StrongBadZone
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StrongBadZone is a vector graphics game that plays similarly to the Diamonds 3D game for the PC and Mac. You are a spikey-headed cyber-shield guy (with a cyber-shield) trying to block "devastating 3D attacks" that come flipping toward you. If you hit them, they bounce back. The object of the game is to try to hit Vector Strong Bad's head until it disappears. The game's graphical style appears to be a reference to Nintendo's ill-fated 3D system, the Virtual Boy. The graphics of the console were well-known for solely consisting of the colors red and black, much like those in StrongBadZone. In particular, the game stylistically resembles the Virtual Boy vector game Red Alarm, which at one point also features a large face that must be destroyed. StrongBadZone first appeared as a joke in the Strong Bad Email: video games, and is the source of the quote, "Your head a splode!" (and variants such as "Your phone a splode!", "Well, my head a splode!").
This game can be accessed from the email "video games," as well as the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu.
Note: You actually can't win or lose this game. When your head a splodes, you just continue the game. And when you destroy Strong Bad's head, a new one appears.
Page Title: I Strong Bad! I hunger!
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Instructions
Move left and right with arrow keys Hit 'A' for shield left Hit 'S' for shield center Hit 'D' for shield right Try to hit Strong Bad's big head Click to start
Fun Facts
Trivia
- An otherwise unused sequence of "BACK OFF BABY" is found at the end of the Flash file. It can be seen using a seek bar.
- On some systems it can be heard by right-clicking on the game and leaving the menu up when Vector Strong Bad says "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE", then waiting a couple seconds.
- It appears, through use of a Flash decompiler, that this clip was intended to be played when you defeated Strong Bad, before the game reset, but a typo in the code causes this to not work.
- If you and strongbad's big head are positioned right, right-clicking the screen and pressing the PLAY button (on the flash file version of the game) will result in you and strongbad's big head 'freezing' but the object thrown at you will continue to bounce off of your shield and procede to hit strongbad's big head, eventually killing him and making a new head appear.
Glitches
- Very rarely, when Strong Bad's attack hits his wall, Strong Bad will speed up greatly for a few seconds and then return to normal speed, but the projectile will be stuck in the back of the room moving back and forth.
- Another glitch involves the projectile apparently hitting the left wall but behaving as though it has hit the back wall. If you deflect the projectile, it will move along the exact line it came at you and will continue to do so for as long as the file is loaded (it cannot be fixed no matter which direction you raise the shield or whether you dodge the projectile or allow your head to a splode).
Inside References
- The page title "I Strong Bad, I Hunger" is similar to the page titles of RhinoFeeder ("I Rhino, I Hunger") and Thy Dungeonman ("Thy Dungeonman, Thy Hunger"). (also see Real-World References)
Real-World References
- The page title is a possible reference to the old arcade game Sinistar. In Sinistar you battled a large spaceship shaped like a head that would say, "I hunger!". (also see Inside References)
External Links
- Play the Game
- Play the Game (Flash file)
- Listen to the Game Music
