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{{quote|''[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/12/24/episode-229-blast-off/ "Boat-doken!!!"]''|'''Black Mage,''' ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''}}
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Sometimes in video games lacking the [[Law of Inverse Recoil]], firing rapidly in a direction opposite of where you want to go will give you a good push sideways or even upward.
Sometimes in video games lacking the [[Law of Inverse Recoil]], firing rapidly in a direction opposite of where you want to go will give you a good push sideways or even upward.
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* In another twist of the [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|Developers Thinking Of Everything]], you can make use of the recoil of throwing things to move about when levitating in ''[[Nethack]]''.
* In another twist of the [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|Developers Thinking Of Everything]], you can make use of the recoil of throwing things to move about when levitating in ''[[Nethack]]''.
* ''[[ADOM]]'' has a [[Frictionless Ice|low friction ice]] level, where you can't walk. Moving around there is done exclusively by the way of thrown item recoil boost (and kicking off walls). Getting recoil boost off a potion of uselessness is its only use - and for subverting the name, the gods themselves reward you.
* ''[[ADOM]]'' has a [[Frictionless Ice|low friction ice]] level, where you can't walk. Moving around there is done exclusively by the way of thrown item recoil boost (and kicking off walls). Getting recoil boost off a potion of uselessness is its only use - and for subverting the name, the gods themselves reward you.


== Shoot Em Up ==
== Shoot Em Up ==