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This is a [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Sci Fi Name Buzzwords]]. Less realistic examples often fall into [[Techno Babble]].
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* The [[Marvel vs. Capcom]] series brings us [[Iron Man]]'s [[Memetic Mutation|PROTON CANNON]].
* ''[[Galactic Civilizations]] 2'' is rife with these.
* ''[[Command
* ''[[Mechwarrior]]'' and its related games featured the weapon known as the PPC, which stands for 'particle projector cannon', derived from the tabletop source material. It is often compared to man-made lightning, but the fiction suggests the weapon fires beams of charged particles. A large percentage of the time, it is rendered as a blue stream of energy with some lead time. The version in the ''Mechwarrior 2'' trilogy fires what the guides term 'plasma balls'.
* Amusingly enough for the page description, game developers [[Silicon Knights]] created a top down turn-based-strategy/action hybrid game called ''Cyber Empires'' which featured the Neutrino Cannon as its most powerful energy weapon.
* ''[[Starsiege]]'' and its predecessors, the ''Earthsiege'' series, featured the PBW, for particle beam weapon, which is described as an 'electromagnetic shotgun.' Bearing in mind that the weapon fires a single discrete beam, this raises some questions about how exactly the weapon operates.
** Another example from the series is the electron flux whip, or ELF, which is called the 'lightning bolt on a leash.' It is often rendered as a continuous arc of blue or yellow electricity with a short range, or occasionally as a slow, single arc that twists awkwardly through the air to damage the target's shields or armor.
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