# help me with "Penguin Swing"! (A fun flash game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358 "2004-01-28T00:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/1 "2004-01-28T00:38:14Z")
[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/penguinswing.html](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/penguinswing.html) We’ve been playing this for the last few days at work, competing for the best score. At this point though, almost all of us are tied for the top score and several of us have acheived it multiple times, so we’re starting to think that it’s the upper ceiling and it’s a waste of time to keep trying to beat it. Can you guys please get addicted to this game like we are and let me know if you beat our score so we know whether or not to keep playing? The score is 323.5 Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/2 "2004-01-28T01:04:25Z")
316.7 is the best I can get. However, you can add interest by trying to get the best distance in the air without a bounce: 207.3 Or try for accuracy: closest to 200: 199.9 Or shortest: 65.3 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/3 "2004-01-28T01:05:28Z")
I got somewhere around 577 a few days ago. The trick is to get the best combination of height and bounce. Too high and he plants his face in the sand and you get no slide-time. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/4 "2004-01-28T01:09:57Z")
316.7 is the best I can get. However, you can add interest by trying to get the best distance in the air without a bounce: 207.3 Or try for accuracy: closest to 200: 199.9 Or shortest: 65.3 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/5 "2004-01-28T01:10:18Z")
Further playing shows me that I’m not going to get anywhere near 577. When I played it was on a different site. The code must’ve been slightly different. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/6 "2004-01-28T03:59:47Z")
I don’t know how to do better, but I know I have been addicted for days. My personal best is 322.5 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/7 "2004-01-28T05:37:15Z")
A similar game was posted at a different website ([http://www.meph.eu.org/pinguin.swf](http://www.meph.eu.org/pinguin.swf)). It apparently has different measurements, because the highest I ever got on that was 593.5. I just thought I’d throw that out there to support the upper-limit theory. But yeah… surprisingly addictive. It’s also causing rivalries because (on the [meph.eu.org](http://meph.eu.org) version) my friend got 593 after about 30 minutes, and I got 593.5 in about 6. Good times are had by all. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/8 "2004-01-28T08:43:47Z")
I think the guy who re-coded realized people would have more fun if the bird flew farther. The other version did max out at around 320 for me and everybody I know who tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/9 "2004-01-28T08:46:05Z")
That said, I think it could use some more work, since it still punishes people who hit the penguin really far in the air. In home run derby-type things, that’s the whole object. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/10 "2004-01-28T11:20:47Z")
GAH! I got like about 320 on the first hit, and then an’t get it again, so I don’t know if I really did, since I didn’t knwo that that was quite good and didn’t memorise the score ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/11 "2004-01-28T11:29:54Z")
On the faster game, I got as high as 588.8. Farthest I got the thing to go in the air was about 494. ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/12 "2004-01-28T12:39:47Z")
Hey, guys, how come the same stuff can lead to different measurements? Well, I like the one that wack the pingin further 🙂 Did you notice the reference to the Reinhold book : [Yeti](http://www.n2.net/prey/bigfoot/reviews/quest.htm)? This guy saw the yeti and spent the rest of his life looking for it. 1978 is for his first Everest climb without oxygen. I bet they have pretty strong alcohols in Himalaya… ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/13 "2004-01-28T14:39:33Z")
> [@french frog](#): > > Hey, guys, how come the same stuff can lead to different measurements? > Well, I like the one that wack the pingin further… I have no idea, but I assumed it was feet vs. meters. I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/14 "2004-01-28T14:43:29Z")
Oh, and I just ended up with 589.8, after several minutes of playing. I think I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/15 "2004-01-28T22:49:20Z")
Does anyone else find it a little…_weird_…that the Penguin in question is not only (a) alive but (b) enjoying his little flight? I mean, the fact that he can actually look back to see how far he’s gone is just… spooky. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/16 "2004-01-29T00:35:38Z")
> [@Sqube](#): > > A similar game was posted at a different website ([http://www.meph.eu.org/pinguin.swf](http://www.meph.eu.org/pinguin.swf)). I got 478.6 at that one, but at [this one](http://62.116.30.115/yetineu/) (much more similar to the link in the OP) my best is 323.5. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the maximum. Anyone know any flash editing/coding, to settle it once and for all? By the way, if you can isolate the .swf itself, as in **Sqube** ’s link, you can make the game fill the window, which seems to help. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/17 "2004-01-29T03:34:28Z")
Best thus far is 320.5. I don’t think I’m going to get much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/18 "2004-01-29T07:09:20Z")
> [@OxyMoron](#): > > Does anyone else find it a little…_weird_…that the Penguin in question is not only (a) alive but (b) enjoying his little flight? I mean, the fact that he can actually look back to see how far he’s gone is just… spooky. I like how right before he comes to a stop, he does a little side-to-side wiggle, as if he’s determined to get every inch he can possibly get. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/19 "2004-01-29T09:05:12Z")
best so far: 323.5 and 593.5 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358/20 "2004-01-29T11:25:42Z")
I’m at 593.5 now. Why can’t I just get to 600 and quit happily? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-penguin-swing-a-fun-flash-game/226358.md?page=2)