# Anyone else here play Acrophobia? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110 "2011-08-18T03:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/1 "2011-08-18T03:03:54Z")
Back in the late 90s my first experience with an online community was playing an Online game called Acrophobia. It was hosted by the same company that did You Don’t Know Jack (that was how I found it) and it was a lot of fun. Basically a group of people get a string of letters that make a nonsense Acronym and you have to come up with what it stands for. The group would then vote and you get points. There were different “rooms” in the game and each ended up getting a bunch of regulars. Mine was named The Porch. A made quite a few friends on there. We ended up doing a lot of ICQ chatting outside of the game and got involved with each others lives. The group even had a get together which unfortunately I missed. I was feeling nostalgic today and it made me think of the game and that made me wonder if my current online community ever played in that one. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/2 "2011-08-18T03:09:27Z")
That was(is) a great game,played it all the time.We might have crossed paths a few times. Anything similar out there? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/3 "2011-08-18T03:28:49Z")
I used to play it as well. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/4 "2011-08-19T14:59:46Z")
Quite Unlike Internet, Modems BBSs Yesteryear - [http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop\_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dp8XKhCfsTts&v=p8XKhCfsTts&gl=US](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dp8XKhCfsTts&v=p8XKhCfsTts&gl=US) ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/5 "2011-08-20T00:11:44Z")
Great game! I used to play it on IRC, before it became a web game. Had a lot of laughs. There were some very witty people playing. I miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/6 "2011-08-20T00:26:02Z")
How funny, I was just reminiscing about this game a few days ago. I wasted so much time on Acrophobia. I don’t think I ever played it on IRC, but the game client the YDKJ people came up with was pretty much a structured IRC client anyway. It was so much fun, and a great mental exercise. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/7 "2011-08-25T13:49:55Z")
Giving this a tiny bump but also adding that writing it inspired me to look up and reconnect with some of the people I played with and I found them! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/8 "2011-08-26T01:53:39Z")
LOVED that game! I remember staying up all night playing it a few times, sucking down sweet tea and chain-smoking in my best friend’s boyfriend’s apartment. Somebody needs to bring it back. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/9 "2011-08-26T10:55:53Z")
I’ve been saying someone needs to bring that game back for years. Would make an awesome iPhone app. ---
**Author:** ![doorsmaniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@doorsmaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorsmaniac)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-play-acrophobia/593110/10 "2011-09-13T01:46:32Z")
You can play a game (very similar) of acro HERE: [http://www.carboncopygames.com/acroblast\_flash/acroblast.html](http://www.carboncopygames.com/acroblast_flash/acroblast.html) OR [Log into Facebook](http://apps.facebook.com/acroblast)