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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
=== Trivia === | === Trivia === | ||
*The giant, barrel-throwing gorilla in the game is an obvious reference to {{w|Donkey Kong}}, previously spoofed in another fictional video game in the ''Futurama'' universe, [[Monkey Fracas Jr.]] The game itself is a parody of {{w|Paperboy_(video_game)|Paperboy}}. | * The giant, barrel-throwing gorilla in the game is an obvious reference to {{w|Donkey Kong}}, previously spoofed in another fictional video game in the ''Futurama'' universe, [[Monkey Fracas Jr.]] The game itself is a parody of {{w|Paperboy_(video_game)|Paperboy}}. | ||
*The high scores on Planet Express's arcade machine of the game, are, in order: | * The high scores on Planet Express's arcade machine of the game, are, in order: | ||
# BBR: 65535 | # BBR: 65535 | ||
# NIB: 48565 | # NIB: 48565 | ||
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*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] once scored 250 points on the game, missing out on beating the Professor's high score by 4 points. | *[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] once scored 250 points on the game, missing out on beating the Professor's high score by 4 points. | ||
* The name is a portmanteau of 'delivery boy' and {{w|Missile Command}}. | * The name is a portmanteau of 'delivery boy' and {{w|Missile Command}}. | ||
* In "[[The Silence of the Clamps]]", it is clear that the Federal Bureau of | * In "[[The Silence of the Clamps]]", it is clear that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been replaced by the [[Earth Bureau of Investigation]], thus it does not make sense that this game has an FBI warning. | ||
** The game might have come out before this replacement happened. | |||
=== Appearances === | === Appearances === | ||
Revision as of 19:34, 23 October 2011
| Delivery Command | |
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| Type | Arcade game |
| First appearance | "Law and Oracle" (6ACV16)  |
Delivery Command is a arcade game. An arcade machine of the game is known to have been installed in the Planet Express headquarters.
In it, the player takes the character of a pizza delivery boy. Obstacles the player must dodge include gorillas throwing barrels at the player, and moving buses.
Image Gallery
Gorilla throwing barrels.
Crushed by a bus.
Game Over!
FBI warning.
Zoidberg and Fry in front of the game.
Additional Info
Trivia
- The giant, barrel-throwing gorilla in the game is an obvious reference to Donkey Kong, previously spoofed in another fictional video game in the Futurama universe, Monkey Fracas Jr. The game itself is a parody of Paperboy.
- The high scores on Planet Express's arcade machine of the game, are, in order:
- BBR: 65535
- NIB: 48565
- HJF: 00254
These presumably are the initials of Bender Bending Rodríguez, Nibbler, and Hubert J. Farnsworth
BBR's score is one under 2^16.
- Fry once scored 250 points on the game, missing out on beating the Professor's high score by 4 points.
- The name is a portmanteau of 'delivery boy' and Missile Command.
- In "The Silence of the Clamps", it is clear that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been replaced by the Earth Bureau of Investigation, thus it does not make sense that this game has an FBI warning.
- The game might have come out before this replacement happened.