History Main / TubeTravel

* Very common in the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' games. ''SonicTheHedgehog2'' has it in the Chemical Plant and Metropolis Zones, Crazy Gadget in the second ''SonicAdventure'' game, Secret Base and Egg Rocket in ''SonicAdvance'', and others.

* Happens briefly at one point in ''{{Portal}}''.
** Is built up on more in ''{{Portal 2}}''. Tube travel is the main way ''everything'' in Aperture Science gets into test chambers, it is ridiculously inefficient and expensive, and there are so many props in the facility that no one even cares.

* ''CaveStory'' has one, though it isn't important to the overall gameplay. It just there to help you get out of Plantation's water reservoir faster (possibly in case you fall in without the jetpack equipped).

* Happens in ''KirbysEpicYarn'', where Kirby unravels into a single, long piece of yarn and travels through tight spaces in a few levels. You can control moving forward and backwards, as well as move left or right when the path branches off.

* A frequent method of travel in ''{{Strider}}'' for the {{NES}}.

* ''EarthwormJim 2'' had this in the ISO 9000 level, though it looked painful (the entrance was a grinder).

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* The ''JazzJackrabbit'' series has these, most famously in the Tubelectric stages.

* Pneumatic Tube systems (AKA "the things in bank drive throughs", though some larger people movers have been made). Likely an inspiration for at least some of the above examples.

* Happens in ''[[{{ptitleif14da7b}} Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', where Kirby unravels into a single, long piece of yarn and travels through tight spaces in a few levels. You can control moving forward and backwards, as well as move left or right when the path branches off.

* ''StarCraft'': The Zerg have the Nidus Canals, which act in the same way as the Tunnel Network as mentioned above.

* Very common in the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' games. ''SonicTheHedgehog2'' has it in the Chemical Plant Zone, Crazy Gadget in the second ''SonicAdventure'' game, Secret Base and Egg Rocket in ''SonicAdvance'', and others.

* ''[[CommandAndConquer C&C Generals]]'' features the Tunnel Network for the GLA, which involves building separate entrances that are somehow magically connected the instant the Tunnel entrance is completed no matter the distance or location on the map.

[[quoteright:265:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jazz-jackrabbit-tubelectric_1008.png]][[caption-width-right:265:How does [[JazzJackrabbit he]] not get dizzy?]] An unusual form of getting around, primarily found in video games. Hop in one end of the tube, get shuttled through in some manner, and come out the other end. Instead of taking a direct route, the tube may take a complicated snake-like path to the destination.

* Happens in ''{{Kirby}}'s Epic Yarn'', where Kirby unravels into a single, long piece of yarn and travels through tight spaces in a few levels. You can control moving forward and backwards, as well as move left or right when the path branches off.

* Common in bank drivethroughs and possibly a major inspiration.

* Some playground and water slides are like this.

* In ''{{BIONICLE}}'', there's the chute system of Metru Nui.

* A frequent method of travel in {{Strider}} for the {{NES}}.

* In the game AlphaCentauri, the technological advance of Monopole Magnets grants tube travel to your faction.