[Please Note: This game may take a while to load. Please be patient, and brush up on your tiny trivia while you wait!] When fans love their games, nothing seems impossible. When a game developer appreciates their fans, magic happens. In this case, that abra cadabra turned out Skywire VIP Extended. This quirky, pixelated pop culture trivia game gives incredibly small yet surprisingly detailed characters and hangman-style word blanks as your clues for naming popular figures from the classics—you know, all those fab games, films, music, books, cartoons, commercials and TV shows from the 80s to present. If that isn't enough, click the hint spotlight for an additional description. When you think you know it, use your keyboard to type it in (spelled correctly) and bask in the fanfare while the next VIP is delivered to the stage via cable car.
While you will probably enjoy playing on your own, it's even more fun in teams so you can pool your knowledge. There are obscure-to-some references and if you're not totally hip to all that pop culture has offered, or if your bifocal lenses aren't helping with the visual clues, you might just grudgingly use a lifeline paying Google a visit. The game screen is limited to one size and zooming won't help (it might even mess things up bit, causing buttons to disappear into nether zones). One hundred seconds is often a generous amount of time, though, to mull over possible answers. And of course, being quick and using less hints is the surest way to score more points. Let me add, I commend and metaphorically crown Trivia Master anyone who makes it the full 100 rounds on the first go ahead.
It was not so long ago that we dropped mention of this fan-produced extension of Nitrome's original Skywire VIP. It all started when Max Schramp and Duncan Smith showed their Scratch project to Nitrome, impressing them so much that the duo was asked to make a proper follow-up. Schramp and Smith's talented artwork has been joined with the original artwork of Mat Annal, programming by Heather Stancliffe, and music of Lee Nicklen. Here is the result. Born out of collaboration and enthusiasm, Skywire VIP Extended has that certain unnameable something that makes it easy to pick up and very habit-forming. Is it the wee tiny characterizations of our beloved icons? The equally annoying yet catchy music? Or the deep satisfaction of finally finding an ego bumping output for all that time spent on GameBoy, sitting in movie theaters and watching Saturday morning cartoons? Whatever it is, if you weren't one already, Skywire VIP Extended has fanboy/fangirl maker written all over it.
Walkthrough Guide
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Skywire VIP Extended - walkthrough
Winnie the Pooh
Pokemon
Peanuts
The Cat in the Hat
Monsters Inc
Hello Kitty
Alice in Wonderland
Tom and Jerry
Bob Marley
The Cosby Show
Snap Crackle Pop
Dora the Explorer
Doctor Who
Kirby
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Angry Birds
Minecraft
Portal
Frosty the Snowman
The Big Bang Theory
Calvin and Hobbes
Disney Princesses
Looney Tunes
Twilight
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Smurfs
Donkey Kong
Barney
Enemy 585
The Incredible Hulk
Team Fortress
Charlie Chaplin
Where the Wild Things Are
Captain America
Teletubbies
The Black Eyed Peas
Megaman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Animal Crossing
Domo
Iron Man
Lockehorn
Pink Panther
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Hitchhiker�s Guide To the Galaxy
Power Puff Girls
Arthur
The Incredibles
Dragonball Z
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Lord of the Rings
Tarzan
Bomberman
Care Bears
Justin Bieber
Power Rangers
Fault Line
Elf
Rugrats
Mr Bean
He-Man
Bob the Builder
Robocop
Nyan Cat
Sailor Moon
Plants Vs Zombies
Green Lantern
Metroid
Wolverine
Elton John
Men in Black
Chisel
The Gingerbread Man
Madagascar
The Easter Bunny
Wall-E
Betty Boop
Silly Sausage
Naruto
David Bowie
Yogi Bear
Dennis the Menace
Kid Icarus
The Lorax
William Shakespeare
Avatar
Canopy
Charlotte�s Web
Bananas in Pajamas
Kung Fu Panda
Little Bo Peep
Nitrome Must Die
Paddington Bear
Peter Rabbit
Sherlock Holmes
Test Subject Blue
The Three Little Pigs
The Prisoner
Wonder Woman
Thanks, elle, for the walkthrough!
Posted by: Mike | March 16, 2012 2:08 PM