History Main / PlayerGuidedMissile

* ''{{Kirby}}'' has some games where the trajectory of the thrown Cutter can be steered up or down before going backwards. Likewise, the Flare Beam ability in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' is a giant energy orb that can be guided to collide against multiple enemies at once. Finally, ''[[VideoGame/KibyAndTheAmazingMirror Amazing Mirror]]'' has the "missle" ability where Kirby actually turns into one of these.

* ''{{Kirby}}'' has some games where the trajectory of the thrown Cutter can be steered up or down before going backwards. Likewise, the Flare Beam ability in ''VidoeGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' is a giant energy orb that can be guided to collide against multiple enemies at once. Finally, ''[[KibyAndTheAmazingMirror Amazing Mirror]]'' has the "missle" ability where Kirby actually turns into one of these.

** ''{{VideoGame/Mega Man X}}''2's Magnet Mine can be steered up or down while in flight. Its charged version is similarly steerable, but travels slower and can penetrate multiple targets.

** ''[[MegamanX5 MegaMan X 5's]]'' F-Laser is fully steerable, at the cost of not being able to move X at all until the missile hits something (or X takes damage).

** ''[[MegaManX5 MegaManX5's]]'' F-Laser is fully steerable, at the cost of not being able to move X at all until the missile hits something (or X takes damage).

** {{VideoGame/Mega Man X}}2's Magnet Mine can be steered up or down while in flight. Its charged version is similarly steerable, but travels slower and can penetrate multiple targets.
** ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 MegaManX5's]]'' F-Laser is fully steerable, at the cost of not being able to move X at all until the missile hits something (or X takes damage).

** ''[[VidoeGame/MegaManX5 MegaManX5's]]'' F-Laser is fully steerable, at the cost of not being able to move X at all until the missile hits something (or X takes damage).

** [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 MegaMan3's]] Hard Knuckle (a RocketPunch weapon) can be steered up or down while in flight, though not as precisely as steerable weapons later in the series.
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan5 MegaMan5's]] Gyro Blade fires horizontally, but the player can make it veer up or down in flight.
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan10 MegaMan10's]] Commando Bomb is similar to the Gyro Blade, but the player can change its direction multiple times in flight, and it produces an explosion on impact.

** [[VidoeGame/MegaManX5 MegaManX5's]] F-Laser is fully steerable, at the cost of not being able to move X at all until the missile hits something (or X takes damage).

** MegaMan3's Hard Knuckle (a RocketPunch weapon) can be steered up or down while in flight, though not as precisely as steerable weapons later in the series.
** MegaMan5's Gyro Blade fires horizontally, but the player can make it veer up or down in flight.
** MegaMan10's Commando Bomb is similar to the Gyro Blade, but the player can change its direction multiple times in flight, and it produces an explosion on impact.

** MegaManX5's F-Laser is fully steerable, at the cost of not being able to move X at all until the missile hits something (or X takes damage).

* ''{{Kirby}}'': In some games, the trajectory of the thrown Cutter can be steered up or down before going backwards. Likewise, the Flare Beam ability in ''Return to Dream Land'' is a giant energy orb that can be guided to collide against multiple enemies at once.

* Although magic boomerangs are a recurring item in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, only the version in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'' can be controlled in mid-air. Boomerangs and Bombchus in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' and ''SpiritTracks'' are similar in that the player can sketch out a custom flight path with the stylus, though they have no control over them during flight.

* In ''TabletopGame/Shadowrun'' riggers can control missiles but it's mostly a niche thing as most missles travel much too fast for such a technology to be of use.

* One of {{Batman}}'s upgrades in the ''BatmanArkhamSeries'' is a remote-controlled Batarang, and it's essential for solving certain puzzles.

Ever watch a homing missile suffer yet another HeroTrackingFailure and think to yourself, "hell, ''I'' could fly a missile better than that" ? Now you can!

* ''[[BattlefieldSeries Battlefield 2]]'': Nearly all anti-tank missiles[[hottip:*:[[superscript:SRAW, ERYX, APC missiles, and TOW launchers, but ''not'' the RPG-7]] can be guided mid-flight based on where the player is pointing his crosshair. A helicopter's gunner can also fire TV-guided missiles capable of out and out {{Roboteching}}.

* Averted with the Remote-Guided Warhead in the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series. It was ''supposed'' to be one of these, but the devs could never get it working properly so it ended up as a regular guided missile.

* In the {{Xbox 360}} Kinect game ''Wreckateer'', the Flying Shot can be steered using your arms - raise them up to fly higher, or down to dive. To a lesser extent, the basic shots can be steered by waving your hands over the shot as it is in flight.

* A minor example in ''TeamFortress2'': Engineer's sentries will normally autotarget enemies that are closer to them, but using his Wrangler, he can aim his sentry manually at any given enemy, aided with a laser sight (with an added defense bonus).

* In ''[[UnrealTournament]]'', the secondary firing mode of [[NukeEm The Redeemer]] is this trope.

* ''[[BattlefieldSeries Battlefield 2]]'': Nearly all anti-tank missiles[[hottip:*:[[superscript:SRAW, ERYX, APC missiles, and TOW launchers, but ''not'' the RPG-7]] can be guided mid-flight based on where the player is pointing his crosshair. A helicopter's gunner can also fire TV-guided missiles capable of out and out {{Roboteching}}.

* A minor example in ''TeamFortress2'': Engineer's sentries will normally autotarget enemies that are closer to them, but using his Wrangler, he can aim his sentry manually at any given enemy, aided with a laser sight (with an added defense bonus).

* The "Doomerang" in all three ''TyTheTasmanianTiger'' games. In the first it is merely an EleventhHourSuperpower used exclusively to defeat the FinalBoss, but it shows up as a purchasable (if very expensive) shop item in the sequels.

* Two characters in ''SkylandersSpyrosAdventure'' can earn this attack as a purchasable upgrade: