Typing Tutor Turbo

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'''Typing Tutor Turbo''' is a [[stand-up arcade game]] owned by [[the King of Town]]. While its name suggests it is designed to teach one how to type, how it does so is unclear, as it does not have a keyboard. The King showed it to [[Strong Bad]] while the latter had to spend the night at [[The King of Town's Castle|the former's castle]]; though Strong Bad was initially unimpressed with the game, he later got some fun out of it by using the cabinet to crush the King.
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'''Typing Tutor Turbo''' is a [[Stand-up arcade games|stand-up arcade game]] that apparently helps you type, despite the fact that it has no keyboard. [[The King of Town]] owns this game, and [[Strong Bad]] used it to crush him. It is almost exactly like the game [[QWERTY]], except it has a ship that you use to shoot words to accumulate "WPMs" (that's words per minute, you know). There is a PC version of the game called "Typing Tutor Jr." that Strong Bad put up for sale with a price tag of $23 in his [[garage sale]]. It may be a reference to "Type to Learn," a typing game used in most schools.
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== Appearances ==
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It appears to be a shooting game, visually resembling ''{{w|Space Invaders}}'' or ''{{w|Galaga}}'', where the player controls a ship and fires at groups of letters; the game may also draw influence from the {{w|Game Genie}}, a cheating device for [[Nintendo|Nintendo Entertainment System]] games that features an identical [[font]] and a similar game-like format. According to the King of Town, the goal is to accumulate "WPMs" ("that's {{w|words per minute}}, you know").
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It has no known relation to ''[[Floppy Disk Container#typing tutor jr|Typing Tutor Jr.]]'', a similarly-named game that Strong Bad sold at his [[garage sale]].
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== See Also ==
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*[[QWERTY]]
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*[[Minor Video Games]]
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==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[the bet]]
*'''Debut:''' Email [[the bet]]
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Current revision as of 15:31, 3 July 2025

"How many WPMs can you get up to?"

Typing Tutor Turbo is a stand-up arcade game owned by the King of Town. While its name suggests it is designed to teach one how to type, how it does so is unclear, as it does not have a keyboard. The King showed it to Strong Bad while the latter had to spend the night at the former's castle; though Strong Bad was initially unimpressed with the game, he later got some fun out of it by using the cabinet to crush the King.

It appears to be a shooting game, visually resembling Space Invaders or Galaga, where the player controls a ship and fires at groups of letters; the game may also draw influence from the Game Genie, a cheating device for Nintendo Entertainment System games that features an identical font and a similar game-like format. According to the King of Town, the goal is to accumulate "WPMs" ("that's words per minute, you know").

It has no known relation to Typing Tutor Jr., a similarly-named game that Strong Bad sold at his garage sale.

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