Space Pumpkin
Why We Picked Space Pumpkin
Space Pumpkin is the sort of arcade game you lose before you have worked out what the score rewards. It rewards the player watching the whole screen rather than the one chasing the last thing that moved. The loop is old, and it is old because it works. It has 142 plays here, which on this shelf reads more like a survival rate than a verdict. The page's own numbers: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, and 496 of 500 on the arcade shelf.
How to Play
The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:
- Refreshing mid-round usually costs the round, so refresh between attempts rather than during one.
- A run ends when you are caught, and the score is the only thing that survives it.
- Learn the first ten seconds perfectly; the rest of the run is built on it.
Editor’s Note
Short by design; if you have longer than a few minutes, the shelf has deeper options. Most run on the keyboard or a single pointer; a few accept touch, and none need a controller or a download.
Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.
Publisher Description
Supplied by the game’s publisher; reproduced as-is.
You're a Mr. Pumpkin and You're in to the deep space... so try to resist the more you can and try to sign you best record!
Enjoy!
