# Z-type. Best flash game I've seen for ages! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 11, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258 "2011-01-11T21:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/1 "2011-01-11T21:02:39Z")
The better a typist you are, the better you’ll be at this game. > **[ZType – Type to Shoot](https://zty.pe/)** > > A typing game that's actually fun to play. Nice soundtrack too! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/2 "2011-01-11T21:13:09Z")
Oh the irony 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/3 "2011-01-11T21:15:05Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Oh the irony 🙂 _ **Z** _-type, even. It was bound to happen. :smack: Edit: Also, in my enthusiasm to post this, I forgot myself. I should have posted this in The Game room. Could a willing mod please correct the title and move it to The Game Room? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/4 "2011-01-11T22:27:28Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Game Room and fixed title. Pls. report the post if you need mod help (you can report your own posts now) – waiting for a passing mod to notice you need something isn’t the most efficient way to get things to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/5 "2011-01-11T22:31:10Z")
Level: 22 Score: 1932 Accuracy: 86.7% Headache: Present ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/6 "2011-01-11T23:25:13Z")
Level 41 Score 8461 Accuracy 96.2 Fun 85% ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/7 "2011-01-12T00:23:09Z")
Final: 11,400 (not sure what level…just short of 50 I think…why doesn’t it tell you that on the score screen?) Accuracy: 97.4% Playing again: never ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/8 "2011-01-12T00:54:02Z")
aaaaaagh the letters! THE LETTERS! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/9 "2011-01-12T01:18:41Z")
Love it. It’s amazing how little you need to make a great game. ---
**Author:** ![Chocobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/10 "2011-01-12T01:29:38Z")
Wave 64 Score 015538 Accuracy 95.6% Now to go put my wrists and fingers in some ice… ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/11 "2011-01-12T01:51:44Z")
Holy crap that website sucks. I tried it three times. Two times in Chrome, where I got to level 20 before it crashed. Third time in Firefox where I was at 65ish and it crashed. I give up. There needs to be a difficulty setting, because it takes too long to get to anything difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/12 "2011-01-12T17:18:47Z")
I’m sorry to disagree but that was the complete opposite of my idea of fun. Played if for less than 60 seconds (my job involves typing at a screen all day, now you want me to do it in my free time without the benefit of any intelligent discourse with it?) ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/13 "2011-01-12T18:08:43Z")
I only played the first 15 levels or so before I got bored. It is a nice idea, but I thought of a couple of different ways to make this into a really cool teaching game. 1. If the words flashed and then disappeared, it would completely reinforce the whole touch-typing aspect of the game. When you look at the keyboard, you might miss seeing the word for each new item. The difficulty level could be adjusted by having the words visible longer before they disappear, or reappear every so often. 2. If you are typing a word and make a mistake, you should have to start over. It would reinforce spelling. 3. I can also see where this could be an awesome vocabulary tool. Perhaps 3 or 4 words are descending and a definition flashes on the screen. You would then have to type in the word that matches the definition. Still, the basic game is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/14 "2011-01-12T19:14:41Z")
Got to level 8 before I got bored. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/15 "2011-01-12T19:45:02Z")
I’m weird then, but I thought it was fun. Played it last night for an hour or so, and got to level 62 I think. I only came back to this thread because it has the link to the game and I’m too lazy to bookmark it. 🙂 I’ve been a touch-typer since childhood, though. It was kinda funny, because I actually did have to start looking at the keyboard once in awhile to see why I was screwing up so badly after level 50. Maybe there’s something wrong with my “m” key but that one wouldn’t type for shit. On a laptop. The game has room for tons of improvements though. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/16 "2011-01-12T22:08:49Z")
I got to level 20 and was pretty bored with it because it didn’t seem to be increasing the difficulty all that much with each round, but thought I’d stick with it to level 40 just to see, and then it overheated my laptop somewhere around round 33 and caused a catastrophic shutdown. So, not exactly my idea of an awesome game, no. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/17 "2011-01-12T22:42:22Z")
Finished level 25, got bored and closed it. The Typing of the dead was better. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/18 "2011-01-13T02:34:58Z")
I think it must be pretty slow on my computer, because the spaceships didn’t even have a chance to get on the screen. I’m a pretty good typist, but not preternatural (that would have been a good one). ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/19 "2011-01-13T03:14:19Z")
‘preternatural’ and one of those letter sprays. (I’m off to find out what ‘preternatural’ means) edit: apparently there’s a way to spell that word that’s even harder - ‘praeternatural’ > **[Preternatural](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preternatural)** > > Reportedly haunted locations: > The preternatural (or praeternatural) is that which appears outside or beside (Latin: præter) the natural. It is "suspended between the mundane and the miraculous". > In theology, the term is often used to distinguish marvels or deceptive trickery, often attributed to witchcraft or demons, from purely divine power of genuinely supernatural origin that transcends the laws of nature. Preternatural is also used to describe gifts such as immortality, possessed by Adam an... ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258/20 "2011-01-14T07:14:30Z")
Another one for having the site crash. Oh, and I use a netbook, so I didnt have the minimal resolution needed, and I had a smaller keyboard. Yeah, the game stuttered a LOT. I got to level 51. I would love to know my stats, but I’m not sure how the game ends, frankly. Guaranteed kept fouling me up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-type-best-flash-game-ive-seen-for-ages/567258.md?page=2)