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[[Image:50Kracewalk.PNG|thumb|220px|OOPS!! You lose!!]]
[[Image:50Kracewalk.PNG|thumb|220px|OOPS!! You lose!!]]
[[Image:50Kracewalkbox.PNG|thumb|220px|Taste a walk!]]
[[Image:50Kracewalkbox.PNG|thumb|220px|Taste a walk!]]
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<blockquote>''"Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Right... OOPS!!! You lose!! Alternate left right for about 5 hours without messing up and you could win the gold!!"'' — [[Videlectrix]]</blockquote>
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''"Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Right... OOPS!!! You lose!! Alternate left right for about 5 hours without messing up and you could win the gold!!"'' —[[Videlectrix]]
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'''50K Racewalker''' is a [[Videlectrix]] "game" programmed by [[Jonathan Howe]].  
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'''50K Racewalker''' is a [[Videlectrix]] game "programmed" by [[Jonathan Howe]].  
'''Date:''' Friday, January 14, 2005
'''Date:''' Friday, January 14, 2005
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== Instructions ==
== Instructions ==
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The game begins with a character customization screen, titled "Choose [[it out]]". The color of the racer's hair, shirt, shorts, and shoes can be changed from a selection of ten colors for each; there are ten possible hairstyles to choose from as well. After designing the character, the player is prompted to enter a name ("STEAK [[STYLE]]S" by default).
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After designing your character, and race mode starts, wait for the gun to fire and the word "Go" appears.  
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The race begins, signaled by a {{w|starting pistol}}. To advance forward, the player must step by alternating the "left" and "right" keys at a walking pace. The track is subdivided into white lines marking .01 kilometers. There are 40 successful "steps" required between each white line, and 50.00 kilometers to walk {{--}} a total of 200,000 "steps".
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Then, taking your time, press "Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right..." slowly. If you do it too fast you'll get a FAULT. If you press the same key twice you will get a FAULT. If you press any key other than left or right you will get a FAULT. If you wait too long you will get a FAULT.
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===FAULT===
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A FAULT is an annoying message that will appear and your character will stop for a few seconds.
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A FAULT is caused when the player does not properly racewalk. A buzzer sounds, "FAULT!" flashes on the screen, and the racer stops moving for a few moments.
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Faults can be triggered by:
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For every white line you pass on the track, you have traveled .01 kilometers. There are 40 successful "steps" required between each white line, and 50.00 kilometers to walk.
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* Alternating the left/right keys too quickly (making the racer "run" rather than "walk")
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*Pressing the same key twice
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*Pressing any key other than left or right
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*Waiting too long without taking a step
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== Easter Eggs ==
== Easter Eggs ==
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Multiple Easter eggs can be activated in the "Choose it out" screen.
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*There is a "big head mode", similar to that found in many video games, especially first-person shooters and sports games. To toggle between "big head" and normal press the 'h' key on the "Choose it out" screen.
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*"h" toggles "[[TVtropes:Main/BigHeadMode|big head mode]]", making the racer's head 1.5 times its size. This is case-sensitive and must be typed in lowercase.
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*There is a "fat walker" mode.  To toggle between a fat walker and a normal one press the 'f' key on the "Choose it out" screen.
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*"f" toggles "fat walker" mode, making the racer wider. Like "big head mode", this must be typed in lowercase.
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**These tricks are case-sensitive and must be typed in lowercase.
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*The up and down arrow keys move the arms on the walker.
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*The arms on the walker can be moved up and down by pressing the arrow keys on the "Choose it out" screen.
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*There are five unique character designs that, when put together, change the racer's default name:
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*There are five different special combinations that can be put together on the "Choose it out" screen, each of which gives you a special name rather than "Steak Styles".
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** WILT CHAMBERLAIN
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** WILT CHAMBERLAIN: (it doesn't let you edit name when you do this one)
*** Hair: Black
*** Hair: Black
*** Skin: Golden Brown (top center)
*** Skin: Golden Brown (top center)
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*** Shorts: Yellow
*** Shorts: Yellow
*** Shoes: Black
*** Shoes: Black
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**** The player cannot change the name from WILT CHAMBERLAIN.
 
** BRUCE LEE
** BRUCE LEE
*** Hair: Black
*** Hair: Black
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*** Shorts: Red
*** Shorts: Red
*** Shoes: White
*** Shoes: White
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**[[GARY PALARONCINI]]
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**[[GARY PALARONCINI]] (Race also starts at 49.99k)
*** Hair: Blonde
*** Hair: Blonde
*** Skin: Non-pale (center bottom)
*** Skin: Non-pale (center bottom)
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*** Shorts: Medium Blue (upper left)
*** Shorts: Medium Blue (upper left)
*** Shoes: Black
*** Shoes: Black
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**** Playing as Gary will start the race at 49.99 km.
 
== Fun Facts ==
== Fun Facts ==
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[[Image:50K winscreen.png|thumb|You win!!!]]
 
===Explanations===
===Explanations===
*This game is a parody of early Track and Field video games for older consoles, which simulated various track and field events by requiring the player to perform various tricks on the controller such as rapidly pushing the same button, alternating between two different buttons, rotating the joystick a certain number of times, or something similar.
*This game is a parody of early Track and Field video games for older consoles, which simulated various track and field events by requiring the player to perform various tricks on the controller such as rapidly pushing the same button, alternating between two different buttons, rotating the joystick a certain number of times, or something similar.
*The "LICENSED BY [[FUNMACHINE]]" screen at the beginning pokes fun at classic video games and consoles, especially the [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]] which displayed a "LICENSED BY SEGA" screen before each game, regardless of whether the game was actually licensed or not. (This was because this screen was a crucial part of the game [[Wikipedia:Booting|bootstrap sequence]], if this screen were not included, the game wouldn't start. Sega's Dreamcast also requires this screen.)
*The "LICENSED BY [[FUNMACHINE]]" screen at the beginning pokes fun at classic video games and consoles, especially the [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]] which displayed a "LICENSED BY SEGA" screen before each game, regardless of whether the game was actually licensed or not. (This was because this screen was a crucial part of the game [[Wikipedia:Booting|bootstrap sequence]], if this screen were not included, the game wouldn't start. Sega's Dreamcast also requires this screen.)
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**The name "FUNMACHINE" may be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]], which was sometimes referred to as "The Fun Machine" on the packaging.
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**[[Videlectrix]] fans should also note that [[Secret Collect.]] was also for the FUNMACHINE, while Strong Bad's [[RhinoFeeder]] was for the SUPER FUNMACHINE.
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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[[Image:50KOneKSpecial.PNG|thumb|220px|Whoa! Pixelated blackness!]]
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[[Image:50KOneKSpecial.PNG|thumb|220px|HUH?!?!?  We did <s>NOT!<s> notis that happening!]]
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*When you approach 1K, your character starts walking into a pixelated blackness. Once you reach 1K, a message pops up, saying "Woah! We didn't think anyone would play for this long. Um, we didn't program this far. Hang on." After a few seconds, the blackness is apparently programmed in, and you can continue.
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*When you approach 1K, your character starts walking into a pixelated blackness. Once you reach 1K, a message pops up, saying "Woah! We didn't expect anyone to play for this long. Um, we didn't program this far. Hang on..." After a few seconds, the blackness is apparently programmed in, and you can continue.
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**According to The Brothers Chaps [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|Georgia Tech Library Appearance]], they added this in when someone emailed them stating that they were already up to 3 kilometers.
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*When you get to the end it shows you a screen that says "you came in 3rd place", and shows your character walking up onto a stand that reads "3", with two others on "1" and "2".
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*When you get to the end it shows you a screen that says "you came in 3rd place", and shows your character walking up onto a stand that reads "3", with two others on "1" and "2". There is no way to come in 2nd or 1st place.
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**You can view the end screen by right clicking and pressing play or forward in the swf file.
**You can view the end screen by right clicking and pressing play or forward in the swf file.
*The signs you walk by say:
*The signs you walk by say:
**Walk!
**Walk!
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**Go ''{entered name}''!
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**Go ________!(Whatever you typed in for a name.)
**Farther!
**Farther!
**These boots were made for it!
**These boots were made for it!
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**You're almost there!
**You're almost there!
**With your feet!
**With your feet!
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**You are mad!
 
**Walk it off!
**Walk it off!
**Fun sport!
**Fun sport!
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*You can highlight the text on the signs in the background with your mouse like you would regular text on a word processor.
*You can highlight the text on the signs in the background with your mouse like you would regular text on a word processor.
*The fastest you can walk is approximately 0.04 km per minute, meaning the fastest that one kilometer can be walked is about 25 minutes.  It would therefore take over twenty hours to walk fifty kilometers.
*The fastest you can walk is approximately 0.04 km per minute, meaning the fastest that one kilometer can be walked is about 25 minutes.  It would therefore take over twenty hours to walk fifty kilometers.
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*Finishing the 50k would take, at forty steps per 0.01k, 200,000 steps/keypresses.
*Forty steps per .01 km averages to 25 cm, or about 9.8" per step, practically a tiptoe.
*Forty steps per .01 km averages to 25 cm, or about 9.8" per step, practically a tiptoe.
*This game was last seen in Strong Bad's [[floppy disk container]] in the email [[sibbie]].
*This game was last seen in Strong Bad's [[floppy disk container]] in the email [[sibbie]].
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*The [[font]] used for most of the text in this game is called "[[Fonts#Nokia 5110 FontSet|Nokia® 5110 FontSet]]". It's also been used on [[Strong Bad]]'s [[Block]] computer in [[other days]].
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*The [[font]] used for most of the text in this game is called "[[Fonts#Nokia 5110 FontSet|Nokia® 5110 FontSet]]." It's also been used on [[Strong Bad]]'s [[Block]] computer in [[other days]].
*The music for 50k Racewalker was created with an Atari 2600 Synthcart, created by [[Paul Slocum]]. He was also the one working on the [[Homestar Runner RPG]] for Atari 2600.
*The music for 50k Racewalker was created with an Atari 2600 Synthcart, created by [[Paul Slocum]]. He was also the one working on the [[Homestar Runner RPG]] for Atari 2600.
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*The 9s on the Km distance meter are actually lower case [[G]]s.
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*The 9's on the Km distance meter are actually lower case [[g]]'s.
*The crowd cheers every .01km, or about eleven yards.
*The crowd cheers every .01km, or about eleven yards.
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*When you get to the end and you are on the pedestal you can still walk but you just stay in the same place and one set of lights moves left.
*When you get to the end and you are on the pedestal you can still walk but you just stay in the same place and one set of lights moves left.
**Once the cheering in the end stops, this can no longer be done.
**Once the cheering in the end stops, this can no longer be done.
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*If you cross the 0.10k line or the 0.20 your score will be 0.1k (or 0.2k) for one step and 0.10k (or 0.20k) for the next one. For both steps you hear the cheering.
 
===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===
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*The [[Wikipedia:50 kilometres race walk|50K racewalk]] is an actual [[Olympic]] event.
 
*The cheering sound when you cross a line comes from several games for the [[Intellivision]] game system.
*The cheering sound when you cross a line comes from several games for the [[Intellivision]] game system.
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*The FAULT noise is the sound of launching a ball in the Atari 2600 game ''{{w|Video Pinball (1980 video game)|Video Pinball}}''.
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*The line "these boots were made for it!" is a reference to the famous Nancy Sinatra song "These Boots Are Made For Walking."
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*The line "these boots were made for it!" is a reference to the famous Nancy Sinatra song "{{w|These Boots Are Made for Walkin'}}".
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*"Beware Cheplin!" and "Weapons located in every corner!" are from the NES game "Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
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*"Beware Cheplin!" and "Weapons located in every corner!" reference a passage from the instruction manual to the [[NES]] game ''{{w|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (video game)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}'': "Be very careful, CHEPLIN has weapons located in every corner of the ship!".
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*[[Wikipedia:Wilt Chamberlain|Wilt Chamberlain]] was a legendary NBA player (among other things) who holds nearly 100 NBA records.
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*{{w|Wilt Chamberlain}} was a legendary basketball player who holds {{w|List of career achievements by Wilt Chamberlain|numerous NBA records}} and is regarded as one of the sport's greatest players.
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*[[Wikipedia:Bruce Lee|Bruce Lee]] was a legendary martial artist, film star, and creator of the Jeet Kune Do martial art philosphy.  He famously wore an all-yellow tracksuit instead of a martial-arts uniform in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Game of Death|Game of Death]]''.
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*{{w|Bruce Lee}} was a legendary martial artist and film star, creator of the {{w|Jeet Kune Do}} martial art philosophy.  He famously wore an all-yellow tracksuit in the film ''{{w|Game of Death}}''.
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*[[Wikipedia:Luke Schenscher|Luke Schenscher]] is an Australian-born basketball player who led Georgia Tech to the 2004 NCAA Final Four.
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*{{w|Luke Schenscher}} is a basketball player. At the time of the game's release, he played for [[Georgia]] Tech; he later played in the NBA and {{w|National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL}}.
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*[[Wikipedia:Julius Erving|Julius Erving]] (aka Dr. J) was a famous basketball star, most notably for his work with the [[Wikipedia:American Basketball Association|ABA]].
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*{{w|Julius Erving|Julius "Dr. J" Erving}} is a former professional basketball star, known for his work in the {{w|American Basketball Association}}.
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*The FAULT noise is the sound of launching a ball in the Atari 2600 game [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=1437 Video Pinball].
===Fast Forward===
===Fast Forward===
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*In [[Trogdor Con '97]], [[Homestar Runner]] walks past [[Strong Bad]] and [[The Cheat]]'s booth, saying, "Left" and "Right" repeatedly, even accidentally saying "Right" twice.
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*The racewalker would appear as the image on the step counter in [[specially marked]].
*The racewalker would appear as the image on the step counter in [[specially marked]].
==External Links==
==External Links==
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{{nextlinks|action=play|racewalk|old=videlectrix/racewalk|1739}}
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*[[Videlectrix:racewalk.html|Play 50K Racewalker]]
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*[[Videlectrix:songs/racewalker50k theme.mp3|listen to the game music]]
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*[[Videlectrix:racewalk.swf|Play 50K Racewalker (Flash file)]]
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*[[Videlectrix:songs/racewalker50k theme.mp3|Listen to the game music]]
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*[[Forum:1739|Forum thread re: "50K Racewalker"]]
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