# Acrophobia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 10, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358 "2009-06-10T17:41:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358/1 "2009-06-10T17:41:36Z")

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I played the crap out of [this game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrophobia_(game)) in the late '90s. And then it disappeared–I guess whatever company that ran it was losing money on it–no ads, and a lot of bandwidth. Fun game, though.

I see hits on Google about it being back, but I can never get the game to load, and I see other people commenting about that on reviews. Does anyone know if there’s a place other than IRC where this game can be played?

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358/2 "2009-06-10T17:44:15Z")

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Oh, man, I _adored_ Acrophobia back in the day. I remember watching ads about the new 56k modems in between games (or before loading, whichever).

I know nothing about its revival, though.

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**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358/3 "2009-06-10T18:35:06Z")

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I was seriously addicted to this game in the summer of 1998. I would get on my friend’s boyfriend’s computer at about 2:00 AM and play until the sun came up. I would love to see it brought back!

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358/4 "2009-06-10T19:37:09Z")

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Huh, never heard of it. I would have liked it.

In the card/board game Balderdash, one category’s object is to A) create a backronym for a given set of letters and B) guess which one out of the submitted choices is the real acronym. The more players that pick yours, the more spaces you move on the board, so you’re motivated to make it seem plausible.

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358/5 "2009-06-10T23:14:27Z")

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As my housebreaking gift to you guys, I tracked down a playable version of the game, on the net.

Go to [www.acrobabble.com](http://www.acrobabble.com), register an account (you can use your Gmail, Facebook, AIM, etc accounts to create one), log in and hit “Play.” You’ll hit a room lobby, from which you can choose your category. There’s about forty people in the lobby or playing games as of writing.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrophobia/499358/6 "2009-06-11T00:01:25Z")

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The game is also at [tams11.com](http://tams11.com)