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Weapon kickback

Video game concept

Some or all of the weapons have significant kickback, pushing their user backwards or even sending them flying.

49
games
10
platforms

Name variations: recoil boost

Madballs in... Babo:Invasion (Windows)
Madballs in... Babo:Invasion
WIN 2009-09-17
Capsized (Windows)
Capsized
WIN 2011-04-29
Cave Story+ (Nintendo Switch)
Cave Story+
SWTC 2017-06-20
Killing Floor (Windows)
Killing Floor
WIN 2009-05-14
Crust (Linux)
Crust
LIN 2012
Madballs in Babo: Invasion (Xbox 360)
Madballs in Babo: Invasion
X360 2009-07-15
Spelunky (Windows)
Spelunky
WIN 2013-08
Cortex Command (Windows)
Cortex Command
WIN 2012-09-28
Z.A.R. (Windows)
Z.A.R.
WIN 1998
Madballs in... Babo:Invasion (Mac OS X)
Madballs in... Babo:Invasion
OSX 2010-05-20
No Time to Explain (Windows)
No Time to Explain
WIN 2011-08-16
Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64)
Perfect Dark
N64 2000-05-22
See also: knockback, recoil
Sometimes used as an unconventional speed boost.

Realistically operating such weapons would be quite hazardous if not lethal for the user (also, these tend to be too large for unprotected users to use).

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Feedback, Tool simulation

Games by year

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The first Weapon kickback video game was released in 1998.

Tripwire Interactive, Nicalis and tinyBuild published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Recoil Boost)

Platforms

Linux 18
Windows 16
Mac OS X 8
BeOS 1
Solaris 1
BSD 1
Switch 1
N64 1
X360 1
MS-DOS 1