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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.
Mechanical bats covered in rubber, used to rebound a pinball back into play. A necessary ingredient in a precursor to the video game. Occasionally seen outside the realm of pinball games.
These uniforms are what distinguish the athletes in the field of play. Fans often wear jerseys of their favorite sports athletes.
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.
An emplacement gun used to shoot down enemy aircraft.
A moving belt that transports objects (and player characters and non-player characters) from one place to another.
Used in many a basketball game. Also acts as background item in certain games.
A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, laid using mortar.
Whether it's worn for protection or style, helmets appear in various game genres.
A ball of hot flickering fire. Usually thrown from the hero's hand into the squealing face of the enemy.
Collect them, orbit them, conquer planets around them -- they're a staple of many genres of games.
Wet soil. Mud usually appears as a simple aesthetic in video games but when implemented in gameplay it usually works in a way that slows characters down.
A blunt tool used to hit things, whatever those things may be... a nail, a person.
Slime can be defined as any thick or viscous liquid. It can be made up of a wide variety of chemicals, be of various thicknesses and is often green in color.
A self-propelled explosive projectile, that is launched above or below the water surface toward a target, and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to its target. Commonly used in naval warfare.
A fruit that turns red when ripe and has lots of little seeds. It is a bonus prize in many video games, including some in the Pac-Man series.
A large roundish fruit that is usually greenish in color.
Vessel for transportation through water.
A wand is a hand held stick or a rod that's used in casting spells or harnessing magical powers.
An unidentified flying object, usually synonymous with alien saucers.
Sometimes, the only weapons you can trust are your bare hands.
Whoever built, discovered or reverse-engineered them, teleporters get you where you want to go immediately. Hopefully without materializing you halfway into a wall.
The iconic hat Mario wears. It is red, with a white circle on the front containing an M for Mario.
It's green and grows in the ground. This page is for games that use grass in some notable way, not for all video games that merely have grass in them.
This term can refer to both a visible shot onscreen in a shooter, or a round that has been fired from or currently loaded into a weapon.
A pinball is a small and almost always metallic sphere used in pinball games. The player hits the pinball around with flippers for the ball to hit or roll over things for points or even to complete pinball quests.
A powerful item which is added in many games.
A mechanical lifeform, typically exhibiting superhuman abilities, that can be found in games as either the main protaganist or as powerful enemies or allies.
An enclosed area, usually at the center of the screen, where the enemies spawn, and in some cases, return. Sometimes these areas can be entered, but it usually isn't advisable.
A headwear often made of gold or silver with gems and diamond embedded, often worn by King or Queen.
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