History Main / InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt

* ''VideoGame/BabaIsYou'' uses the conveyor belt to introduce the "Shift" property. Due to the RewritingReality theme of the game, you can manipulate the level's rules to let you move belts around or apply "Shift" to other objects. The puzzle then becomes figuring out how to make these belts convenient.

* Transport belts in ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}'' not only move products but also the player and enemies that stand on them, meaning careless factory layout can result in this trope. On the other hand the player can place belts to be inconvenient for the 'enemy', pushing them away from the defenses.

* ''VideoGame/WaveRace'': The original installment for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy has marked arrows in the racetracks that act like conveyors, even though they don't look like it. While they try to keep the drivers on the course, they may inadvertedly make one clash against a nearby object if they're trying to take a curve too tightly.

* ''VideoGame/SuperKiwi64'' has conveyor belts in various areas, often hanging mid-air.

* ''VideoGame/ChipsChallenge'': Among the hazards is conveyer belts (known in-game as ''force floors''), frequently leading either backwards in the level, or into another, more fatal hazard. But there's a powerup (suction cup shoes) that lets you negate their effects.

* ''VideoGame/[[Garlic2021 Garlic]]'': Conveyor belts appear as a common hazard in Zone 4, the Factory. These belts do nothing but to impede the player.

In video games, conveyor belts can show up anywhere: in the middle of a forest, in underground catacombs, etc. These belts don't move in a logical direction. They carry pedestrians against dead ends of a corridor, into SpikesOfDoom or drop them down BottomlessPits or a LavaPit. Multiple conveyor belts move in opposite directions to trap players.

A staple element to both 2D and 3D platformers. Its usage started to become widespread from the era of third generation of gaming consoles. Out-of-place conveyor belts are also not limited to platform games, most commonly also appearing in first-person shooters and puzzle games. In [[FactoryBuildingGame Factory Building Games]], however, the objective for the player is to defy this trope, making sure that conveyor belts transport materials and products as efficiently as possible.

%%* ''VideoGame/TheCastlesOfDoctorCreep'' has these as one possible obstacle. Generally you need to find the switch to control them, so that they are stopped or set to go in a certain direction. Sometimes the switch will be impossible to reach, in which case it generally acts as a one-way path (since it's moving too fast to run against; if you try to run against it, you'll slowly get pushed by it toward the end). %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%* ''VideoGame/LifeGoesOn'' features these in multiple levels; sometimes as a hindrance, sometimes as a solution to the puzzle of the level. Many having switches that allow you to alter if they have spikes or are walkable which allows you to transport corpses around to hit needed PressurePlate and whatnot. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

A staple element to both 2D and 3D platformers. Its usage started to become widespread from the era of third generation of gaming consoles. Out-of-place conveyor belts are also not limited to platform games, most commonly also appearing in first-person shooters and puzzle games. In [[FactoryBuildingGame Factory Building Games]], however, the objective is for the player to defy the trope, making sure that conveyor belts do what they must do.

In RealLife, conveyor belts, escalators, moving walkways and similar conveyances are part of certain specialized environments, and serve the function of moving things in a convenient direction. In video games, conveyor belts can show up anywhere: in the middle of a forest, in underground catacombs, etc. These belts don't move in a logical direction. They carry pedestrians into SpikesOfDoom or drop them down BottomlessPits. Multiple conveyor belts move in opposite directions to trap players.

%%* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfRadGravity'': [[DownInTheDumps Effluvia]] and [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Telos]] are full of these, especially the latter. The former also has a ConveyorBeltODoom you have to rescue your RobotBuddy from. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%** One of the last two levels in the Game Gear spinoff game ''VideoGame/TailsAdventure'' had one or two of these at the start. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

** ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Mario Power Tennis]]:'' One of the themed courts is made up of conveyor belts, which require you to constantly stay on the move and impart unexpected trajectories to bouncing balls.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'': Conveyor belt is one of the items placeable in custom maps, giving the player the option of placing them inconveniently when building a sadist stage. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%* ''Super VideoGame/MeatBoy'': They're found in this game. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'': This is one of the items placeable in custom maps, giving the player the option of placing them inconveniently when building a sadist stage. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.
%%* ''VideoGame/TaskMaker'': One of these shows up in the tutorial level. The game instructs you to go over to a switch to turn off the belt. Interestingly, this actual trap only shows up in one place in the game — and all it's blocking off is a small pile of {{Skeleton Key}}s amid loads of garbage. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

* ''VideoGame/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' for the NES from stage 3-2 to the end. This game used almost every common hazard (except solid clouds) which filled one of the most inhospitable office buildings in the world.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'': Even the Active Enterprises game ''Cheetahmen'' managed to contain them. Due to ''Action 52'' being a [[GameBreakingBug bug breeding ground]], results were [[WrapAround messy]]. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%* ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'': Diagonal ones appear in the Terminate Her Too level, with switches to change their direction. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.