By Joozey
This Glossary consists of many words used in Alphabounce. Wondering what 'LHC' means? Who are the 'Interstellar Fugitives'? What purpose does a 'Liquid Cooler' have? This is the place to look!
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Game - Alphabounce is an RPG-like breakout game, unique in its sort. | |
Ambro-X | Item - Extends your radar by one. |
Map Item - Will damage your Radar when you complete a level that is one of these. Your radar will also be damaged if you cross over one of these levels. You will need to go to a Merchant to get it fixed. |
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Antimatter Nuclei | Item - Needed to complete the mission MAS-Z and Antimatter, and subsequently synthesize MAS-Z missiles. |
AR-57 | Missile - Allows your missiles to break a 3x3 area of bricks instead of just 1 brick. |
AR-SRX | Missile - Allows your missiles to break a 5x5 area of bricks instead of a 3x3 area of bricks. (ESCorp exclusive) |
Attraction | Powerup - Once obtained, your envelope can attract all of the balls in-play by pressing (and/or holding) the action button. |
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Balixt | Planet - Home of the Balixteans who defended their planet well with reducine sentinels. |
Balmanch |
Planet - Limestone planet with many orbital nuts. |
Blocks |
Level Object - See: Bricks. |
Boost | Powerup - Will 'thicken' all bricks in the level by one. |
Bricks | Level Object - Bricks that need to be hit by your drilling ball. |
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Capsules | Item - When bought and used, they will act as powerups. |
Planet - A dead limestone planet with many minerals. |
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Planet - A planet with water and a breathable atmosphere. It has a lot of bricks that instantly cause death. | |
Control | Powerup - By catching this, all in-play balls will stick to your envelope and be released upon clicking the action button (exception for those imbued with the power of Halo). |
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Planet - A small rocky planet infested with monsters. |
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Diminuation | Powerup - Reduces the size of your envelope for that level. |
Douriv | Planet - A large planet with extremely high gravity and lots of parasites and minerals. |
Drilling Ball |
Item - The ball that you use to drill through bricks on levels. |
Item - Dismantles sentinels and performs other actions during levels. |
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Earth | Planet - See: Terre |
Envelope | Item - Your rocket ship and paddle, used for bouncing drilling balls, space travelling and planet landings. |
ESCorp | Organization - Leading corporation of prison mining extraction. |
Extension | Powerup- Increases the size of your envelope for that level. |
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Flame | Powerup - Turns all in-play balls into fireballs, making them stronger. |
Folket | Planet - An acidic planet whose core imploded. |
FORA 7R-Z Mine | Item - ESCorp exclusive explosives which are randomly spread through the level. |
F.U.R.I. | Organization - Group of pirates, rebels and other Interstellar Fugitives who escaped from ESCorp and decided to take their own path. |
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Genemill | Item - Engine that you receive upon completing The Genemill Mission. |
Glacial | Powerup - Turns all in-play balls in game into iceballs, which can freeze and destroy every brick in the level. |
Grimorn | Planet - A dead planet with lots of steel bricks. |
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Halo | Powerup - Gives all in-play balls the ability to fly through bricks until they bounce off the top or until you activate the Attraction powerup -- whichever comes first. |
Holovan | Planet - An old planet, home of the Kemilians, who filled the sky with sentinels. |
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Indigestion | Powerup - Adds normal bricks in the level around all existing bricks. |
Interstellar Fugitive | Organization - Those who have been excluded by the ESCorp but are not yet a FURI member fall under this category. |
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Javelin | Powerup - Shoots a javelin destroying every brick and released molecule above the middle of your envelope. |
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Kamikaze | Powerup - Turns all in-play balls into kamikaze-balls. They will automatically aim towards normal bricks, but can still drop off the screen if going quickly enough. |
Karbonis | Planet - Due to the explosion of a mining reactor, Karbonis' core went unstable and exploded, resulting in the Karbonis Belt. |
Karbonis Belt | Asteroid Belt - A belt of asteroids, located about 125 sectors around the former location of Karbonis, that is the result of an exploded mining reactor. |
Karbonite Tablets | Item - Scattered around the Karbonis Belt, your Radar will be upgraded by 1 after collecting all 12 Tablets. |
Khorlan | Planet - A nice grassy planet that is pleasant to live on. |
Ki-Wi Antenna | Item - An item that lets you view the forums from outside the Karbonis Belt. |
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Landing | Game - After acquiring the Landing Pods from Salmeen, you may land on Planets for various reasons. |
Laser | Powerup - Allows your envelope to shoot at bricks (click/Ctrl to fire) |
Item - Short for Liquid Hydrogen Capsule; allows one level to be moved to and played. |
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Lithium Retrofuser | Item - Returns you to [0][0] at your will (ESCorp Only) |
Liquid Cooler | Item - Cools down your missile launcher giving you the ability to launch your missiles faster. |
Lycans | Planet - Large planet with many explosive bricks and lots of minerals. |
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Maps | Map - The universe mapped by various users. |
MAS-Z | Item - Missile type that can destroy any type of brick. |
Merchants | Alien - Sells items and upgrades to you for Minerals. |
Minerals | Item - Used to buy items from merchants. They are usually found in mineral bricks or on the surface of planets. |
Missiles | Item - Fired by pressing the space bar; they destroy one or more bricks depending on the type of missile used. |
Molecules | Level Object - Objects that will affect your ball/the level in various manners. |
Moltear | Planet - Rocky planet southwest of the origin that is infested with molecules. |
Multiball | Powerup - Doubles all of your balls currently in-play. |
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Planet - The FURI base is located here, along with many conglomerates, and death and extra-life bricks. |
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New Ball | Powerup - Creates a new drilling ball on your envelope. |
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Opening | Powerup - Moves all bricks 3 spaces of the level towards its closest side; the bricks closer to the edges will be dropped off. |
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Pad | Item - Short for 'Paddle' (also see: Envelope) |
Perpetual Synthesis Motor |
Item - Item that refills one of your missiles each time you play a new level. |
Map - A map that, when completed, will inform you of Terre's coordinates. |
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Planet - Large tropical planet infected with psionic insects. |
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Powerup - Various bonuses obtained by smashing bricks. | |
Provision | Powerup- Refills all of your missiles. |
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Quasar | Powerup - Creates a black hole which makes all central bricks disappear. |
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Rank | Game - Your ranking is determined by your amount of completed cleanup missions or Free a Prisoner missions. |
Regeneration | Powerup - Allows you generate a ball every few seconds. |
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Safety | Powerup - Grants an extra envelope in your current level. |
Salmeen | NPC - An interstellar mechanic that can be found on Tiboon. |
Samosa | Planet - Extremely large planet, home planet of Douglas. |
Saumir's Twinner | Item - When in your possession, you start the level with 2 drilling balls instead of 1. (FURI exclusive) |
Senegarde | Planet - Planet infected with parasites. |
SHC |
Item - Special hydrogen capsules that will not expire regardless of time passed. |
Side Reactors |
Item - These increase the speed at which your envelope turns when you fire a missile. |
Soupaline | Planet - Small inhabitable planet northwest of the origin. |
Space Suit | Item - Allows you to breathe on planets where you otherwise would be unable to. |
Spignysos | Planet - Icy planet that slows your envelope and is infested with flash molecules. |
Stars | Item - If you finish the Star Dust Mission, they allow you to edit levels. |
Sunglasses | Item - Reduces the effect of flash molecules. |
Syntrogenic Accelerator | Item - Produces 4 LHC per day - one more than normal. (FURI exclusive) |
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Tarciturne | Planet - A planet that was devastated by a meteor shower. |
Terre (Earth) | Planet - Fairly small planet accessible only after collecting all pieces of the PID Map. |
Tiboon | Planet - Small desert planet northeast of the origin point. |
Transformation | Powerup - Click and hold mouse button or Ctrl key to transform the above nearest non-normal brick to a regular one. |
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Volcer | Planet - Large planet with water that supports life. |
Volt | Powerup - In-play balls get a destructive aura. If it passes or stays near a brick for a certain length of time, the brick will be destroyed (sans a Steel, Sentinel, or other special type of brick). A ball under this effect does not activate sentinels. |
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Whisky | Powerup - All in-play balls become 'drunk' and can randomly change their direction. |
Wormholes | Map Item - Transports you from one place on the map to another without using fuel. |
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Xanax | Powerup - Slows down all active balls currently in-play. |
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Yoyo | Powerup - Makes all balls currently in-play accelerate as they are ascending, and then decelerate as they descend. |
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Zeal | Powerup - Hastens all in-play balls; grab them when you are bored! |
Zonkerian Medallion | Item- Increases the speed and stability of your envelope, useful for Spignysos. |