Thermal weapons
Tools concept
Includes weapons with the purpose of setting things on fire or otherwise burning them.
220
games
33platforms
Alternate names: Flame weapons, Incendiary weapons
COCO 1982
WIN 2012-09-28
WIN 2008-11-17
WIN 2005-11-11
OSX 2014-12-12
PS2 2001-05-22
WIN 2004-03
WIN 2010-07-19
WIN 2008-05-13
WIN 2007-10
WIN 2009-09-30
WIN 2009-02-20
Children:
* Flamethrowers
* Incendiary grenades / molotovs
* Incendiary bombs (napalm bombs)
* Incendiary rockets / ammo
Implied: (not enforceable)
* Burning - there are plenty of games that don't actually set anyone on fire
Related:
* Cryogenic weapons
Lasers are also thermal weapons, but their application and appearance differs too much from the others (and many popular inaccurate depictions), that implying thermal weapons with them is poor choice (unless they actually set things on fire).
* Flamethrowers
* Incendiary grenades / molotovs
* Incendiary bombs (napalm bombs)
* Incendiary rockets / ammo
Implied: (not enforceable)
* Burning - there are plenty of games that don't actually set anyone on fire
Related:
* Cryogenic weapons
Lasers are also thermal weapons, but their application and appearance differs too much from the others (and many popular inaccurate depictions), that implying thermal weapons with them is poor choice (unless they actually set things on fire).
Including things like flamethrowers, napalm, weapons using incendiary or white phosphorus, and so on.
The first Thermal weapons video game was released in 1982.
Electronic Arts, Valve and Sega published most of these games.
Parent groups
Anti-humanitarian warfare, Practical tools