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Abbreviation of All Terrain Vehicle.
Bulldozers provide great cover from fire, and thumbs up to fun factor while running people over. Usually comes in yellow.
Cars go places. Hopefully fast.
It's the meanest weapon in horror and construction games. Don't mess with the great communicator.
A moving belt that transports objects (and player characters and non-player characters) from one place to another.
Giant demonic ice cream truck and final boss of Twisted Metal 2.
The ferris wheel is a wheel with gondolas attached. It is usually featured in theme parks although has become more common to be used in other public places.
A popular element attached to an arrow to provide long range incineration.
A type of open-wheel, rear-engine race car used in Formula 1 racing. F1 cars are some of the fastest in motorsports, reaching 60 MPH in about 2 seconds and recording top speeds in excess of 220 MPH.
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.
Hazard symbols are easily recognizable symbols designed to warn about hazardous materials or locations.
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 homing missile is a missile that locks on to and follows its target. Homing missiles are featured in lots of games, from old school to new school.
An Ice Cream Truck (or Ice Cream Van in British English) is a mobile ice cream parlour, typically employing musical chimes to attract customers and painted with gaudy images of frozen treats and/or unlicensed Disney characters.
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.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
Flammable liquid in a glass container with a cloth wick. Light wick and throw.
A famous portrait, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century.
Often found crushing old cars in front of mullet-headed spectators, monster trucks are typically pickups or vans that have been modified beyond recognition or sanity. Monster trucks are distinguished by their enormouse tires, suspensino lifted in a similarly enormous manner, and crushing all manner of objects before them.
Two-wheeled motor vehicle
A form of jellied gasoline that when lit on fire can stick to targets as it burns.
A nuclear bomb is a device made up of fissionable materials (ie Uranium) and standard explosives. It creates a nuclear chain reaction, which release large amounts of radiation and a shockwave.
Automobiles purpose built with high performance parts for competitive racing.
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.
The most powerful weapon at short range. Effective against Zombies, Nazis, Demons, etc. Videogame shotguns tend to have exaggerated inaccuracy at long range- real life shotguns are still fairly accurate over a decent distance, while videogame shotguns rarely go more than fifteen feet before becoming completely ineffective.
The weapon of choice for accuracy at long distances. The sniper rifle's slow rate of fire makes it ineffective for close range combat, but its high calibre round ensures that it inflicts maximum damage against the target.
Typically used to give information to road users.
A container for trash. Often an in-game breakable object, filled with useful items/magic.
Used to drive around in.
One of the most important inventions in the history of mankind, wheels are used in an infinite number of applications, being one of the most recognizable the use in vehicles.
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