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A spaceship is a vehicle capable of traversing the vacuum of space.
A ladder is used to gain access to higher or lower ground. Also used as a weapon in most wrestling games.
A fruit that often provides score or acts as a healing item in games.
An unidentified flying object, usually synonymous with alien saucers.
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.
Girders are the life blood of most modern architecture. They can be jumped on, climbed up, thrown, or bent by some kind of bending robot.
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 Galaxian flagship has made innumerable cameos in other Namco and Midway arcade classics.
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.
A single 2-dimensional point found in many games for locating a position on a map, or in some games just for eating.
The item in Pac man which renders the Ghosts temporarily edible.
A large rock that sometimes falls from the sky.
An airplane is a heavier-than-air craft whose lift is generated by airflow over the wings creating a strong pressure difference. In video games, airplanes are used for travel and as a type of weaponry.
It's a tank, that contains fuel.
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.
A fruit. In many video games it is a low scoring prize.
Cars go places. Hopefully fast.
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.
Collect them, orbit them, conquer planets around them -- they're a staple of many genres of 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.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
A hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.
Even though water in games tends to bring about death, we all still hold it near and dear to us. After all, the human body is comprised mostly of it.
A valuable item that is highly sought after, often used as a reward or incentive to complete objectives. Also used as a currency in many role-playing games.
A large roundish fruit that is usually greenish in color.
Underwater Vessel that first appeared in the late 1800's.
The energy force shield is a common element found in science fiction. By encasing an object in a bubble of energy, whether it be a single person or an entire city, the object is protected from its environment. Some energy shields deflect projectiles, lasers and radiation, or anything conceivable.
A machine designed with the purpose of moving objects or characters vertically.
From an item container in Final Fight, to Roper's favorite weapon in Double Dragon, and even an obstacle in Street Fighter II's elusive bonus round, the barrel is one multi-faceted game object.
A blunt tool used to hit things, whatever those things may be... a nail, a person.
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