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Rewarding vandalism

Video game concept

Destroying arbitrary objects or other people's property tends to provide rewards of one sort or another.

452
games
51
platforms

Alternate name: Destructible containers

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Texas Instruments Calculators)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
TICT 2003-01-23
Sacred: Citadel (Windows)
Sacred: Citadel
WIN 2013-04-17
Rogue Legacy (PlayStation Vita)
Rogue Legacy
VITA 2014-07
Dead Space 3 (PlayStation 3)
Dead Space 3
PS3 2013-02-05
Zombie Shooter 2 (Windows)
Zombie Shooter 2
WIN 2009-09
Lost Planet 2 (Xbox 360)
Lost Planet 2
X360 2010-05-18
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (PlayStation 2)
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
PS2 2008-10
FreedroidRPG (Linux)
FreedroidRPG
LIN 2002
Revolution X: Music is the Weapon (Saturn)
Revolution X: Music is the Weapon
SAT 1995
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Nintendo DS)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
NDS 2006-11-16
Classic NES: The Legend of Zelda (Game Boy Advance)
Classic NES: The Legend of Zelda
GBA 2004
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
GB 1993-06-06
Related:
* Destructible environment
Urns, jars, pillars, hay, statues and other objects solely intended to be destroyed by the player for some possible rewards inside, no matter how little sense it makes.

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Parent group

Arbitrary rewards

Games by year

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The first Rewarding vandalism video game was released in 1985.

Nintendo, Capcom and THQ published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Rewarding Vandalism)

Platforms

Windows 139
Linux 95
PS3 25
X360 24
Mac OS X 21
PS2 20
Wii 12
GameCube 8
PS4 8
Xbox 7
Pandora 6
PS Vita 6
MS-DOS 5
N64 5
Nintendo DS 5
PSP 4
SNES 4
Wii U 4
Switch 4
Arcade 3
3DS 3
BeOS 3
PS 3
Xbox One 2
NES 2
GBA 2
Ouya 2
Saturn 2
iOS 2
Mac OS Classic 2

Most common companies

Nintendo24
Capcom16
THQ14
Electronic Arts12
Ubisoft10
Vblank Entertainment10
Codemasters9
Activision8
Blizzard8
Acclaim Entertainment7
Valve6
Sigma Team6
Zelda s9larus6
Cellar Door Games6
Eidos Interactive6