# Anyone remember this arcade game? II **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598 "2002-12-09T20:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598/1 "2002-12-09T20:33:59Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149115) got me thinking about another game that I have vague memories of. I thought it was called **Kick It** , but in looking at **JDeMobray’s** link. I couldn’t find it. So here’s the description. There was a guy at the bottom on the screen on a unicycle. A balloon was released from the top of the screen, and you had to kick it with one of his two feet, pop it up, and catch it on the guy’s head. Anyone remember this one? ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598/2 "2002-12-09T20:37:01Z")
It was called “Kickman”…at least, the C-64 version was. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598/3 "2002-12-09T20:43:20Z")
Reminds me of an old atari game called “Circus”. You were 2 guys on a moving see-saw with rows of balloons above you. The goal was to break the baloons by bouncing the guys off the see-saw. Kind of like a really tough breakout. My dad and I used to play it all the time. I kicked his ass and he hasn’t played video games since. For my mother it was Nintendo baseball that turned her off of video games. She loved “River Raid” for Atari though. She even got enough points to get the free T-Shirt (you had to take a picture of yourself next to the TV with a high enough score. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598/4 "2002-12-09T22:01:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*It was called “Kickman”…at least, the C-64 version was. \*\* It appeared as both “Kick” and “Kickman,” never “Kick It.” The “Man” was presumably added because Pac-Man appears. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598/5 "2002-12-09T23:54:30Z")
I remember that one. I used to play it when my parents would take us to Little Ceasars for dinner. That’s when Little Ceasars was still a nice resturaunt with good food and not just another fast food place with lousy pizza. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-arcade-game-ii/141598/6 "2002-12-10T00:45:35Z")
I did a search on Kickman, and that appears to be it. Although for some reason, I thought the graphics were a bit better. You’d think after all of the quarters I chucked into that box, I’d remember more about it. Thanks!