Kid Speedy
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"Who's faster than Kid Speedy? EVERYBODY!! This little fatso is the slowest poke in the bunch. Try not to get dead last while avoiding sweets and insults in this hilarious arcade-style race 'em up." — Videlectrix
Kid Speedy is a game by Videlectrix.
The game was originally mentioned on the Videlectrix game catalog; it was made available for play on July 10, 2006.
The term "Race 'em up" is based on the more logically named term "Shoot 'em up".
The game consists of two modes: 1 Player and Online Play.
The player can race Kid Speedy on eight different courses: Jelly Woods Fun Run, Cheese Puff Hills, Porkchop Wilds 5K, Egg Mountain Minithon, Probate Flats Walk-a-thon, Indiana, The Loop, and Demon's Rub Marathon. The goal of each race is to avoid coming in dead last.
The race starts with the message "Ready! Set! Ok, now go."
Kid Speedy is controlled by the Arrow Keys; The screen scrolls from left to right as you navigate Kid Speedy across the track, collecting carrots, broccoli, and Happy Faces to gain speed, and avoiding the sweets and the insults which drastically cut down his speed.
At the finish line, he falls down exhausted.
If you do not finish dead last, you "Qualify". If you lose, you get the message "You Came Dead Last."
If you win the game, you unlock "Strong Sad Mode", where your character becomes Strong Sad.
Unfortunately, online mode is not actually online. The other players are, as in single player, computer controlled. The loading online players screen is just for show.
Fun Facts
- "Wide Loading" (on the loading screen) is probably a reference to the Simpsons episode "Cape Feare", in which Bart writes "Wide Load" on Homer's butt.
- On the flash file of Kid Speedy, there are three other runners to the left of the screen and they seem to be wearing colors of flags: Sweden and Germany. The other runner wears white, red, and green. This may be the flag of Burundi, Italy, Algeria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iran, or Oman.
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