Released in North America in 1985, this 8-bit system helped revitalize the video game industry after the crash of 1983.
What is the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)?
This basic item can be dropped behind your kart to make tailgating opponents spin out, or thrown forward if you have good aim.
What is a Banana?
Defeating this towering colossus at the end of Minecraft requires destroying the end crystals atop obsidian pillars before taking down this boss itself.
What is the Ender Dragon?
This long, flexible tube made of woven synthetic fibers is used to carry water from a hydrant or pumper to a fire.
What is a fire hose?
Drinking this blue consumable item in Fortnite restores up to 50 points of defense over time without affecting your base health bar.
What is a Shield Potion?
Code-named "Project Reality" during development, this 1996 console featured iconic 3D titles like Super Mario 64 and GoldenEye 007.
What is the Nintendo 64 (N64)?
Striking all rival drivers at once, this global item shrinks opponents, slows them down, and forces them to drop their held items.
What is Lightning?
This giant, spiked-shelled Koopa King kidnaps Princess Peach and is the final boss in almost every main Mario game.
Who is Bowser?
The three essential elements required for fire to exist—fuel, heat, and this gas—make up the traditional "Fire Triangle."
What is oxygen?
Eating a golden version of this fruit in Minecraft grants extra absorption hearts and rapid regeneration
What is a Golden Apple?
Released in 2000, this best-selling home console of all time featured a built-in DVD player and introduced dual-shock vibration to a massive library.
What is the PlayStation 2 (PS2)?
In the classic Battle Mode, players lose one of these items attached to their kart every time they take damage
What are balloons?
This giant floating cube made of purple energy shoots lightning and spawns monsters in Fortnite.
What is Kevin the Cube?
In fire ground communications, this standard word is repeated three times over the radio to signal a firefighter in immediate danger or distress.
What is Mayday?
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, resting in a cozy bed grants your character a temporary 8-hour buff called "Well Rested," which increases this stat gain rate by 10%.
What is Skill XP gain (or experience)?
Known for its signature green startup logo and internal hard drive, this 2001 system brought Halo: Combat Evolved to living rooms.
What is the original Xbox?
This sneaky ghost character renders your kart temporary invincible, lets you drive off-road without slowing down, and steals an item from another racer.
What is Boo?
You can spawn and fight this three-headed skeletal boss in Minecraft by placing Soul Sand in a T-shape and topping it with three skulls.
What is the Wither?
Firefighters use this specialized hydraulic tool, often named after a famous brand, to pry open crushed vehicles and rescue trapped victims.
What are the Jaws of Life (or hydraulic spreaders/cutters)?
In DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal, picking up this glowing purple icon grants increased weapon damage for a brief duration.
What is Quad Damage?
Launched in 1999 as Sega's final home console, this system featured an innovative memory card called the VMU that had its own LCD screen.
What is the Sega Dreamcast?
Named after Mario's arch-nemesis, variations of this lava-filled castle track appear in every single game in the franchise.
What is Bowser's Castle?
In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi uses his Poltergust vacuum cleaner to catch ghosts, eventually leading up to a final battle with this crown-wearing ghost leader.
Who is King Boo?
This sudden, dangerous explosion occurs when fresh oxygen is rapidly introduced into an oxygen-starved, heat-filled room. It was also the name of a 1991 movie.
What is a backdraft?
In Call of Duty: Zombies, drinking this perk-a-cola machine beverage doubles your character's overall health pool.
What is Juggernog?