Talk:50K Racewalker

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How do you get big head mode? Also, many games have big head modes. It's not really a reference to one game, but to freaking tons of games. --Hagurumon

I believe that NBA Jam was the first game to use this code that became standard. But the question of how to get it remains - I don't think we ought to have a fun fact about a mode without an explanation of how to get to it. - Tim333

Contents 1 49.99 km? 2 .5k Glitch 3 parody of Olympic Games (PS2)? 4 hard man 5 New Racewalker Image

49.99 km?

Can someone validate this statement by providing the combinations: "There are five different special combinations that can be put together on the 'Choose it out' screen, each of which gives you a special name rather than 'Steak Styles'. One of which allows you to start the race at 49.99 km." ? —JoeyDay (Talk) 13:16, 19 Jan 2005 (MST)

Yeah I wasn't sure if I should write all the details out or leave them to be found. I cheated by decompiling it so I guess I felt bad posting the details.

We need somebody to do confirmation before I remove it, since it's taking me way too long to puzzle out every single possible combination there could be. --TheNintenGenius 15:34, 19 Jan 2005 (MST)

.5k Glitch

I know you're supposed to walk off into blackness at 1K. But, when attempting to see this, there was a minor graphical glitch right after I crossed .5k (the message in the background was "These boots were mad|" [e for it], which then stopped abruptly as the crowd turned to white for a few pixels.) Is this normal? --Jay 12:18, 20 Jan 2005 (MST)

Yes. I found similar glitches at 1.38 K, 2.53 K, 3.40 K, 4.53 K... you get the idea. It's nothing, just a minor glitch. --Tim333

parody of Olympic Games (PS2)?

I disagree with that this is a parody of any PS2 game. The reference seems to be far older.

I believe this is meant to refer to The Activision Decathlon, where all of the running was done by moving the joystick left-right-left-right. The 1500 meter run was incredibly taxing; the 50k racewalker seems to be an extension of the concept. -- sensei256

I'm not entirely sure which game this is parodying, but it's definitely far, far older than any PS2 game. I've removed the fact.

P.S. Please sign your posts. — InterruptorJones[[]] 11:21, 8 Feb 2005 (MST)

hard man

Is this game impossible to win? -Kinsey

Yes. You can get to the end, but you always place third. Homestar Coder 20:01, 8 Aug 2005 (UTC)

It's not hard to win, it's just mind numbingly tedious. That was the point of it.

New Racewalker Image

I nominate that we use the image uploaded by User:Slowbie for the image on this page. I don't like the "FAULT!". Anyone else agree? Texas 03:18, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I second that. I think we could use some more humor over here at the Wiki, which is why I uploaded it in the first place. The "FAULT" picture is so...boring. Slowbie

Slowbie, this is a knowledge base. While we can have fun here, we try to keep things in order. Because it has become abundantly obvious that the picture you created is not currently wanted on 50K_Racewalker, may I suggest that we leave it alone? You are free, however, to post the picture in on your userpage or anywhere else in your userspace. The Fanstuff Wiki has a lot of humor, if that's what you're looking for. — Lapper (talk) 03:33, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Also, the creation of alternate accounts is generally frowned upon by the wiki as a whole. The timing and opinion of Texas is a little suspicious. --DorianGray

I did not create an alternate account. Texas is a friend of mine who was afraid that agreeing me would cause all you nazis to prevent him from attaining a position within the wiki that he is hoping to get soon. I still don't get how you people can all be so freaking stiff but like such a funny website. --Slowbie

If that's the case, then I apologise. --DorianGray

And perhaps an apology is due in return. As for the wiki being funny... H*R has a purpose, and HRWiki has a purpose. It's H*R's job to be funny, and the wiki's job to be there when someone (especially some casual H*R fan not involved with the wiki) needs to know what he said just there, or who Gordon Lightfoot is. If the Encyclopedia Britannica were run with a "whetevah" attitude, it wouldn't be helpful.

That said, I can't really argue this issue since I've never seen your pic. I think the suggestion that you put it on your user page is a great one! —AbdiViklas 04:16, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

But if you do, please give it a different filename. Don't save over the old one. Thanks. — It's dot com 04:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Can we at least change the caption to say just plain "OOPS!!!" or something? It's rather misleading as is, especially since a fault in real racewalking does cause a disqualification. --Slowbie

I agree, that is kind of confusing. Let me just do some fact-checking on what the game says in its intro... [later] I'm confused: Do you have to never fault to beat the game? If not, the whole "You lose" phrase should be taken out of the article as well. —AbdiViklas 04:35, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

That is from the description on this page. The caption is fine. It's funny. So is the image. If you play the game at all, you'll do a lot of faulting. Just ask Some HSR themed username. — It's dot com 04:42, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I suspected it was coming from something official. It might be nice to show that in some way; maybe for all the Videlectrix games to have a section headed "description in Videlectrix catalog." I ain't volunteering to do it, though! —AbdiViklas 04:45, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

If it needs to be done, I'll do it. Tomorrow. Right now, I go to bed. See you in twelve hours. If you want it done, leave a note on my talk page. I've been looking for a new way to occupy my time. --DorianGray

[Edit conflict] The link above (the Videlectrix description) is on the Videlectrix page. I toyed briefly with adding that link and the one to the theme music to the external links of 50K Racewalker, but I'm too tired right now to do the tedious work of fixing them all, and I would feel bad for not adding the links to all the pages. Anybody out there who wants to do this (and you know who you are), feel free to go for it. — It's dot com 04:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Ah, Dorian. I knew someone would step up. Don't forget the game music links. — It's dot com 04:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, by the time I got here, it seems someone already added all the music links (although I was able to make a few minor corrections). As to the other bit... D'you want me to just include a new "Official Videlectrix Description" section in each game, or what? --DorianGray 16:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)