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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.
Pineapple is the common name for a fruit that is native to the southern part of Brazil and Paraguay.
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.
The professional wrestling ring is the ring that professional wrestlers wrestle in. It is found in every professional wrestling game ever created.
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.
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.
A corded length of fibers that has many uses.
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.
The topmost bone in the human body, it contains the brain and the eyes, and is generally considered a good thing to keep intact.
A primitive ranged weapon that is used in various games. Usually is replaced by more powerful ranged weapons, such as a bow and arrow.
A spaceship is a vehicle capable of traversing the vacuum of space.
A long, piercing weapon.
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.
Whether they're tedious and spiral or short and quick, staircases appear in many games.
Collect them, orbit them, conquer planets around them -- they're a staple of many genres of games.
The Star Rod is the Power Source of the Fountain of Dreams. It also appears in Mario Party 8 as one of the prizes in the Star Battle Arena.
A sculpted representation of a person or object, generally in butter or stone.
Stone and rock share many of the same mineralogical properties. Stone is often used to construct freestanding durable structures, requiring a great deal of force to break.
A thin piece of rope usually made from cotton or hemp
Underwater Vessel that first appeared in the late 1800's.
Platforms used for sufing.
Usually a Button, lever, or computerized scanner used to open, close, power on, turn on, or unlock something. Found common in most games that involve puzzle solving as well as shooters.
A length of exceptionally sharp metal with a handle, used for centuries as the go-to killing device for the human race. It's dead simple: you stick the pointy end in the thing you want to die. Or you could always slash them with the equally sharp sides. That works too.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
No matter what game you're playing, if a bad guy shows up with these hanging from him, you know you're in mad kinds of trouble.
The chair of state for a monarch or otherwise regal person.
A round generally rubber object used to support and transport motor vehicles. Also used as throwing objects in certain fighting games.
A soft, usually round fruit that goes from green to red as it ripens. Some uses are eating them raw, making them into ketchup, or throwing rotten ones at entertainers who do poorly.
A attack helicopter in the Saints Row series.
A box containing treasure usually in the form of gold or valuable items.
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