Push. No, pull!

September 25, 2003 9:10 AM

Dyson telescope game. Fiendishly addictive. Don't ask me what it has to do with industrial vacuum cleaners. (Via Bifurcated Rivets)
posted by gottabefunky (29 comments total)

Excellent!
posted by widdershins at 9:18 AM on September 25, 2003

[This is good great!]
posted by Ms.JaneDoe at 9:34 AM on September 25, 2003

I couldn't get better than 9 on level 13, and now I'm stuck on 14. This is great. Reminds me of that laser game, Reflections. Is that still out there somewhere?
posted by starvingartist at 9:35 AM on September 25, 2003

i had the same problem with level 13. says par 7, but no matter what i did, i couldn't get it lower than 9.
posted by totee at 9:42 AM on September 25, 2003

Oh no, the telescopes have gone from suck to blow!!
posted by Bag Man at 9:49 AM on September 25, 2003

13 is tricky in 7, but it can be done. Look for a way to combine moves.
posted by Nothing at 10:00 AM on September 25, 2003

Augh! This is indeed fiendish. So much for my afternoon.
posted by Tubes at 10:01 AM on September 25, 2003

Woohoo! I passed round 15. Back to business. (Don't ask me about par.)
posted by Tubes at 10:19 AM on September 25, 2003

Thank you very much for linking this.
posted by Be'lal at 10:45 AM on September 25, 2003

Am I the only idiot who can't get level 11? ugh.
posted by kelrae3 at 10:59 AM on September 25, 2003

Now stuck on 25. Great stuff.
posted by starvingartist at 11:00 AM on September 25, 2003

I could not get 13 in 7. I was able to get the rest. This is probably one of the more interesting mind benders I have seen in quite a while.
posted by a3matrix at 11:01 AM on September 25, 2003

I am such a dummy....that was easier than I thought....
posted by kelrae3 at 11:18 AM on September 25, 2003

Don't ask me about par.

I figured somebody who goes by the name of Tubes would have done pretty well!
posted by Pollomacho at 11:38 AM on September 25, 2003

that was so much fun! (and yeah, I'm totally stuck on 13.)
posted by synapse at 11:50 AM on September 25, 2003

I'm stuck on 16. Just realized the little tails will pull the ball in by one box when the scope shoots out in the other direction, like they're magnetic.
posted by gottabefunky at 12:13 PM on September 25, 2003

:: saving Level 16 for later ::

Thanks for the post!
posted by LinusMines at 12:39 PM on September 25, 2003

Whatever you do, don't get as far as the grand master levels. You will go mad at just looking the first one of them.
posted by lazy-ville at 12:42 PM on September 25, 2003

Damn 25 is tough for par.
posted by Nothing at 12:42 PM on September 25, 2003

OK, but where in New York can I buy one of their damn canister vacuums? I want a DC08.
posted by nicwolff at 12:51 PM on September 25, 2003

I had such a rich, happy life up until now. Alas, I will spend the rest of it playing this game. Great link.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:02 PM on September 25, 2003

The fifth Grand Master level is a par 57. I think I'm going to kill myself now.
posted by lazy-ville at 1:06 PM on September 25, 2003

Poking through the Dyson website I found a page about the wrong garden, that seemed familiar, so I did a quick search for wrong garden here--lo and behold.
posted by Ms.JaneDoe at 1:20 PM on September 25, 2003

It only took two and a half hours to get par on the first 25 levels. Now, on to the Transporter Levels!

"Work?" Huh?
posted by nickmark at 1:28 PM on September 25, 2003

Hey, starvingartist, if you're still around: Reflections.
posted by Skot at 1:35 PM on September 25, 2003

Tranporter hint: try blocking the spots.
posted by gottabefunky at 1:55 PM on September 25, 2003

The transporter levels were relatively easy (though it took ages to shave that last move off of level 8)...
posted by nickmark at 2:11 PM on September 25, 2003

The fifth Grand Master level is a par 57. I think I'm going to kill myself now.

Relax - it can be done in 53.
posted by nickmark at 10:22 AM on September 26, 2003

Yes there seems to be room for improvement in the Grand Master levels, I completed the fifth one in 51.
posted by lazy-ville at 2:32 PM on September 29, 2003