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Chekhov's Gun

Culture concept

A literary technique whereby something seemingly insignificant (e.g. an ignored prop) introduced early on gains much greater role later.

27
games
15
platforms
Final Fantasy (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Final Fantasy
NES 1987-12-18
Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
Mass Effect
X360 2007-11-16
Fallout 3 (Windows)
Fallout 3
WIN 2008-10-28
Asteka 2: Templo Del Sol (MSX 2)
Asteka 2: Templo Del Sol
MSX2 1987-12-10
Blazing Dragons (Saturn)
Blazing Dragons
SAT 1996-10-31
Asteka 2: Templo Del Sol (NEC PC9801)
Asteka 2: Templo Del Sol
9801 1986-11-20
5 Days A Stranger (Linux)
5 Days A Stranger
LIN 2010-08-15
Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
Fallout 3
X360 2008-10-28
Fallout 3 (PlayStation 3)
Fallout 3
PS3 2008-10-28
Silent Hill 3 (PlayStation 2)
Silent Hill 3
PS2 2003-05-23
Asteka 2: Templo Del Sol (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Asteka 2: Templo Del Sol
NES 1988-08-03
5 Days a Stranger (Windows)
5 Days a Stranger
WIN 2003
Note that this does not need to be anything physical, it can be something said or done or something else altogether.

NOT for something that becomes (extremely) useful later on but is completely optional, even if it has no use before the later events.

This is often a spoiler by itself, but in non-obvious cases any attached tag note will make it one.
Contrast: Red Herring

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Spoilers

Games by year

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The first Chekhov's Gun video game was released on October 24, 1986.

Nihon Falcom, Konami and Bethesda Softworks published most of these games.

Related sites

Wikipedia article
Related trope at TV Tropes

Platforms

Windows 7
Linux 3
X360 2
NES 2
MSX2 2
PS2 2
PS3 1
MICRO 7 - FM7 1
Sharp X1 1
Mac OS X 1
Switch 1
PS 1
Saturn 1
NEC PC8801 1
NEC PC9801 1