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October 26, 2005 10:02 AM

Babycal Throw A simple and enormously addicting game. Consider yourself warned.
posted by BuddhaInABucket (35 comments total)

Alright! I got an 80, first try!
posted by thirteenkiller at 10:17 AM on October 26, 2005

90 -- and a double hit to boot.
posted by terrier319 at 10:20 AM on October 26, 2005

I'm plateauing at around 500. I see some of the scores in the tens of thousands and I just think "what!?"
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 10:30 AM on October 26, 2005

I tried it, maybe its more fun with the sound turned on? I like the game where the angry girl rams her ex-boyfriend with her BMX bike to launch him better but I can't find it now.
posted by fenriq at 10:33 AM on October 26, 2005

fenriq: That's Nanaca Crash.

..and there goes my morning.
posted by Laen at 10:41 AM on October 26, 2005

Laen, damn, there goes my morning now too! But thanks! Maybe I can get Nanaca Crash to play on my Clie? That would be cool!
posted by fenriq at 10:42 AM on October 26, 2005

The key is to get a guy running back a forth across the screen, keeping him "in play" by continuing to bonk him on the head. when he finally makes it off the screen, you earn men.. dependent upon how many times you bonked the runner.
posted by Witty at 10:53 AM on October 26, 2005

So either I really suck, or it's not working right for me. I can only throw a ... thing when I click on a little man. So it's nearly impossible to bonk people. Is it supposed to be like that?
posted by kafziel at 11:01 AM on October 26, 2005

230 on the first try- I can see how this could be addicting.
posted by Four Flavors at 11:06 AM on October 26, 2005

Nanaca Crash.


509.57m.

Ouch.
posted by CynicalKnight at 11:21 AM on October 26, 2005

kafziel.. same problem here.. how am i suppose to 'aim' if i can only throw while hovering my mouse over a little man, by the time my weopon is launched on the target, the man has walked away!
posted by airnxtz at 11:30 AM on October 26, 2005

that's kinda the idea, airnxtz. They walk at 3 different speeds, you've got to time them right.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 11:34 AM on October 26, 2005

Yes...it's tricky, agreed, but if it were easy, it would suck. Keep trying...you'll get it.
posted by Shfishp at 11:34 AM on October 26, 2005

CynicalKnight: If you click your mouse while the guy is in the air (yet still on the screen), you'll get boosts.
posted by Laen at 11:36 AM on October 26, 2005

Dang, 3430 m on Nanaca Crash, that was awesome! And I love the excitable little Japanese voice when you bash him in mid-air!
posted by fenriq at 11:57 AM on October 26, 2005

Too easy man. Only slightly less interesting would be clicking the mouse button repeatedly to score points (and i'm sure various dweebs would sit around racking up 10^8 points).
posted by snoktruix at 12:01 PM on October 26, 2005

Feh. I don't think I quite grasp the mechanics of this game. I throw a tin can up in the air and it falls on the ground. Then I lose. Clearly I'm missing something about how to enjoy this one.

Nanaca Crash is much more fun. 5429.92m! (Use the free, unlimited down-boosts to rack up specials)
posted by majick at 12:08 PM on October 26, 2005

I've had no luck trying to work this into normal conversation, so I'll just have to brag here:


*flex*
posted by moift at 1:10 PM on October 26, 2005

While we're here, I'll add that yeti/penguin baseball is fun, too.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 1:31 PM on October 26, 2005

correct link
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 1:32 PM on October 26, 2005

The link. it is dead. it is an un-link.
posted by TheStorm at 1:47 PM on October 26, 2005

I'll stick to throwing rocks at boys, thankyouverymuch!
posted by mds35 at 2:17 PM on October 26, 2005

130, love this
posted by Peter H at 2:17 PM on October 26, 2005

...and then 245.53m on Nanaca Crush - both these games are great thank you.
posted by Peter H at 2:22 PM on October 26, 2005

Laen: thanks for the Nanaca Crush link - I just wasted half an hour on it... great fun!
posted by greycap at 2:35 PM on October 26, 2005

Are there any actual strategies at work in Nanaca Crash? 'cause all I can figure so far is that I can guesstimate an angle and power... and it's all just sit back and watch after that.
posted by five fresh fish at 3:06 PM on October 26, 2005

I've gotten up to 2500, I'm ashamed to say. The trick is to just catch one of the guys and keep him going back and forth. If you hit him a bunch of times, you get extra men.
posted by callmejay at 3:24 PM on October 26, 2005

I like my stupid games old. Space Invaders.
posted by recurve at 5:01 PM on October 26, 2005

Not that this is I Am Bored but...
1499 on Nanca Crush!
posted by Citizen Premier at 5:47 PM on October 26, 2005

5630. It's hard at first, but when you get it... man is it satisfying :)
posted by mikeweeney at 6:03 PM on October 26, 2005

I just got over 5000 on Babycal Throw. Great fun!
posted by furtive at 7:02 PM on October 26, 2005

Clicking "FAQ" off to the side of Nanacu Crash gives english instructions.
posted by five fresh fish at 7:17 PM on October 26, 2005

Woot! 3400ish on Nanacu.
posted by five fresh fish at 7:45 PM on October 26, 2005

4445 on the Babycal Throw. Lots of fun, thanks!
posted by Stauf at 12:16 AM on October 27, 2005

Feh. I don't think I quite grasp the mechanics of this game. I throw a tin can up in the air and it falls on the ground. Then I lose. Clearly I'm missing something about how to enjoy this one.

You missed the key point. Each of those little guys has a can on his back. When you click the guy, the can flies up in the air. Have it hit somebody on the head and see what happens.

An interesting game, I managed to get a couple "double" combos, but my goal was to try and get some chained hits (where you hit a guy that is holding a can, then his can flies in the air, which hits another guy with a can) but I couldn't manage it.
posted by antifuse at 3:16 AM on October 27, 2005