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[[Image:Main13.PNG|220px|thumb|The Atari, 2600.]]
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[[Image:Main13.PNG|220px|thumb|The Atari 2600.]]
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An arcade Homestar main page.
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An [[Atari 2600]] Main Page.
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'''Page title:''' "Homestar Runner Game Pac"
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Atari Homestar]], [[Atari Strong Bad]], [[Retro Gaming Character Variations#Atari Marzipan|Atari Marzipan]], [[Atari Dragon]]
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*'''Toons''' - The sky changes colour and if you do it again it will change again so on and so forth until it is blue again.  
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'''Places:''' Atari [[The Field]]
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*'''Games''' - An airplane comes and drops a bomb.  
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*'''Characters''' - [[Strong Bad]] jumps on screen.  
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'''Icon:''' Atari joystick
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*'''Downloads''' - Background is turned into a moving road from a racing game.
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*'''Store''' - [[Marzipan (character)|Marzipan]] goes across the screen chasing a butterfly.  
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'''Date:''' Monday, June 25, 2001 or earlier
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*'''Email''' - Strong Bad holding the Chalice from Adventure runs away from Yorgle the [[Atari Dragon]] while yelling, "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!"
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'''Page Title:''' Homestar Runner Game Pac
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==Button Effects==
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*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' {{--}} The color of the sky changes for each rollover: first, from its original blue to orange; then to purple; red; lavender; and back to blue.
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*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' {{--}} An airplane flies by and drops a bomb onto the field.  
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*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' {{--}} Strong Bad jumps on screen. He disappears pixel-by-pixel when the cursor moves off the button.
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*'''[[Downloads]]''' {{--}} Background is turned into a moving road from a racing game.
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*'''[[Store]]''' {{--}} Marzipan goes across the screen chasing a butterfly with a net.  
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*'''[[Email|E-mail]]''' {{--}} Strong Bad, holding the Enchanted Chalice from [[Wikipedia:Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]], runs away from Yorgle the Atari Dragon while yelling, "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!"
==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
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* When viewing the page as a ".swf", make the window so it's not full screen. Then make it less tall and more wide, and you'll see the mouse arrow and even Homestar's boots.
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===Remarks===
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* Homestar doesn't actually say anything when you hover over the buttons on the page. Instead he makes beeps and bloops like a real Atari game.
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[[Image:cursor main13.png|thumb|[[8-bit is enough]], right?]]
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* Strong Bad's line is a reference to Homestar Runner's line from one of the deleted scenes on [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]]. or vice versa.  
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*The scrolling road is like a daytime version of [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]] from [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]].
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*When you scroll over "Downloads", Homestar makes the same sound that the [[Compy 386]] does when you kill the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] in the Strong Bad Email [[ghosts]].
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*In the .swf, an 8-bit mouse cursor is visible outside the frame. This could possibly be from a scrapped idea to have a "custom cursor" in this page.
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*This and [[Main Page 12]] are the only pages that give no vocal or visual indication of what button you've scrolled over.
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*The sound effects for the "Games" button is taken from the Atari 2600 game, [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=96 Combat].  Also, the sound effect that is made when you mouse-over "e-mail" is from the sounds that tanks and planes (in Combat) would make when they shoot.
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===Goofs===
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*The sound effect when you mouse over the "Characters" button is from the Atari 2600 game, [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=360 Pitfall!] when Pitfall Harry would collect a gold bar, diamond ring, etc. The effect when Strong Bad disappears is from [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=342 Pac Man] for the Atari 2600.
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[[Image:WingHead13.PNG|thumb|The plane isn't low. It's just in the foreground.]]
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*The scrolling road is like a daytime version of [[Nighttime Driving Type Game]].
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*The wing of the airplane will pass over any action happening in The Field. The only thing it does not pass over is Homestar Runner's head.
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*After Strong Bad runs across the screen when the cursor rolls over "E-mail", the Flash file restarts itself, causing the What's New, Main Page, and Weeklies links to disappear for one frame and the What's New button cycle to restart.
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===Inside References===
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*Strong Bad's line is a reference to Homestar Runner's line from the first [[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]] from [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]].
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===Real-World References===
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*The sound effects for the "Games" and "E-mail" buttons are taken from the Atari 2600 games {{wp|Combat (video game)|Combat}} and {{wp|Seaquest (video game)|Seaquest}}.  
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*The sound effect for the "Characters" button is from the Atari 2600 game {{wp|Pitfall!}}, when Pitfall Harry would collect a gold bar, diamond ring, etc.
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*The effect when Strong Bad disappears is from [[Pac-Man]] for the Atari 2600. The first sound effect made on the "Downloads" button is the sound Pac-Man makes when eating a pellet.
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===Fast Forward===
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*Strong Bad calling a dragon chasing him a "Freaking Duck" would later be redone with [[Trogdor]] as the Downloads mouseover effect for [[Main Page 27]].
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/main13.html go to Main Page 13]
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/main13.swf view the flash file for Main Page 13]
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{{missinginfo|Release Date}}
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{{Main Page}}
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[[Category:Homestar Runner Filmography]]
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[[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]]
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[[Category:Marzipan Filmography]]
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Current revision as of 18:28, 3 August 2024

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The Atari 2600.

An Atari 2600 Main Page.

Cast (in order of appearance): Atari Homestar, Atari Strong Bad, Atari Marzipan, Atari Dragon

Places: Atari The Field

Icon: Atari joystick

Date: Monday, June 25, 2001 or earlier

Page Title: Homestar Runner Game Pac

Contents

[edit] Button Effects

  • Toons — The color of the sky changes for each rollover: first, from its original blue to orange; then to purple; red; lavender; and back to blue.
  • Games — An airplane flies by and drops a bomb onto the field.
  • Characters — Strong Bad jumps on screen. He disappears pixel-by-pixel when the cursor moves off the button.
  • Downloads — Background is turned into a moving road from a racing game.
  • Store — Marzipan goes across the screen chasing a butterfly with a net.
  • E-mail — Strong Bad, holding the Enchanted Chalice from Adventure, runs away from Yorgle the Atari Dragon while yelling, "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!"

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Remarks

8-bit is enough, right?

[edit] Goofs

The plane isn't low. It's just in the foreground.
  • The wing of the airplane will pass over any action happening in The Field. The only thing it does not pass over is Homestar Runner's head.
  • After Strong Bad runs across the screen when the cursor rolls over "E-mail", the Flash file restarts itself, causing the What's New, Main Page, and Weeklies links to disappear for one frame and the What's New button cycle to restart.

[edit] Inside References

[edit] Real-World References

  • The sound effects for the "Games" and "E-mail" buttons are taken from the Atari 2600 games Combat and Seaquest.
  • The sound effect for the "Characters" button is from the Atari 2600 game Pitfall!, when Pitfall Harry would collect a gold bar, diamond ring, etc.
  • The effect when Strong Bad disappears is from Pac-Man for the Atari 2600. The first sound effect made on the "Downloads" button is the sound Pac-Man makes when eating a pellet.

[edit] Fast Forward

  • Strong Bad calling a dragon chasing him a "Freaking Duck" would later be redone with Trogdor as the Downloads mouseover effect for Main Page 27.

[edit] External Links

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