Talk:Grappling hook
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Wow, half of this article is devoted to fictional accounts of grappling hooks. As everyone knows, a large proportion of content devoted to make-believe is what makes any encyclopedia a great resource.
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[edit] "petty"
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[edit] Anybody Tried This For Real?
Although the engineering problems are formiddable, the incentive is high. Does anybody know of any attempts to do this for real? I would have thought the good old US Government would have tried this several times. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.80.222.104 (talk) 21:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Grappling hook in video games
I'd like to add a reference to the computer game where the first "grappling hook" was used. I think it was in Duke Nukem, released in 1991. Anyone know of any earlier game which features such a device? --Michael Drüing 17:43, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I must say A Link to the Past of the Zelda Series began with hookshots about the same time... Saying that grappling guns were popularized by Quake is plain stupid actually... Specially after recognizing the existence of Zelda's hookshots... On the other hand batman had a grappling hook well before that... Undead HerleKing 18:09, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I think there are earlier 2d examples of firing, swinging, and climbing a hook and rope, but what you or I think doesn't matter if we can't site a source. 216.75.170.81 (talk) 04:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reqphoto
Reqphoto removed. There is already a picture in the article. If you want something else, be more specific. --84.20.17.84 11:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hookshot merge
Hookshot (device) is basically a definition and list of video games using the concept. It would be better presented in this article, which already has a fiction section and mentions the hookshot. Pagrashtak 16:47, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
