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''For  other uses, see [[games]].''
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<dl><dd><i>For  other uses, see <a href="/index.php?title=games" title="games">games</a>.</i>
</dd></dl>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:handheldgames_postshooter.png" title="Retro Game Page-y goodness."><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="180" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/0/06/handheldgames_postshooter.png/300px-handheldgames_postshooter.png" width="300"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:handheldgames_postshooter.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Retro Game Page-y goodness.</div></div></div>
<p>The <b>Handheld Games Menu</b> was the main menu for selecting <a href="/index.php?title=Games" title="Games">Games</a> from  July 14, 2002 through July 29, 2004. It is modeled after simple <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Handheld_electronic_game" title="wikipedia:Handheld electronic game">handheld</a> <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Liquid-crystal_display" title="wikipedia:Liquid-crystal display">LCD</a> games, such as the <a href="/index.php?title=Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Game_%26_Watch" title="wikipedia:Game &amp; Watch">Game &amp; Watch</a> or games created by <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Tiger_Electronics" title="wikipedia:Tiger Electronics">Tiger Electronics</a>.
</p><p>Games are selected with left and right arrows, moving an image of a <a href="/index.php?title=Prancing" title="Prancing">prancing</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> across the screen while playing a simple tone. At each stop, an icon representing the game appears above Homestar while its title appears below him. By default, the background is <a href="/index.php?title=The_Field" title="The Field">The Field</a>; a "bkgrd" button cycles the background image through  <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Badia" title="Strong Badia">Strong Badia</a> (featuring the <a href="/index.php?title=Tire" title="Tire">tire</a>), or <a href="/index.php?title=The_King_of_Town%27s_Castle" title="The King of Town's Castle">The King of Town's yard</a> (featuring <a href="/index.php?title=The_King_of_Town%27s_Grill" title="The King of Town's Grill">his grill</a>).
</p><p><b>Page Title:</b> Exciting Handheld Action!
</p>


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<a id="Modern_Handheld_Games_Menu" name="Modern_Handheld_Games_Menu"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Modern Handheld Games Menu</span></h2>
<p>The Handheld Games Menu is currently available by choosing "Old Games" on the <a href="/index.php?title=Scrolling_Shooter_Games_Menu" title="Scrolling Shooter Games Menu">Scrolling Shooter Games Menu</a>. In this iteration, the handheld game is called "Super Old Games-n-Such".
</p><p><b>Date:</b> Thursday, July 29, 2004
</p>
<a id="Available_Games" name="Available_Games"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Available Games</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:handheld-menu.gif" title="So old they are new! Maybe you forgot!"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="89" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/e/e9/handheld-menu.gif/220px-handheld-menu.gif" width="220"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:handheld-menu.gif" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>So old they are new! Maybe you forgot!</div></div></div>
<p>Each game is accompanied by a monochromatic icon, highlighted when Homestar is positioned underneath it.
</p>
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Dancin%27_Bubs" title="Dancin' Bubs">Dancin' Bubs</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Bubs" title="Bubs">Bubs</a>'s head
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Talker" title="Homestar Talker">Homestar Talker</a> — Homestar's head, with an open-mouthed expression
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Audition_with_Marzipan" title="Audition with Marzipan">Audition with Marzipan</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Carol" title="Carol">Marzipan's guitar</a>
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Bronco_Trolleys" title="Bronco Trolleys">Bronco Trolleys</a> — A bronco trolley (orange slice atop a Triscuit cracker)
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Libs" title="Strong Libs">Strong Libs</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a>'s head
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Quiz" title="Homestar Quiz">Homestar Quiz</a> — A question mark
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Hairstyle_Runner" title="Hairstyle Runner">Hairstyle Runner</a> — Homestar smiling, with a large <a href="/index.php?title=Afros" title="Afros">afro</a>
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Fortune_Cookies" title="Fortune Cookies">Fortune Cookies</a> — A fortune cookie, with the paper fortune visibly peeking out
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Who_Said_What_Now%3F" title="Who Said What Now?">Who Said What?</a> — A dial
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Astro-Lite_2600" title="Astro-Lite 2600">Astro-Lite 2600</a> — The Astro-Lite, with scattered lights placed onto it
</li></ul>
<p>Additionally, a small button labeled "new games" links to <a href="/index.php?title=videlectrix.itch.io" title="videlectrix.itch.io">the Videlectrix itch.io page</a>.
</p>
<a id="Original_Handheld_Games_Menu" name="Original_Handheld_Games_Menu"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Original Handheld Games Menu</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:originalhandheldmenu.PNG" title="The original version"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="132" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/e/ec/originalhandheldmenu.PNG/220px-originalhandheldmenu.PNG" width="220"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:originalhandheldmenu.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>The original version</div></div></div>
<p>Previously, the Handheld Games Menu served as the main Games Menu.
</p><p><b>Date:</b> Sunday, July 14, 2002
</p>
<ul><li> Dancin' Bubs
</li><li> Homestar Talker
</li><li> Audition with Marzipan
</li><li> Bronco Trolleys
</li><li> Strong Libs
</li><li> Homestar Quiz
</li><li> Hairstyle Runner
</li><li> Who Said What?
</li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Population:_Tire" title="Population: Tire">Population: Tire</a> — The <a href="/index.php?title=Tire" title="Tire">tire</a>
</li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=TROGDOR%21" title="TROGDOR!">TROGDOR!</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Trogdor" title="Trogdor">Trogdor</a>
</li></ul>
<p>Most of it was the same as the current Handheld Games Menu, but there were a few differences.
</p>
<ul><li>The handheld game is labeled "Super Fun Games-n-Such" rather than "Super <i>Old</i>"; the outline of the text was also thicker.
</li><li>The selection of games differs across the two versions —
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Population:_Tire" title="Population: Tire">Population: Tire</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=TROGDOR%21" title="TROGDOR!">TROGDOR!</a> were moved to the <a href="/index.php?title=Scrolling_Shooter_Games_Menu" title="Scrolling Shooter Games Menu">Scrolling Shooter Games Menu</a>, as they are both <a href="/index.php?title=Videlectrix" title="Videlectrix">Videlectrix</a> games.
</li><li>Astro Lite and Fortune Cookies were only accessible through the <a href="/index.php?title=Museum" title="Museum">Museum</a> at this time.
</li></ul>
</li><li>The "bkgrd" button was positioned where the "new games" button game is now. There was no equivalent to the small red "new games" button.
</li><li>The mouth of the <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> face ("Strong Libs" icon), the "Homestar Quiz" question mark icon, and the Trogdor icon were filled in with full black rather than semitransparent gray.
</li><li>There is a gray "back" button in the bottom-left corner of the screen, which <a href="/index.php?title=Toons_Without_Back_Buttons" title="Toons Without Back Buttons">the new version lacks</a>.
</li></ul>
<a id="Fun_Facts" name="Fun_Facts"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Fun Facts</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:YonderWebsiteAutoplay.png" title="Coming up next..."><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="131" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/8/86/YonderWebsiteAutoplay.png/180px-YonderWebsiteAutoplay.png" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:YonderWebsiteAutoplay.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Coming up next...</div></div></div>
<a id="Remarks" name="Remarks"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Remarks</span></h3>
<ul><li>Pressing the "right" button while Astro-Lite 2600 is selected scrolls the selection back to the first spot, but pressing "left" when the first spot is selected does not move the selection at all.
</li></ul>
<a id="Goofs" name="Goofs"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Goofs</span></h3>
<ul><li>There are actually two select buttons, one is the yellow one and there is one behind it which is black that can be selected by clicking below and to the right of the yellow button or by pressing tab a few times which scrolls through the buttons.
</li></ul>
<a id="Fast_Forward" name="Fast_Forward"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span></h3>
<ul><li>The <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=YouTube_Related_Video_Thumbnails" title="YouTube Related Video Thumbnails">YouTube related video thumbnail</a> in the YouTube version of <a href="/index.php?title=Characters_from_Yonder_Website" title="Characters from Yonder Website">Characters from Yonder Website</a> is "<a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Puppet_Strong_Bad" title="Puppet Strong Bad">Puppet Strong Bad</a> Let's Plays those Terrible Old Games" with the Handheld Games Menu displayed on the <a href="/index.php?title=Lappy_486" title="Lappy 486">Lappy 486</a>.
</li></ul>
<a id="External_links" name="External_links"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2>
<ul><li><a class="extiw" href="https://homestarrunner.com/oldgames.html" title="hr:oldgames.html">view the Handheld Games Menu</a>
</li><li><a class="extiw" href="https://homestarrunner.com/handheld.swf" title="hr:handheld.swf">view the Flash file for the Handheld Games Menu</a>
</li><li><a class="extiw" href="http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20040728_Old_Handheld_Games_Menu.html" title="mirror:20040728 Old Handheld Games Menu.html">view the original Handheld Games Menu</a> (mirror)
</li><li><a class="extiw" href="http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20040728_Old_Handheld_Games_Menu.swf" title="mirror:20040728 Old Handheld Games Menu.swf">view the Flash file for the original Handheld Games Menu</a> (mirror)
</li></ul>
<p><br/>
</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="toccolours" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin:0 auto;">
<tr>
<td align="center" width="30%">Preceded by:<br/><a href="/index.php?title=Third_Games_Menu" title="Third Games Menu">Third Games Menu</a>
</td><td align="center" width="40%"><a href="/index.php?title=Games" title="Games">Games</a> Navigation<br/>2002-2004
</td><td align="center" width="30%">Succeeded by:<br/><a href="/index.php?title=Scrolling_Shooter_Games_Menu" title="Scrolling Shooter Games Menu">Scrolling Shooter Games Menu</a>
</td></tr></table>


''Retro Game Page-y goodness.''


The '''Handheld Games Menu''' was the main menu for selecting [[Games]] from  July 14, 2002 through July 29, 2004. It is modeled after simple [[Handheld electronic game|handheld]] [[Liquid-crystal display|LCD]] games, such as the [[Nintendo]] [[Game & Watch]] or games created by [[Tiger Electronics]].


Games are selected with left and right arrows, moving an image of a [[Prancing|prancing]] [[Homestar Runner]] across the screen while playing a simple tone. At each stop, an icon representing the game appears above Homestar while its title appears below him. By default, the background is [[The Field]]; a "bkgrd" button cycles the background image through [[Strong Badia]] (featuring the [[Tire|tire]]), or [[The King of Town's Castle|The King of Town's yard]] (featuring [[The King of Town's Grill|his grill]]).
   
 
<div class="visualClear"></div>
'''Page Title:''' Exciting Handheld Action!
</html>
 
== Modern Handheld Games Menu ==
 
The Handheld Games Menu is currently available by choosing "Old Games" on the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]]. In this iteration, the handheld game is called "Super Old Games-n-Such".
 
'''Date:''' Thursday, July 29, 2004
 
=== Available Games ===
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/e/e9/handheld-menu.gif/220px-handheld-menu.gif
 
''So old they are new! Maybe you forgot!''
 
Each game is accompanied by a monochromatic icon, highlighted when Homestar is positioned underneath it.
 
* [[Dancin' Bubs]] — [[Bubs]]'s head
* [[Homestar Talker]] — Homestar's head, with an open-mouthed expression
* [[Audition with Marzipan]] — [[Carol|Marzipan's guitar]]
* [[Bronco Trolleys]] — A bronco trolley (orange slice atop a Triscuit cracker)
* [[Strong Libs]] — [[Strong Bad]]'s head
* [[Homestar Quiz]] — A question mark
* [[Hairstyle Runner]] — Homestar smiling, with a large [[Afros|afro]]
* [[Fortune Cookies]] — A fortune cookie, with the paper fortune visibly peeking out
* [[Who Said What Now?|Who Said What?]] — A dial
* [[Astro-Lite 2600]] — The Astro-Lite, with scattered lights placed onto it
 
Additionally, a small button labeled "new games" links to [[videlectrix.itch.io|the Videlectrix itch.io page]].
 
== Original Handheld Games Menu ==
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/e/ec/originalhandheldmenu.PNG/220px-originalhandheldmenu.PNG
 
''The original version''
 
Previously, the Handheld Games Menu served as the main Games Menu.
 
'''Date:''' Sunday, July 14, 2002
 
* Dancin' Bubs
* Homestar Talker
* Audition with Marzipan
* Bronco Trolleys
* Strong Libs
* Homestar Quiz
* Hairstyle Runner
* Who Said What?
* [[Population: Tire]] — The [[Tire|tire]]
* [[TROGDOR!]] — [[Trogdor]]
 
Most of it was the same as the current Handheld Games Menu, but there were a few differences.
 
* The handheld game is labeled "Super Fun Games-n-Such" rather than "Super ''Old''"; the outline of the text was also thicker.
* The selection of games differs across the two versions —
** [[Population: Tire]] and [[TROGDOR!]] were moved to the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]], as they are both [[Videlectrix]] games.
** Astro Lite and Fortune Cookies were only accessible through the [[Museum]] at this time.
* The "bkgrd" button was positioned where the "new games" button game is now. There was no equivalent to the small red "new games" button.
* The mouth of the [[Strong Bad]] face ("Strong Libs" icon), the "Homestar Quiz" question mark icon, and the Trogdor icon were filled in with full black rather than semitransparent gray.
* There is a gray "back" button in the bottom-left corner of the screen, which [[Toons Without Back Buttons|the new version lacks]].
 
== Fun Facts ==
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/8/86/YonderWebsiteAutoplay.png/180px-YonderWebsiteAutoplay.png
 
''Coming up next...''
 
=== Remarks ===
 
* Pressing the "right" button while Astro-Lite 2600 is selected scrolls the selection back to the first spot, but pressing "left" when the first spot is selected does not move the selection at all.
 
=== Goofs ===
 
* There are actually two select buttons, one is the yellow one and there is one behind it which is black that can be selected by clicking below and to the right of the yellow button or by pressing tab a few times which scrolls through the buttons.
 
=== Fast Forward ===
 
* The [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails|YouTube related video thumbnail]] in the YouTube version of [[Characters from Yonder Website]] is "[[Puppet Strong Bad]] Let's Plays those Terrible Old Games" with the Handheld Games Menu displayed on the [[Lappy 486]].
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://homestarrunner.com/oldgames.html view the Handheld Games Menu]
* [https://homestarrunner.com/handheld.swf view the Flash file for the Handheld Games Menu]
* [http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20040728_Old_Handheld_Games_Menu.html view the original Handheld Games Menu] (mirror)
* [http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20040728_Old_Handheld_Games_Menu.swf view the Flash file for the original Handheld Games Menu] (mirror)
 
<br />
 
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em; width:16em; font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|-
| Preceded by:<br />[[Third Games Menu]]
| [[Games]] Navigation<br />2002-2004
| Succeeded by:<br />[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]]
|}
[[Category:H*R Navigation]]
[[Category:Video Games]]


Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026

For other uses, see games.
Retro Game Page-y goodness.

The Handheld Games Menu was the main menu for selecting Games from July 14, 2002 through July 29, 2004. It is modeled after simple handheld LCD games, such as the Nintendo Game & Watch or games created by Tiger Electronics.

Games are selected with left and right arrows, moving an image of a prancing Homestar Runner across the screen while playing a simple tone. At each stop, an icon representing the game appears above Homestar while its title appears below him. By default, the background is The Field; a "bkgrd" button cycles the background image through Strong Badia (featuring the tire), or The King of Town's yard (featuring his grill).

Page Title: Exciting Handheld Action!

Modern Handheld Games Menu

The Handheld Games Menu is currently available by choosing "Old Games" on the Scrolling Shooter Games Menu. In this iteration, the handheld game is called "Super Old Games-n-Such".

Date: Thursday, July 29, 2004

Available Games

So old they are new! Maybe you forgot!

Each game is accompanied by a monochromatic icon, highlighted when Homestar is positioned underneath it.

Additionally, a small button labeled "new games" links to the Videlectrix itch.io page.

Original Handheld Games Menu

The original version

Previously, the Handheld Games Menu served as the main Games Menu.

Date: Sunday, July 14, 2002

  • Dancin' Bubs
  • Homestar Talker
  • Audition with Marzipan
  • Bronco Trolleys
  • Strong Libs
  • Homestar Quiz
  • Hairstyle Runner
  • Who Said What?
  • Population: Tire — The tire
  • TROGDOR! — Trogdor

Most of it was the same as the current Handheld Games Menu, but there were a few differences.

  • The handheld game is labeled "Super Fun Games-n-Such" rather than "Super Old"; the outline of the text was also thicker.
  • The selection of games differs across the two versions —
  • The "bkgrd" button was positioned where the "new games" button game is now. There was no equivalent to the small red "new games" button.
  • The mouth of the Strong Bad face ("Strong Libs" icon), the "Homestar Quiz" question mark icon, and the Trogdor icon were filled in with full black rather than semitransparent gray.
  • There is a gray "back" button in the bottom-left corner of the screen, which the new version lacks.

Fun Facts

Coming up next...

Remarks

  • Pressing the "right" button while Astro-Lite 2600 is selected scrolls the selection back to the first spot, but pressing "left" when the first spot is selected does not move the selection at all.

Goofs

  • There are actually two select buttons, one is the yellow one and there is one behind it which is black that can be selected by clicking below and to the right of the yellow button or by pressing tab a few times which scrolls through the buttons.

Fast Forward

External links


Preceded by:
Third Games Menu 		Games Navigation
2002-2004 		Succeeded by:
Scrolling Shooter Games Menu

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