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A fruit that often provides score or acts as a healing item in games.
Infants appear in video games and sometimes even star in their own game.
A stretchable bag that expands when filled with some kind of gas, if light enough, will float in the air. A favorite of children everywhere.
The banana is a fruit that is commonly seen in video games, particularly those with animals as main characters. It is famous for its sweet taste and affiliation with primates.
Bill Blasters are black cannons, designed for firing Bullet Bills. Like many other objects in the Mushroom Kingdom, they resemble pipes. Some Blasters can fire from both sides.
Used in puzzle games to be broken, moved, or matched by color, shape and size. Also used in many early 3D polygonal games. Not to be confused with Squares or Cubes.
Mechanical bomb that will chase you for a short time until it blows up. I wonder what is going on in their heads. Wind it up, light the fuse, and stand back. 3, 2, 1... BOOM!
Whether it's translucent, transparent, opaque, glass, plastic, or some other material the bottle can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. Sometimes filled with liquor, or maybe an extra supply of lantern oil.
Bubbles help you float, they can help you see things in a magnified way. Bubbles can also be your best of friend, which is why they should be handled with only the softest of breath.
A container made for holding water or other liquids.
Cars go places. Hopefully fast.
Fluffy looking puffs seen in the atmosphere that are accumilations of moisture. They are used to add detail to Sky boxes in games or just increase realism.
Coins have long been used in video games as both a form of currency and as a means of accruing points.
Cookies have been featured as snacks in many games.
It's an egg. It can be eaten or thrown, or perhaps used in other creative ways, like bringing back the protagonist of a group of heroes who travels through time.
Facial hair consists of anything from a mustache to sideburns. Facial hair has been a close friend of gaming from the beginning.
Framed pieces of glass or plastic that are worn in front of the eyes and on the bridge of the nose usually to correct vision or as identity statement.
Round or slightly elongated fruit that comes in bunches and can be green, purple or red. They are sometimes made into jelly or juice.
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.
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.
Fiery trap from the Mario universe
Used to open doors, or anything else that is locked. In any game where the player has an inventory, it's a safe bet that a key will appear at some point.
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 confection usually made of sugar, water, gelatin and flavoring that is whipped to a light, spongy consistency.
A large roundish fruit that is usually greenish in color.
The manliest type of facial hair.
POW block, anyone?
A pattern of symbols is hidden under a silvery scratch-off-able surface. Pick somewhere to scratch and learn your fate!
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.
Used to reach higher areas.
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