# Flash Game-Orbitrunner-Create a stable solar system.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787 "2008-09-16T03:10:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787/1 "2008-09-16T03:10:13Z")

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I think the people here will like this game. You move the sun to create a stable solar systems.

> **[Orbitrunner - Play on Armor Games](https://armorgames.com/play/2016/orbitrunner)**
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> Orbitrunner, a free online Puzzle & Skill game brought to you by Armor Games. Control the Sun with your mouse. Use it to manipulate the planets' paths. The Sun's pull gets stronger as planets get closer. If the gravity is at a right angle to the...

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787/2 "2008-09-16T03:57:54Z")

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It’s _almost_ fun. The screen area is too small to really experiment, though. It makes the tougher levels require too fine of precision with not enough feedback on what works.

Still, it’s a rather rare type of game - it’s nice to see something different.

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**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787/3 "2008-09-16T06:20:39Z")

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I really enjoyed it, but too many of the levels can be beaten with little or no intervention. Towards the end, it needed some mega endurance levels, something like 40 sec. Imagine having to set up stable orbits with more planets continuously coming in…

Now that I think about it, a level editor would not be impossible… oh, how awesome would that be!

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787/4 "2008-09-16T13:01:17Z")

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I make a lousy god, I hope nobody on those planets developed astronomy ☹

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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787/5 "2008-09-16T13:08:54Z")

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> [@Pushkin](#):
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> I make a lousy god, I hope nobody on those planets developed astronomy ☹

Me too, I had planets flying off the screen so many times, this god thing is hard.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-game-orbitrunner-create-a-stable-solar-system/463787/6 "2008-09-16T13:47:46Z")

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This is not an easy game for me either. I wish it had a larger play area too.