Peggle Extreme

TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
edited September 2007 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">It's EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME</div>Hah, I know what you're thinking. You and your tiny little brain. You're thinking "gosh, Valve's going to sell Team Fortress 2, Episode 2, and Portal on Steam soon! I can even preorder it!" That's as far as your train of thought goes. That's the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega.

Pitiful.

I bring you news, dear reader, of Valve's other contribution to keeping you at your computer far beyond the point where you should have gone to bed. This contribution? <a href="http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=3483&cc=US" target="_blank">Peggle Extreme</a>.

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Now with 80% more Extreme</div>

Peggle Extreme comes (exclusively?) with the Orange Box Prepurchase which you can read all about in <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=102591&view=findpost&p=1649014" target="_blank">this thread's sister post</a>. What's Peggle? Well, you ought to know, because it's basically what you'd get if you could snort Tetris like crack. It's that addictive basically. Why Peggle? Apparently it's so addictive that it has transformed much or even most of Valve into the Peggle equivalent of headcrab zombies.

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Valve vs ASPCA: Round One. FIGHT!</div>

Peggle Extreme is like, an Orange Box flavored Peggle. It's got 10 levels which is less than Peggle Deluxe or even Peggle: Sold My Body To Buy One More Play, but it comes free with your preorder so there's to be no complaining, got that? It's Peggle! Can't complain about Peggle. Think of it as the Bioshock of, uh, addicting games? Why not.

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Not pictured: Unicorn gores HWG through the chest</div>

Discuss. Also:

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  • PogoPPogoP Environment Artist Join Date: 2004-01-31 Member: 25827Members, NS2 Developer, Constellation
    ... Right.

    I played it when I first preordered, pretty fun game.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I think I'm the only one who never fell in love with Peggle. it's like Plinko on The Price is Right. It's kinda a one trick pony/unicorn.

    That said, it's pretty awesome that they did a Peggle/HL tie-in <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/marine.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::marine::" border="0" alt="marine.gif" />
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    bought it.
    played it.
    beat it.
    done.


    (now I just have to wait for EP2/Portal/TF2)
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    I have absolutely no idea what peggle is, what the hell is going on in those pictures or how you play it, but PEGGLE MAN WOO!
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    You shoot bouncing balls at pegs. It's kinda like Pachinko, only the pegs retract once they've been hit and the ball is off the field. And you must hit certain pegs before you run out of balls. And there are flashies and sparklies and swishies everywhere and every level has some random gameplay element and every five levels have another random gameplay element.

    And stuff.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    what do the bar blocks do then!
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Peggle was a lot of fun, however, I found I closed the game before it ever ended naturally. The game is just way too easy. It's supposed to be a casual game but ( like stardust or geometry wars ) it takes ages to play a game when you get the hang of it.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1649029:date=Sep 12 2007, 11:00 AM:name=Sonic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sonic @ Sep 12 2007, 11:00 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649029"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->what do the bar blocks do then!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    The same sort of thing. It's like Breakout or whatever, except instead of disappearing immediately after they are hit with your ball, they go away after 5 seconds or whatever.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited September 2007
    Oh yeah, maybe it's just five seconds. And yes, the blocks, they're just like pegs, only shaped like blocks instead of like pegs. Logic!
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    I see..and can you move the ball shooterer at the top?
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    No, the ball shooterer is static and you cannot change the course of the ball. It always fires in the exact same direction and at the exact same speed so every level plays out the same no matter what you do.

    Or maybe not. The one-hour demo is 15 megabytes off Steam, just give it a spin. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    the biggest thing i've been able to download on my dads pc is the zipped version of hydraIRC. wireless 56k internet isn't really that great.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    The ball shooter sits there, but the little cannon attached to it rotates. You basically just put your cursor in the direction you want to fire and click. It's not timed or anything.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    looks like your kind of themed game tycho
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  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    YouTube provides gameplay footage for those who don't know how it plays.

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results.php?search_query=peggle" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/results.php?search_query=peggle</a>
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  • A_Boojum_SnarkA_Boojum_Snark Join Date: 2003-09-07 Member: 20628Members
    What is the fever song? I know I should know and it's killing me that I can't remember!


    <!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->p.s. extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme fun!<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    If it's the same as in plain vanilla Peggle, it's "An Die Freude," written by Schiller and put into song by Beethoven in his 9th symphony.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1649930:date=Sep 16 2007, 06:35 PM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lolfighter @ Sep 16 2007, 06:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649930"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If it's the same as in plain vanilla Peggle, it's "An Die Freude," written by Schiller and put into song by Beethoven in his 9th symphony.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    colloquially known as "Ode to Joy" <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Pfff, that's only in crazylanguage.
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