"Hunt the Urkel" ... Or was it Erkel? The mind bog

Question Turtle · Post by **Question Turtle** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:52 pm

Does anyone recall this game? I have been trying for years to recall what it was called or how to find it.

You were presented with a track, and the "urkel" (I seem to recall that being the name, but I might be wrong) would travel along it in a random spot every time, invisible to you, but you could close him off by destroying blocks around the path. You'd know where he was, but not where he was going--that was invisible. Eventually, he would be trapped between two blocks--which was your goal. You'd be rewarded with a message of "You've caught the urkel!" (or whatever its name was.) The urkel was apparently a frowny face in this case.

If you destroyed the block he was on, you got a "dead" smiley face and lost. You also only had so many destroyed blocks before he got away for good.

The graphics were horrendously old school.

Anyone remember this or know where to find it?

GAMER · Post by **GAMER** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:55 pm

Reminds me of Hunt The Wumpus.

Does that game still exist??

GAMER

p.s. It's not the game you're after. I'm just curious.

Post by **dosraider** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:55 am

Yes, the wumpus still exists.
You can download it and even play it online if you can't make the *.bas running.
http://wurb.com/if/game/442

About 'urkel' .... unknown, no idea.
Isn't there a mixup with that ADHD telly character?

roblob · Post by **roblob** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:11 am

Wasn't wumpus also the creature you could catch in M.U.L.E if you took to the mountains in your spare time?

Poor thing, always harassed by the people...

EDIT: btw, what's up with my avatar? I seem to have some kind of dual personality.

EDIT2: ...at least I see both the Larry pic and my own avatar...

Post by **dosraider** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:15 am

That's normal, Larry's head goes with your 'rank' here -(newbie)-.
Must be painfull, having Larry on every post you make.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:06 am

Yes, very!

What can I say? We're used to larger avatars!

Question Turtle · Post by **Question Turtle** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:43 pm

Yeah, not Hunt the Wumpus, unfortunately. This thing was seriously retro.

Thanks, though!

doshunt0r · Post by **doshunt0r** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:47 pm

I remember the game. Can't find it either.

He was an annoying little bastard who used to MIDI laugh at you when you couldn't catch him. But if you landed on him he died. You had to corner him before your number of turns are used up.

doshunt0r · Post by **doshunt0r** » Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:48 pm

Let's keep hunting him!

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Sat Nov 17, 2018 2:12 pm

Two possible game-groups where it might be hiding:

https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/hu ... s-variants

https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/ge ... -in-a-grid

(One of them is called 'Hurkle' so it might just be the droids you are looking for)