Help me identify an old typing tutor "game." - Page 1
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author: corrado33
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2015, 03:28:14 pm
content: When I was younger, I remember making my mom play a typing game where you were a knight and you eventually fought a dragon if you were good enough. I don't think it had "cut scenes", but you just progressed as you typed more and more. I remember it having decent graphics, not very "cartoony" like many of the typing games are now-a-day. We played it on an old windows 95 machine IIRC.I know this is completely random, but it's driving me nuts and I REALLY want to find it. I don't need practice, it's been nagging me and I really want to play through it again.Sorry for the completely random post. Google was no help to me.

author: suicidaleggroll
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2015, 04:02:47 pm
content: Quote from: mojo-chan on April 16, 2015, 03:46:11 pmWe had that in school. The only thing I remember is making custom games that were 1 word long of about 4 characters, and then getting all four keys lined up, hitting them at the same time, and getting average WPM scores in the thousands.

author: corrado33
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2015, 04:08:21 pm
content: Quote from: suicidaleggroll on April 16, 2015, 04:02:47 pmMany of the typing tutor games where it was teaching you where the letters were had parts of the game were it was something like "asasasasasasasassdsdsdsdsdsdssdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdgfgfgfgfgfgfg" so you'd just go through and mash those two keys till your character stopped, then mash the next two. I remember a mario like game that was like this.With that said, I played "typing of the living dead" (just now) online and got 30000 (accuracy of 92%) before my hands gave out from being tired. hahah

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2015, 09:26:14 pm
content: .........The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...........

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 17, 2015, 10:13:02 pm
content: Quote from: mojo-chan on April 16, 2015, 03:46:11 pmWhy just blame the 90s? I remember playing a spelling / typing game on the ZX Spectrum in the early / mid 80s

author: iampoor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 04:14:55 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on April 17, 2015, 09:26:14 pmThe line that defined my childhood.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 08:01:37 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on April 17, 2015, 09:26:14 pmHahaha, that's funny.For me it was...I will not throw spitwads in class.I will not throw spitwads in class.I will not throw spitwads in class.I will not throw spitwads in class.I will not throw spitwads in class.I will not throw spitwads in class.I will not throw spitwads in class..... but that wasn't with a typing tutor, it was with chalk and a green board on the wall.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 12:39:47 pm
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on April 18, 2015, 08:01:37 amHow many of us have never taken apart our cheap 1 piece Bic pens to shoot spitballs at each other?

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 05:18:44 am
content: I passed typing by opening up the results file with an editor and manually manipulating the data.Just like Kirk would have done.

author: justanothercanuck
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 12:06:36 am
content: All The Right Type?

author: mengfei
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 01:52:01 am
content: try also "the typing of the dead"http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/246580/

author: Armxnian
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 02:18:34 am
content: I remember some space themed typing game/course I was required to take. I had 140 wpm in the 7th grade. Probably the only good thing that came out of playing pc games all day.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 03:54:58 am
content: Typing speed is kind of funny. Everyone thinks I type really fast, but my accuracy and spelling sucks pretty hard. I just kind of throw up on the keyboard and let spell check sort it out later. I can't imagine all the secretaries that typed 100+ wpm on a typewriter with perfect accuracy and spelling.

author: Armxnian
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 04:09:55 am
content: Yeah you need quite a bit of discipline for that. I type fast, but I don't have proper typing technique. My fingers don't stay anywhere near the home rows. My typing speed drops real hard when aiming for 100% accuracy and long sentences, I'm used to real short bursts. It's a habit now, would be like learning a new language to try and fix it.