Wednesdays XKCD...

Lil old me · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:42

http://xkcd.com/667/

How did I never know this? Why was my entire Windows 95 life plagued by being inevitably devoured by that monster? I used to love ski free, just falling down a slope endlessly, peacefully. Now I've seen this comic my life really has new meaning and the past is best forgotten...

I want to cry.

DampCat · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:43

meghatronic · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:44

Haha.

Conscript · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:45

Didn't work

LizardKing · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:45

Wait, what?!! is that true?!?!
all that time spent escaping and the f key was right there waiting to be pressed!

V4NT0M · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:48

I'm pretty sure this was common knowledge in my household.

Kenai · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:53

http://www.speakeasy.org/~ihoc/ski/

Download link on there for anyone who wants to try it

Mailman86 · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:01

Haha I always thought the monster was a way of just ending the current game so it never went on forever!

Speaking of those old Windows games, they don't make them like they used to. I remember when a big group of about 10-20 of us at school worked together to complete the whole of Chips Challenge. All of us would go to the computer room at lunch time and nearly everyone would play it. If there wasn't a spare computer, you would watch someone play it. When someone had managed to complete the level we were all working on, there would be big shout and everyone would gather round to get the code for the next level. If it was a particularly hard level you had completed, you would gain legendary status for a few minutes.

Duke · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:03

Ski Free was amazing.

Kristoph · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:07

Fav games of my life have and early childhood have to be;

Redneck Rampage
Outlaws
Blood
Duke Nukem 3D
Kingpin

DampCat · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:12

Kenai said:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~ihoc/ski/

Download link on there for anyone who wants to try it

Hah! awesome

Whole office is playing it.

GingerNinja1989 · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:12

Arrgh! It's so addictive!

PaulyD · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:18

Wait, wut?

That is crazy, will download and try later, loved that game!!

This could be made into a FFFUUUUUU pic!

Vonhelmet · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:22

There's some other hacks on Wikipedia that you can use to escape the monster.

Gilly · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:32

Never heard of it.

A.N.Other · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:40

I was really surprised by that too

No matter how hard I tried, I could never escape that monster!

dekez · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:44

You...are...joking....

ffffuuuuu

m0r94n · 26 Nov 2009 at 13:46

I escaped him using pure skill.

J.B · 26 Nov 2009 at 16:35

This made me go and download a 32bit version of SkiFree, there is a link on the wiki page if anyone is interested!