Line Rider

Specimen 0156 — Line Rider — dates to the golden age of browser games and is filed under unclassifiable phenomena. The name Boštjan Čadež appears on the intake form. The Bureau restored it from the Internet Archive's holdings for immediate, unlimited public use.

Assessment: suitable for waiting rooms of all kinds. Known side effects include one more attempt. Circulation records show steady public interest in this file.

Original label: Line Rider is an internet game, with versions available for Microsoft Silverlight and Flash. It was originally created in September 2006 by Boštjan Čadež (also known as "fšk"), a Slovenian student. Soon after its initial appearance on DeviantArt, Line Rider became an internet phenomenon. Line Rider has been featured by several websites, such as Yahoo!, but is mainly used on the website Linerider.com, Time Magazine's website and has appeared in several McDonald's commercials for the Snack Wrap in 2008. Line Rider was also selected by staff and voted by Jay is Games users to be the Best Webtoy of 2006. The basic concept is to draw one or more lines with the mouse on which a boy (referred to as "Bosh" by the creator) on a sled can ride after the player presses the "Play" button. The game incl

Curator’s note: filed without comment, which is itself a comment.

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