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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Jan 31, 2000
The number one choice for video game characters who need to travel across large distances.
A fruit that often provides score or acts as a healing item in games.
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.
Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from water, barley, hops and brewer's yeast. It is the number one cause of hangovers, poor decisions, and one-night stands in human history, but we always manage to forgive it because it loves us.
Object used to make up a skeleton or skeletal frame.
Some games have readable books. Come and quench your thirst for knowledge.
The bread and butter of any self respecting archer, the bow is a stereotypical ranged weapon of olden times and fantasy settings.
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 circular bladed weapon.
Crates sometimes contain things!
Rifle-like thrower of bolts/arrows. Not to be confused with a bowcaster.
Cures various status effects that have befallen the player. In some games broken up into different status effects, like cure poison or cure confusion
Whether it's a regular piece of colored fabric or the high-tech keystone of a base's defenses, the flag is the most important asset a team can have and the most precious thing the opposing team can steal. It is also used for racing games.
A potion that replenishes health.
Whether it's worn for protection or style, helmets appear in various game genres.
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.
A magic staff is a large, thick stick or stick-shaped object usually with a medallion or amulet connected to the top. It is mostly used for its magical capabilities, but can also be wielded as a light melee weapon.
A mana potion is an item that restores mana points, which usually allow the use of special abilities in role-playing games
A smooth plate that, when interacted with, will trigger a mechanism of some sort. It could be the unlocking of a door, or a dastardly trap.
A loose, fitting dress, typically worn by wizards or monks. Also regarded and used as a religious garment.
A symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch.
A roll of parchment or paper inscribed with writing, symbols, pictures, etc.
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.
A series of words of power, usually accompanied by a series of hand gestures, that unlocks the powers of magic for a brief moment. Can be read or just spoken from memory.
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.
A steak is a cut of meat, usually Beef. Beef steaks can be cooked in a variety of ways, using both dry and wet cooking methods.
Whoever built, discovered or reverse-engineered them, teleporters get you where you want to go immediately. Hopefully without materializing you halfway into a wall.
It makes things flat.
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