Hallrunner

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What could be better?

Watch out for those bugs and tentacles!

"Sprint down halls as if you were some type of madman. What could be better? Watch out for the bugs or tentacles, though! They can hurt! Ouchy! Fun for several!" —Videlectrix

Hallrunner is one of the wide variety of top quality Videlectrix products. Dodge deadly bugs and tentacles while running through the endless dark hall! Make your choice on every obstacle you encounter on your way: FIGHT IT, TALK TO IT or JUMP IT! Your decision will affect your score, so choose wisely! If your score falls below zero, your Hallrunner becomes RED! All rendered in real time using state-of-the-art vector technology!

Page Title: Over 100 Hours of Gameplay!

Date: Monday, August 2, 2004

Obstacles and Reply List

Every few seconds an Obstacle will appear in the player's path, and the player is given the option to FIGHT, TALK, or JUMP. The player is given no clue as to which obstacle has appeared until after they have made their choice, however, leaving it up to a guessing game. For each obstacle one of the options will grant the player 2 points, one will take away 1 point, and one will leave the player's score unaffected.

This is a list of all the replies you get from various objects after FIGHTing, TALKing, or JUMPing them. If you get a correct response, the game beeps and you earn 2 points. If you get it wrong, it beeps once and you lose a point. Otherwise, it won't beep at all and you earn 0 points.

Outcomes

Fun Facts

Remarks

• After about every 7 obstacles (sometimes sooner, sometimes later), you get a message on the screen:
  • Obstacle #7: It gets awesome after 100,000,000 points, we swear.
  • Obstacle #14: Hallrunner will return in 'Hallrunner 2: Farther Along'
  • Obstacle #21: Watch out for objects!
  • Obstacle #28: Seriously, watch out for objects!
  • Obstacle #35: Shouldn't you be making a flow chart or something productive?
  • Obstacle #42: Your devotion to this game is impressive.
  • Obstacle #49: So, anyway. How is it going?
  • Obstacle #56: Are you enjoying the game?
  • Obstacle #63: What are you doing after this? Want to get some poutine?
  • Obstacle #70: Okay, pal. Seriously. Time to call it quits.
  • Obstacle #77: We were just kidding about it getting awesome. Go home.
  • Obstacle #84: That's it. I'm calling mother and arranging an intervention.
  • Obstacle #91: You won't listen will you? Don't make me turn this car around!
  • Obstacle #99: Okay that's it. I'm restarting this list of messages. That'll learn ya.
• On some computers, the game will remember your score and the number of obstacles you've faced even after clearing your browser's cache and deleting your cookies.
  • On some computers, if you right click the game, choose "Settings," choose the folder tab, and drag the slider all the way to the left, you can delete all the information videlectrix.com has stored on your computer. Closing the window and restarting the game will give a prompt on whether to let it store info; denying will just make it ask again in next time your score changes.
• If you choose "Fight" for each object once, you'd have 1 point. "Talk" would get you 15 points, and "Jump" would get you 14 points.
• Allowing an object to hit your runner results in a loss of ten points.
• The questions and answers for the game are contained in an XML file. It is possible to create your own questions and answers for the game by downloading the SWF and XML file and editing the XML with a text editor (like Notepad).
• If your computer is slow, you can see the "loading" screen really says: "Loadaling".
• The objects on the floor come toward you even when you are not running.

Inside References

• When you face an object, the game says "You come all up on an obstacle."
• After jumping over the bat, you hug a tree.
• Robot Darren VOIPs you, just like the Visor Robot does to So and So in Teen Girl Squad Issue 1.
• When you talk to the train, you speak to a hobo in the livestock car and he smells.

Real-World References

• Linux is a Unix-Like Operating System composed of the Linux kernel GNU userland.
• The Franciscan order is marked particularly by a vow of poverty. This doesn't make much sense with the context; perhaps the programmers were thinking of a vow of silence similar to The Poopsmith's. Although this is not a formal part of Franciscan vows, it might be adopted temporarily by a novitiate.
• The "jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down" quote from the home stereo system obstacle is from the hip-hop song "Jump Around" by House of Pain.
• K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world, in the Himalayas. Sherpas are a people group living in that area, commonly associated with guiding mountaineering expeditions.
• If you talk to the shark, "Quint" tells you some "keen fishing tips." Quint was a fisherman in the movie Jaws, and was eaten at the end of the movie.
• "Jump the shark" is a term for when a TV show has gone past its prime and begins to decline in quality. The expression originated when Fonzie, a character in the TV series "Happy Days", jumped over a shark in episode 91 ("Hollywood (3)") to begin the fifth season. Mike discusses his disgust with people who think he and Matt have jumped the shark in the August 1, 2003 G4TechTV "Pulse" Interview.
• Poutine is a Canadian snack that combines French fries, fresh cheese curds, and gravy.
  • This may be a reference to Matt Chapman's enthusiasm for poutine.
• If you try to fight love, you're told that "You can't fight it and you can't hurry it. You just have to wait.", a reference to the 1966 The Supremes hit You Can't Hurry Love.
• The "For Use With Arrow Keys!" phrase on the box refers to the Atari 2600 cartridges that say "For Use With Joystick Controller" and such.
• "Triple cream, triple sugar. And a crueller" was taken from "Peter's Donuts" on Bob and Doug McKenzie's "The Great White North Album".

External Links

• play Hallrunner
• play Hallrunner (Flash file)
• view the XML file containing the questions