History Main / FlameSpewerObstacle

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': Flame emitters are present in a handful of dungeons. The game also encourages you to build them yourself, with the ultrahand ability.

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride features the Fire Swamp, where jets of flame periodically burst from the ground.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigameKing'': Fire jets mounted on rotating circles are among the hazards in the Earth Vellumental Temple. Guts of fire "breathed" out by phoenix-headed statues are also common in the Fire Vellumental Temple, both as stationary and moving hazards. In one section, one pops down from the ceiling to burn away items that Mario tries to use.

* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Corona Lucis has a section that involves dodging flamethrowers, but being touched by the flames results in being teleported away to attempt the puzzle again instead of being hurt.

* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Corona Lucis has a section that involves dodging flamethrowers, but being touched by the flames results in being teleported away to attempt the puzzle again instead of being hurt.

* Level 4 in ''VideoGame/CodeNameViper'' has statues that shoot out flames.
* First ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' game has Energy Zone that has many broken pipes where flames shoot out.

* Cultist Base in ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' has an arena where, after some time, damaging flames rise up on the edges which extinguish after you have finished the fight.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Supraland}}: Six Inches Under'', there are a handful of pipes that shoot out flames. The first one must be temporarily switched off to pass under but later used as a puzzle element to light a match.

* Aitos Act 2 in ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' features flame traps in the form of demon heads that regularly spit out flames.
* Chapter 11 in ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld'' has flames regularly coming out of lava, acting as a timing-based obstacle.
* The first level of ''VideoGame/ChakanTheForeverMan'' has head statues facing both front and sideways that shoot out flames out of their mouths.

* First ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' game has flame plates in Native Fortress that spew flames at timed intervals.

* Disposal Facility in ''VideoGame/CyberShadow'' has flame emitters that periodically shoot out flames.

* Most of the hazards in the first ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' game are robots of assorted sizes, but there are also flame jets built into the floor and some stairs that emit a lengthy jet of flame for 3 seconds at a time. Duke needs to time himself to bypass these jets while they're in recharge mode.

* ''Garlic'' has a fire stage. One of the types of obstacles is a pipe that regularly shoots out flames.

** ''Gex:Enter The Gecko'': In Pre-History Channel, there are flames coming out of the walls.

* In early stages of ''VideoGame/TheGoonies'', there are flame vents that regularly emit flames.

** Enemy-operated flame nozzles make appearance in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse''. The player can block them using the rainbow path.

* Fire Man's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' introduces blocks that shoot out fire upwards at regular intervals. Ice slasher can freeze those flames. Flame obstacle returns in Wily stage 1.

** Second half of Flame Stag's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' has wall-mounted flame emitters that shoot out flames.

** In ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', Blaze Heatnix Stage has flame jet exhausts that vent out flames every second or every few seconds.

* In the first ''VideoGame/PacManWorld'' game, there is a section with a single flame spewer moving back and forth.

* Last area of ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}'' has floor-mounted flame emitters that regularly shoot out flames.

** Occasionally, streams of fire can be found in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. For example, in pipework sections in Eggmanland.
** In ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'', a section of a sand oasis has burners that shoot out flames.

** Flame shooters appear in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' that shoot out flames when Mario gets close.

* Lower areas in ''Super Robin Hood'' have heads that shoot out flames in front of them.

* Volcano Eruption Zone in ''[[VideoGame/WidgetTheWorldWatcher Super Widget]]'' has lava pits that, among other things, shoot out flames from time to time.

* Third stage in ''VideoGame/{{Toki}}'' has fire vents that frequently sprut out flames.
* ''Wayne's World'' on the SNES: Flame belchers are located on the floor in the bar level.

* ''Wolverine'' has "Trial By Fire" level. In that level, there are spots on the ground that regularly spew out fire.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Karoshi}}'' series, there are flame emitter hazards in ''Mr. Karoshi''. The player must find a way to use them to kill himself.

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has both horizontal and vertical flame traps (in red and blue varieties for some reason) that mostly see use in BaselessMission-type dungeons where there are fewer units to move past them and so get the timing right.

* Stage 5 of ''VideoGame/{{Axelay}}'' has chimney-like structures on lava that emit flames high enough to pose danger to the fighter.

* In ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', thanks to the disarray of the station and more than a few deliberate explosions, there are several areas where gas pipes have turned into flamethrowers that impede Amanda's progress, and will cause scripted events that cause an explosion that [[OhCrap summons]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the]] [[TheDreaded Xenomorph]] if you approach them.

* In ''Film/ShredderOrpheus'', the Underworld parking garage has flame jets appear from the floor sporadically for Orpheus to dodge on the way to the final confrontation with Hades.

* ''Silent Assault'': In a third level, there are floor-mounted flame exhaust things.

* ''Silent Assault'': In a third level, there are floor-mounted flame exhaust things.

Origins of this trope are not very clear but it emerged during the third generation of gaming consoles.

* ''VideoGame/JumpBug'' is the earliest known example. Here, volcanoes shoot out what appears to be flames instead of lava. It's as deadly as any other obstacle.

* Second half of Flame Stag's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' has wall-mounted flame emitters that shoot out flames.

* Most of the hazards in opposing Duke in the first The first ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' game are robots of assorted sizes, but there are flame jets built into the floor and some stairs that emit a lengthy jet of flame for 3 seconds at a time. Duke needs to time himself to bypass these jets while they're in recharge mode.

## {{Fireballs}} in case whatever it is spits out separate balls of fire rather than a stream of fire. Or when fireballs make up a rotating fire stick
## FireBreathingWeapon in case the flame comes out of an actively carried weapon
## LavaPit which is sometimes the source of flames
## SteamVentObstacle: In case it's steam that is used as a hazard
## WeaponizedExhaust: When exhausts of whatever is actively used as a weapon

#{{Fireballs}} in case whatever it is spits out separate balls of fire rather than a stream of fire. Or when fireballs make up a rotating fire stick
#FireBreathingWeapon in case the flame comes out of an actively carried weapon
#LavaPit which is sometimes the source of flames
#SteamVentObstacle: In case it's steam that is used as a hazard
#WeaponizedExhaust: When exhausts of whatever is actively used as a weapon

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#FireBreathingWeapon in case the flame comes out of an actively-carried weapon

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* ''VideoGame/SeriousSam4'': In the first level of ''Siberian Mayhem'', there is a hallway where puffs of flame are regularly spewn out from the pipework. The flames are telegraphed with steam.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Supraland}} : Six Inches Under'', there are a handful of pipes that shoot out flames. The first one must be temporarily switched off to pass under but later used as a puzzle element to light a match.

* Aitos Act 2 in ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' features flame traps in form of demon heads that regularly spit out flames.

** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' has fire containers with a nozzle that constantly switch on and off, acting as a hazard.

* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' sometimes has flame emitters acting as a hazard. For an example, inside a train level.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}} Freudenstachel'': Zorne's stage has flames that shoout out from the ground. These flames can be temporarily frozen.

** Occasionally, streams of fire can be found in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''. For an example, in pipework sections in Eggmanland.

* ''Wolverine'' has "Trial By Fire" level. In that level, there are spots on the ground which regularly spew out fire.

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has both horizontal and vertical flame traps (in red and blue varieties for some reason) that mostly see use in BaselessMission-type dungeons where there's fewer units to move past them and so get the timing right.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Many domains have devices that spit fire. Some of them continually shoot unless frozen and just need to be avoided as much as possible or disabled by an ice character, while others release fire on specific timing and can be passed in between cycles of flames.

* Stage 5 of ''VideoGame/{{Axelay}}'' has chimney-like structures on a lava that emit flames high enough to pose danger to the fighter.

Clockwise from the top-left: ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', ''VideoGame/{{Toki}}'', ''VideoGame/PrisonCity'', ''VideoGame/SeriousSam4'' and ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'']]

Clockwise from the top-left: ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', ''VideoGame/{{Toki}}'', ''VideoGame/PrisonCity'', ''VideoGame/SeriousSam4 : Siberian Mayhem'' and ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'']]

[[caption-width-right:900:Don't burn yourself! Clockwise from the top-left: ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', ''VideoGame/{{Toki}}'', ''VideoGame/PrisonCity'', ''VideoGame/SeriousSam4 : Siberian Mayhem'' and ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'']]