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A bomb is an explosive device.
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.
A palm sized card used to play a variety of card games. Cards come in a deck normally consisting of 52 different cards.
A ball of hot flickering fire. Usually thrown from the hero's hand into the squealing face of the enemy.
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 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.
How powerups are granted in old-school platform games. Also seen in many paddle-controlled games as an object to destroy for points and/or powerups.
Any type of simple ball in a game... can be simply rendered as a single pixel, or as a geometric shape.
Collect them, orbit them, conquer planets around them -- they're a staple of many genres of games.
Coins have long been used in video games as both a form of currency and as a means of accruing points.
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