Plimpton's Video Falconry
- Score:
- rated 3.95 / 5 stars
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- 179,112 Views
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- Genre:
- Skill - Collect
- hunting
- falconry
- georgeplimpton
- colecovision
Credits & Info
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Programming TomFulp
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Artist JohnnyUtah
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Producer NaKrown
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Voice Actor Nerdist
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Music Stamper
- Uploaded
- Jun 2, 2011 | 5:48 PM EDT
- File Info
- Game
- 8 mb
- Daily 2nd Place June 3, 2011
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Author Comments
Enjoy a sport that has been the pass-time of kings, hunters and warriors for 4000 years!
George Plimpton's Video Falconry was brought to our attention by the Judge John Hodgman podcast. Originally made for the Colecovision in 1983, we've gone to great lengths to painstakingly port one of the few existing copies.
Controls
1 - Yaw
2 - Pitch
3 - Claw Grab
4 - Beak Grab
5 - Flap
6 - DoubleFlap
7 - Claw
Happy Falconing!
Reviews
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 2, 2011
And a hot plate!
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I'd ever see a video game starring George Plimpton (and here I was thinking that I was one of the few people on Earth who knew who he was)! Once again, Newgrounds has made me laugh more than I have in a looong time.
Awesome music, awesome gameplay... just all around great.
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 2, 2011
LOL
I saw Double Fap instead of Double Flap, this made me go all WTF xD
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 2, 2011
Have you seen my falcon anywhere?
Great game. Really impressed by the intro and how you guys managed to weave in truth with fake stuff, really entertaining and well-written.
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 2, 2011
How much of this is true?
I doubt the name Newgrounds was existing during that time. I always assumed it was a altered name to Tom's favorite company "Neo-Geo" which literally translate into Newgrounds.
Fact: ColecoVision is a REAL game system.
Fact: George Plimpton was involved with the early development of video-games.
Speculation: Video Falconry is probably not a real title.
Speculation: The commercial was cleverly fabricated with a talented voice actor and specialized video editing.
Hard game! REALLY hard, but oddly fun to play.
Gonna take some practice getting use to the controls.
Judging by the original controls of the ColecoVision system, you use a "Number Pad" plugged via USB port, it'll probably simulate it perfectly!
Rated 5 / 5 stars June 2, 2011
First to break 10k woo
Reminds me of my old remote control car that could turn clockwise or go forward. With even more awkward gameplay haha, cute game though. How much of that history is true? And any hints on the 2 secret medals? I've gotten everything else
Also, I've twice now stumbled upon the same "error" (or easter egg, depending how you look at it):
After I play a whole game thru to victory, and get taken back to home screen, and try to start a new game, it shows me the scores (which is weird because I press 1 and not 2), then while trying to "1" thru the menu again, it starts looping the falcon skreech fly-by. Best bug ever.