History Main / FlameSpewerObstacle

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'': Inside the mountains, halfway to the last dungeon, there is a cannon that shoots fireballs down a narrow hallway. You need the Mirror Shield to deflect the fire and get past the cannon.

* A common obstacle in ''Franchise/TombRaider'', they're at their deadliest in the PlayStation era of games where Lara only has seconds to put the flames out if she isn't able to dodge them in time.

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'':
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'': Fire Man's stage introduces blocks that shoot out fire upwards at regular intervals. Ice slasher can freeze those flames. Flame obstacle returns in Wily stage 1.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'': Flame emitters appear in Turbo Man's stage and Wily stage. There are two types with the first acting like flame pillars in ''Mega Man 1'' and the second shooting out long permanent stream of flame.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX''
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'': Second half of Flame Stag's stage has wall-mounted flame emitters that shoot out flames.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'': Mattrex's stage has dragon head statues that emit flames from their mouths.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'': Blaze Heatnix Stage has flame jet exhausts that vent out flames every second or every few seconds.

* ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' has several of these, mainly in the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire and in the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava. Some of them have intervals in which the player can pass by when not active, others spew continuous flames at which the player has to move over the flames. Some of these even rotate in position at certain parts of the levels.
* ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'' has a level called "How To Shoot Your Dragon". That level has pipe outlets that shoot out flames. What is unusual is that those flames have an arc or even wiggle pattern.

* ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'': Fury Volcano has red flame emitters that regularly spew flames.

* ''VideoGame/TazManiaSega Taz-Mania'' on the Genesis has temple level with head statues. Those statues periodically breathe out fire.
* ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'': In Lava Cave, there are certain parts on the walls that regularly shoot out fire.

* ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''
** ''VideoGame/YoshisStory'': In castle levels, there are flame emitters pushed by shyguys that vent out flames.
** ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld'': 6-3 features many sets of zippers. Flame is spewed from the open sections of the zippers.

* VideoGame/MegaMan'':

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

Such hazards are most commonly encountered in LethalLavaLand and EternalEngine. Sometimes also present and functional in a TempleOfDoom. Also a staple inclusion of any self-respecting DeadlyTrainingArea.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': The Great Sovereign Temple has one route that's filled to the brim with fire traps. If you go there, Nuru will express her displeasure over it and fire in general.

* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}:Door to Phantomile'': Vision 5-1 features platforming segments with funneled pipe outlets that spew flames. Some are active only half of the time while others are active all the time but vary in length.

* ''VideoGame/INinja'': There are a few sections where are flame emitters that shoot out jets of flame every few seconds.

The earliest instance of such obstacle can be found in ''VideoGame/JumpBug'', released in 1981. Usage of flame spewers as an obstacle became more widespread during the late 1980s.