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One, a mobile game named Gladiator, provided the animation system used in Grappling Hook. [11] Grappling Hook was inspired by a Half-Life mod called Cold Ice. [11] Teister wanted to build on the "feeling of acceleration and velocity" [11] from Cold Ice with the use of the grappling hook; "I think the spatial puzzles are perfect to encourage the ...
Super QuickHook is a 2D platformer where players play as one of 6 different characters as they traverse terrain and levels using a grappling hook, [3] which is used by touching the screen. [6] The player also has a pair of rocket boots , [ 7 ] which can propel the player forward when used, in addition to Slick-pants, which allows players to ...
Ancient Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook A chain grapnel – used to recover a cable from the seabed. A grappling hook or grapnel is a device that typically has multiple hooks (known as claws or flukes) attached to a rope or cable; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold on to objects.
A grapple is a hook or claw used to catch or hold something. A ship's anchor is a type of grapple, especially the "grapnel" anchor.. A soldier loading a hook. A throwing grapple, kaginawa (or "grappling hook" ) is a multi-pronged hook that is tied to a rope and thrown/launched to catch a grip, as on a parapet or branch of a tree. [1]
The game stars Pablo, a dog who traverses through 2D levels using his grappling hook to deal with platforming and enemies. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and later the Xbox Series X. On Metacritic, the game received an average of 76/100 indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]
Kaginawa (鈎縄 or 鉤縄, lit. "hook-rope" [1]) is a type of grappling hook used as a tool in feudal Japan by the samurai class, their retainers, foot soldiers and reportedly by ninja. Kaginawa have several configurations, from one to four hooks.
The parts of the Harpax. The harpax or harpago (Koinē Greek: ἅρπαγα lit. "grabber, seizer, robber"; GEN ἅρπαγος harpagos) [1] was a Roman catapult-shot grapnel created by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa for use against Sextus Pompey during the naval battles of the Sicilian revolt.
Although its exact nature is unclear, the accounts of ancient historians seem to describe it as a sort of crane equipped with a grappling hook that was able to drop and partly submerge an attacking ship down into the water, then either cause the ship to capsize or suddenly let it go altogether. It was dropped onto enemy ships, which would then ...