Fugdale’s Funhouse

Object: Send your Polar Bear soaring as high into the air as you can.

Review: This little treat for the holidays has a magnificent design and easy intuitive game play. Guide your frisky polar bear into the air. He will springboard even higher every time you touch a falling ice cube. The ice cubes with items inside of them bump you higher and the flying airplanes even higher. The path of ice cubes keeps on coming down and you can easily get your polar bear to nose bleed heights in no time. But take care as he starts to fall, once an ice cube drops off the bottom of the screen it disappears, so make sure you leave a few ice cubes below the bear so he has a little safety net.

This game only plays once…a test of flying skills and then you receive a final score. The graphics and sound effects are splendid. The Polar Bear reacts just like a flying polar bear should react. When he eventually takes the massive fall to the ground, never fear. He will land with a plop and spin around completely unharmed.

Object: Send five eager hamsters flying as far across the field as you can.

Review: Wind your hamster up; fling him into the air and smack him out of the ballpark. You control the launch. Your timing and trajectory control how far your little critter flies. Simply press the mouse button once to launch your hamster, then again to release the cushioned sling-shot, which smacks the furry rodent into the air. If you catch a good angle you will hit rocket launchers and particle accelerators and other fun devices, which increase the length of your flight. After you have shot 5 hamsters onto the field, you’ll receive your final score.

This game has a ton of cute factor. Even the most unskilled players will enjoy the mindless challenge. Despite the ease of play, if you want to propel your hamsters more than about 20 feet, you’ll have a bit of a challenge triggering the ‘whack’ at just the right time. The game gives you a mild musical build up to launch and no matter how weakly you launch your hamster, you’ll feel a gush of exhilaration when Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries blasts in your ear all of a sudden.

Finally, a game that puts hamsters to good, wholesome, constructive use!