Saturday, July 17, 2010

Yetisports

Yetisports, also known as Pingu Throw, is a web-based Flash game that originally appeared on the Internet in January 2004. You can learn more about this game from its author's website here. Almost everyone familiar with flash games will have dabbled in YetiSports. The goal of the original game is to have a yeti smack a penguin with a club and try to get it fly as far as possible. The original game is humorous and addictive and therefore very popular on the Internet. Very soon after release, there was a quick succession of many variants created by multiple people on the internet. None of these are officially sponsored by Chris Hilgert, the author of the original Yetisports game. One of the more violent variants, called Yetisports: Gorez or bloody penguin, featuring decapitation, spikes, a big spiky club and mines. There are also some other official releases in the Yetisports series as follows:

Orca slap: In this game, the goal is to hit penguins into a dartboard with a snowball. An orca slaps the penguins into the air, which the yeti then hits with a snowball.

Seal bounce: In this game, you play with 2 clicks of the mouse. The first click starts the yeti windmilling his arms ,which hold a penguin; the second makes him release the penguin between two glaciers with seals sticking out at regular intervals. The seals hit the penguin higher. Your goal is to send the penguin as high as you can.

Albatross overload: This game is set in Australia. The penguin stands on one side of a see-saw while the yeti stomps on the other end. If the stomp is executed with good timing, the penguin lands on an albatross flying overhead. Your goal is to let the albatross carry the penguin as far as you can.

Flamingo drive: This game, set in Africa, involves using a flamingo as a golf club to hit a penguin. The angle is set by clicking while an arrow points at various angles, and power is set by clicking while a bar moves up and down. You have five shots per game, and your goal is to send the penguin as far as you can.

Jungle Swing: This game involves swinging up a series of branches in a tree, jumping with a mouseclick. Your goal is to help Yeti swing to the top of a tree in the jungle.

Although Yetisports inspired a plethora of yeti-filled games, the original one is believed to be the best. You can play this game here.