Yeti Sports Pengu Throw (Game)

Yeti Sports Pengu Throw

GAME » on January 19, 2004

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A two-tap physics-based game about a penguin wanting to fly, aided by a yeti with a club.

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Yetisports Part 1: Pingu-Throw, later known as Yetisports: Pengu Throw, is a freeware physics-based game developed by Chris Hilgert and released by Edelweiss Medienwerst.at for online browsers on January 19, 2004, along with offline versions for PC (Platform), Mac (Platform), and mobile devices. The first in a series of simplistic Flash-based games, Pingu-Throw tasks players with launching the penguin (Pingu) forward by having the yeti (Yeti) club it upward, in an effort to teach them about flight. Its controls involve two taps: one to get Pingu to dive down the ice wall and one to have Yeti swing the club. Depending on the timing, Yeti launches Pingu at different angles, which determines how far they fly and how many times they bounce on the ground, both of which determines the distance traveled (of which the farthest amount is tracked). Along with multiple sequels under the Yetisports (Franchise) name and inclusions in multiple compilations, the game later received an updated "Second Edition" re-release in 2005, known as Yetisports Part 1: Pingu Throw SE, Yetisports Part 1 SE, or Yetisports 1 SE. Along with updated graphics, this update features new controls that allows players to rotate Pingu in the air (allowing them to glide further by maintaining their balance). It later received an updated digital smartphone release for iOS devices on April 14, 2009, developed by ROOT9 MediaLab and published by Xendex (Company) as Yetisports: Pingu Throw. Along with updated graphics, this version features new gimmicks (most of which make use of a new level-based structure), online leaderboards, and tilt controls. This version was later ported to the PlayStation Portable (Platform) (as a digital PlayStation minis title) in Europe on October 15, 2009 and in North America on June 15, 2010. The PSP version was later included in Mega Minis Volume 1 (Game). While it is unknown whether or not Pingu-Throw is the first in the "distance travelling" genre of games, it received some imitators throughout the 2000's. One of the most infamous, known as Bloody Pingu Throw, is a hacked ultra-violent version where Yeti's spiked club causes Pingu to burst, causing their decapitated head to fly forward (which is knocked even further by landing on mines, but can be stopped early on from a spiked wall).

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