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| Developer(s) | inSCAPE |
| Publisher(s) | inSCAPE |
| Designer(s) | Jim Ludtke |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Mac |
| Release date(s) | October 31, 1995 |
| Genre(s) | First-person Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | CD |
| System requirements | Win 3.1+, 486DX 33 MHz CPU, 8MB RAM Mac: System 7.1+, 68030 33 MHz CPU, 8MB RAM |
| Input methods | Mouse, keyboard |
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Bad Day on the Midway is a CD-ROM game designed and scored by The Residents and a number of other graphic artists, including Jim Ludtke. The game won the 1995 'Macrovision International User Conference Award' in two categories - Best Entertainment Title and Most Innovative Use of Multimedia.
The game was optioned by Ron Howard at Imagine Television for a proposed series to be directed by David Lynch. After two years of meetings with Lynch, the project was dropped because a script was never agreed upon. Of note is that, if the project had happened, The Residents would have not been creatively involved as their contract only gave them consulting roles in the pilot.
The character Timmy was later brought back in a series of short videos by the Residents.
The player can switch between the various game characters in order to solve a number of puzzles. The game has alternative narrative lines, with definite fixed story elements. The design of the game is centred around discovery via the different characters. The game has no save system and is time-limited. The player is faced with different puzzles and questions, such as how to stop a murderer without fighting, and the reaction to the backstory of the murderer.
There was also a soundtrack album (The Residents Have A Bad Day, East Side Digital EDS 81202) and some of the game's visuals were brought together in full resolution on The Residents' Icky Flix DVD.
The Underdogs is now dead : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Underdogs see MobyGames instead : http://www.mobygames.com/game/residents-bad-day-on-the-midway
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