaning to gravity in 2 dimensions. There is no other object which so defines Games as separate from every other pursuit. Where else does one encounter a platform but from the bounds of a video screen? ...except for delivery men.
A physical technological doorway that connects two distant locations.
Rocks are the hard objects found randomly scattered across the ground all over the Earth's surface. They're not good for much more than smashing stuff or being made into other things. Handily crushes Scissors but cannot defeat the mighty Paper.
A throwing weapon used by ninja. They come in varying shapes and sizes, but generally aren't used for the purpose of eliminating the target, rather for distracting said target.
This familiar item is from the Star Fox series. Those who have played those games can imagine how this bomb explodes.
Spikes are dangerous and often deadly obstacles that can line the floor, walls, or ceiling of any given room or passageway. They are an extremely common form of environmental hazard, particularly in side-scrolling games.
Pick up this useful powerup and spread your fire across a large portion of the screen in a wide arc!
Used to reach higher areas.
Collect them, orbit them, conquer planets around them -- they're a staple of many genres of games.
A collectible item in both New Super Mario Bros. games.
Trampolines are useful for allowing video game characters to jump great distances. They even make a funny sound effect sometimes.
A hinged or sliding door in a floor or ceiling.
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