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Just how far can that Yeti smack a penguin?

Just how far can that Yeti smack a penguin?. My high score is 320.5.

By Jason Kottke    Jan 22, 2004 at 12:38 pm

There are 156 reader comments

Ryan Schroeder    Jan 22 2004    1:08PM

321!

also 205.6 nose first.

and now i've spent _way_ too much time smacking the pengiun

Phil Dokas    Jan 22 2004    1:25PM

Any tips on, oh, how to play?

jkottke    Jan 22 2004    1:26PM

323.4!

ray    Jan 22 2004    1:27PM

this is just too much fun... 323.4 :)

Peter    Jan 22 2004    1:28PM

315.7
207.6 nost first!

evan    Jan 22 2004    1:30PM

Damn y'all -- I only got 323.3. 211 nose first, though.

jkottke    Jan 22 2004    1:30PM

You can also play for least distance (>0). 65.5 is my best so far.

greg    Jan 22 2004    1:32PM

322.9

Peter    Jan 22 2004    1:37PM

57.5!

Roy    Jan 22 2004    2:02PM

321.3!

Ryan Schroeder    Jan 22 2004    2:36PM

> You can also play for least distance

Yeah I started off that way ;) 66

Peter    Jan 22 2004    2:47PM

323.5 :)

rob    Jan 22 2004    3:01PM

316.7 longest distance
201.7 longest nose first
72.7 shortest distance

Tim    Jan 22 2004    3:10PM

Ok this must stop...323.5 (me too! me too!) 207.4 (nosefirst) and only 75.8 (least distance)

Jay    Jan 22 2004    4:07PM

I was too much of a linedrive hitter intially - and I kept thinking I wished there was a way to make the Yeti right-handed.

Criminy.

But I eventually got all of that penguin, for 323.5, 205.9 nosefirst, and 86.7 for short distance (can't get the hang of that, for some reason). My goodness, how addicting.

Donato    Jan 22 2004    4:21PM

very addictive :-)

i managed 320.5, but try as i may, i could not get past that score.

spygeek    Jan 22 2004    5:31PM

Okay, I couldn't beat greatest distance (317.9), but I did get a shortest distance - 64.1.

LaserFrk    Jan 22 2004    5:32PM

323.4 - I've got way too much time on my hands !

Jeff    Jan 22 2004    5:46PM

longest penguin whack: 323.3 metres
longest penguin nosedive: 207.2 metres
longest penguin grounder: 155.2 metres

shortest penguin motion: 0.0 metres

hours.

Jay    Jan 22 2004    5:58PM

Must. Stop. Whacking. Penguin.

Longest nosedive is now 207.4 - can't imagine exceeding 211 as reported above. I CLOBBERED the little fella on that one.

Longest overall is still 323.5.

Shortest is now 76.3, and this was TOTALLY by accident. I have no idea how to go for a short whack.

I'm bothered by the Yeti's lack of "stepping into the swing." My man must have HUGE arms.

ChicagoTex!    Jan 22 2004    6:02PM

LOL. I thought I was going to be big stuff and come in here that I got 323.5. I wonder if that's the highest one can go.

ChicagoTex!    Jan 22 2004    6:05PM

And nope, for short whacks, I can't even get below 130. Great link.

ChicagoTex!    Jan 22 2004    6:09PM

HA! Got 64.1 and totally by accident. So, it's possible. :) OK, that's enough of that.

evan    Jan 22 2004    6:21PM

Oh yeah, I killed that mofo when I hit the nose-dive 211. I didn't think he'd come back on the screen. Still stuck at 323.3 -- I can't seem to crank that extra .2.

jkottke    Jan 22 2004    6:35PM

I sent this to a friend and she got 325 on her first try. And this guy got a 326.4.

bicaboc    Jan 22 2004    6:44PM

since i can't seem to get past 316.something (first try) i challenge everyone to rise to my level of mediocrity: get exacly 200 with a nose dive, as i just did.

jay    Jan 22 2004    6:51PM

207.6 on the nose dive. after 30 minutes. 30 minutes for .1

so worth it :D

tim    Jan 22 2004    6:54PM

I can consistently hit in the 300 range, highest 322.something. I actually don't think it's possible to make it past 323.4/5... that would seem to be the highest you can go based on everyone i know who's played it.

Cory    Jan 22 2004    7:35PM

The first time I read the link title, I thought it said something about 'Jedi' and smacking penguins. Alas, I was a little disappointed.

And I could only make 319.

Lester Nelson    Jan 22 2004    7:35PM

bicaboc - I got exactly 200 with a nose dive too. Only 315.2 or something on the belly slide.

Tim    Jan 22 2004    7:59PM

I think the guy who claims a 326.4 has a hard time distinguishing between a "6" and a "5"...if not then I going to damn bitter.

Tim    Jan 22 2004    8:00PM

make that a "6" and a "3".

Andre    Jan 22 2004    8:07PM

nose dive: 206.3
belly: 316.3

vitaflo    Jan 22 2004    8:38PM

That's weird, I got 326.4 on one of my first tries. Didn't realize that was even good!

jackson    Jan 22 2004    9:27PM

323.5 distance
205 nosedive

Carp, thought 323.5 was where it topped out, but people are reporting topping 326. Gotta whack me some flightless birds

Michael-Anthony Edgcumbe    Jan 22 2004    10:40PM

we've been demanding screenshots from each other all day

vasta    Jan 23 2004    12:06AM

323.5 distance
211 nosedive
56.3 short

of course, i have been playing the game for two days non-stop now, you'd think i'd have enough practice...

dowingba    Jan 23 2004    1:54AM

I got 56 for shortest distance. It was a huge glitch though because the penguin just landed as if it hadn't been hit but it didn't say "0" like it usually does, it said "56".

James Casey    Jan 23 2004    3:50AM

http://ogc.ath.cx/files/tmp/pingu.htm

Faster version. Sometimes doesn't load, but great when it does.

Gummi    Jan 23 2004    4:40AM

490.3 after a couple of swings. What's the limit?

Jason    Jan 23 2004    6:51AM

Link isn't working for me. :(

Ned    Jan 23 2004    7:02AM

Apparently the distance you get is random, someone on a forum wrote a macro to do exactly the same swing each time and he got wildly different results.

ChicagoTex!    Jan 23 2004    7:15AM

Re: Jason. Heh, Yep, I think we killed it. I decided to take a break a minute ago and whack the penguin around some more, but evidently his server's overloaded now.

Donato    Jan 23 2004    8:11AM

server overloaded?

i guess thats what happens when you have a good game?

Donato    Jan 23 2004    8:14AM

forgot to mention i found another simple but addictive game and server should still be up.

have it on my blog under "How bored are you", apologies if you think this is a blatant advert, but its another "one of those" games!

ChicagoTex!    Jan 23 2004    8:37AM

heh @ Donato. I made it to 10. Takes a lot longer to get the hang of it.

ChicagoTex!    Jan 23 2004    9:37AM

For everyone who can't access it from this link, go to http://games.tiscali.cz/temp3/yp010.swf and crash his server, too.

Cheapbastard    Jan 23 2004    9:58AM

Chicagotex.. that link didn't work either.. 5 diff people have emailed about this game, and I can't play. ugh..

Freddy    Jan 23 2004    10:21AM

491.5 - nosedive. Seriously.

Donato    Jan 23 2004    10:34AM

keep trying ChicagoTex!

i must of got a lucky run on the wind force and directions! ;-)

Michael    Jan 23 2004    10:35AM

The records around our dept.
Longest - 324.3
Nose Dive - 207.6
Grounder - 65.4

sprain    Jan 23 2004    10:52AM

C'mon everyone, submit your highscore to the "Smack The Penguin Highscore List" on http://www.sprain.ch/penguin/ :-)

Jon    Jan 23 2004    11:56AM

323.5. I'm pretty damn proud of myself.

PC    Jan 23 2004    12:23PM

A flagpole in the ass has got to hurt.

dave    Jan 23 2004    12:56PM

586 bouncing
489 nosedive
(it seems easier today)

ChicagoTex!    Jan 23 2004    4:26PM

Nah, they're altered programs, as Sprain kind of points out on his link. Notice that the signs stop after 350. Scandalous!

ChicagoTex!    Jan 23 2004    4:28PM

Hmm, 300 even.

Jeff    Jan 23 2004    5:17PM

cannot. stop. penguining.

updates:

longest penguining: 323.5
(up a whopping .2 from last time, johnny)
longest penguine nose dive: 207.9
(and look, bert, up a remarkable .7 on the nose dive. fan-tastic.)
shortest excuseable penguining: 61.0

(whak-honk) vhreeeeeeeeee!
(whak-honk) vhreeeeeeeeee!

K-Cebo    Jan 24 2004    12:04AM

Shortest Nosedive: 188.9

shaun    Jan 24 2004    9:08PM

I think this is a fiendish European plot to get Americans to use the metric system.

Punk    Jan 25 2004    11:30PM

Lowest: I got ZERO (0)

RedStorm    Jan 26 2004    10:59AM

Apparently there are at least two different Penguin Games. Both give wildly different results.

http://home.tele2.fr/kcv/pinguin.swf -- The high score on this game seems to be 323.5. That's as high as my coworker and I can get and we've smacked those penguins around at least 10,000 times.

http://meph.eu.org/ -- The high scores all top 500. The penguin moves faster and farther.

Hopefully this clears up any confusion regarding high scores. If anyone can definitively say that 323.5 is not the high score I'd like to hear from you.

maratimer    Jan 26 2004    12:51PM

What's the high score for the smack at meph.eu.org - I cant seem to get any higher than 593. Does anyone know? I dont want to spend anymore time if its not any higher.

Tiff    Jan 27 2004    12:14AM

we have smacked that penguin about 1000 times each in this office, and no one can beat 593. Anything higher and its a fudged screen dump. if someone has genuinely got highter, give us the link....

Dave    Jan 27 2004    10:10AM

We've been playing for two days - 324.3 is the highest I've gotten and 323.5 a couple of times on the legit game.

Dave    Jan 27 2004    10:12AM

Also - 64.1 appears to be the absolute low and 207.4 is the highest anyone has gotten on a can of corn on the legit game. We play 5 swings and one of use got a total of 1390. I haven't come close to a 1300 round yet but I'm determined to.

Rob    Jan 27 2004    7:51PM

I got 593.5 on the http://www.meph.eu.org/ version hope that answers anyones question. I'll even post a picture if anyone doesn't believe me :P

FreddyC    Jan 28 2004    12:47AM

I just got 593.5 on that fast one, and my best on the slower one is 323.4. This game is too adictive.

ExCoach    Jan 28 2004    8:42AM

Huh! I didn´t realize that I am among the top penguin-smashers in the world!
My longest is 323.5, I´ve hit that a couple of times.
Longest nose dive is 207.8.

Kinda proud:)

M    Jan 28 2004    10:38AM

I hv done 593.5 also ..don't know which version I am using

labura    Jan 28 2004    11:13AM

321.2 is the most

Areli    Jan 28 2004    6:34PM

I got 593 the first day playing but i don't know in which version.

ANG    Jan 28 2004    6:56PM

ok here is the link http://laget.kicks-ass.net/pingvin/pinguin.swf i just got a 593.5

Art    Jan 28 2004    11:30PM

323.5 is the tops I could get on the slow version... ditto on addictive.

bonquisha    Jan 28 2004    11:50PM

I have gotten 593.5- I think that's the highest you can go

Kip Ingram    Jan 29 2004    12:34AM

322.9 somewhere in my first ten swings or so. Never got past 302 or 303 after that. Beginners luck?

Endorphin    Jan 29 2004    1:02AM

I got 323.5, 207.5 nose first and a 65.4 (on a double swing I swong it by mistake and swung again) least.

Ben Web    Jan 29 2004    6:30AM

well well well boyz i am the leader of the pack with 329.3

crazyman    Jan 29 2004    9:26AM

I got 574.3 and 587.1

Arketyec    Jan 29 2004    10:06AM

I smacked that sucker 593.3 this morn!! The trick is to hit ii hard and low that way it flys past 300 but when it hits the ground it bounces for a while and doesnt land head first!!! keep tryin boys!

Arkeytec    Jan 29 2004    10:07AM

oops that was supposed to be 593.5.

ed    Jan 29 2004    12:31PM

598.8 is what i got my girl got something similar i think you can get 600 tops

Chris    Jan 29 2004    10:30PM

a girl I work with got 325.5.

Lucy    Jan 30 2004    4:03AM

i got 1282.9.. ..no lie

lucy    Jan 30 2004    4:07AM

oh... and I do have the screen dump to prove it

Welshy    Jan 30 2004    7:15AM

and were is this screen dump then!

Caryou    Jan 30 2004    10:06AM

I had 588.3! Smack it so it bounce!

Bill    Jan 30 2004    2:15PM

ok, try this one...http://www.mironov.net/pingu/pingu2.swf. The furthest we have gotten was 598...no 600s. But then replace the 2 in the address with a 3. Then you can smack it into the 1200s!

Arkeytec    Jan 30 2004    4:00PM

I got 1195.6 using that the website from Bill

Killer    Jan 30 2004    6:29PM

I got 593.5 2x. My guess is 600 is the max? Looks like make him land closest to 350, but not over, so he bounces.

Jordan    Jan 30 2004    6:58PM

I got 596.4 bouncing on his stomach. i cant get any highte

Au bâton.    Jan 30 2004    8:12PM

Je l'ai lancé à 492 à mon 5e essai. Je suis très fier de moi.

Cory    Jan 31 2004    12:25PM

Short Score: 56.3
Nose First: 207.5
Furthest: 319.8

Cory    Jan 31 2004    12:29PM

Long: 1184.9
Short: -56.3
Nose First 788.1

This is with the link where you replace the 2 with a 3.

Cory    Jan 31 2004    12:30PM

New long: 1200.3

Cory    Jan 31 2004    12:30PM

Nose First: 789.2

jorge    Jan 31 2004    6:19PM

my longest on the nose dive is 207.6 and the longest hit is 325.6 very addicting.

ChicagoTex!    Feb 01 2004    7:51AM

Haven't checked on this thread for a while, but I figured I'd add this new version of the penguin game. You can make the penguin go absurdly far--one of my nose-dives went well into the 2000s. Personally, I prefer the original: it seemed more realistic.

Marian    Feb 01 2004    2:37PM

Believe it or not, I smacked the penquin 3207.9 feet. A lot of fun!!!!

ChicagoTex!    Feb 01 2004    4:13PM

3498.3 here. But I mainly just posted that to say...Post 100! Woo hoo! Ok, childish moment's over.

Gleno the Unraedy    Feb 01 2004    4:57PM

You guys have me confused. Me and my friends are consistently dropping that penguin in the 400's, and most of us have high scores in the 580's. We are playing at http://meph.eu.org/. If this is not the site you guys are talking about, please let me know. I want to know what we're doing differently.

Rupert    Feb 01 2004    5:36PM

593.5

ChicagoTex!    Feb 01 2004    6:32PM

Gleno, there are several different versions of the game. Too many, if you ask me. A good compilation of all the games (that I know of) can be found on my site. Anyway, enjoy.

Jonny    Feb 01 2004    10:46PM

If you want to bet all records try this

http://www.korenwolf.net/pingu/rocket-up-the-arse.html

ChicagoTex!    Feb 02 2004    5:36AM

Found a new site called "Yeti Sports". Can even download wallpaper and keep score. Not sure if it's the original programmer, but he's sure putting a copyright on it.

chessboy86    Feb 02 2004    8:48PM

wow you can get scores upwards of 10000. I got 12164.3

haywood    Feb 02 2004    9:44PM

you are all a bunch of losers

haywood    Feb 02 2004    9:44PM

you are all a bunch of losers

lee creighton    Feb 03 2004    10:58AM

593.7

Bradderz    Feb 03 2004    12:58PM

I got 350.8 beat dat pplz

marshall    Feb 03 2004    6:33PM

i got 593.5

Osito    Feb 04 2004    2:16AM

Version - pingu4
Highest - 3572 (have the jpg to prove it)
Version - Original
Highest - 323.5 (highest you can go)
Yeti is the original. Now includes database function for comparing games.

wilco    Feb 04 2004    8:23PM

you don't want to make it pop fly, if you skid it it gives better distance. swing a little later, my best is 581.4

KTV    Feb 05 2004    1:03AM

I got 556.0. It's hard and so... addictive.

Jakob (dk)    Feb 05 2004    6:00AM

593,5, beat it!

tom    Feb 05 2004    10:19AM

where can you get it from, what website?

Greg    Feb 05 2004    2:09PM

I got 593.5. Haven't been able to get past it although I've got 593.5 several times.

eric    Feb 05 2004    4:31PM

I think thats the limit I cant get passed 593.5

Coder    Feb 05 2004    4:42PM

The swing action is triggered by the Mouse-Up event, not the "click". Which means, you can get a little more control by holding down the mouse button until you're ready to swing .. then release.

d.chaison    Feb 05 2004    7:16PM

Mine 323.5. What is the MAX you can get? This is supposedly the "NEW" version off the official site.

annie    Feb 05 2004    9:19PM

i got a 588.9 after playin for about 30 mins

Moose Watcher    Feb 06 2004    8:11PM

Comon guys I smacked the little bugger 593.5 and few at 588

Moose Watcher    Feb 06 2004    8:11PM

Comon guys I smacked the little bugger 593.5 and few at 588

frodo    Feb 07 2004    2:31AM

I got 322.9 (sliden) and 206.9 (nose in ground)

frodo    Feb 07 2004    2:33AM

original www.milkandcookies.com

suzie    Feb 07 2004    3:58PM

I got 323.4 on the original, 1224.1 on another version (http://www.mironov.net/pingu/pingu3.swf) and 12,000something on the low gravity one. Anyone know the max score for the last two?

Tay    Feb 09 2004    10:14AM

Taylor: 323.5 total distance

dave    Feb 09 2004    10:15AM

Dave: 207.6 nose in ground

drew    Feb 09 2004    12:17PM

most distance 577.5 i have the image to prove it

drew    Feb 09 2004    12:17PM

most distance 577.5 i have the image to prove it

jim    Feb 10 2004    2:37PM

my highest so far is 588.8--longest nose dive was 498.3--shortest hit was about 130. what is the longest possible...does anyone know?

Jude    Feb 11 2004    1:31AM

there is another version out there where you can smack the dude a ton. i hit the dude 1216.8. it's the furthest I can get with teh faster version

Ian    Feb 12 2004    5:32AM

Ya, I got the meph one up to 593.4, but also 323.5 on the regular one.....

Ian    Feb 12 2004    5:35AM

& also have the screen shots 4 proof..... but, I think the units of measurement is in feet, not meters. Could you imagine a ball in the majors going 323 meters!!! That's 1000 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill    Feb 12 2004    10:43PM

I got a couple in the 590's. Can't remember what they were, for sure. I have had several between 550 and 590. Thinking I could get 600 but not so far.

lucy    Feb 13 2004    5:18AM

i got 543.7 haha beat that fuckers!

lucy    Feb 13 2004    5:20AM

least is 99

RAP    Feb 13 2004    12:28PM

Cool...556.../

RAP    Feb 13 2004    12:45PM

Cool...2e best...593.5.../

Jack    Feb 13 2004    7:14PM

Mine is 577.8 on a slam

RAP    Feb 16 2004    8:37PM

Make him SLIDE...my highest when sliding the pingu!!!...578...587.1 twice and my best 593.5...still trying...Yes!

RAP * cool*556*    Feb 16 2004    8:56PM

I just did it! Twice my best 593.5...Sliding...Yes!...3 days later.

RAP    Feb 16 2004    9:12PM

In french we said..." jamais deux sans trois"...third time best...593.5...and I print it! Good Bye! Still trying for highest score?

adam    Feb 17 2004    5:44AM

igot 3569 and i have dajpg pic 2 prove it beat dat every1

adam    Feb 17 2004    5:46AM

now i got 3699 i got proof thas da best i can get

RAP    Feb 17 2004    2:32PM

adam...WOW!!!...what kind of PC... "GForce"...have you??????....WOW again!!!

Troian666    Feb 17 2004    8:52PM

I got 1224.1 on http://www.rustusovka.com/12345/ping3.swf and 593 on http://www.probox.nl/

Troian666    Feb 17 2004    9:04PM

12029.1 on http://www.korenwolf.net/pingu/rocket-up-the-arse.html

RAP    Feb 17 2004    10:22PM

Fourth time 593.5...can not go beyond..."But...korenwolf.net...the Pingu!!! endless jump...no stop!!!!...fake!!!!!!
the best site web...to try..." www.meph.eu.org/ "...Yes!

RAP    Feb 18 2004    10:01AM

This morning Surprises!!!!!!....12083.4 after pingu!!!...15 minutes bounces at "korenwolf.net"...average score between...5316.5 to10072.1...least 248.9....Surprises!!!...Very...Yes!!!

RAP    Feb 19 2004    2:36AM

2:28:hre. a.m...just did...12147.8...after 15 mtes. bounces!!!

Scuds    Feb 19 2004    12:38PM

323.6 is my record... Have a screenshot of it too

Tori    Feb 19 2004    1:00PM

longets was 1164.1
shortest was 56.7.

ketch    Feb 20 2004    12:08AM

I just did 593.5 on my first day trying this silly little game, which seems to be the best (honest) time I've seen posted. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

paul    Feb 20 2004    2:24AM

dude my best is 7.86 so buya you all suck butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

paul    Feb 20 2004    2:34AM

just saw tori's and 1164.1 is imposible+ just got 6.98

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