| Elf Bowling | NStorm Inc. | 1999 | |
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What with Internet ordering, Santa needs more toys than ever so the elves are working harder than ever. They have had enough! The ETMU (Elf Toy Makers Union), local chapter 542, has called for a strike! Very well, if they want a strike, Santa will give them one: a bowling strike. If they're just gonna stand around, they can stand in for bowling pins. This is a standard bowling game. A lit arrow will move horizontally along the beginning of the lane. You press the space bar or click the mouse to stop the arrow, aiming and throwing the ball. You will have ten frames with a maximum possible score of two hundred ninety-nine. If you play the game, you will see why. However, there are distractions. A reindeer will walk up to the lane, a bunny or a frog in a Santa hat will hop onto the lane or the elves will try to distract you by cat calls, chants, holding up signs, mooning you, etc. The game was originally created as promotional marketing content by Dan Ferguson and Mike Bielinski, both co-founders of the game studio NVision Design. The game became an internet sensation in 1999 when people originally thought it was a computer virus. The game was an EXE file and was easily distributed as an attachment to emails. (In 1999, EXE files could be attached to emails as there was no protective software to remove an EXE at the time.) In Dec/2000 out of 54 million who played PC games, Elf Bowling was played by 7.6 million people. It spawned a series of games and eventually an animated movie as well. | ||
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