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Vectrix Business Solutions acquired Nvision 1999 and subsequently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Local Fox News Affiliate KDFW Dallas Fort Worth did an interview with Dan Ferguson and Mike Bileinski after they sold their company to Vectrix Business Solutions.
#NSTORM ELF BOWLING PC#
According to Media Metrix, among the 54 million people playing PC games in the month of December 2000, Elf Bowling was the game to hit the top 10 with 7.6 million players that was not bundled with Windows.
#NSTORM ELF BOWLING SOFTWARE#
(In 1999, EXE files could be attached to emails as there was no protective software to remove an EXE at the time.) Direct Marketing News did an article on the original developers - Direct Marketing News Article. The game was an EXE file and was easily distributed as an attachment to emails. The game became an internet sensation in 1999 when people originally thought it was a computer virus. The game was originally created as promotional marketing content by Dan Ferguson and Mike Bielinski, both co-founders of the game studio NVision Design. The elves can also randomly move out of the way of the ball, and one elf can be decapitated by the pin setter. Both during the game and after a game finishes, the elves do a dance, shouting "Elf elf, baby!" in reference to Vanilla Ice's song "Ice Ice Baby". The elves moon Santa (asking "who's your daddy" as they do it). A white rabbit also jumps and defecates across the bowling lane. If one hits the frog with the bowling ball, his body is hauled away from the screen by a bird from Frogapult. Other potential distractions for the user are a Reindeer that walks up along the bowling lane that can be "hit" with the bowling ball if the arrow is positioned to the far left, and a frog wearing a Santa hat hopping back and forth across the player's field of vision (resembling Kalvin Kroaker from Frogapult, also made by NStorm).
#NSTORM ELF BOWLING WINDOWS#
In addition, you can view a trailer of the game here (right-click to download) it’s a 12.5MB download, and you’ll need Windows Media Player in order to view it.Įlf Bowling 1 & 2 will be out this November, so fans of quick action games may want to check it out.In Elf Bowling, Santa Claus gets revenge on his striking elves by using them as bowling pins.ĭuring the game, the elves say phrases such as "Is that all the balls you got, Santa?" when the player misses their first spare opportunity or "Gutter ball!" in a silly-sounding voice when a ball is rolled into the gutter. As you can see, the GBA is forced to split the screen vertically, while the DS will use both screens as well as the stylus for more accurate control. This wouldn’t be a complete preview without some screenshots, rights? Here’s a few from both the GBA and DS versions. The pointy-eared midgets run around in Speedos, and you launch them across the shuffleboard by snapping their bathing suits like a rubber band (just in case the first game didn’t give you enough shots of elf ass). Those annoying elves are along for the ride, and this time, you get to play shuffleboard with them…using them as the pucks, of course. Here, instead of hanging around the North Pole, Santa joins his brother Dingle Kringle (who runs a “used ice” business) on a tropical cruise. PETA may hate that, but it’s actually quite funny.Įlf Bowling 2: Elves in Paradise ups the ante a bit. See, sometimes reindeer will appear on the side of the alley, and with a well-aimed “bad” throw, you can clown them in the head with your ball. So, put the little punks in place by running them down! Points are scored just like in a normal game of bowling, and you can even make use of bad throws and gutter balls. After all…what’s more insulting than elf cornhole? Yuck. They’ll do everything in their power to taunt you holding up “Santa Sux!” signs, dancing around, and even mooning you. The elves are part of a union, of course, and they’re sick and tired of the horrible treatment up at the North Pole. Ignition Entertainment’s taken two classic PC freeware games, Elf Bowling and Elf Bowling 2: Elves in Paradise, and packed them into the GBA and DS compilation Elf Bowling 1 & 2 just in time for the holidays.Įlf Bowling is relatively straightforward as Santa Claus, you bowl just as your normally would, but with elves as the pins. Santa’s elves have gone on strike, and it’s up to you to teach them a lesson…by mowing them down with bowling balls! Sound strange? That’s because it is.
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Developer: NStorm/Black Lantern Studios, Inc.