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Whacked! is a video game developed by Presto Studios
Presto Studios

Presto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning Journeyman Project franchise series and the 2001 sequel to Cyan Worlds's hit Myst series, Myst III: Exile....
 and released in by Microsoft Game Studios
Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Game Studios , branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 , is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft which video game developer and video game publisher video games for Microsoft Windows-based Personal computers and the Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles....
 exclusively for the Xbox
Xbox

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. It is backwards compatible with the Xbox 360
Xbox 360

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. It is a gameshow in which creatures compete for the Prize, whatever they wish, by hitting each other with objects such as missiles, hammers and pitchforks.

e are 7 different characters, and even more levels. Levels are usually absurd or surreal, such as the back of a pickup truck, up in space, on top of buildings, under a Christmas tree, in the Arctic pipeline, at the scene of a car crash, at "Club Baņo", in a pirate ship, and even the kitchen sink (a references to the colloquialism "Everything but the kitchen sink").

game was key to the beta testing
Software testing

Software Testing is an empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test , with respect to the context in which it is intended to operate....
 of Xbox Live
Xbox Live

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 as it and MotoGP demos were distributed to the beta testers.






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Whacked! is a video game developed by Presto Studios
Presto Studios

Presto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning Journeyman Project franchise series and the 2001 sequel to Cyan Worlds's hit Myst series, Myst III: Exile....
 and released in by Microsoft Game Studios
Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Game Studios , branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 , is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft which video game developer and video game publisher video games for Microsoft Windows-based Personal computers and the Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles....
 exclusively for the Xbox
Xbox

The Xbox is a History of video games video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube....
. It is backwards compatible with the Xbox 360
Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the History of video game consoles of video game consoles....
. It is a gameshow in which creatures compete for the Prize, whatever they wish, by hitting each other with objects such as missiles, hammers and pitchforks.

Gameplay

There are 7 different characters, and even more levels. Levels are usually absurd or surreal, such as the back of a pickup truck, up in space, on top of buildings, under a Christmas tree, in the Arctic pipeline, at the scene of a car crash, at "Club Baņo", in a pirate ship, and even the kitchen sink (a references to the colloquialism "Everything but the kitchen sink").

Xbox Live

The game was key to the beta testing
Software testing

Software Testing is an empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test , with respect to the context in which it is intended to operate....
 of Xbox Live
Xbox Live

Xbox Live is an Internet Multiplayer video game and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft. It is currently the only online gaming service that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming....
 as it and MotoGP demos were distributed to the beta testers. The same Live enabled demos were originally given out for one year with the purchase of the Xbox Live starter kit.

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