History CameraAbuse / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/RockBand'', sometimes the vocalist (player character or not) will kick the camera or otherwise abuse it.
** ''Everyone'' kicks the camera in ''VideoGame/RockBand''. Well, not the drummer, but everyone with their legs free.
*** Sometimes the drummer will just up and punch the camera.
** At least this falls under the "in-universe camera" proviso, as you are playing a concert with cameras all over the place.

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' uses this, with water droplets sliding down the camera after swimming, or errant bullets causing cracks.
** Also one of the cutscenes has cave men knock over the camera running by it.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'''s final boss (in both games) ''cracks the screen'' because of how big it is.

* Many [[LightGunGame Light Gun Games]], from ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' and ''VideoGame/Area51'' to ''VideoGame/VirtuaCop'' and ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'', use this trope to indicate when the player takes damage, often in the form of bullet holes flashing on the screen when the player is shot.

* In ''Brain Challenge'' the Authority games in the Stress category feature men from the slopes of the UncannyValley who deliver the twist on the games' usual objects (instead of writing the answer to an arithmetic question, for example, you'll have to write it in the box he tells you), and if you get it wrong or take too long, berates you and headbutts the screen, "cracking" it. It's swiftly and unobtrusively repaired, however.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has Johnny Gat forcibly punching the camera in the final cutscene due to his dancing.

* Every time the Ghostrunner from ''VideoGame/Ghostrunner'' kills an enemy up-close, the camera is splattered with their blood.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', [[SNKBoss Seth's]] Ultra Combo sucks the enemy into the yin-yang sphere in his chest, then shoots them out at high speeds, bouncing off the camera in the process. If the attack knocks out the opponent, they instead [[https://i.imgur.com/Jo2ZTwI.jpg splat against the screen]] and slowly slide down to the floor.

* ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 5]]'': Head Waiter, a minigame, has two players [[GrenadeHotPotato passing a Bowser-shaped bomb to each other until it explodes]]. When it does, the character holding it flies into the screen, causing the camera to tilt... and it even stays that way when the other character celebrates their victory. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHOr0mC4qc4 See for yourself!]]

* In ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Advanced Warfighter'', your HUD gets fuzzy and glitchy near ECM devices, or if you're about to wander off the battlefield. In another mission, your helmet and HUD get damaged.

* Several characters in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' have highlight intros that will abuse the camera: for example, Roadhog will hook the camera and pull it towards him, cracking the glass, [=McCree=] will roll and shoot the camera several times, leaving bullet holes, or Symmetra will frown at the crooked camera and then straighten it.

* Similarly, in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'', throwing a dagger at Julanar will cause it to bounce off and crack the screen, killing you.

* In the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'', the game is played from behind Samus's visor. Thus, long falls or other heavy hits shake the screen, raindrops bead up on the "camera", condensed steam obscures the view, ice attacks frost the screen, electric attacks and shockwaves cause {{Interface Screw}}s and so on. Bright lights even allow you to see the protagonist's face reflected from the visor.
** The most dramatic example in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' with the Rezbits in the Sanctuary Fortress. One of their attacks is to remotely hack Samus's visor, forcing her to reboot her entire suit for one whopper of an InterfaceScrew. The multiplayer game has a "Hacker Mode" item that lets a player's Scan Visor do the same to opponents.
* During the HumanSnowball sequence in ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'', the snowball-bound Starfy will run into snowman-making penguins which will be sent splatting on the screen.
** In ''Densetsu no Stafy 2'' and ''3'', getting sucked up by Ogura's final form will cause him to spit Starfy at the screen.

** In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' characters thrown off the top of the screen could bump into the camera on their way back down.
** Brawl introduces the Assist Trophy, an item that might summon a cute ''VideoGame/{{Nintendog|s}}'' puppy that proceeds to jump up on the camera for a few seconds.
** The fourth game ups the ante, with characters [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/772/732/924.gif going splat against the TV screen.]]

** Introduced in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' are obstacles that usually do this to Kirby onto the top screen, resulting in this trope. It's so hilarious to look at.
*** Some minibosses also do this when defeated. It's similarly hilarious.

* ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'': Mad Maddie's animation when selected has her toss her Wrecking Ball at the camera to break it, and then her kicking out the rest of the glass.

* In the baseball minigame in VideoGame/WarioLand4 getting a home run causes a ball with wario's face on it to smash through the 'screen'

* ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'': When you select Mathilda, [[MaleGaze the camera zooms in on her ass]]... until she notices and punches the fourth wall, literally breaking it.

* Dante kicks over the camera during the intro movie of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 3''.

* VideoGame/StreetFighterV has seen Seth come back and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/5/58/HDPVRPRO60_20200214_170916_001.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20200215065240 still makes his opponents suffer the same way]].

* The [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV sequel]] has seen Seth come back and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/5/58/HDPVRPRO60_20200214_170916_001.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20200215065240 still makes his opponents suffer the same way]].