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Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Jun 12, 2001
Usually used in games to light the way in dark areas.
Cable railways or elevators that move diagonally on an inclined plane. Despite being relatively rare in reality, they appear frequently in video games.
Glass is a transparent substance made from compressed sand.
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.
A garment made for covering the hand.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
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.
Often a character that needs to have their weapons at the ready has these.
Hazard symbols are easily recognizable symbols designed to warn about hazardous materials or locations.
Health packs restore some amount of a players health, and can be permanent or temporary. They come packaged in a variety of forms, from the common med kit, to drugs, medicine, and even food.
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.
Whether it's worn for protection or style, helmets appear in various game genres.
The hazardous environment suit protects from hazards and enhances the abilities of Gordon Freeman throughout the Half-Life series.
Any projectile that incorporates some sort of guidance system, allowing it to auomatically seek out its target.
Usually worn to display position as a doctor or scientist
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 mine attached to a wall with a laser beam pointing outwards. When the beam is crossed, it goes BOOM.
A storage utility usually used for items. In video games however, they have a different use: hiding.
An accessory for the M16 rifle. It is a grenade launcher that is installed under the barrel of the rifle. It fires a 40mm grenade with an effective range of 150 meters (160 yards) .
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
Magnum is a term for a pistol or rifle cartridge packed with extra gunpowder to make it significantly more powerful than a standard round. Guns which have been designed to fire this ammunition often share the Magnum label.
A map is a drawing on a piece of paper, or other surface, that indicates the locations of various landmarks.
A corpse (excluding undead) that has been maimed in a grizzly manner. A common decorative in castle dungeons.
An office chair is a chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office.
A pistol is a very basic hand-held side arm, usually used in case of low ammo or tricky situations. They have appeared in many types of games.
Rail tracks, which are also known as Train tracks, railway, or simply tracks, are the rails which guide trains. There are many types of tracks that are used for different types of trains around the world.
Steel reinforcement bars used to add tensile strength to concrete structures. In a gaming context Rebars usually appear in various forms as makeshift weapons, most famously in the Condemned series of video games.
A scanner used for identification and security purposes, that scans a person's retina.
A revolver is a type of handgun that holds ammo in a revolving chamber. It normally houses six rounds, and in games is usually more powerful than standard handguns.
Any firearm meant to be held with two hands, a rifle is a video game object that appears in many combat related video games.
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