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A ball of hot flickering fire. Usually thrown from the hero's hand into the squealing face of the enemy.
The First Aid Kit works exactly like bandages, except they restore health quicker
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 popular weapon that is used in many shooters. The flamethrower is considered one of the most unique ways to defeat a foe.
A Gatling gun is a machine gun that uses multiple rotating barrels to rapidly fire bullets. Commonly mounted on vehicles or gunships, some larger characters may carry a hand held version.
Glass is a transparent substance made from compressed sand.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
A gun that uses various types of grenades as ammunition.
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.
Hazard symbols are easily recognizable symbols designed to warn about hazardous materials or locations.
Health packs restore some amount of a players health, and can be permanent or temporary. They come packaged in a variety of forms, from the common med kit, to drugs, medicine, and even food.
Whether it's worn for protection or style, helmets appear in various game genres.
A hovering board, the sci-fi equivalent of a Skateboard.
First introduced in Quake II, The Hyperblaster is a rapid firing laser weapon from the Quake franchise.
A keycard is a plastic card with a magnetic strip, chip, or other circuitry, programmed to allow passage through locked doors. May also require a passcode or password of some kind.
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.
Often used as either a weapon or in a weapon and also used often times as a weather effect, lightning is seen in several games. Called "thunder" in some games, even though thunder is the sound that lightning makes.
Simply put, a gun that fires lightning. Depending on the game, this may be extra-hazardous when discharged underwater.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
A spring loaded box which holds ammunition for a firearm. Often referred to as a "clip" although this is not technically correct.
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
These glowing silver balls are a godsend in the later missions in the Doom series. Pick one up and your health and armor both immediately shoot up to 200 percent.
The weapon of the Norse god Thor usually depicted as a hammer, it is said to be the strongest weapon ever created.
A thin pointy piece of metal that is used to fasten materials.
An apparatus that fires nails or rivets. Not always designed as a weapon, but most often used as one.
Primary weapon for the Soldier in Team Fortress 2. Promotional item received for pre-ordering Quake 4 on Steam.
A powerful futuristic energy / atomic weapon, that can vanish enemies with a constant beam
A pentagram is a five-pointed star drawn using five straight lines. Though pentagrams have a variety of meanings, in video games they are most often seen upside-down, as symbols of the occult and evil.
A pistol is a very basic hand-held side arm, usually used in case of low ammo or tricky situations. They have appeared in many types of games.
A Pump-Action shotgun is a variant of the general shotgun design, that has a pump, which must be moved between shots. It is normally towards the front of the weapon, below the barrel, and should not be confused with a lever action shotgun.
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