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| This is the most difficult sport Google doodle has not, as a search engine athletes must navigate a canoe slalom |
Since Tuesday, the search engine has provided a cute little Olympic sports sims in a window doodle, with obstacles and basketball is over. But they're just warming up to this one. Simply go to the Google site, then click on the icon "Play" in the figure.
Now, it's all about pressing the left and right cursor keys to steer your canoe along the way. You have to go through all the gates to avoid punishment - and watch out for obstacles such as rocks and, frog.
The main skill here is in the steering, which is achieved by simply pressing one of two buttons until you go in the direction you need. You have to beat steady to avoid losing speed, and time is paramount.
In terms of influence, this game, with a combination of speed and skill, moving away from simple button bashing classics like hypersports and toward multi-sports sims is more complex than the later eighties, such as the Summer Games II Epyx on the Commodore 64. We also headed to the Sega Mario & Sonic at the Olympics is good enough.
So far, I've had in 20 seconds - you can beat it, I'm sure. As usual, post your score below and let us see who participated in the main Olympic doodle this week.
Source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/aug/09/london-2012-canoeing-google-doodle
