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Buckethead Buckethead

Steve at Begging to Differ has found a wonderful, addictive internet timewaster:

Hit the Penguin

You are a Yeti. Your job is to whack the penguin as far as you can. The key is to get some air under him, but not too much. You need to skip him like a flat stone on a creek. So far, the record is 323.4 by Fred. Mine is 322.6.

There is another version of the game, Yeti on 'roids. Records there are 593.5, and 499.7 on the fly - both by BTD Steve. (I've gotten 591.3 and 498.1. So close, but yet so far away. As Vince Lombardi once said, second place is the first loser.)

[wik] And, while we're at it, here's another fun game: Moonlander, which is reminiscent of one of my favorite old school arcade games. If I could have any three classic arcade games, they would be Asteroids, Moonlander and Centipede.

[alsø wik] My wife informs me that there is also a super-steroid version.

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I came close to 322 on one attempt, but most of them weren't even close. More training is required.

Now, the lander-thingy game I remember well from Olden Tymes. It had that big thruster control that was so fun to use. I sucked at that game, but I liked it.

Wouldn't it be cool to have an arcade with all those old school games? I'm thinking "Joust", "Wizard of Wor", "Battlezone", "Berzerk", heh...

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I loved Joust - especially the goofy noises the ostrich creatures made. Gauntlet was another fun one - "Warrior needs food, badly."

Buckethead Buckethead

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Yeah, Gauntlet. Often at lunch time around here I say, "Tom needs food, badly." No one gets it of course.

I remember the Joust noises fondly. It had really sick graphics in its day too.

Hey, do you remember Pitfall for the 2600? A friend and I were in tears one day remember those cutting edge sound effects: "Enh" "NehnehNeh".

Hilarious.

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