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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.
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.
The kind of bumper that is often featured in pinball games. If a character touches it, he or she will likely get knocked around as well.
Drop targets are objects on a pinball machine that when hit will drop below the table surface.
Sometimes you'll encounter big-ass ramps, often in racing games.
Any type of simple ball in a game... can be simply rendered as a single pixel, or as a geometric shape.
In pinball, a spinner is a flat and usually rectangular surface that is held in the air with a hinge. When the player hits it, it spins around, giving the player points or helping the player fulfill a requirement for the game. The harder it is hit the faster it goes.
A machine designed with the purpose of moving objects or characters vertically.
Crates sometimes contain things!
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.
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